2014/06/28

Full Steam Ahead - Book Review


I received this book for free in exchange for my honest opinion.

I absolutely loved this story!  Of course I'm a sucker for historical fiction, but still...  Full Steam Ahead has adventure, intrigue, love, and more.  I could hardly stand to put it down.

It's so wonderful to be able to pick up a book and not see any foul language or adult scenes.  There is a whole genre for books like that.  This, on the other hand, is wonderfully written in keeping with the culture of high society for the time period.

The author does a fantastic job bringing her characters to life.  I want to be the main character, Nicole.  She has a delightful mix of refined manners for her social status as well as gumption.  I would love to have the hutzpah she has!

The story is easy to read, easy to follow.  The characters and the plot unfold artfully from chapter to chapter.  I adore reading a story with characters that are complex; keep me wanting to find out more about them.  I would very much recommend this book to everyone.  I don't believe you would be disappointed in the slightest.

If you'd like to read it for yourself, you can find it here.


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2014/06/27

Kitchen Gurus Digital Scale - Product Review



This kitchen scale has been wonderful to use!  I have used it for weighing out ingredients for recipes and for servings of snacks or cereal for my boys.  It is proving to be a spectacular tool in keeping us to our portion control.

The scale is very sensitive to touch.  The On/Off button is also the button you press to zero it out.  The only other button on it is the one to select which unit of measure you need.  Very simple to switch from one to the next.  Also it will automatically shut off or you can touch the On/Off button for 3 seconds to switch it off.

There are four different units of measure from which to choose: mL, g, fl oz, or lb & oz.  One thing I found lacking on the instructions was just a line to instruct you how to zero out the scale after you put a measuring bowl on it.  That is if you've not put the bowl on before you turn on the scale.  It's fairly intuitive if you've used a scale before as you just press the On/Off button.

This is a great tool to have in your kitchen to help you keep track of portion control.  It's also good for helping measure out ingredients like for bread.  Though it only goes to the tenth place after the decimal, so if you need to weigh anything less you're out of luck.  Otherwise, I would certainly recommend this scale to anyone looking to have a bit of help in the kitchen.





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2014/06/26

Solid Cordz 6 foot Extension Cables - Product Review



"PREMIUM 6 Foot Extension Cords by Solid Cordz®
Solid Cordz® 6 foot extension cable is the solution to your electronics and power equipment reaching problems. This sturdy and long-lasting 72-inch length extension wire can give your room a clean and organized look. The cable is thicker than the usual which houses a 16 AWG wire. The cables are fully rated for 125 volt/13 Amp applications.


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These extension cords have proven very useful.  They helped save the food in our chest freezer.  When the wall socket quit working, we used these extension cords to connect the chest freezer to a working wall socket.

When I first pulled these cords out of the package, the first thing I noticed is how heavy-duty these appeared to be.  I imagine these cords could be beat upon in an industrial setting and would hold up.  They're very durable.  

Even though these each are only 6' long they can be plugged together to extend their reach.  This company also makes a 10' long version if you require longer cords.  I feel certain we'll be making use of these extension cords for many years to come.


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2014/06/23

Transformation - Tour and Book Review

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TransformationEmily Winters was kidnapped as a teenager by Psi-Tech, a corrupt and power-hungry corporation that learned of her precognitive ability. Imprisoned for years and forced to use her talent to help a company thrive, she now reaches a point where she must escape or die. A natural disaster will cause chaos, death, and destruction throughout the entire world while transforming most of the survivors into psychics. After this happens, Psi-Tech will kill all of their prisoners to hide the evidence of their horrific crimes.

Knowing how the disaster will affect her captors gives Emily one slim chance to escape. She must seize this opportunity to save not only herself but her brother as well who will die without a medical treatment that doesn’t yet exist.

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Author Bio for John O’Riley:

John for NPWAJohn O'Riley has been writing as far back as he can remember. He is an author of novels and an award winning writer of screenplays in the category of urban fantasy, comedy, science fiction and young adult. His movie feature screenplay, Cursed, is an Honorable Mention Winner for the 2012 Screenplay Festival. His most recent accomplishments include the screenplays New Earth, Pinky Swear, and Mutant Wizards in the 2014 Filmmakers International Screenplay Awards which made it to Quarter-Finalist status. Other recognition includes the screenplays Cursed, Project Pandora, Pinky Swear, Incipio, and Bad Sister which have been listed as Quarter Finalists, Semi Finalists, and Top Finalists in the 2013 Filmmakers International Screenplay Awards, 2012 Screenplay Festival, 2012 Filmmakers International Screenplay Awards, 2012 StoryPros International Awards, 2012 Pulsar Sci Fi Screenplay Contest, and the 2012 Reel Authors International Breakout.

He was born in California then raised in Washington state. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish and French and worked in a variety of bookstores including Borders and was the manager for one of the bookstores in Florida that was actually owned by Goodwill.

He loves reading fantasy, science fiction, and humorous fiction. Some of his favorite authors include Kim Harrison, Jim Butcher, S.J. Viehl, Kat Richardson, J.K. Rowling, Angie Sage, Jayne Krentz, and Janet Evanovich. He currently resides in Washington state and owns a parakeet named Amy who sings like a canary to help encourage and inspire him.

 

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Review:

I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for my honest opinion.

When I first began reading this story, I wasn't sure how I would like it.  It didn't take long for me to be drawn into the plot.  I liked the main character Emily very much.

For the most part I did enjoy this book.  After a few chapters though, the author seemed to run out of descriptors.  One of the characters lines are spoken crisply and she speaks crisply quite often.  And, I don't know, but it seemed to flow a bit awkwardly after the action really started.  Like oh someone is attacking us, but oh now they're gone.

The ending of the story comes quite abruptly as well.  The story is building up to a conflict between the good guys and the bad guys, the good guys see it coming because of their psychic abilities, they get going, and then they're faced with the enemy.  So now it's gonna get good.  And then one of the good guys figures out this easy way to defeat the enemy and it's all done.  

This book is a fairly quick read.  If you're looking for a quick Sci-Fi novel for the summer, this one would suit.  It is a bit choppy, but overall a satisfactory story.

 

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