Teaser Tuesday (7)

Yay for "Teaser Tuesday" from MizB of Should be Reading!!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser Tuesday pick:

" 'And I heard the talk that had begun: men claiming that you'd weakened for a woman-and if you are weak in one area, you can be weakened in others. So I spread a different story.' "

p 261 'Here There Be Monsters' by Meljean Brook from the Anthology "Burning Up"

This week I have been mostly

This week I have been mostly getting my son for uni ( no easy task)


Above Graduation Stockholm


From school leaving July then Country to now.......

My 1st born has officially left the nest 18 years in the blink of an eye.
It's all change from now;-)

Sink or swim springs to mind, but a good parent/parents, I think are the ones who just lets go.(Easy to type than to do, but I'm getting there)

Awaiting all the drama that may follow, may not............

It was a really strange day. A strange place a few Ikea bags
(basically his bed room content) And I left my son not evening knowing where the emergency exits where!!! weird.

It's only just sinking in for me, bean must be pretty shell shocked. But like most things in life we manage;-)


New Block stitch crochet

I phone case.
Folksy shop I will soon have back up and running, hopefully.

Rasmus the rat race of the UK he's worn out, just to much socializing;-)

That and so much change, he may be reaching for the doggy prozac shortly but hopefully the extra exercise with all his doggy friends will suffice.

Cookie doe and cream in a blankie form.

Knittings a big part of this family (No kidding), comfort blankets we are never short of.

With my collection of random browns and creams that just reminded me of that classic comfort ice cream and nice homely memory, if one should be needed.......

The perfect leaving home gift, I made bean a uni blanket.

Cutting it fine, below my legs,covered by crochet making the blanket as we drove, completing it on route to uni. The gifts final stitch as we drove into the car part.

To much excitement!

The sweet stuff always helps at stressful times and Mark & Sparks new dessert hits the spot. (Tiny so calorie free, obviously) My must try recommendation, the spoon is meant for Barbie, very cute.



Crocheted always helps with my emotions, just knit/crochet away and its almost some thing that you can concentrate on so you cant think of the sad things or if you want to dwell you can mindlessly stitch away.

Your passion your choice.







Reading chronicle

Outcasts, KIP, Jacksons Corner , Malcolm in the middle;-)

For it's135th Birthday, the weird thing is that this project will end up in the Jacksons archive of history and if it's made 135 then no doubt it will make another 100 years and I would have been part of a group project that will be mentioned.

How cool, Historic knitting;-) Great!.

Ps as for what I'm wearing it can only be put down to the fact that we have been home two half months and I still don't have a mirror on the wall................. bad!

"The Body Finder" Review

"The Body Finder"
by Kimberly Derting

Publisher: HarperCollins
Pub Date: March 1, 2010

Source: won from Liz Writes

My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

My Review:

Violet can sense the dead, she calls the feeling an echo. Sometimes, it's just because her cat has hunted a bird on their lawn. But then she starts to find human bodies-girls her own age. Violet thinks only she can help to find the killer responsible for these murders. Only her family and her best friend, Jay, know about her skill. Jay agrees to help her but only because he's scared she'll get into a dangerous situation without him. Jay has always been her best friend, so why is she suddenly having all these confusing feelings about him? Does she want him to be more than her best friend?

I think I'm in love with Jay. I have to apologize to all of my other book boyfriends because they will have to scoot over and make room for Jay. I am so happy to see a healthy relationship portrayed in the paranormal young adult genre. Jay was a wonderful, caring guy who treated Violet with respect and love.

All of the information about the mystery, the killer, and the bodies merged together in a blur of words, as I couldn't wait for more Jay. Then I would hang on his every word and analyze every subtle nuance of his actions. And there was a lot to analyze. Derting got all of the subtleties of new love right on the money. The author can tell miles of feelings and story with just a few words.

I am a sucker for a friends to love storyline and this is one of the best I've ever read. The romance was so age appropriate, too. The characters and their relationship never came across as too mature for high schoolers. All of the new feelings that Violet felt were so true and real when it comes to first love, especially when realizing that maybe your best friend is something more. And I loved the way that jealousy came into play for both Violet and Jay.


Main Characters: 5/5
Supporting Characters: 4/5
Setting: 4/5
Romance: 5/5
Uniqueness: 5/5
Cover: 4/5
Writing: 5/5


Bottom Line:This is such a fantastic love story, full of the real ups and downs of high school love. The paranormal element is a great bonus to the love story in my opinion.