Happy Friday, I found this fun book in our mailbox yesterday. They sent it for Brandon to read for the “TEEN READS” section, here on the reading blog! It’s called The Secret Life of Copernicus H. Stringfellow by Lorin Barber The Secret Life of Copernicus H. Stringfellow by Lorin Barber 2012-03-13 Copernicus H. Stringfellow, a.k.a. Nick, is not your run-of-the-mill genius. His mind is so powerful it can stop a speeding automobile or stem internal bleeding. As Nick goes about quietly doing good, he discovers that his powers are…
Read MoreBook of the Day: Tandem
Happy Thursday! I found a couple of books in my mailbox today! The first one was Tandem: A Novel by Tracey Bateman Tandem: A Novel by Tracey Bateman 2010-10-05 As obsession and loss become dark partners, how far must the people of Abbey Hills go to survive? Six months ago, brutal murders shook the small Ozark town—murders that stopped after a house fire reportedly claimed the killer’s life. Lauryn McBride’s family auction house has taken responsibility for the estate sale of one of the victims—the enigmatic Markus Chisom. Submerging herself…
Read MoreGuest Review: Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Buy on Amazon Available in: HARDCOVER PAPERBACK KINDLE Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter By: Seth Grahame-Smith Published by: Grand Central Publishing Released On: 2012-04-01 ISBN: 1455510181 Pages: 448 Genre: horror, vampire Author’s Website: n/a Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/sethgs Recommendable for people who: Like Vampire stories, Historical Fiction, Lincoln Synopsis (from Amazon): Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother’s bedside. She’s been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness." "My baby boy…" she whispers before dying.…
Read MoreCleaning up & making some changes…
Over the next few weeks, there will be a lot of changes happening at bunnycates.com One of the main things I will be doing is purging out my blog. A lot of the posts from 2006-2008/9 are just advertisements for an old site that no longer exists. I, personally, hate stumbling on posts that half the images are missing and all the links are dead. I’ve been trying to decide whether I should just completely dump the blog and start fresh, but truth is – I like seeing that this…
Read MoreSmith, Allie Belle (Gamble)
The Messenger Madisonville, Ky Sept 16, 1963 MRS. ALLIE SMITH, NOTONVILLE, DIES Mrs. Allie Smith, 80-yr-old Nortonville resident, died unexpectedly Saturday morning in the home of a niece, Mrs. Nellie Abbott, in Bradenton, Fla. Mrs. Smith had been visiting relatives in Florida and had planned to return home Saturday. She was a member of New Salem Baptist Church in Nortonville. Surviving are five sons, Johnny and Lawson Smith, Nortonville; Elvie and Ruben Smith of Madisonville; and Luther Smith of Booneville, Ind; a daughter Mrs Almie Pendley, Nashville, Tenn, a step…
Read MoreFerguson, John
John Ferguson Wed, 9-25-85 Madisonville Messenger John R Ferguson, 69, of Nortonville, died 3:00AM today in his home. Born in Kentucky, Dec 26, 1915, he was a retired power line construction worker, a member of the Salem Baptist Church, a veteran of World War II, and a member of the N.H. Shaw Masonic Lodge no. 608 F & AM. Survivors include his wife Maude Ferguson, Nortonville; one ???, Juanita Phillips, Nortonville; two brothers, Russell Ferguson, Nortonville, and Henry Ferguson, Hopkinsville; several nieces and nephews. Services will be…
Read MoreWishlisting this Wednesday: April 25 2012
Imagine that. A post.. On Wednesday… With a list…. Of my wishes! *guffaw* Hope you are having a fine Wednesday in your neck of the woods. Over here in Bunnyland, it is gloomy, windy, and very rainy. Funerals tend to end up that way, don’t they? bah. Today, has really kind of sucked. One foot in front of the other – and we’ll get through. Right? Enough boo-hooing from me. I’m no “Debbie Downer”. I was “hopping” through my wishlist, because lets be honest -> Nothing cheers me up quicker…
Read MoreBook of the Day: Finding Poe
Look what a lovely I found in my mailbox today, Finding Poe by Leigh M. Lane! Finding Poe by Leigh M. Lane 2012-03-18 Follow the final moments before Edgar Allan Poe’s mysterious death, journeying through twisted bits and pieces of his musings, both brilliant and mad, in search of the truth behind his final, unfinished work "The Lighthouse," while unraveling the mystery behind the elusive woman desperately seeking the author for answers behind her husband’s haunted death. Big Thanks to Ms. Lane, for sending me a copy…
Read MoreEden’s Root by Rachel E Fisher
Buy on Amazon Available in: HARDCOVER PAPERBACK KINDLE Eden’s Root By: Rachel E Fisher Published by: CreateSpace Released On: 2012-04-08 ISBN: 1469902109 Pages: 380 Genre: YA, URBAN FANTASY/DYSTOPIAN, Medical Sci-fi Author’s Website: http://rachelefisher.com/ Author’s Social: Twitter | Facebook Format of Review Copy: paperback Source: review copy Recommendable for people who enjoy: dystopian, apocalyptic, drama Synopsis (from Amazon): It is 2033, and the world hovers on the edge of explosion as unexplained crop deaths lead to severe global food shortages. In the United States, the Sickness is taking lives slowly, creeping…
Read MoreBook of the Day – A Year with Hafiz
Hope you’re having a great weekend! I found this in my mailbox yesterday, and thought you’d like to see. It’s a book I received from Penguin! A Year with Hafiz: Daily Contemplations by Hafiz Release Date: 2011-11-02 A year’s worth of ruminations from one of the world’s most revered literary and spiritual teachers. The poems of Hafiz are not literary remnants from a remote past but masterpieces filled with cherished and timeless wisdom. With learned insight and a delicate hand, Daniel Ladinsky explores the many emotions addressed in these…
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