St. Patrick’s Day is almost here! A time to celebrate with family and friends and drink green beer!
We have corned beef and cabbage every year and invite family or friends to share in this repast. No green beer though! I hope you enjoy your day and leave some time to read too.
As usual I have some books to share with you with AllAuthor.com promos. It’s fun to use these promos for all occasions.
There are plenty to choose from available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Hope you have a lovely St. Patrick’s Day with family and friends, good food, good drink and plenty of camaraderie. Blessings of the day to all! Here are more Irish Blessings for you!
I hope you enjoyed these many Irish blessings today and read them again and again. These are free online photos from Honeycombhome.com for which we are grateful.
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READING GIVES YOU WINGS TO FLY! SOAR WITH JEMSBOOKS ALL YEAR THROUGH! HAPPY READING!
I mentioned in another email that my husband chopped my eighteen-year-old hibiscus plant. Here is a photo of it doing quite well (don’t tell my husband I said that!).
Jewish Ivy and PothusChristmas Cactus floweringChristmas Cactus
I am looking forward to seeing some green grass as the snow continues to melt and then some flowering pushing their way through the soil. Then and only then will it really feel like spring is here!
The only plant that is not doing well is the Peace Plant. It has been going downhill for a while now. It once looks quite beautiful with several flowers.
Here are a couple of photos of before and after. Sad to see.
We have tried everything from repotting it to cutting it back and culling out the dead stuff. Nothing has helped. We also moved it to another room to get sun in a different direction. So far nothing is helping to keep it alive and well. It’s trying though.
I have been busy with other stuff and haven’t been able to get back to my latest WIP, book 4 of the fantasy series. I did work on a couple of amigirumis for Easter. I will get back to it tomorrow or the next day. My characters are getting antsy and pulling me back to get to work. Sigh!
I hope you are having good weather wherever you live. Spring is coming to New England, I know it and can feel it a little with the warmer temps.
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READING GIVES YOU WINGS TO FLY! SOAR WITH JEMSBOOKS ALL YEAR THROUGH! HAPPY READING!
I crochet every night making pillows, afghans and whatever else I can think of in between writing my stories. As in the past I have shared the items that I have created on my blog.
My latest creations are some hats that I made using Brianna K Creations from Etsy. She is quite creative and always has something new to try. Here are the seven hats I made using Brianna’s patterns. The afghan behind the hats I made from my own pattern last year with a blanket yarn. It kept us warm all winter! Everyone in the family has received one along with a pillow or two to match. I made them quite happy, I think especially with the cold winter we had.
I plan to give away the hats to a Goodwill or other group. They may not use them until next winter at this time.
With Easter around the corner, I always give all the kids in the family something for Easter, usually candy. This year I am making an Amigurumi for each one of them up to a certain age. My oldest grandsons are 27, 20 and 18. I don’t think they will like one. Haha!
Here are some of the ones I will be making. Hope they come out as good as these.
I think these amigurumi are adorable. I have made many in the past and they are fun to make but can be tedious since they are so small. You have to keep your stitches small and tight to make them look good. I will do my best. I will be adding some candy to each amigurumi in case they don’t like the little critter and prefer candy. Haha!
In late summer or early fall I will begin to make some small afghans for the young ones. Last year they received a pillow. I will make the afghans to match their pillows. I like to keep busy and can’t seem to sit still at night with nothing good on TV. During the day I prefer to work on my stories and leave nighttime for crochet which I find very relaxing and cathartic.
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READING GIVES YOU WINGS TO FLY! SOAR WITH JEMSBOOKS ALL YEAR THROUGH! HAPPY READING!
We love Chinese food and have a couple of restaurants near us that we frequent. I always enjoy the fortune cookies at the end of the meal and the interesting fortunes enclosed.
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Here are a few to enjoy:
An understanding heart warms all that are graced with its presence.
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.
Ambitionknows no obstacles.
These fortunes hit home with me especially because of the work that I do as an author. I believe that when a book is written it holds some of my heart inside it for all to see.
I do believe that the job we do is a self-portrait of who we are and should be done to the best of our abilities.
As for ambition – if you genuinely believe in yourself and in your ability to do what you were meant to do in this life – then you will succeed.
I feel that God has gifted me with an ability to write and share my thoughts with others. I will try to use this ability to improve my craft and be worthy of being an author. I will continue to teach children, young and older, valuable life lessons through my stories and good family values.
Whatever we choose to do in life may it be what we excel in and makes us happy and fulfilled. I tell my children and grandchildren that once you find what you love to do, stick with it. Life is short but work is long and we must find something that makes life worthwhile.
May you find what makes you happy each day you wake up.
May you look forward to doing whatever that is with joy.
May you be successful in your life and spread that good fortune to others.
I often think about writing a memoir of my life, but after a little consideration, I change my mind. My life, though not exciting in any way, has been filled with many blessings for which I am grateful. I guess I could embellish my memoir a little or a lot with the help of my crazy imagination as I did in my book, Lubelia Alycea: 100 Years. It is an historical fiction/romance dedicated and in memory of my grandmother. I believe she would have loved it. She had a robust joy about life and was anything but shy about saying and doing whatever she wanted. She had a inimitable, contagious laugh that gave me a chuckle each time I visited with her. She was a memorable character and deeply missed.
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READING GIVES YOU WINGS TO FLY! SOAR WITH JEMSBOOKS ALL YEAR THROUGH! HAPPY READING!
My husband recently bought me some tulips from the supermarket. They had so many on display that I picked out two bunches. They are so lovely and bring spring into our house and brighten my day.
I hope these tulips brighten your day too! I will keep flowers on my table until I can see them outside once again in spring and summer. Those two seasons are so fleeing that they are gone in a blink of an eye not like winter! Winter is with us too long but at least we can look forward to the warmer weather soon.
It isn’t always easy in the winter to get out as we get older due to the slippery and frigid conditions. But soon we will be mobile once again with the warmer weather on the horizon.
Spring is an enjoyable time to read. In fact, any season is a good time to read! I read many books in February and plan to read many more each month throughout the year. Watch for my Monthly Reads and Reviews all year.
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READING GIVES YOU WINGS TO FLY! SOAR WITH JEMSBOOKS ALL YEAR THROUGH! HAPPY READING!
This is a children’s book with six stories for ages 5-8. Each story is a stand-alone story. Children will read about two little sisters, two young boys, a boy and a toad, rabbits, a bluebird, and a mouse and a piece of cheese.
They are feel-good stories that children will want to read again and again. One story will make children laugh out loud while others will teach them important life lessons about kindness to others, friends and family matter, believe in yourself, and you can do anything if you just try.
Cover and illustrations by John Spina
I hope you will check out this new children’s book for your children to enjoy. There are important life lessons for them to learn, especially about the value of family and friends.
It was a fun book to create with stories about different animals and boys and girls too. I hope your children will enjoy the stories and learn the importance of the life lessons above.
If you would like an autographed copy of this book, please let me know and I will order one for you. Happy reading to all children out there.
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READING GIVES YOU WINGS TO FLY! SOAR WITH JEMSBOOKS ALL YEAR THROUGH! HAPPY READING!
Each day I look out the windows in my home, I watch the snow slowly melting. We still have a lot of snow, but the temperatures are rising a little. We had one day almost 50 degrees. Today we are in the 40’s but the nights have been in the teens. Still cold out but I see the temps rising more over the next week. It appears that spring is trying to make a comeback and push old man winter aside.
I think most people are ready for some warmer weather so we can go out and enjoy ourselves. We have been stuck inside during all this snow. I have snapped a few photos of the changes in the snow and how it is slowly melting away.
The photos below are before and the next gallery is after.
The birds are feeling the change in the air and so am I! I an hear them singing outside my window in the office. They love the bushes in front of our house to keep out of the elements. I find them looking in on me at times. I love seeing them as I work.
Robins are here a little early, but they are eating at our feeders until the snow melts and reveals the worms on the ground that are coming out.
I look forward to sharing some more photos of the green grass and the crocuses I see in the neighborhood. They usually are springing up now through the snow.
Well, think SPRING everyone in New England. It is coming!
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READING GIVES YOU WINGS TO FLY! SOAR WITH JEMSBOOKS ALL YEAR THROUGH! HAPPY READING!
Here it is already the end of another month. Where does the time go? I have been busy as usual reading some wonderful books for the month of February of 2025. Here are the 8books I read and reviewed forFebruary. I might have read even more if I didn’t have a few WIP. But I always seemed to have a WIP! That fact never stops me! I hope you enjoy reading these reviews.
I love sharing my eclectic reads in this Jemsbooks Segment, Books Read in the Month. I hope you will get a chance to look over these books soon. Thank you for your kind support of my work and that of my fellow authors.
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When I wrote these reviews I rated them on Amazon, Goodreads and sometimes Barnes & Noble. I did not include the ratings here though. It is best to share my thoughts with you about how I felt about the book without the rating. Ratings can be deceiving at times.
We all feel differently about books. Sometimes we love them, sometimes we like them and still other times we may dislike a book. Some other books are so memorable they take your breath away! While still others are sweet, sensitive, and enjoyable reads that we soon will forget. But all these books I have reviewed were lovely reads as you can see from my reviews. I hope you enjoy my reviews and that they will help you to decide what will be your next read.
Gone Too Far is a mystery thriller with Birmingham Police Detective, Devlin and Falco, who are on another tough case. This one involves two different scenarios that brings in former BPD officer, Sadie Cross, who is dealing with her own demons from the past.
When Kerri Devlin’s daughter becomes a suspect in a fellow classmate’s fall, Devlin is torn between her need to take care of her daughter and her duty to work on a new case.
This is a mystery full of twists and turns and surprises that kept me glued to the story. The main protagonists are well defined and work well together bring supportive in professional and personal issues.
I look forward to the next book in this intriguing series.
This collection of poems is beautiful, heartfelt, loving, warm, and sensitive evidence of the deep love the author feels for the love of his life, nature and many other things.
In his words, ‘All we have to give is kindness…all we can receive is love.’ Each poem is calming and serene with elegant prose that can be enjoyed again and again. This was a memorable and touching collection I would highly recommend to all poetry lovers.
A Killer’s Game is a non-stop action thriller that kept me holding onto my seat for fear of falling off or losing my breath. This is book 1 with Daniela Vega, a tough, no-holes barred former Ranger who is fearless and brave even in the toughest of death-defying situations.
Dani, as she is known by her family and others, takes on a mission with the FBI to help them capture several men who are known as killers. She manages to infiltrate the group with the help of a perpetrator, Toro, who is now working with the FBI to save himself from prison.
The author describes each trial that Dani must face to stay alive during this tough mission and manage to keep Toro on her side. Dani does not trust him fully yet. Each step she took brought them both closer to death. A thrilling rollercoaster ride through the unexpected is what the reader will feel. It was a heart-stopping journey with this resilient and incredibly brave woman. A wonderful character that will have many more missions, I’m sure.
This is the first book I have read by this author, and I wasn’t disappointed. I look forward to the next book in this series. I recommend this book to all lovers of thrillers that keep you riveted.
Natural Selection was a short but enjoyable read. I wanted to learn more about how Sophia finally found love with a good and honest man.
Will there be more? I did enjoy the descriptions of the wildlife in the Galapagos. It is all so fascinating and wondrous.
Scarlet Ribbons was a compelling mystery of a woman who is in a coma from a tragic car accident. She doesn’t know what is real or imagined during this time. She learns that she has gained powers to move between this imaginary world and the real world.
She sees things that cannot be explained in this imaginary world from deep sadness in some areas to complacency in another. She meets a little girl who is being abused by her father and feels compelled to rescue her but how can she do this and escape this strange world and return to her own life with the girl?
This was a creative and imaginative story that kept me turning pages until its completion. I was gifted this copy for my honest review.
Chosen To Die is a thriller full of murder, mayhem and mystery that kept me glued to the pages. This is book 2 of the Alvarez & Pescoli series.
This story is everything you expect in an unputdownable thriller, strong characters, intriguing story line, plenty of action, adventure and murder. The author created an interesting and gripping series with these two female detectives about a serial killer.
I look forward to the next installment of this enjoyable series.
When We Were Friends is a quick interesting read about two women who become friends. As their friendship grows, they begin to see a different side of each other which is no longer perfect as they once thought.
Lucy sees her new best friend in an unfavorable light and strives to put it all into perspective. Elle is younger and carefree but doesn’t appear as friendly and caring as Lucy once thought she was. Will their friendship survive as these unfavorable traits become known?
An interesting side of friendship is displayed in this short read.
Everything My Mother Taught Me is a quick read that I didn’t want to end. Even though it was only 24 pages, it was packed with details of settings and characters’ traits.
This is a story about the relationship between a mother and daughter after the loss of the father. The daughter shared a closeness with her father but not so with her mother who is adulterous and only thinks of her own needs and not her daughter’s wellbeing.
It was a sad tale for this young girl who had to survive on her own in spite of her daughter’s neglect and bad behavior. She found an ally in a woman who lived and worked in the lighthouse that she and her mother had come to live. Even though she had stopped talking after her father died, she managed to write her thoughts to this woman.
I won’t tell you the ending, but it was a satisfactory way to end this sad but enjoyable tale.
The Usual Silence is a gripping and emotional thriller with a main protagonist who is unorthodox as a psychologist with deep-seated issues of her own. Dr. Arles Shepherd works to help others as she deals with flashbacks and losses of memory of her own past.
There are different storylines that intersect and come to full circle in a surprising way. This is a fabulous start and introduction to this intriguing main character and series.
I highly recommend this series’ start to all lovers of thrillers with surprising twists. I look forward to the next book.
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READING GIVES YOU WINGS TO FLY! SOAR WITH JEMSBOOKS ALL YEAR THROUGH! HAPPY READING!
We still have plenty of snow but this squirrel doesn’t give up finding something to eat. My husband put a plastic container of seeds out on the back deck to attract the squirrels away from the feeders. That was before the foot of snow buried it. Well, recently the snow melted a little and some of it was uncovered enough for this tenacious squirrel to find it. I took photos and a video of this little guy feeding on the seeds. All creatures have to eat but it gets expensive to feed all the birds and squirrels too.
We had a little more snow today but now it is melting. Spring isn’t far behind or at least the birds think so.
Blue birds on feederBluebird
I have to think spring and that warm weather will be coming eventually. Wishing you some good weather wherever you live.
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READING GIVES YOU WINGS TO FLY! SOAR WITH JEMSBOOKS ALL YEAR THROUGH! HAPPY READING!
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