A to Z Blogging Challenge

 Thanks to Author Elizabeth Mueller for the AWARD!!

Book 20 of 2011 -- Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris

Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I was really looking forward to this book, but was a little disappointed. I figured out the killer way too soon for my liking. I'll still read book 3 in this series, but if it's not better I doubt I'll try again.


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Z is for Zest

Z is for Zest. One of the definitions of zest according to the Merriam - Webster online dictionary is 'an enjoyable exciting quality. I joined the A to Z Blogging Challenge with zest. I knew it would be a difficult task for me to write the posts each day (excluding Sundays) but I really wanted to try hard. I was right, it wasn't always easy, but it was mostly rewarding. My blog had been mostly a solitary thing with only a handful of followers. I wrote mostly book reviews with a very few posts about life in between the reviews. I've finished this challenge with 44 followers. Wow! That astounds me. What is most incredible to me is that these are people who have absolutely no connection to me except that they stumbled on my little blog through this challenge. It's amazing to know that some of them will continue to stop by periodically to see what I've written. My goal is to continue to write about all sorts of things. Oh, I'll still be posting my book reviews and I'll definitely be joining some other challenges. So, I started this challenge with zest ,  I feel like most of my posts have been written with zest , and I've finished it with zest. I look forward to the challenge next year and I look forward to my visits to some way cool blogs I found while surfing the challenge sites. Thanks!!!

Y is for Yellow

 Y is for yellow. Yellow, the color of the sun, pretty daffodils, sunflowers, school buses and the Queens suit for the wedding of William and Kate! I've never been fond of yellow clothes. I love yellow flowers. Daffodils and sunflowers, daisies and chrysanthemums (not sure about that spelling), but yellow clothes just don't float my boat. Could be because I don't look good in yellow. I don't like yellow rooms either.

X is for Xenophobia

X is for xenophobia.
I started worrying about my x,y,z posts a few days ago and went on a hunt for 'x' words in Wiktionary. I found
xenophobia and thought it was certainly a timely word to explore given the issue of illegal immigration. Are those who are in favor of a stricter adherence to current immigration laws xenophobic?  Xenophobia is defined as  deep-rooted antipathy towards foreigners (Oxford English Dictionary). The Dictionary of Psychiatry defines it as "a fear of strangers". I'm sure this label could be applied to some but certainly not all who call for illegals to be deported. X is for xenophobia, now I'm searching for those y and z words for Friday and Saturday posts!
 

W is for Words

W is for words and I don't have very many left in me today. Words can be used for good or evil. Words can be used to praise or to condemn. Words can be positive or negative, big or little, soft or harsh, mean or nice, friend or foe. Words, how do you use them?

V is for the Voices I hear in my head!

V is for the Voices that I hear in my head! Do you have these inner voices? Sometimes they are very helpful, but at other times the voices can hinder. I  always listen to the voices in my head but I don't always do what they're telling me to do. I sometimes give the voices names and I talk back to them.(does that make me craaaazzzzy????) The voices don't always give the best advice. I think that knowing when to heed the voices is one major sign of being a grown up.

I'm already dreading day's x y and z!