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Book Review: The Woman on the Painted Horse

5/17/2014

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* I was given an ebook copy from http://www.romantichistoricalreviews.com/ for an honest review.

The Woman on the Painted Horse by Angela Christina Archer

I’d rate this book a 4 out of 5.

**Note that I was reading this book, containing a Nathanial, Sarah, and John at the same time that I was reading other books with a Nathan, Sarah, and John. In one book, the character, Sarah dies. (You'll have to read this book to figure out if this is it). Along with life, keeping the characters straight was a bit of a chore in itself, but one I dont think anyone else will have.

The Back:
Alexandra Monroe is a slave smuggler, smuggling slaves north to Tennessee where they can live as free people. Her crime is sedition and her punishment, if caught, is death. The daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Montgomery, Alexandra lives a life not by her own accord, but a life she willingly accepts for her secret quest to save the lives of slaves. Her ultimate sacrifice is to marry the town's most eligible bachelor, Thomas Ludlow.

One afternoon, Alexandra comes face to face with handsome William Graysden. He captivates her, and her thoughts confuse her. Born a Creek Indian, not only is William forbidden because of his race, but also because Alexandra is a closely betrothed young woman. William and Alexandra fascinate one another, finding in each other a bond they don't wish to ignore. After a series of events; however, William is forced to face the choice to continue the dangerous pursuit of Alexandra's affections or forget about her.

As a sweet, level one heat level, romance novel, THE WOMAN ON THE PAINTED HORSE weaves through the social disparity in Deep South 1861. A time where blackmail, money, and greed could be more powerful than love.

My review:

In a few short words this book by Angela Christina Archer is easy to get into. It is suspenseful, romantic, well written and dramatic.

Alexandra Monroe is a lively young woman who has every detail set for her marriage to the rich, handsome Mr. Thomas Ludlow, exactly as to please her parents and society. Unfortunately, her controversial efforts to help as a slave runner as much as she can cause many problems, and she doesn’t even realize the multiple levels of danger in which she is placing herself: death at worst, social ruin at best. But Alexandra has become bored with her feminine life and is unhappy about the specific destiny fate – and her parents – have set for her. She feels trapped in these routines and mannerisms of society and begins to dream of freedom.

The characters grow and change in the story as they enhance their very realistic and engaging personalities, while everything around them tries each newly-created moral. Added into the mix is Alexandra’s encounter with an Indian man, Mr. William Graysden, who enters the picture and changes Alexandra’s world more than she would have ever thought possible.

Drama and suspense become abundant just pages into the story, when Alexandra finds herself not only buying a slave boy (her intentions are to free him for good) and dangerously stealing countless others, but most notably, falling hopelessly in love with a socially “unworthy” man.

I can’t help but feel that the plot could use just a little more action in place of some of the imagery. As a reader, you want to know more about the characters – everyone from family, friends and runaway slaves – and the things that they experience.

In terms of the romance, William Graysden says, in his native tongue, “Ecenokecvyet os” or “I love you”, but this book gets four stars instead of five because I feel the characters are more in lust than in love.

In the end, The Woman on the Painted Horse is a very well written historical romance début. Written from Alexandra’s point of view, it is evident that the love, loss, and the general emotion of this adventurous book is neither to be forgotten or ignored.

As for the author, she says: Living in a small town in Oklahoma with my husband and two daughters, I spend my days enjoying the outdoors with my family and chasing around two horses, four goats, six chickens, a dog, and two cats. I live life on a farm, milking goats, collecting eggs, and cooking and baking from scratch. It's hectic, at times, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Growing up, I always wanted to write a novel. I never believed I could, though, so every time the desire flickered, I shoved the thought from my mind. Burying it deep down and ignoring it until one morning I awoke with the determination to finally follow my dream.  You are invited to visit her Web site at http://www.angelachristinaarcher.com/ for more information.

If you are interested in seeing if there is a HEA (Happily Ever After) you can purchase a copy of the book  from Amazon in  Kindle Edition.
 
* There is no religious aspects to the book, and its written accordingly.

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Phoenician Alphabet: A Rainy Day Code (+ Weekly Linky)

5/16/2014

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PART 1
AKA: I learned the (Phoenician) Alphabet in 7th grade.


Monotone- Announcer Voice: Today is Friday May 16, 2012. The high is 66 degrees in your location. It is rainy. I repeat: r-a-i-n-y. (Still monotone) Expect flooding on the roads you need to use, but only the roads you need to use. Have a good day.

Yep, it was raining pretty hard last night and today, earlier. Its starting to dry out, but for awhile, everything in sight was drenched.


On the other hand, TWC says we only had .75 of inch of rain is the past 24 hours. Personally, I dont think that figure is right, except for maybe in the Sahara. 

*Shrugs*
We can have a rainy day activity, anyway.


So as far as codes go,
I'm sure you have heard of them, possibly even considered writing notes in Morse code or buying a circular code disk.  Those arent the only codes, of course, though.

 Today, I'm touching on a very simple alphabet for writing that can be used for writing in code.


Let me explain.

The Phoenician alphabet I learned about in my 7th grade Ancient History class, being that the Phoenician people had the first written alphabet. (See; Its educational.) The table listing the alphabet was found on page 50 (I remember, even now) of the textbook.... but it was lacking a few of the common letters today such as "i", "u" and "z" so I created symbols for those, as seen in the image below.

Besides the image, I think its rather self explanatory :)

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PS: While this is very simple to write as well as decode, rest assured that I have another coming that is almost impossible unless you know what you are doing. For instance, try guessing what this says "Pywwaxf mx pyhe"

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Made It Thru Monday:Tim Hawkins

5/11/2014

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Hey, y'all.  Hope you all have had a good Monday, and as applicable, a good Mother's Day as well.

Anyway, this post could technically be a "Wednesday" as well, as a "Monday" because today I'm sharing some videos of a Christian comedian (You'll see I have it as its own category on the right sidebar, if you scroll a little) ...
a Christian comedian named Tim Hawkins. Tim, like any comedian out there (I know this because I had a phase in which I watched no doubt no less than 100 of his various videos) .... like any comedian out there, you'll find that the routines repeat word for word.... even though we all know that that's the way that type of job works.

Anyway, here are a few that are pretty humorous, and as far as I know, dont repeat too much within themselves.

Youre challenge:  Watch them all and pick a favorite.... or the double dare: Dont Laugh; dont smile.


    P.S. This might be an interesting tidbit for some of you: This image, taken June 30 1922, shows the norm of the typical beach: If a ladies suit is too short (6 inches above the knee, I believe), they get a nice little fine from the cops. How different from today!  .....or is it?
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Music Review: I Stand in Awe

5/10/2014

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Artist: The Millers
Album: I Stand in Awe
Type: Instrumental

Available at: https://www.gospelexpressonline.org/recordings/

    Background Info:
The Millers are one of the multiple families and teams that unite to form the Gospel Express ministry. Dave, the father, has served as the organization administrator since the summer of 2000 and continues to oversee community crusades, annual auctions and banquets, as well as working with team scheduling. The Millers share there traveling adventures on a personal blog that you can find here: http://millermissioners.blogspot.com/

    The CD album that they sent me is an instrumental work, published this year (2014), and recorded by there oldest four children: Derek (20), Deborah (19), Eugene (17) and Kyle (15) as seen on the cover above.

    The first thing that I have to say is that these "kids"
are really good. As I understand from the album cover, Kyle plays lead acoustic guitar, ukulele, twelve string guitar, and electric guitar. Also, Eugene plays bass guitar, Deborah plays the harp, and Derek the rhythm acoustic guitar. Listening to the songs, its amazing how good that they play, and how nicely the instruments fit together. Clearly, they have practiced countless hours in preparation for preparing this.

    The sound that comes out is peaceful, reassuring, and light, the music you would play in the background just about anytime;  I turned on the album, on my mp3 player just this morning as I was outside gardening. I can see myself listening to the songs on this album in the future, specifically after a long day or stressful experience, even as I can whole heatedly recommend the CD album for everyday use.

    As far as individual songs go (complete list here
) there are some that Ive never heard, as well as many that I have in one form of another. The very first tract is my favorite, Come Thou Fount, followed by number 10: 10,000 reasons/ Bless the Lord. You can sample it below.


    Also, you may be familiar with Edelweiss, track 12, from the Sound of Music movie. In any case, you can click to sample it, and a few others, here.

    If you are interested in buying a copy or two of the album, know that the album is not available for purchase thru Amazon. So you'll have to order via this link, also above. They are $12

Artist: The Millers
Album: I Stand in Awe
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