tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26411286126489456132024-03-13T18:29:44.522-07:00It's All About the JourneyLive life to the fullest. Each day counts.
I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.- JesusKathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-75168668302562934192017-10-26T09:31:00.001-07:002017-10-26T09:31:50.242-07:00Everything Everything book review<span style="color: red;"><b>Contains spoilers!!</b></span><br />
I listened to this book while driving. I loved the main character's "voice" and ending enough that I relistened to it with my 16-year-old daughter. While listening to it the first time, I thought about possible endings. But I have to admit, the ending was not what I expected. I think that it another of the things that made this book stand out for me.<br />
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The review below is from pluggedinonline.com I am including it because it would take me forever to write a review this thorough.<br />
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I did not agree with all the values in this book. There is swearing and the main characters do sleep together. The story would have been just as strong without these things.<br />
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Have you read this book? If so, what are your thoughts on it? If not, what book have you read lately that you know you will reread?<br />
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Madeline Whittier is an 18-year-old with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID). She is violently allergic to countless substances, so she lives in a sealed-off and sterilized home with her mother. Her only other company is her nurse, Carla.</div>
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Her quiet life changes when a new family moves in next door. The Bright family has two teenage children, and their mother sends them over to the Whittiers’ house with a cake as a present. Madeline’s mother does not accept the cake or allow the teens to enter her home because they might contaminate her daughter.</div>
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However, Olly Bright, one of the teens, is determined to meet Madeline. He writes his email address on the glass of his bedroom window, and he and Madeline quickly become friends by exchanging emails and instant messages. Madeline begs Carla to allow Olly to visit her, and eventually Carla agrees. After just one visit, Madeline starts to feel like she’s falling in love with Olly. She agonizes over whether to continue their friendship since it might lead to a broken heart, but ultimately decides to keep meeting Olly.</div>
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During one in-person visit, Madeline reveals to Olly that her father and older brother were killed in a car accident when she was a baby. The settlement money from the accident allowed her mother to pay for their specially sealed home and its industrial quality air filtration system. Olly also begins to discuss his family’s difficult situation, specifically his father’s alcoholism and domestic violence problem.</div>
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Carla is concerned that Madeline is neglecting her relationship with her mother in order to spend all her spare time emailing and IMing Olly. It grows harder for Madeline to keep her romantic life a secret from her mother.</div>
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One day, the secret is revealed when Madeline looks out her window and sees Olly being punched by his drunken father. For the first time in 17 years, Madeline leaves her home, rushing outdoors to help the boy she loves. She screams at Mr. Bright to stop, which surprises him so much that he stops beating Olly. Madeline is then dragged back indoors by her mother.</div>
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Madeline’s mom grounds her after she discovers Olly and Madeline’s secret relationship. She also fires Carla for jeopardizing Madeline’s health by allowing another person into the house. After several weeks of being grounded from the internet, except for her school studies, Madeline realizes that her old routine of solitary study and hangouts with her mother is no longer satisfying. She wants to live for a few days in the outside world, even if it means she will die quickly.</div>
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Madeline sneaks out of her house and convinces Olly to run away with her to Hawaii. She lies and tells him that she has experimental pills that will allow her to manage her SCID symptoms. After landing in Maui, Madeline and Olly check into a hotel and visit the beach. She is able to shop for souvenirs, eat tropical foods, go snorkeling and even go cliff diving with no ill effects. Olly and Madeline confess their love to each other and sleep together.</div>
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Madeline wakes up in the middle of the night in severe pain. She is rushed to the hospital, where her heart stops and she has to be resuscitated. Her mother arrives in Hawaii and takes her home.</div>
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Once again Madeline is grounded as she recovers from her near-death experience. When she regains internet privileges, she tells Olly that she can’t talk with him anymore because it’s too painful to be reminded of the life she can’t have. One day, Madeline sees a moving van next door and realizes that Olly and his mom and sister are finally moving away from the abusive Mr. Bright.</div>
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Weeks later, Madeline receives an email from the emergency room doctor who treated her during her hospitalization in Hawaii. The doctor says that Madeline’s violent allergic reaction was the result of a viral infection and her medical tests show no evidence of SCID whatsoever. Madeline confronts her mother with this new piece of information, but her mother insists that she does have SCID.</div>
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Madeline secretly looks through her mother’s old files and records. She discovers that when she was 6 months old, just after her father and brother had died in a car accident, her mother became obsessed with keeping her safe. Madeline had been constantly ill as an infant, so her mother decided that Madeline had SCID without receiving any formal diagnosis. Madeline is horrified to realize that she does not have a disease and that she has been kept locked away for her entire life because of her mother’s paranoia.</div>
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With Carla’s help, Madeline finds a new doctor who urges her to enter the outside world carefully and gradually. Although Madeline doesn’t have SCID, she does have a compromised immune system due to living in a sterile environment.</div>
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In the following weeks, Madeline grows more independent. She books a flight to New York to go see Olly, this time with her mother’s knowledge. She texts him that she’s leaving him a present at a local bookshop. She hides in another aisle in order to surprise him, then they joyfully reunite and (it is implied) restart their romance.</div>
Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-30279454413587462962017-08-31T19:21:00.005-07:002017-08-31T19:21:49.392-07:00Where Did Summer Go?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Summer is over, and we are two weeks into the new school year. It looks like it's going to be an amazing year, but I still mourn the end of summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few random photos from summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Rafting in NC in the Great Smokey Mountains. It was seriously too tame, so we are looking at going rafting in AL (a lot closer to home and cheaper!) in October.</span><br />
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<br />Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-64433440970879733812017-04-28T22:52:00.002-07:002017-04-28T22:52:36.819-07:00New CameraMy Nikon 3100 has always jammed when using auto focus and usually at the worst times. So I bought a Nikon 5500. So far I've just taken a couple of baby pictures with it, but I look forward to trying it out more in coming weeks.<br />
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LOL. You can tell what she's watching.Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-91683908311594504652017-04-26T12:37:00.000-07:002017-04-26T12:37:22.361-07:00Take the RiskTake the risk this summer. Go out of your comfort zone and do something amazing. Live like you mean it. Ideas?<br />
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<br />Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-39513243600976981682017-04-21T22:14:00.003-07:002017-04-21T22:14:37.309-07:00Winter has Arrived in FloridaWinter Robin that is.<br />
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Friday 7:34 p.m.<br />
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7 lbs 10.8 oz<br />
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<br />Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-24456187727797474952017-03-03T16:18:00.000-08:002017-03-03T16:18:06.132-08:00Fun Friday: Crock Pot Cream Cheese Chicken Chili<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Life has been so crazy that I am simply going to share the recipe we are having tonight when another family comes over in a bit.<br />
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4 chicken breasts</div>
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2 cans Rotel tomatoes</div>
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1 large can corn undrained</div>
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1 can black beans drained and rinsed</div>
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1 can red kidney beans drained and rinsed</div>
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2 envelopes ranch dressing mix</div>
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1 tsp chili powder</div>
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2 8 oz pkg cream cheese</div>
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Place the uncooked chicken in the bottom of the crock pot.
Top with the Rotel, corn, beans, dressing mix, cumin and chili powder. Stir to
mix. Top with cream cheese. Cook on low for 4-5 hours stirring occasionally.
Shred the chicken before serving. Can serve over rice or baked potato or use as
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Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-77542631560400003842017-02-24T04:23:00.000-08:002017-02-24T04:23:15.845-08:00Fun Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anyone have snow?Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-78753842603115058522017-02-22T05:07:00.001-08:002017-02-22T05:07:12.656-08:00The Perfect Road Trip<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">A scientist planned this road trip which allows you to see all the major landmarks in all the continental 48 states. It is 13,699 miles and would take 224 hours or 9.33 days to drive it straight through. But of course that would defeat the purpose, so you'd want to take at least a month!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Here is what you'd see:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">1. Grand Canyon, AZ</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">2. Bryce Canyon National Park, UT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">3. Craters of the Moon National Monument, ID</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">4. Yellowstone National Park, WY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">5. Pikes Peak, CO</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">6. Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">7. The Alamo, TX</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">8. The Platt Historic District, OK</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">9. Toltec Mounds, AR</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">10. Elvis Presley’s Graceland, TN</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">11. Vicksburg National Military Park, MS</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">12. French Quarter, New Orleans, LA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">13. USS Alabama, AL</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">14. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">15. Okefenokee Swamp Park, GA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">16. Fort Sumter National Monument, SC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">17. Lost World Caverns, WV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">18. Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center, NC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">20. White House, Washington, DC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">21. Colonial Annapolis Historic District, MD</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">22. New Castle Historic District, Delaware</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">23. Cape May Historic District, NJ</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">24. Liberty Bell, PA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">25. Statue of Liberty, NY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">26. The Mark Twain House & Museum, CT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">29. Acadia National Park, ME</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">30. Mount Washington Hotel, NH</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">31. Shelburne Farms, VT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">32. Fox Theater, Detroit, MI</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">33. Spring Grove Cemetery, OH</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">34. Mammoth Cave National Park, KY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">35. West Baden Springs Hotel, IN</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">36. Abraham Lincoln’s Home, IL</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">37. Gateway Arch, MO</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">38. C. W. Parker Carousel Museum, KS</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">39. Terrace Hill Governor’s Mansion, IA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">41. Fort Snelling, MN</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">42. Ashfall Fossil Bed, NE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">44. Fort Union Trading Post, ND</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">45. Glacier National Park, MT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">46. Hanford Site, WA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">47. Columbia River Highway, OR</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">48. San Francisco Cable Cars, CA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">49. San Andreas Fault, CA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">50. Hoover Dam, NV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">You can find the link to the article <a href="http://www.inspiremore.com/the-ultimate-us-road-trip/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=CLS&utm_campaign=partner">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the beginning of 2016, I posted a list of the books I planned to read. That list is <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/01/my-2016-reading-list.html">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below is a list of what I really did read in 2016. I should put "read" in quotes because in reality I listened to the book on CD in most of these cases. I listened to the whole Harry Potter series and most of the Alex Rider series while driving my kids to school and on errands. A couple of the books I read from my phone while stuck in waiting rooms or lines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>All the Bright Places</i> review <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/01/review-all-bright-places.html">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>13 Reasons Why</i> review <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/01/review-13-reasons-why.html">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>8 Notes to a Nobody </i>Author interview <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2015/11/q-as-with-author-cynthia-t-toney.html">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Hunger Games</i>- Read Bryan Davis' review <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/01/review-hunger-games.html">HERE</a> and <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/01/review-hunger-games-movie.html">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Fault in Our Stars </i>review <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/02/review-fault-in-our-stars_3.html">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Harry Potter: The Sorcerer's Stone</i> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>City of Ember</i> review <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/02/review-city-of-ember_23.html">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>If I Stay</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>This is How I Find Her</i> review <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/03/review-this-is-how-i-find-her.html">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Outsiders</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Tiger Eyes</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Boy in Striped Pajamas </i>review <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/03/review-boy-in-striped-pajamas.html">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Chosen One</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>I Was Here </i>review <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/03/book-review-i-was-here.html">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>All Fall Down</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Gathering Blue</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Messenger</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>8 Keys</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>No Such Person</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Face on the Milk Carton</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>There You'll Find Me </i>review <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/04/there-youll-find-me.html">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Dare</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Four</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Divergent </i>(Twice)</span><span style="font-size: large;">(while driving from FL to NC to Cincinnati, to IN and back to FL)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Dark is Rising </i>(Same trip as above)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Counting by 7's </i>(Same trip as above) review <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/07/review-counting-by-7s.html">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Summer I Saved the World in 65 Days </i>review <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/09/book-review-summer-i-saved-world-in-65.html">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>How I Became Skinny, Famous and Fell Madly in Love </i>review <a href="http://rockthejourney01.blogspot.com/2016/07/review-how-i-got-skinny-famous-and-fell.html">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>10 Steps to Girlfriend Status</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Just Listen</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Because of Winn Dixie</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Prisoner of Azkaban</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Goblet of Fire</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Order of the Phoenix</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Half Blood Prince</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Autism,The Invisible Cord, A Sibling's Diary</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Fan Girl</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Stormbreaker</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Point Blank</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Skeleton Key</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Rules</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Eagle Strike</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Scorpia</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Books we read in family time:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Giver</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Gathering Blue</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Messenger</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Son</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Castle in the Attic</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Harry Moon: Halloween Nightmares</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Cay</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Year of the Dog</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Honey Moon</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The New Kid at School</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Case Time Forgot</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Other books I read (non fiction and adult fiction)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>It: Nine Secrets of the Rich and Famous That Will Take You to the Top</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Dick Van Dyke: My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family and Ducks Created a Dynasty</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Write Your Novel from the Middle</i></span><br />
<i style="font-size: x-large;">The Gift</i><br />
<i style="font-size: x-large;">One for the Money</i><br />
<i style="font-size: x-large;">Blind Alley</i><br />
<i style="font-size: x-large;">Next Thing on My List</i><br />
<i style="font-size: x-large;">If I Run</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will probably reread a lot of the books on the list for three reasons:</span><span style="font-size: large;">1. I have short term memory damage so until I've read a book a few times a lot of it is new to me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2. I reread my favorites anyway.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3. The library has limited books on CD.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Which books on my list have you read?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">What are you reading right now? I am finishing the Alex Rider series in the car. Listening to a James Patterson YA novel in the house.</span><br />
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<br />Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-44572508880634610492017-02-03T17:00:00.002-08:002017-02-03T17:00:18.477-08:00Fun Friday: Can You Find ItSee you many seconds it takes you to find the one that's different.<br />
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What do you care about enough to be this dedicated to it?Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-79199582838708181032017-01-13T13:25:00.000-08:002017-01-13T13:25:22.703-08:00"Fun" Friday: Track Cleats<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">I haven't had much time for my blogs lately and didn't come up with a fun Friday brain teaser. So I am going to post a story I posted yesterday on facebook.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">So here's kind of a cool story. I took Kayla to counseling (that's not the cool part) and on the way back to school I decided to stop at Catholic Charities because I'd heard they had cleats in all sizes, and I figured she could use a pair to grow into. Well, there were none in her size so we left. When we got outside she asked if we could go back in and look in the cart of $1 shoes. Well, why not? I saw what looked like running shoes on the top of the cart and turned them over to look for a size, and they were track cleats! A size too big for her, but not for long I'm sure. But the cool part (besides getting track cleats for $1) was that there was a Scripture reference written in them. Habakkuk 3:19 which says, "The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights." I told Kayla that must be God's message to her for track this year.</span></span>Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-22152717612328386702017-01-07T19:59:00.000-08:002017-01-07T19:59:05.687-08:00Repairs<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't been on my blog as much as usual. The reason is that we have had several projects going on. A couple of months ago we looked at a waterfront house. We were really interested, but it didn't seem like the right house for us because it was a duplex, and I have a drummer and two trombone players. The location was great though. We also realized we need to get our house paid down more and also make some repairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The list of repairs was long, but mostly things like new flooring in the kitchen, new decks on both sides, replacing woodwork that is water damaged and so on. So I decided to use my birthday money (today is actually my birthday, but we bought the tile three weeks ago.) We also sold our wooden swingset and bought boards for one of the decks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">About this time, an adoption caseworker from the state called to say he was coming on January 6. Yikes! That gave us less than three weeks to do the decks and flooring. We jumped right in with the flooring and the first part went pretty well, but cutting the tile to fit around door frames and the little pieces around the edge got crazy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also started pulling apart both decks thinking it would just as easy to do both at once. They are both very small. One deck was built under Jessica's direction a few years ago. The other was here when we bought the house. It has steps up both sides, so we left one side so we'd have a way to get into the house. The problem was, it turned out the risers were rotted on those steps. Risers were $200 each so Rick made a pattern and cut the risers himself. We also decided to have just a single set of steps on that side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So the past couple of weeks we've been laying tile, cutting wood, building steps and so on. Also during this I've been dealing with an injured elbow, so didn't get to do much of the building. So I did a lot of waterproofing boards and painting woodwork. We didn't get everything quite done, but did a good job of hiding it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't have pictures of everything finished, but I do have a few of the inside of the house in general.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will get some of the finished projects next time and also share the cool part of the adoption home study visit.</span>Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-80693598507136733752016-12-30T00:30:00.000-08:002017-01-07T19:58:32.997-08:00Fun Friday: How Many Blocks are There?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am borrowing this from the page listed on the picture. Don't cheat. How many blocks are there?
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ever since the movie "Bucket List," people have been making their own lists. I prefer to call them life lists. Some of the popular Life List choices include writing a novel, going on a cruise, learning another language, visiting the Grand Canyon and so on. There is even a website devoted to making your list and following through. It includes thousands of ideas from other members. (You can find that <a href="https://bucketlist.org/">HERE</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The end of a year is a good time to reflect on your life. What things have you done from the lists above? What ten things would be on your own Life List? Leave a comment below and we will compile our own list.</span>Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-47814375004280739312016-12-16T21:02:00.002-08:002016-12-16T21:07:16.846-08:00Fun Friday: Minions' Christmas Song<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Eq385QMdOU?list=RD3Eq385QMdOU" width="560"></iframe>
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Last weeks' answer: Frost bite!Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-20743435317462827732016-12-09T01:00:00.000-08:002016-12-11T18:27:52.178-08:00Fun Friday: Christmas Riddle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leave your answer in the comments section.</span>Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-77821787552700304952016-11-30T19:18:00.001-08:002016-11-30T19:18:43.545-08:00YA author interviewsI don't have any new interviews this week, so take the time to go back and read some of these favorites.<br />
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<br />Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-81196709054362694352016-11-27T06:52:00.000-08:002016-11-27T06:52:23.473-08:00Random Thanksgiving Pictures<span style="font-size: large;">With everyone's crazy schedules, we were only able to spend a couple of hours together. Here are some random shots from that time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span id="goog_1731119400"></span><span id="goog_1731119401"></span>Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and a fun week off of school!</span>Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-53941931719601559312016-11-23T16:48:00.003-08:002016-11-23T16:48:47.211-08:00Happy Thanksgiving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were looking for something to make using what we already had, and we ended up doing a variation of the idea on the back of the Rolo's bag. It listed pretzels, Rolos and pecans. We didn't have pecans, but we had crushed walnuts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Place pretzels on a cookie sheet. We used the square butter snap pretzels.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Put one Rolo on top of each pretzel.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Bake at 350F for 3-4 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Answer to last week's fun Friday brain teaser:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1. They are pronounced differently depending on whether they are capitalized or not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. They are both common and proper nouns.</span>Kathy Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886511489428522492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2641128612648945613.post-18079588243874790322016-11-16T02:00:00.000-08:002016-11-16T02:00:04.104-08:00Interview with YA Author Heather Lotto<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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YA author Heather Letto shares about her book, <b><i>The Imparting, </i></b>a YA
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sooooo…. The IMP’s have it! But more
than that, in this story the imparting is the way to freedom… or death. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Fran.
Well, Actually Sarah-Frances Monde, but she goes by Fran. Her problems are many. At first, it might
appear that her main problem is procuring dinner and dodging the Impervious
holographic security. Yet, her brother’s MIA, and both of her parents already
gone, so when her mentor slides down the awful slope of the decline, avoiding
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">When you were young, what did you
want to be when you grew up? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">When
I was young, (sigghhhhh) I wanted to be 1. An Olympic gymnast, 2. A flight
attendant, 3. Janis Joplin. Yes… all at the same time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Do you still want to be that? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Not
really. I like who I am now. (Plus the above plan really sounds pretty
exhausting!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">What’s the most times you’ve read
a book and why? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I
read Nicholas Spark’s A Walk to Remember three times! (And saw the movie
twice!) Two of those three times I had forgotten I had read it already until a
few chapters in. And then I was truly bummed, because I remembered what was
going to happen. Then again, I did continue reading it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">What are three unusual things
about you your readers might not know?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">1.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->While
writing the final two books in the Ascension Series I was living in an R.V.
travelling around the U.S.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cannot tolerate carpooling in a minivan or SUV. EVER. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a figure skater.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">What’s the most adventurous thing
you’ve ever done? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">When
I was a tween, I travelled from Argentina to the U.S. in a single engine
six-passenger airplane that my father piloted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><span style="background: rgb(253, 253, 253);">Travel and adventure were big in my
home growing up. As a matter of fact, when I was in the sixth grade, my parents
moved the entire family from 'burbs of Chicago to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for
a few years. For those unfamiliar with this country, Argentina
sits on the Atlantic side of South America beneath the "belly"
of Brazil. While living in the Southern Hemisphere, I lived a pretty normal
life, going to school, hanging with friends, crushing on boys, etc. And during
school breaks, we continued the tradition of family vacations. Yet, rather than
Disney or the Grand Canyon, we had the beaches of Uruguay, the
Andes Mountains of Chile and the Great Iguacu Falls bordering Argentina,
Paraguay and Brazil. Good family fun, indeed. The biggest (and to date, the best)
family trip we made, however, was when it was time to return 'home', and my
father made the decision to pilot us back to the 'States' in his single
engine, six-seater, Beachcraft Bonanza airplane. This several-week
journey took us through jungles to beaches and Amazonian villages to coastal
mega-cities. Memories of walking on lily pads the size of car tires and dodging
hairy tarantulas bigger than my fist compete with the visions of the exotic
beaches of in Rio de Jainero and fancy buffets laden with tropical fruits,
cheeses, yummy croissants, jellies and Dulce de Leche. I can still hear
the hum of the outboard motor as we skipped along the Amazon river in a
very 'rustic' boat with a local villager and the squeal of my mother as he dove
in to 'swim with the piranhas.’ The faces of the Paraguayan women toting
mammoth baskets of fruit on their heads makes me smile as much as the flock
of flamingos that graced our outdoor buffet. However, as tween, I can
assure you, I also squabbled with my brother in the backseat of the plane when
he took up more than his allotted space, or whined "Can we land
soon?" (a lot). I mean, after all. I'm only human.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Favorite verse? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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works for the good of those who love him, who</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; display: none;">a</span></sup></a><span class="verse-28">
have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">What advice would you give a teen who wants to
be a writer? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Work
hard and be open to criticism. It’s how you grow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">November is BOOK PROMO MONTH for The Ascension Series! Impervious
and Implanted have already had free download days, but they are both on sale
for 0.99 for the rest of the month <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TEACJX8">HERE</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> The Imparting will have a
random FREE DOWNLOAD DAY within the next two weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Watch for it on Facebook Fan page because it will be announced <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Ascensionbook1/">HERE</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The Grand Prize Giveaway Drawing will be on November 30<sup>th</sup>
<a href="https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/8dd3cc1d8/">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">(Soft cover, signed copies of the entire trilogy, SWAG-GALORE*,
AND A $25 Amazon gift card)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>*Swag includes buttons, bracelets,
bookmarks & chocolate</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Order all three books from amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heather-Letto/e/B00IS41CMA/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1">HERE</a> </span></div>
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