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This book is perfect for anyone into cars. Especially classic cars. Ryan Brutt has scavenged around through old barns all over the place looking for classic cars for this books. He has surprisingly found enough to fill this book full of many cars.

There are cars of all years in this book. Cars that are complete to some that are just bodies or in pieces. These cars have just been locked in the barn and forgotten. Some look like you could jump in them and drive out, others are nothing left but rust. 

My husband looked through this book with me and few times I though he was going to cry over some of the cars. Others he had stories of cars just like one in the book. Some cars are famous race cars, others are just old cars. I know several people who wish they had of been on the adventure with Ryan Brutt when discovering these cars. 

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This is an excellent book of beautiful pictures of the Villages, people, architecture, and more of the West Africa. I love to travel and as much as I would love to travel the world in person I cannot. So I am a armchair traveler. I will probably never make it to West Africa in person but with this book I can see so much about this country.

The pictures are clear and beautiful. They show more then what you would see in a travel brochure. This book gets into the the true West Africa. It shows the good, the beautiful, the bad and the ugly. I really love that the pictures are not a sanitized version of the true country like in a travel brochure. Steven and Cathi House have done an amazing job with this book.

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Have you ever wondered what the inside of the White House and other capital buildings in Washington DC looks like? Who the people are inside of these buildings? Or just what goes on inside of them? This is an amazing book of photos. 

Jason Dick is giving a us a photo tour of the people, places, and things that go on in some of these buildings. He breaks the book down into chapters. The chapters are not by the building but of the things that happen including feelings. There are chapters on Boredom, Love, distraction, anger, terror and more. 

There are pictures new and old. There are pictures of things visitors can see, there are pictures of past presidents and other elected officials and so much more. The pictures show some of the stunning fixtures in these buildings, amazing painted ceilings, statues, and so much more. There are short explanations of each picture. 

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Buddha Bowls seem to be the new rage in meal Prep. I have heard of these for a while now and when Quatro Publishing offered me a copy of this book through netgalley. com I immediately claimed my copy. 

The book is filled with 100 recipes for nourishing food bowls. I do wish there were pictures for each of the bowls but the pictures that are in the book look amazing and make me want to run to the kitchen. There are bowls for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in this book. 

I also like that their is a grin cooking guide at the front of the book. The book also has a section on sauces and dressings. These would be amazing on more then just the bowls. 

There are so many recipes in this book I cannot wait to try. I love cooking, I love cooking with fresh ingredients even more. I do wish there were some basic nutrition facts with the recipes.

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I love Ambrose Ibsen's book and this one is no different. He spins a super creepy story in Stirrings of a Black House, just as he has done with all of his other books I have read/listened to. 

In this book Emil inherits his Uncle's house. Not sure why since they were never close Emil heads for the house to start a new life. he gets way more then he bargains for at Weatherby House. Not only is it creepy it is set out of the center of town and also the townspeople tend to stay clear of the house and the legend of what happened there at one time. 

After a while Emil stats to wonder if he is going crazy with the piano music and other noises at night, and lets not forget the apparitions he sees. 

Emil stats to research the house and the legends involved. He gets more then he bargains for in the end.

My husband and I listened to this book on our way home from vacation, both of us were so engrossed we barely talked for the 12 hours it played. The prologue is a little weird but it does make sense latter in the book. The book was very chilling. I am glad we listened to this on a long trip instead of a few hours at a time. It made the miles seem to pass faster as well. Neil Hellegers did an amazing job with the narration of this story. He fully kept us engrossed and made the story come alive.

I love a good Ghost Story. This one is more of a romance then a ghost story but it is still good. The story mostly focuses on the 2nd chance romance of Claire Linden and Max Baron, the 2 main characters in the book. There is a ghost and a mystery also involved. The book doesn't have much strong language but there are several sex scenes. 

Kristin James is the narrator of the audiobook. She does a good job with her voices and keeps the story moving. She did keep my attention throughout the story. I did not care for her voice of Dan at all though. She did give him a good northern accent but I just did care for the tenor of his voice. 

Claire Linden is a medium. She gets a call from a family asking for her help. They have a very unhappy ghost and need her help. Claire goes to the small town of Gull Island MA. Not only does she make contact with the ghost in the home but also a ghost from her past. Her Ex-boyfriend Max also lives in Gull Harbor. 

Max Baron was given an ultimatum years ago and left Clair without an explanation. When he sees her in his small town. All the feelings that have been held at bay for years crash back in. Clair on the other hand is full of bitter resentment towards him. 

As Claire tries to solve the mystery of Maria the Spanish speaking ghost, there is a new mystery with a living person who wants to keep Maria's death a secret. Max and Claire are basically picking up the pieces of their relationship. But Max will have to save her or loose her forever. 

I love growing plants, whether it be flowers or veggies. Some plants I have better luck at then others. Also I live in Florida and some plants just won't grow well here while others thrive. This book was extremely helpful in teaching me about the different types of plats, what they need in order to grow well, and the best planting times.  The illustrations were great. The information in this book even though it says the book is for beginners would be helpful to anyone. I wholeheartedly believe you know know enough to stop learning. 

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This is my first book by Rae Louise but I have to say it will not be my last. She scared the crap out of me. This only words I can use to describe the story is Creepy and Scary. It started a bit slow but when it kicked in it kicked in hard and fast.  If you like haunted houses and ghosts you will love this book. 

Mia, her 5 year old daughter and 17 year old sister Jamie are looking for a better life when they inherit their Uncle's house. It's not a mansion or anything but much better then where they were living.  That is until the demonic entity that comes with the house rears his ugly head and targets Jamie. 

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Let me start by saying when I chose to read this book it was for the supernatural aspect. What I got was a historical romance.  The Trail to Love is book 4 in the Soul Mate Tree Series this book is by Tina Susedik. Each book is a stand alone and written by a different Author. 

Now for my feelings on this book. Pretty much from the minute I picked it up I could not put it down. This book gripped me. I fell in love with the characters, their plight, the rough hard land. Pretty much everything, even the bad guy. The supernatural only showed up a few times in the book but I did not miss it at all.  Tina Susedik has done an amazing job with this book and I will be reading more from her and this series. 

In the book Jack Billabard has lost his wife and son in childbirth. He feels his life has ended. Wanting to put some distance between the memories of his wife and himself he rides to the top of the mountain on his property, there a tree appears, it brings with it a vision of a woman and child, not his wife and child though. Then the tree disappears again. Jack decides to leave Laramie and work as a guide on the Oregon Tail. 

As a teenager Sarah Nickelson lost her parents and married the first man to come along. Not knowing her husband to be was really a mean drunk and just wanted her for her inheritance. One winter night there's a knock on the door letting her know her husband has died in a accident she is alone with a child. Her In-Laws are taking her childhood home since she was married it all became her husbands. Sarah  finds an advertisement for a mail order bride, and with no where else to go decides to set out on the Oregon Trail to go to the man who sent out the advertisement. 

From the minute Jack sees her he can't believe his eyes that  this is the woman and child in the trees vision. To Sarah Jack looks familiar. Can the tree be write about this being each other second chance?

I received this book for my honest review from the Author and Goddess Fish Promotions. My thoughts of this book are my own.

• According to this book pretty much everything you have ever read about or heard about the mob, is basically wrong. I just wish he had of given us some proof instead of just his opinion with no proof to back it up. He does offer up several questions to think about if you are interested into the Mob. The writing style is pretty good but this is not a book I will remember in a week.

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  I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

This book is the story of the Bender family who 1873 were the family involved in the largest serial killing in US history. The book is filled with historical facts s well as some fiction. I am still on the fence about the addition of the fiction. I am all about historical events n their true telling but the fiction did add to the story to an extent. 

Between 1871 and 1873  the Bender family later known as the Bloody Benders murdered at least 12 people along the Osage Trail in Kansas. The family was able to escape being captured and disappeared. They were never caught. 

Paul A. Ibbetson  has done a really good job adding fact and fiction together to bring this book to us. Molly King narrates the audiobook and though she done a good job with the book at times I was a little put off by her rendition. Some of her voices grated on my nerves, sometimes she sped up and raced through parts. 

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

The fire is book 4 in Norhtwest Passage Series by John A Heldt. The book is based loosely on the Great Fire of 1910 (Largest Wildfire in US history) and Haley's Comet. In the book Kevin Johnson has just graduated college and goes on a mini vacation to his Recently passed Grandfather's house with his family to get the place ready to put up for sale. While there he finds a secret diary and a time travel portal. The portal can transport him to 1910 and back. He finds out this is how his Grandfather acquired his fortune. Transporting to the future and selling gold from the past.

Kevin decides transporting through time will make for a fun vacation. He even finds the love of his life. The problem with that is she is from the past.

I liked that as Kevin travels to the past he looses no time in the present, o matter how long he is in the past. I also liked that he was able to gain the memories of his Grandfather while in the past that helps him to escape during the fire.

This was a good book. I wasn't all that crazy about Chaz Allen's rendition I think it was more his voice to me but at times it felt like he was reading a children's book.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Danni Morgan was an abused child as a teen she finally escaped her abusive father and vowed to never return. She gets notified her father has passed ad has inherited everything. Danni, her husband, and kids make the trip to bury her father and see what they can do to ready the house and property up for sale.

Pretty much as soon as they arrive in her hometown weird things begin. When they arrive at her childhood home scary things begin to happen. Danni wants to leave, her husband convinces her to stay and finish what they started. Big Mistake!!

I enjoyed this book very much. This is my first book written by Lee Mountford, but I am positive it will not be my last. Han Mills done a great job scaring me. I'm not sure if it was his accent or his intensity.

Darcy Coates has done a very creepy job with this book. I have read/listened to a few of her books and love them all so far. I love how she mainly does Haunted House books. Ghosts are my favorite. The book is Narrated by Emily Sutton-Smith. I really enjoyed her rendition of the book. She fully kept my attention all the way through the book. She has also done a great job with her character voices.

In this book Jo lives next door to a haunted house. The family living in the house flee's during the night with nothing but the Pj's they are wearing. They don't even bother to come back an collect their belonging.

Eight months later Jo gets a new neighbor. Anna is about Jo's age and seems like a very nice person. Jo and Anna become fast friends. Jo finally gets her chance to tour the house known as the Marwick House. She almost immediately knows it is haunted.

When Anna's abusive husband shows up at Jo's, she lies and tells him she doesn't know anyone by the name of Anna. As soon as he leaves she runs to let Anna know. She decides to spend the night at Anna's and this is where things really gets creepy.

Another great Children's book from Karl Beckstrand. This is also anther dual language book. It features English and Spanish on each page. Your child can also count how many times the bear appears. 

I love that not only does Karl make his books fun, they are also educational. The pictures in the book are bright and colorful, so even the smallest children will enjoy the books. The books are short and have pretty easy words for young readers as well. 

I received this book from the Author or Publisher to read and review. The gifting of this book did not affect my opinion of it.