Wakela Runen's World

I received this book free from Pocket Books in exchange for an honest review.  I did not receive any form of compensation. Haint She Sweet is basically about a teenage girl who has the ability to see spirits and assist them in passing over to the other side.  In the southern US, these restless spirits are called haints.  Of course, the haints that Heather deals with make her life a living hell.  They cause her all kinds of grief.  And as you can imagine, being a freshman in high school that is no easy task. This was unfortunately the first in the series that I had read.  I say unfortunately only because I now really want to read the first three books.  I really enjoyed this one.  I was able to follow along even though I had missed out on the first three.  However, there were a few situations that I really would have loved to know the back story on even though it wasn't really necessary for this story at all. The haint that is bothering Heather in Haint She Sweet is a lunch-lady who...

I had a bunch of things come up lately so I didn't have much time to do the classes in Udemy that I had wanted.  I am now picking them back up where I left off.  Most of the classes that I have aren't interactive.  You just listen to the lectures.  However, my becoming a writer class has lessons that have "homework".  So here is my next lesson.  I need to spend 3 minutes writing to answer the question of why I want to write.   I have always been interested in writing and storytelling.  As a child, my brain was always wandering off into far off fantasy worlds that I had created and even some that I hadn't created.  I would pretend that I would step into a TV show, movie, or book and join my favorite characters.  This was how I would spend hours entertaining myself as a kid.  That passion grew into writing stories as I got older.  I remember in high school, me and two of my other friends started working on a novel together.  We would each take turns writing a chapte...

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So I stumbled upon a great website called Udemy the other day.  Basically, its an online learning platform.  Some classes you have to pay for and other classes are free.  I decided to give it a try.  I signed up for a few of the free classes.  One of the classes I tried out was called Becoming a Writer.  I will be posting my "homework" on my blog.  Its one of the suggestions for the class.  That way other people can view and critique your work. The very first lesson is to make a list.  It can be a list of anything at all.  You have 3 minutes to write the list. TV Shows I watch now or in the past NCIS NCIS:  LA Charmed CSI CSI:  NY Law & Order Law & Order:  Criminal Intent Who Do You Think You Are? Next Food Network Star Chopped Storage Hunters Container Wars Star Trek Star Trek:  The Next Generation Star Trek:  Deep Space Nine Star Trek:  Voyager Star Trek:  Enterprise Firefly Once Upon A Time Would You Do That? Tanked Tree...

  I received this book free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.  I did not receive any form of compensation. This was the first book that this author has had published.  She has also had a short story published. The timeline in this book goes back and forth between present day and the past.    I loved being able to compare and contrast the modern world of today with the shamanic world of the past. As my family's resident genealogist, I do have to say that you can learn alot about yourself and your parents by learning more about your ancestors.  And it is through finding out about her ancestors that Sheri is truly able to discover herself. I love how she found out about her ancestry though.  I guess being a pagan and a Unitarian Universalist, I have a much more open mind when it comes to past lives and shamanism.  The fact that these were featured prominently in this story was a huge bonus for me. I feel that Annette really did a wonderful job on creating believable cha...

I have never really been a patient person.  Now more then ever. So here I sit, waiting.  Waiting to find out if my life will irrevocably change.  I already know that no matter what the diagnosis, I will still require surgery.  It's just whether or not I will receive the big C diagnosis.  I am so scared right now.  One of the worst things is that the sister I live with won't let me just be scared and cry it out.  That is what I need.  The only time I can do that is when she isn't around.  Otherwise, she tells me that I am being silly.  That I just need to think positive.  That everything will turn out fine.  WELL, I'm sorry if I am human and knowing that I might have cancer is completely freaking me out.  I'm sorry if me showing that I have emotions is the wrong thing to do.  Why can't she just let me express how I feel instead of repress it?  I just really need a shoulder to cry on.  Unfortunately, I just don't have one. My best friend hasn't been around...

I received this book free from Pocket Books in exchange for an honest review.  I did not receive any form of compensation. I really love the video game tie in books.  I guess its because one of the things that I love about many video games is that there is a great story line involved.  If there isn't a great story line, then I get bored playing the game really quick.  I guess that is one reason why I get bored with straight forward FPS games.  I love games that are more RPG or MMORPG. One of the first MMORPG games that I had played was Guild Wars.  I loved the rich story lines and full immersion into the culture of the game.  The one thing I didn't like was that you reached max level too quick, but that is besides the point.  Especially since this is for a review of a book based on the game and not the game itself. Sea of Sorrows is based in the time period between Guild Wars 1 & Guild Wars 2.  I loved how it helped to catch us up to what caused some of the things we experi...