Dear readers, I admit to being in a bit of a pickle.
In youth, life seemed limitless, infinite.
Writing was the same, I just wrote, not a lot of stopping to think.
Such is the power and joy of youth.
And as we age limitations don’t just come from the outside, but from your own body:
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Sagging (oh no, those should still be much higher).
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Weird spots randomly attach themselves to your skin (“Out, Damned Spot!” doesn’t work, believe me, I’ve tried).
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Eating cake may seem more exciting and less work than other, er, strenuous activities…
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But if you’re not aging, you’ve discovered the Fountain of Youth (good for you, care to share?), or you’re dead and you just don’t know it yet.
very good!
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Thank you kindly. 🙂
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Good post! I read Ebooks from time to time, but they don’t hold my attention like traditional printed books.
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Thank you kindly. I like both formats, but ebooks just seem lacking sometimes.
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I totally agree. They do lack some character, the book feel and the smell of a new book 🙂 *smells like new mints of money* 😉
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lol 😉
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I love Teagan!! I haven’t read Atonement yet, but I know I’ll love it too.
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Teagan is amazing, I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
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Thank you Melinda. Great big purple hugs back!
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I love this: “The texture and weight of a book in your hands tells you so much about the content; ebooks all feel the same.” It’s so true. Big fan of Teagan, too.
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It’s one of the first things I noticed about ebooks.
Teagan is simply…amazing. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, Dan, hope this day treats you well. 🙂
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Thank you for your kind words, Dan and Sarah! Saturday hugs!
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I must clearly start reading Atonement, Tennessee immediately! I love Teagan’s serials and I already have the book … on my ever-growing list of Kindle purchases. Please find me a huge chunk of time!
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It found it totally worth the time…Teagan is such a compelling writer and blogger. 🙂
Hope this day treats you kindly. 🙂
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At d.Parker immortality didn’t come up with vampires, its a reality
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Not sure about that, but it must be comforting. 🙂
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Mmh
Adam n eve had potent immortality
The tree of life would have done them in
4000 years later the tree of life was offered
Remember the fruit is Jesus
I tell u the truth not many christians are aware
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Thank you James. 🙂
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Donna… You should see me jumping up and down. I wouldn’t have needed coffee this morning if I’d realized! OMG, I’m blown away by this wonderful review.
I didn’t realize where you were heading when I opened the post. I was just enjoying your words, as I always do, especially “we’re storytellers, not just those who write, but those who read.”
I sincerely didn’t expect to see my novel here today. If it’s ever magically a movie, you are hired as casting director! Yummy to your choices for leading men.
Probably I should hush now — it looks like i’m writing my own post here. But I’m that thrilled. Mega hugs!
(Oh, and I’ll reblog this mid-week, so I don’t confuse people looking for the serial. More mega hugs!) 😀
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Oh Teagan, I’m so glad and relieved and happy, I so wanted to do your astonishing book justice, but I didn’t know if I could find the words to truly instill how amazing it was. I put reviews in with other stuff because I found, in the past a single review didn’t get as many views, so this way, more people are exposed to your wonderful book and blog and stuff. 😉
You’re a wonderful storyteller and writer, Teagan (the two don’t always go together) and thank you. 🙂
I’ll await your call for my casting director job…I’ll work on the rest of the cast now. 😉
Your serial was terribly clever and delightful, although I was a little sad to see it end, it was a brilliant conclusion and I happily await more delicious writing from you, dear one. 🙂
All the best today and every day.
Megahugs!!!
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One of my pet peeves is those “book reports”. Really fun when they reveal the ending. I have complained to Audible but they still publish those reviews.
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I know, if I want to read a book, I want to read it, not every detail, yes, often including spoilers. Sigh.
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I love what you said about books and reading. I barely read books because I couldn’t set aside the necessarey space to do so. I too want to have time for reading and totally diving into it. Also reading is a challenge for me. Because when I start reading the inspiration flow gets highly activated and mostly after some paragraphs I put that book aside ……….. and write… lol
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I know exactly what you mean, Erika, reading a a good book makes me want to share that story then I start thinking about all the other stories I want to share and I’m inspired to write myself. 🙂
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It goes so far that when translated my book into English I got so inpired by my own words that it ended up as an extended version… lol
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OK, you are dedicated…love to read it someday, wait, before I commit, how extended do you mean? lol 😉
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Hahaha…. not double the size… lol! Only some more pages since the format is a little bigger than my German book 🙂
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Just thought I’d check. Hope to read them someday soon. 🙂
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Haha… No worries. It is about 300 pages 🙂
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That got me thinking of the movie, ‘300’, and now I’m distracted. 😉
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😁😁😁
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I have always believed that we were limited by our imaginations, money, and time. Unfortunately I have now had to add another factor – our energy level. As I’m getting older, I’ve discovered that the mind may be willing, but the body is now saying ‘I don’t think so’ with greater frequency
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All limitations also likely depend on what you want to do…and sigh, yes, energy levels can be a downer. 😉
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A great book review, for what it’s worth. Those are so difficult to write; plus, I think I’m probably more than guilty of my share of the ‘book report’ aspect. Probably the reporter/perfectionist/editor in me wanting to give maximum details rather than holding back something, one of the most effective and under-rated parts of storytelling. So many pleasant echoes in this piece, Donna . . . about aging, storytelling, and the ebook/real book discussion, in particular!
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Thank you kindly, Leigh. Book reviews are difficult to write, but when they’re so many wonderful stories, so many amazing storytellers, it makes however we do it, worth it. 🙂
Hope this weekend is treating you well so far. 🙂
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Oooh! Looks like I have another author to add to my reading list. Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm, and for endorsing indie authors. Love your photos choices btw 😀
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Oh no, is your reading list as long as mine, I don’t think I’ll ever get through mine, but I’ll have a fantastic time trying! 🙂
Thank you kindly and hope this weekend is treating you well, Lesley. 🙂
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You were smart to put David Tennant toward the end of the post to make sure I read the whole thing 🙂
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Is there any wrong spot for David Tennant?!? 😉
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I adore this book and you’re right. Let’s hope the second follows soon!
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If ‘Atonement, Tennessee’ is this good, when Teagan tells us the release date we’ll have to book vacation time to give ‘Atonement In Bloom’ our full attention. 🙂
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Applesauce… I’m honored and flattered… and I sure hope I can live up to expectations. I’m a little worried! 🙂 ❤
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If ‘Atonement, Tennessee’ and all the stuff on your blog is any indication, you could never disappoint…ever! 🙂
Take care and hope you’re having a lovely weekend, so far. 🙂
Megahugs!
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I loved your pitch for indie authors. Thank you. One of these days I may have to send you one of my books for review.
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I’d love that, Phil, but I can already guess they’d have me laughing if your blog is any indication. 🙂
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I saw the ‘out damn spot thing’!!!!
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also, I am now a little afraid to ask for a 100% truthful review of anything I have ever written… or done… or thought about… or worn…
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You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth! OK, I’m sure you can handle the truth…and if from your mind, I’m sure it’s…umm, funny. 😉
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then hit me with your best shot
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you go first
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how do I get you stuff to review?
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email me iwanttobelieve@rogers.com 🙂
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ok
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koed
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coed???
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code
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you know these kinds of word games are the kinds of things that got me 40,000 + comments on that post where we are trying to break the record for most comments… hint hint…
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You don’t say? Are you close to breaking the record…how close?
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well, wordpress claims that, even though they keep every other kind of stat, that they don’t know what the record is. People smarter than me tried to find out. We found a post with 20,000 something comments… an evil post where a girl said that women who have kids are throwing their lives away… and the comments were mostly negative. Ours is all about love. We have reunions. We had writing contests. Trent got drunk and tried to seduce himself in there. We might make it into a book someday, if I can figure out how to edit it. We also contacted the Guinness book of world records, but they say that they only have a record for most comments on a whole blog… a Japanese guy… 3 million plus… but that if they ever do one for a single post, we will be considered.
If you haven’t left at least one comment there, click the link at the top of the sidebar. I answer every comment in there, so half the 40,000 are mine… HA!
Seriously, leave one comment, I will answer, and it can go on for as long as you want… this is an actual challenge.
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I don’t think mine will ever get that high…I’m pretty sure I’ve left at least one comment, but I will pop back around and add some more. 🙂
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I do like to keep it alive… but no pressure
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I commented again. 🙂 My first it seems was September 7. 🙂
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I saw that… but is there going to be any follow through?
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Geez, you’re so demanding. I’m working on it. 😉
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I am shameless, not demanding!
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shamelessly demanding
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ok… fine… but did you get the book I sent you?
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Yes, thank you kindly. I can read it on email, but I can’t seem to download it on my old dearie, the doc is probably too new. I’ll try another later. 🙂 Thanks again. I started reading the intro – you should be honoured, I rarely ever read them or at the end or whatever, yeah, cause that’s how I roll… 😉
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right
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write
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don’t write wrong
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if writing is wrong I don’t wanna be right.
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or write
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I have no idea what a ‘rogers dot com’ is, but my computer doesn’t believe it exists… it wants to believe, but it doesn’t… HA!
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really? Let’s try again, iwanttobelieve@rogers.com Just click on this link
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I did… it says; webpage can’t be found.
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It’s an email address
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oh… you do remember I am a computer moron, right? So what do I send you exactly? The entire manuscript of my first sci-fi book???
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Well, you can email it to me, or contact me via email and we can arrange for you to send me books, or I can download it as I do with some ebooks like from Netgalley, Edelweiss, etc. Those are the usual ways authors and publishers have sent me books. 🙂
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I like the idea of emailing them to you… that would be free.
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I love free, one of my favourite words (don’t ask what the others are, this is a more or less family friendly blog). 😉
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ha
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hee
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haw
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what?
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hee haw…
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See, great minds think alike (we’ll ignore the fools seldom differ part). 😉
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we should ignore that last part… ’cause it ain’t us!
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never
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maybe never
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always keeping those doors open
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half way open
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or half way closed
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one of one or six-and-a-half dozen of the other
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dozen just makes me think of doughnuts…mmm, doughnuts
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oh yeah
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alright
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uh huh
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huh hu
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that too
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that three
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hat tree
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I could never get the hang of hats. 😉
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ba-dum-dum
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who you calling dum?
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me
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I still haven’t quite figured out where this aging process will take me… or if I’ve even figured it out or gotten used to it yet. The only thing I figured out is why the eyes start to go, so you can’t count your own wrinkles in the mirror.
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#midlifeluv
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Elena knows how to throw a party over at #MidLifeLuv but I have one complaint, it’s getting to be as bad as Pinterest for time loss, I started clicking on the links and I was gone for I don’t know how long. 😉
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I know… I set a timer.
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That’s a good idea. I’ve had to do that with Pinterest. 🙂
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You’re wonderful at seeing the silver lining, Karen, but my arms aren’t long enough now to hold a book to where I can read it. lol 😉
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I’m with you Donna, I don’t need someone to tell me whether I’ll like a book or not. They don’t know my likes or dislikes, and I sure don’t know there’s. So I’m just wondering (having not read a book they’ve read yet) how either of us could relate one way or the other on a story. Loved your point of view throughout, very knowing.
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It is tricky, I try to infuse my review with what I felt when reading the books and give a few clues as to why they might like or dislike it…without spoilers. 🙂
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Most practical. Works as a tease, but doesn’t give too much away, just enough to know whether you’d be interested or not. I like it, Donna. :O)
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Another excellent post!
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Thank you kindly, hope this weekend is being good to you. 🙂
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Good, review of Atonement Tennessee. You were right when you said the book should come with a warning that you need to not plan on anything but reading.
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You know exactly what I mean, don’t you, John, you pick ‘Atonement, Tennessee’ up, then wow, time has flown, but it’s a great use of that time. 🙂
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Yup. So right.
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Excellent post and message 😄
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Thank you kindly. 🙂
So glad you found me so I could find you (that sounds more complicated than it probably was), really enjoyed your posts, my son and I suffer from allergies to, well, lots of stuff and your writing is so interesting and informative. Thank you. 🙂
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Thank you for stopping by and your encouraging comment. Glad you find the site interesting and informative. I wish both of you the best with your allergies and other stuff. =)
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I’ll be popping back again. 🙂
Hope this day treats you kindly. 🙂
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I love the first part of your post where you remind us that many of the constraints of age are in the mind. I find being older is liberating in many ways. And the wisdom gained is priceless. My goodness, 30 years reviewing. That’s a great deal of expertise! I’ve been an avid reader all my life but only started reviewing recently. By the way, you’re one of the winners of my giveaway. I’ll be in touch again soon:)
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Thank you kindly, Luccia, I also find it liberating in many ways.
30 years (on and off), I love reviewing, goodness I read so much I figured I’d better do something with all the info. 😉
Wow, thank you, I started reading ‘All Hallows at Eyre Hall’, Book One in the ‘Eyre Hall Trilogy’ just in case I won the second book, ‘Twelfth Night At Eyre Hall’…kidding, I rarely win giveaways (although this is the 2nd I’ve won this week), but I love Jane Eyre and was intrigued for your books. I can’t wait to read and review both. Thank you so much. Hope this week treats you well. 🙂
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This is awesome. There is nothing like a real book.
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Thank you kindly. 🙂
Cuddling up with an ebook just isn’t the same as a book book somehow. 😉
Hope this day treats you well. 🙂
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Well, if I ever write THAT kind of book, one that will transport you to a different dimension in time and space, I will definitely contact you.
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We never know what will transport others…I’d be thrilled to read your book (and blog)…just let me know. 🙂
Hope this day treats you kindly. 🙂
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Brilliant post! Funny, thought-provoking and interesting, what more could you ask for?! 🙂
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Thank you kindly! 🙂
Hope this day treats you well. 🙂
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You too, great to meet you!
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LOVE ALL THOSE PUDDY-TATS!!!! A BLOG THAT STIMULAES AND REFRESHES!!!!! 😀
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Thank you so much for the reblog and the kind words, Jonathan. 🙂
Hope this day is being good to you. 🙂
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A fabulous review, Donna. Well deserved by Teagan. She weaves a marvelous, whimsical tale I couldn’t put down. ❤
I will read any book format but tend to shy away from electronic versions and hit the paper books first.
By the way, the photos of the hunks with feline friends almost sidetracked me from the real post.
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Thank you Tess, I visited Teagan’s magical ‘Atonement, Tennessee’ and never wanted to leave…a small perk of age, we can try to be patient while she finishes a sequel (note the try part). 😉
Yes, sorry about the distraction…wait, what was I saying (made the mistake of looking at the post as I was writing this…). 😉
Hope this week is good to you. 🙂
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😀 😀 😀 On all counts.
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This is in real time. Whoa… Top of the morning.
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Yes, Tess, I’m on here saying hi to all the lovely comments. Top of the morning. 🙂
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Have a wonderful day. I’m off to an appointment.
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It was a wonderful day, Tess, hope your appointment and your day went well. 🙂
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The appointment gave me a change to read. 😀 😀 😀
Have a wonderful day, Donna.
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I try to read at appointments, but I get distracted people-watching, but I still pretend to read so as not to be dreadfully obvious that I’m people-watching. 😉
Thank you kindly, Tess, and to you as well. 🙂
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Yes, I find it distracting with people talking while I’m trying to read.
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And what people talk about can sometimes be distracting…and disturbing. 😉
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Private stuff should be kept private. I don’t need to hear it, right?
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Exactly. 🙂
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I always enjoy the inimitable Donna Parker’s posts at “Yadadarcyyada” – her style and presence is sparklingly apparent, but her heart shines through, brightest of all. So I was happily reading along, when I discovered she could be sneaky! 😀 I didn’t expect to find a review of my novel, “Atonement, Tennessee” within this wonderful post!
It can be very hard for me to disengage from stress and work on my novels. Donna has just given me a world of encouragement. I hope to be working on book-2 this weekend. Thank you, thank you Donna! Mega hugs!
❤ ⭐ 😀
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Teagan, who knew I could be so stealthy? I was about to pop over to your post to read the conclusion of your brilliant serial, ‘Copper, the Alchemist, and the Woman in Trousers’ and was going to let you know, but you beat me to it. The best part is, you liked it. 🙂
Thank you for your kind words, support, and for letting me visit, ‘Atonement, Tennessee’, I can’t wait to return although I will and just revisit until the sequel. 😉
I’m so pleased I could help in any small way, Teagan and get going on ‘Atonement in Bloom’, as you can see by the comments, many of us are trying to be patient (difficult to say the least) waiting. 😉
All the best, dear one and megahugs…thanks for reblogging this. 🙂
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Fabulous stealth review of Atonement, Tennessee, one of my recent favorites too. (Hint, hint Teagan… sequel please!)
And about that aging thing? Here’s my hero:
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Thank you kindly and apparently, Teagan is working on ‘Atonement in Bloom’ (hint hint, get working, girl). 😉
Yes, I just want to hug Jonathan, the 180-year-old tortoise, isn’t he gorgeous? Imagine what he’s seen in his lifetime. 🙂
Hope this day treats you well. 🙂
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Donna of Yadadarcyyada reminds us of our youth and saggy bits.. and also gives a review of Atonement Tennessee by Teagan Riordain Geneviene, one of the kindest supporters of the blog.. great post and my opinion is that a little gravitas is a good thing and that it is gravity that is the biggest problem associated with aging.
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lol Sally, I guess we don’t need to be reminded of our saggy bits, but it never hurts to remember youth or Teagan’s magical ‘Atonement, Tennessee’. 🙂
Yes, I’ve definitely added gravity to my ‘Not In Good Favour’ list… 😉
Thank you kindly for the reblog, Sally…we need to get more people reading Teagan’s works so she’ll give us more to read. 😉
Best wishes and hope this day treats you well. 🙂
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I love your spotlight of Teagan´s book… Not to mention your keen and witty insights on aging …and the power and joy of youth, as you call it… Regardless, some things only comes as experience do … Cheers to that… Love and best wishes. Aquileana ✨☺️✨
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Thank you, Aquileana…I was lucky to have wandered into ‘Atonement, Tennessee’ and now I want to visit again. Teagan assures us she’s writing the sequel, so now we wait, another perk of aging, patience. 😉
Hope this week is treating you well and best wishes and hugs. 🙂
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You know Donna I almost left off at ‘sagging’ Sort of too close to home. But you make a great point about wrapping the review in another post to make sure a book you like gets the airing it deserves. I’ve noticed reviews receive less traffic too.
I also have a request. It’s a touch galling, reading your posts, to find I’m slapping my forehead again and going ‘of course’. You dig out and expose the bleeding obvious from where it lays hidden in my mental forest. So, do you lend out your brain occassionally? At least the analytical part. I’d only need it maybe twice a year for a couple of days. When your on holiday maybe?
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Maybe I shouldn’t lead with the sagging even though it’s leading me? lol 😉
Yes, I like to sneak in book, TV, movie reviews, all stealthy. 😉
Sure, my brain can be lent out, depending on how the poor dear is going to be utilized. 😉
Hope this day is treating you well. 🙂
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Great perspective. I usually don’t read reviews. Taste in books…so personal. I love when I find a treasure on my own. ☺
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Thank you kindly. 🙂
The hunt for a new treasure is fun, I like when I find them or when I have help. 🙂
Hope this day treats you well. 🙂
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Reading atonement at the moment – so what am I doing here? Must go… Shall I not do a review then?Jx
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Yes, you don’t want to leave ‘Atonement, Tennessee’ too long, after all, you never know what will happen. 😉
lol Tell us what you liked about it. 🙂
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Well it’s that really important time again as another truly #Donnamazing post has been written and published . It’s just like waiting for 🎁 when Santa comes and all that crispy paper and under the 🎄there it is and you open it with all the expectation and wow its wonderful just like this post l am truly lost for …. Begins with W and ends with S
Now here was l oh yes a reviewer of books and people and she just gets better over to you #Donnamazing nearly forgot here’s your gold ✨
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Oh wow, Ian, there’s no way to live up to that, but thank you so very much, it inspires me!!! Thank you not only for the reblog, but for the wondrous words. 🙂
You made my day, I hope yours is being awesome to you so far! 🙂
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As always reading your posts makes my day 😻
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You’re too kind, Ian, but thank you. 🙂
Hope this weekend is a great one!!! 🙂
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Said so well, about age, books, reviews. On a roll here, Donna Parker! 😉
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Thank you kindly. 🙂
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Ebooks are convenient BUT there is nothing like a ‘real’ book that has some weight to it but I know I’m in the minority these days. Age? Well, now there’s a topic that you have to learn to embrace. One thing that I appreciate at this age is feeling comfortable in saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’ based solely on how I truly feel. 🙂
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You’re so right, Judy, one of the joys of aging is knowing who you are and what you want. 🙂
I hope you have a lovely weekend! 🙂
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Dee, you’re hysterically adorable…don’t stop!
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Don’t think I could if I’ve tried…and I have tried. 😉
Hope this weekend is a great one!!! 🙂
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Have a great week end Dee. Hope you do something fun. 🙂
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One never knows, but I’m off to vote and for me, that’s fun. 😉
I’m sure I’ll come up with something else. All the best, always! 🙂
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Happy voting…my best!!
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Thank you kindly! 🙂
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I’m not a big fan of book reviews that are like book reports either. Some of the best new books I’ve read are those I picked up off a table on a whim!
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I agree, Jan, there’s nothing I love more than just seeing a title or cover or description and thinking, sure, why not? 😉
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Wonderful post! I laughed at your suggestion of adding a warning to some books – read only if you have nothing to do for the next few days. I’ve been trapped by such books a few times…and what a treat they are!
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We probably know after the first few pages whether we’ll be trapped in the book, but by then it’s much, much too late. But you’re right, what a treat. 🙂
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What a great read! I loved the interesting content and your humorous and witty writing style is excellent. Being a bit of an old fossil myself, I really enjoyed your summary on growing old, with all its undesirable effects – other than the wisdom that comes with age. I can’t deny that’s true. 😀 Perhaps we’re restless when we get older because we recognise there’s so much less time now to dothe things we want to get done.
Atonement Tennessee sounds like a great read. Another one to add to my TBR list.
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Thank you kindly. 🙂
Yes, age certainly has it’s drawbacks, but many benefits as well. You may be right, perhaps we’re restless because we can hear the clock ticking more relentlessly. 🙂
Teagan’s book, ‘Atonement, Tennessee’ is a magical read…is your list like mine, endless? lol 😉
Hope this weekend treats you well. 🙂
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I love reading and yes, my reading list is very long – getting longer by the day. I just keep reading and see how many I can get through. Thanks for the recommendation. It sounds like a good one. 🙂
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All we can do is just keep reading, but I notice the book industry is conspiring against us and releasing new books every day! 😉
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Yeah, they have a nasty habit of doing that! heehee. 🙂
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We like it, but it’s a tad overwhelming. 😉
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Yes, you’re right. 🙂
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I am going to have to check this out but I am just like you. I must have a block of time available because if I like a book, no one will see me for days. Oh, and there is always effort available for cake. Thank you for linking to #BlogShareLearn.
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Once Teagan leads us to magical ‘Atonement, Tennessee’ we need some time to stay and play. 😉
Oh definitely, cake asks so little of us and gives so much. 😉
Love the new name, Elena, you always come up with such clever ideas. Thanks for being the hostess with the mostess on http://www.livingwithbatman.com/2015/10/08/blogsharelearn-linky-party-october-915/ You’re parties are always divine!!! Can we still use #MidLifeLuv as well as #BlogShareLearn 🙂
Hope this weekend treats you well. 🙂
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Well no one will arrest you if you do but I am retiring that hashtag
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lol ok. I’ll try to remember. 🙂
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I love books.
That’s all I really wanted to say 🙂
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It’s all anyone needs to say. I understand completely. 🙂
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I like cats and enjoy books but men, sigh! I could look at your posts and you could say almost every anything. Ha ha!
Thanks, D. 🙂
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I’m glad to provide eye candy. 😉
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The Gif’s on this post are just hilarious!
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Thanks, they’re fun. 🙂
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Hi Donna,
Sweet dreams are made of this– I love that song.
I think that age is a mindset. Frank Sinatra’s song Young at Heart rings true. Then, the aches and pains start, and as you said the age spots, and it’s hard to ignore the number, or the word, as your post pointed out. I thought the Freaky Friday quote was funny.
Thanks for bringing your post to Blogger’s Pit last week.
Janice, Pit Stop Crew
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I do too, Janice. 🙂
But they are just numbers, aren’t they and we have to keep remembering that. 🙂
I always love your Blogger’s Pit Stop, it’s such a wonderful opportunity and you all (you, Kathleen, Julie, and Debbie) do such an amazing job of helping bloggers find each other in this giant virtual haystack. 🙂
Hope everything is going well, all the best. 🙂
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Sally, I just love this, had to come back again now that I have time to comment!
Teagan is simply amazing, my copy of her astonishing book, ‘Atonement, Tennessee’ (which should be riding the top of the bestseller list with no signs of leaving) is so dog-eared from rereading so often. Luckily her fans, like me, have her wonderful blog to visit.
Enjoyed this so much and will share again.
As usual, Sally, you are a generous supporter of bookers and bloggers alike!🙂
Hope this week ahead treats you kindly.🙂
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” ~Arundhati Roy
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I am completely on board with that fantasy casting – those cat photos! 😀 #FridayFrivolity
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I know, right – me-ow, they’re purr-fect! 😉
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Great post! The older I get, the more attention I pay to the things I let get past me and the harder I work to be sure I don’t miss anything else!
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I hear you, Lisa, too bad I didn’t have this insight when my eyesight was better. lol 😉
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I have a Kindle full of books from indie authors – and then I never get around to reading them as I am too busy blogging or reading other bloggers – like you. Yes, I blame you. But I will tell a cat-loving friend about this book.
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Ha! Well, since I’ve been remiss in my blogging duties…but I really do know what you mean, there just never seems to be enough time is there, too many books (gasp, did I really say that, I’m sorry, books, I didn’t mean it, I love you). Hope this week treats you well. 🙂
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On my list to check out. I am a cat lover so….
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Let me know what you think. 🙂
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Loved this, Donna! OMG, how I can relate to the “sagging” and those nasty spots and tags! Ugh!!!
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Where do they all come from and where can we send them? 😉
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My dermatologist says “It’s part of aging. Deal with it!” Bleh…. as she stands there with her 20-something year old self. 🙂
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I know, I think it’s a conspiracy, because optometrists, doctors, specialists of all sort say similar things. 😉
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Hi Donna,
I loved the song “Ultimate” from “Freaky Friday.”
Thanks for coming to the Blogger’s Pit Stop Linky Party last week.
Janice, Pit Stop Crew
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I loved that movie, the first one best but the second one was ok.
Thanks for throwing such a magnificent party, how you all do it every week is beyond me! 🙂
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Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for including my posts, you’re too kind but I really do appreciate it. Hope this weekend treats you well. 🙂
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Thank you for linking up at The Blogger’s Pit Stop Link Party. I’m sharing your link on social media.
Carol (“Mimi”) from Home with Mimi
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Thank you kindly, you’re too good to me.
Hope you’re having a lovely summer. 🙂 xo
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Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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