Book Review of The Sapphire Flute

The characters in The Sapphire Flute written by Karen E Hoover, were described perfectly. I knew and cared about what happened to Ember and Kayla. It was great reading a book with female characters.

I would encourage all young fantasy readers to read this book. There is plenty of unpredictable action as Ember discovers she can see magic and change the appearance of things at will, and Kayla is given a great responsibility to have guardianship of an instrument of magic, the Sapphire Flute.

I’m sure that once you read the “The Sapphire Flute” that you will be as anxious as I am to read the 2nd book in the Wolf Child Saga, “The Armor of Light”. Will Kayla find the birthplace of the flute? Will Ember be able to discover her father’s secret?

A Book Review

Late Saturday evening I posted this book review but by Sunday it disappeared. I'm going to try doing this again.

All That Was Promised by Vickie Hall was an easy read for me. I loved this book from the very first page.

The story starts out with a Mormon missionary, Ben Lachlan, preaching to Richard Kenyon, a Methodist minister, who soon finds himself questioning his lifes work. His wife isn't sure she wants her husband to go down this new path.

I could tell that Vickie did lots of research. I have been to Cardiff and in reading this book it brought back many scenes I remembered from my visit. All of her characters came to life and seemed like real people to me.

This book is full of lots of action, mystery, and love stories. The persecution the early saints in Wales had to endure when they joined this new church is amazing. I'm sure it would test anyone almost more than one can imagine. Every chapter had a new challenge. I love historical fiction and this book was no exception. I had a hard time putting it aside and wanted to read even when I was supposed to be working. The only disappointing thing for me was that it ended. I wanted it to continue.

A Contest I'm Entering

One of my writing friends has an unbelievable give away on her blog today. Check it out at Random-ish or it's also found on my sidebar - just click on Random-ish by Nichole. If you don't check this out you will miss out. Of course, if you don't enter that gives me a better chance.

50 YEARS

50 years ago today Jack and I went to the Manti Temple to get married. The first pictures is of the many peopole who came to our wedding at the temple.

This next picture dates us a lot (the cars).

This picture is of Jack and I in front of the temple.

This is a picture of us cutting our cake after the wedding reception.

Jack was really looking forward to this 50 year anniversary. I knew he was too ill to last another 6 weeks. Even with him not here any longer, I know this was a great accomplishment.

Z = ZERO

At the beginning of April I figured there was probably a zero chance that I would complete the challenge to write everyday except on Sunday. I was late a couple of days, which meant I had to play catch up. But I did reach this goal.

I'm hoping that now I will continue to write frequently on this blog. I have lots of things to say, and lots of pictures to post.

NEVER UNDER ESTIMATE YOURSELF - even when you think there is no chance in the world = a zero chance. You can really do it.

YOUNG

I am young when it comes to writing. I don’t have much experience in that area, and I haven't had lots of time to develop that part of my life. I didn't even consider writing regularly until ALL my children were grown and gone from the nest.

As you can see by the sidebar I do have a book published and several stories in another book. My two book signings went very well, and my book did win a Golden Quill award last year. To me that proves you are never too old to try something new.

In other aspects of my life I’m much older. Do I regret not trying my hand at writing much earlier? YES!

If you want to write - DO IT. It doesn't matter if the children are still at your knees. It doesn't matter if life is crazy. If you don't do it now, you will always regret that decision.

X

In my dictionary there isn't even one page of words that start with the letter X. There re only three words that I'm familiar with.

X-Ray which we all know is a bunch of pictures of different parts of our body.

Xylophone is an instrument with several mounted rows of wooden bars played with two small mallets. The music it makes is beautiful.

And finally, a Xerox machine that some of the younger people have no idea what this is, but I worked one of these machines many times. I much prefer the nice printers that hook up to our computers. Less mess, less work, and not near as noisy.

I realy don't have much to say about any of these things that start with the letter X.