"Keep A Little Secret" by Dorothy Garlock

Keep A Little Secret by Dorothy Garlock is about secrets, revenge and romance. Charlotte leaves her home in Minnesota to teach in Oklahoma and lives on John Grant’s ranch. John Grant is a target of two people holding grudges against him.  Owen and his twin sister leave Colorado in search of their father to get revenge but find love instead. There are several calamities that make this an interesting read.

I was attracted to the cover and when I saw it was by Dorothy Garlock, I had to get it. This is a fun read with some mystery, action and romance. I liked the teasing between the couples and between the brother and sister. The wildfire, stampede and tornado all made for exciting reading.

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Our Friday Fragments

Half-Past Kissin’ Time host the Friday Fragments linky. It’s just short blurbs from your week that aren’t enough for a whole post by themselves. Here’s ours for this week:

We love the new elephant exhibit at the Cleveland zoo! We'll be posting all about it next week over at our other blog, Right Where We Belong on Tuesday hopefully.

Abby is on the chair, Spunky on the cat tree

Spunky Doodle regurgitated her breakfast in the living room and while I went for a paper towel to clean it up, Abby cleaned it up for me—yuck! She had it all licked up by the time I got back in less than 30 seconds! That is SO gross!

Today is our anniversary of our proposal day. We’ve been married 13 years now. We used to celebrate it, now we just mention it. Happy proposal day, honey!

It was nice being off work Wednesday and Thursday this week. Went to the zoo Wednesday and the Indians game on Thursday. Go Tribe!  It was actually hot, a gorgeous day but sad they lost.  

My husband has worked for 40 years at the same place as of June and they offered to give us an all-expense paid trip to Boston to see a Red Sox game—one of his dreams.  Don't know if he'll actually go yet or not.

Our backyard grass

Our grass looks good now.  Last fall we think skunks were hunting for grubs and tore it all up but Gerard put some Grub-X down and it seems to have worked.  Here's the link about our messed up yard:  Did You Ever Have This Problem?

This is posted late because Blogger was down--oh well. I was frustrated that I couldn't leave comments on other blogs and I couldn't schedule posts on mine. I really like blogging and missed it!

Since Blogger was down this morning, I played Word Womp on Pogo before work this morning and found all the words for a change--that only happened once or twice before.

Why not visit Friday Fragments for more and link some of yours up too.

"The King's Speech" by Mark Lougue and Peter Conradi

The King's Speech deals with the true story of King George VI who had a severe speech problem. His wife urged him to see a speech therapist—Lionel Logue. The rest, as they say, is history! A very interesting book about how he overcame his problem and how his speech rallied a nation. A very good read. I hope to see the movie one day.

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"History Of A Suicide--My Sister's Unfinished Life" by Jill Bialosky

History Of A Suicide—My Sister's Unfinished Life by Jill Bialosky tells the story of how Jill is dealing with the suicide of her sister, Kim. It's a lot more than that though. It also tells of Jill's own struggles of having two children die during childbirth and of their mom who blames herself and refuses to visit Kim's grave site.

Jill goes to support groups and I found it interesting to read how different families handle the after math of suicides that touched them. Finally, Jill recalls Kim's life and what may have led up to her killing herself.

By no means is this an enjoyable read, but a fascinating story well told.
(Gerard's review)

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"Unplanned" by Abby Johnson with Cindy Lambert

You have to read Unplanned by Abby Johnson because it's just so good! It's the true story of Abby, who was a leader of a Planned Parenthood chapter. One day she had to see the actual abortion, and that changed her whole life from then on. The story is amazing! A coalition For Life was praying right next door and she went to join them. But the part I really enjoyed in this book is her relationship with God! She shares how God can use anyone to spread His word and Abby praying is so good! I got chills reading about it.

This is a powerful book that you will not want to put down. Abby, if you are reading this, thanks for sharing and God bless your husband, daughter and you. You wrote a fantastic book!

 
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