The November 29, 2019, Friday Finds weekly round-up is here! Are you Black Friday shopping today? If so, take a break with your favorite beverage and relax a few minutes with the Friday Finds.
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Traveling south did not go as smoothly as I’d hoped. Nothing serious or major happened, just inconveniences. My phone died a horrible and painful death in Georgia, so by the time we crossed the Florida state line, I was going into withdrawal. I am now the proud owner of a brand new phone. A word of caution for you, if you are buying new devices away from home, be prepared for fraud alerts and red flags. They weren’t difficult to deal with, and everyone was super helpful, but it is a time-consuming process.
This is a very long-winded way to tell you, I didn’t get a lot done on the book review front before Thanksgiving was upon me. Hopefully, I’ll do better next week!
This week on the website!
Confessions by Rich Kisielwski is a unique story. We learn on the opening page who the killer is, but the mystery is in why he kills and can anyone stop him. Confessions is an excellent psychological thriller. I hope you will read my review.
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Recipes to try
A drizzle of hot honey, tangy mayo spread, and crisp cabbage slaw transform leftover roast turkey into a flavorful lunch.
Not sure what to do with your leftovers from Thanksgiving dinner? Combine your turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and more together in this delicious leftover turkey casserole recipe!
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Book suggestions for your weekend!
The Woodsman & The Moonlit Curse by Tiber Wakenshaw
Deep in the heart of the vast Norwegian wilderness, Jonaten Henriksøn yearns for more than a life of working as a woodsman with his Pa. Ever since he could remember, Jon had known that he wasn’t like the others in his village, for on the most silent of nights, when the trees sway gently in the breeze; he was certain that he could hear the woods whispering. Nordic Myth & Fantasy
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Wakenshaw, Tiber (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 311 Pages - 03/22/2019 (Publication Date)
By A Thread: Book 1 of The Trueborn Heirs Series by Nyna Queen
In a world where the magically gifted trueborn rule and the magicless half-born slog away in the slums, half-blood mongrels like Alex are outcasts—feared and shunned. For most of her life, she has lurked in the shadows, trying to keep her true nature a secret. But the secrecy ends abruptly when she saves two trueborn aristo children from a group of hired killers. Paranormal Urban Fantasy
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Queen, Nyna (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 479 Pages - 05/01/2019 (Publication Date) - Levire (Publisher)
A Knight’s Quest for the Holy Grail by C. S. Johnson
Lance wants nothing more than to be there to fight the dragons for his beloved Princess Alexandra. With his faithful steed by his side, Lance sets out for the magic elixir found only in the Holy Grail. With its strengthening power, facing off an old hag, the bewitching woods, and the strange ogre who lives under a bridge should be easy. But when it comes to Alexandra’s dragons, things aren’t quite what they all seem to be. Fairy-tale fantasy/short story
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Johnson, C. S. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 30 Pages - 11/25/2018 (Publication Date) - C. S. Johnson (Publisher)
A collection of short stories isn’t really a book. It’s more like dozens of ideas that could have been books if they were thought of by someone with a better attention span. To put it another way, if you took an infinite number of Shakespeare’s and put them in front of an infinite number of typewriters with an infinite amount of time, they still wouldn’t come up with the complete works of Lance Manion. To put it yet another way, you throw down manure to feed crops. Just imagine this book as manure (not too great a stretch), and your imagination is the crops. If you don’t understand this metaphor, then this book probably isn’t for you. Humorous Short Stories
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Manion, Lance (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 287 Pages - 04/03/2019 (Publication Date)
The Trumpet Lesson: A Novel by Diane Romaine
Fascinated by a young woman’s performance of “The Lost Child” in Guanajuato’s central plaza, painfully shy expatriate Callie Quinn asks the woman for a trumpet lesson — and ends up confronting her longing to know her own lost child. When Callie became pregnant in 1960s rural Missouri over thirty years ago, her outraged father, with her mother’s acquiescence, insisted that no one know—and Callie complied. She went away, and she gave up her baby. She did it to protect the baby’s father—a black teen—from the era’s racist violence. Literary Fiction
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Romain, Dianne (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 337 Pages - 09/24/2019 (Publication Date) - She Writes Press (Publisher)
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Crafty Fun
In honor of Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday, I’m sharing an Etsy Sale with you. It covers all three categories, as most Etsy sellers are individuals or very small businesses trying desperately to compete for your views and purchases. Check a few out by clicking the link here or the banner below.
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That’s it for the November 29, 2019, Friday Finds.
Thanks for reading this slightly abbreviated version because of the holiday here in the States.
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