Happy New Year Bookworms!
Friends we have been in the year 2013 for almost a month now! I have been reading up a storm and am preparing many wonderful posts for you all! I cannot wait to start sharing! Why don't we start now? Tell me: What are you reading so far this year? What books are you just dying to get your hands on? What movies are being made from your favorite books this year? Comment below, or on See Lizzie Read's Twitter (@LovelyLizzie10) or on See Lizzie Read's Facebook page! www.facebook.com/SeeLizzieRead !
Can't wait to hear from you all!
Lizzie <3
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey! by Fiona Carnarvon
Hello Bookworms!
Its January and
for many of you that means: DOWNTON ABBEY SEASON 3!!!!!!!!! In honor of this award-winning
show, I have a new book review for you! Lady
Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona Carnarvon, Countess of
Carnarvon.
Summary:
Downton Abbey is
set in the years before during and after the First World War. It was a time of
great loss for the English and it marked the beginning of change in the English
social scene. So what was life really like for those upstairs and their
servants downstairs? Why not find out by taking a look at the real history of
Highclere Castle (The real castle in which scenes for Downton Abbey are shot)
from a descendant of the people who lived in that time period? During the time
period of Downton Abbey, Highclere was owned and lived in by the 5th
Earl of Carnarvon and his wife Lady Almina. Together, the couple would change
the face or nursing, Egyptology, aviation photography and more. They and the
members of their family would make major contributions to England and several
other areas of the world both physically and financially. Follow the amazing
journey of the real Downton Abbey and its inhabitants in Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona Carnarvon, the
Countess of Carnarvon.
Review:
Readers, I am
always leery of nonfiction books because it is so easy to make history seem so
boring when you right it down. This is not the case with Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey. The (current)Countess of
Carnarvon and author of the book gives you a complete history of the house and the
lives and accomplishments of its inhabitants in a way that is reminiscent of a
novel making readers want to keep reading to see what’s next. Also, there is
the use of photographs to better acquaint readers with what Highclere Castle
and the Carnarvon family looked like, giving you a better feel for the time
period. The lives of the Carnarvon family and their friends was anything but
boring. I truly enjoyed Lady Almina and
the Real Downton Abbey I and I give it 5 bookmarks! It is my sincere hope
that history buffs, fans of Downton Abbey, Egyptology enthusiasts, and those
interested in the World War 1 will get their hands on a copy of Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
by The Countess of Carnarvon and read it! I just know you’ll enjoy it as much
as I did!
To buy Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey:
Books-A-Million:
http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Lady-Almina-Real-Downton-Abbey/Fiona-Carnarvon-Countess/9780770435622?id=5362413321527
Amazon.com:Books-A-Million:
Downton Abbey Airs Sunday Nights at 9 P.M. on PBS’s
Masterpiece Classic! Or you can catch full episodes online on PBS’s website!
Downton Abbey Seasons 1 and 2 are available for purchase:
Monday, December 31, 2012
New Day New You Devotional by Joyce Meyer!
Hello Bookworms!
Many
people like to start or end their day with a devotional. Since it is the
beginning of a new year, some of you may be shopping for a new devotion book if
you don’t have one already. Today I want to tell you about a New Day, New You: 366 Devotions for Enjoying
Everyday Life by Joyce Meyer which I read during the course of 2012.
Summary:
New Day New You offers insights of how
to better enjoy the day according to the word of God from renowned evangelist
Joyce Meyer. The book is compiled of 366 Devotions written by Mrs. Meyer that
contain a scripture and then an explanation of what that scripture means and
how you can apply it to your daily life. Throughout the book, Joyce shares
examples from her own life where God has shown her the truth about something that
was stealing the joy in her life. Allow Joyce Meyer to share the insights that
God has given her about enjoying life this year with New Day New You: 366 Devotions for Enjoying Everyday Life!
Review:
Readers,
this book was truly a blessing to me in 2012. The things that the author shares
about the Word of God has helped me get into the right mindset each day and
taught me new things I had never even realized about things that can steal your
joy if you allow it! I give New Day New
You: 366 Devotions for Enjoying Everyday Life 5 bookmarks and I HIGHLY
recommend it for anyone looking for a devotional for 2013 to help them
have more joy and peace throughout the day.
Links to buy New Day
New You:
Books-A-Million:http://www.booksamillion.com/p/New-Day/Joyce-Meyer/9780446581950?id=5569718422612
Barnes&Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/new-day-new-you-joyce-meyer/1101952276?ean=9780446581950
Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/New-Day-You-Devotions-Enjoying/dp/044658195X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356972021&sr=8-1&keywords=new+day+new+you+devotional
http://www.joycemeyer.org/productfamily.aspx?category=devotionals
Well Readers, I hope you all have a Happy New Year! See you in 2013!
Until next time,
Lizzie <3
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
A special gift! Interview with Author N.E. David!! :)
Hello
Bookworms!
In the spirit of giving, I have
a special gift for all of you today! An Interview with N.E. David, Author
of Carol’s Christmas!
1.
What
inspired your story Carol’s Christmas?
“I usually write about things that
have been in my head for a while and are crying to be let out. CAROL'S
CHRISTMAS was different in that I had determined to write a Christmas story and
then went in search of a plot.
About half a mile from my house there's a street just like
the one in the book. Every year all the houses in the road are decorated from
top to bottom with sets of exotic lights and people go up there to drive round
and look at them. It's a great way of spending an hour one evening prior to
Christmas Day. There are even charity boxes at the end of each driveway where
you can make a donation (and a contribution toward the electricity bill!).
We also have a tradition over here (I don't know if it's the
same in the States) that if you fail to take down any decorations before
Twelfth Night, you have to leave them up all year (there's actually one in our
house right now, hidden behind a plant in the front window). I've also heard
about people who are so besotted with Christmas that their houses are decorated
all year round.
With these things in my mind, I lay in the bath one day,
closed my eyes to think, and that was the start of CAROL'S CHRISTMAS.”
2.
You
could have picked anything for the characters to attempt bonding over. What
drew you to choose ice skating?
“Do you know what? I have absolutely no idea! We have an ice
rink in York every Christmas and I guess that must have been in my mind too. It
used to be outside The Castle Museum and The Courthouse which is where I've
described it in the book. This year it's outside a shopping mall out of town.
Sad, but hey ho, everything changes.”
3.
You
wrote Carol’s Christmas as a novella or an ‘entertainment’ meaning that it is
readable in one sitting. Was it harder writing the story this way being that
you are limited in how much you can say and may have to leave details on the
“cutting room floor” so to speak?
“ No, far from it. CAROL'S CHRISTMAS was the first
'entertainment' I wrote so it defined the genre for me. I knew the plot from
start to finish before I began writing and I simply got it down on paper. It's
never been edited so there's nothing on the cutting room floor at all. You
could argue that it could be trimmed here and there but once I'd finished it, I
was happy with it at 20,000 words. I've since gone on to write two more which
quite coincidentally have come out at exactly the same length so there must be
something 'natural' about it for me.”
4.
This
story was wonderful and it opened up tons of possibilities as to how Carol and
her father’s lives might continue from here. Will readers be able to re-visit
26 Acacia Avenue someday in more published stories or will it be up to them to
use their imaginations?
“I have to say I have no plans to write any more about Brian
and Carol. Just as I needed 20,000 words to say what I wanted to say about them
and nothing less would have done, now I have nothing more to say and I'm afraid
the mind is empty on the subject, so readers will have to use their
imaginations. That's not such a bad thing - and by the way, I've written plenty
of other stuff they can read anyway.”
5.
Be
honest, do any of the characters in Carol’s Christmas resemble anyone in your
own life?
“Yes - and no. This question boils down to whether my writing
is in any way autobiographical. I actually believe that everything we write is
autobiographical in some way or another - it must be, since everything we write
originates from inside ourselves and no matter how we dress it up, horror,
sci-fi, romance etc. it's still a part of us. CAROL'S CHRISTMAS is no different
- but the characters are not direct representations of any particular
individuals. Anyone who reads it will probably recognise parts of themselves
somewhere - there's as much of me in Brian as there is of any man, there's as
much of my wife in Edna as there is of any woman and there's as much of my
daughter in Carol as there is of any young lady her age. What I hope is that
that this will enable readers to more readily identify with the characters and
thereby engage them in the story.”
I hope you have enjoyed getting an inside look at the writing
of Carol’s Christmas straight from the author. You will truly enjoy Carol’s
Christmas and I hope you’ll not only read it for yourself but share it with
your loved ones as well! I’d like to thank N.E. David for taking out so
much time to work with See Lizzie Read on more than 1 occasion!
Pick up or
download a copy of Carol’s Christmas today for yourself and a loved-one:
amzn.to/QqAvFy (US)
Follow N.E. David on his blog!
and on Twitter!
@NEDavidAuthor
Monday, December 10, 2012
Christmas Book of the Week Carol's Christmas by N. E. David!
Hello Bookworms!
Today I want to share See Lizzie Read's 3rd Christmas Book of the Week with you! Carol's Christmas by N. E. David!
I told you about this book last week in a review and if you've read it, you know I love it! I just recently finished reading it myself and I can say from experience that it is a wonderful book! It is only ten chapters long and is meant to be read in just one evening or during your travelling for Christmas. This heart-warming story of a young woman and her father who have never really had a chance to even get to know each other even though they lived in the same house for so many years will keep your attention and get you into the Christmas spirit!
So what are you waiting for? Buy your copy of Carol's Christmas today! and, Just in time for Christmas, Carol's Christmas has also been released as an eBook!
amzn.to/QqAvFy (US)
amzn.to/10Xe4uw (UK)
Today I want to share See Lizzie Read's 3rd Christmas Book of the Week with you! Carol's Christmas by N. E. David! I told you about this book last week in a review and if you've read it, you know I love it! I just recently finished reading it myself and I can say from experience that it is a wonderful book! It is only ten chapters long and is meant to be read in just one evening or during your travelling for Christmas. This heart-warming story of a young woman and her father who have never really had a chance to even get to know each other even though they lived in the same house for so many years will keep your attention and get you into the Christmas spirit!
Myself, reading Carol's Christmas :)
So what are you waiting for? Buy your copy of Carol's Christmas today! and, Just in time for Christmas, Carol's Christmas has also been released as an eBook!
amzn.to/QqAvFy (US)
amzn.to/10Xe4uw (UK)
For more about the author, Follow Mr. David on his blog!
and on Twitter!
@NEDavidAuthor
Mini-Recommendations:
My only mini recommendation this week is to follow the writing of Mr. N.E. David! I think he's an author well worth becoming a fan of!
Until Next Time,
Lizzie <3
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Carol's Christmas by N. E. David
Hello Bookworms!,
In the spirit of all things Christmas, I wanted to bring you a review of a wonderful Christmas novella called Carol's Christmas by Mr. N. E. David!
I have some exciting things coming your way this month! There are still 2 more Christmas Books of the Week, so keep sending in your mini Recommendations! Also, I have gifts for the book lover in your family and a very special interview with one of the writers of one Christmas Book of the Week selection! Can't wait! ;)
Merry Christmas and Until Next Time,
Lizzie <3
In the spirit of all things Christmas, I wanted to bring you a review of a wonderful Christmas novella called Carol's Christmas by Mr. N. E. David!
Summary:
Carol and her father have never
had a close relationship….her mother wouldn’t allow it. Her mother wouldn’t
allow anything but strict adherence to her own wants and orders. But now
Carol’s mother has passed and in the aftermath of a difficult break-up, Carol
has chosen to go home. But can Carol and her father learn to connect with each
other after years of oppression from the matriarch of their little family? Or
will this Christmas just be another disaster that Carol will come to regret?
Find out in Carol’s Christmas by N.E. David!!
Review:
This novella was absolutely
precious! At just 10 chapters, it is the perfect thing to get you into the
Christmas spirit on the plane, train, or automobile ride (as long as you’re not
the one driving the automobile ;) ) home for Christmas. As I read ,I kept
thinking, “This could easily be adapted
into a movie”. It’s just that
good. I give Carol's Christmas 5 bookmarks and I just know that you will thoroughly enjoy reading
this sweet novella from Mr. N.E. David! J Pick up your hard copy or (just in
time for Christmas) download it to your Kindle A.S.A.P.!
Want to buy Carol's Christmas?:
amzn.to/10Xe4uw
(UK)
amzn.to/QqAvFy (US)
I have some exciting things coming your way this month! There are still 2 more Christmas Books of the Week, so keep sending in your mini Recommendations! Also, I have gifts for the book lover in your family and a very special interview with one of the writers of one Christmas Book of the Week selection! Can't wait! ;)
Merry Christmas and Until Next Time,
Lizzie <3
Monday, December 3, 2012
Christmas Book of the Week! The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury!
Hello Bookworms!,
It's time for another Christmas Book of the Week and this week's book is BRAND NEW! It has only been out a few weeks! This week's book is The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury and it's a must read!
To buy The Bridge:
karenkingsbury.com
Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Bridge-Novel-Karen-Kingsbury/dp/1451647018/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354559298&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Bridge+Karen+Kingsbury
It's time for another Christmas Book of the Week and this week's book is BRAND NEW! It has only been out a few weeks! This week's book is The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury and it's a must read!
“Molly Allen lives alone in Portland, but her heart
is back in Franklin, Tennessee, where five years ago she walked away from a man
she cannot forget, a rare sort of love she hasn’t found since.
Ryan
Kelly lives in Franklin and spends of time at The Bridge—The oldest bookstore
in historic downtown Franklin—remembering the long hours he and Molly once
spent there.
Now
Ryan and Molly’s favorite bookstore is in trouble. For thirty years, Charlie
and Donna Barton have run The Bridge, providing the people of middle Tennessee
with coffee, conversation, and shelves of good books—even through dismal book
sales and the rise of eBooks. Then, in May, a flood tore through Franklin and
destroyed nearly every book in the store. By Christmastime, the bank threatens
to pull the lease on The Bridge and is about to take the Barton’s house as
well. Despondent, Charlie considers ending his life. And in the face of tragedy
miracles begin to unfold.”[1]
Karen
Kingsbury is a best-selling author who has written many novels already
including Like Dandelion Dust which was turned into a major motion picture.
Her latest book, “The Bridge”, is sure to be a favorite this Christmas season!
How can you go wrong with a book about love, a bookstore, and the miracles of
God? That is why I choose The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury as this week’s book
of the week! Get a copy for yourself and pick one up as a gift for a loved one
this season!
To buy The Bridge:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Bridge-Novel-Karen-Kingsbury/dp/1451647018/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354559298&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Bridge+Karen+Kingsbury
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