Books I'm Reading & The Writing Life In General

This post is going to be an update of what I've been up to lately, so I'll do a list so it's all put in some order:

1. Book Issues

I bought two books by Alice Fowler- The Edible Garden - How To Grow Your Garden and Eat It and The Thrifty Gardener. 

I bought both in ebook/Kindle format, because the shipping costs from Amazon were considerably more than the cost of the two books put together.

I'd rather use the shipping money to buy more books, thanks. Go ebooks!

I'm also reading J.L Campbell's action/adventure/romance, Contraband.

Joy is a fellow writer/blogger and I met her while doing a blog challenge and to be honest, if I hadn't "met" her, I would never have thought of reading her books because they were outside my comfort zone.

I have mentioned before that I'm predictable when it comes to my reading selections, right? I even "stalk" an author online for months, read as many freebies I can get, before I decide  to spend my hard-earned cash.

Money is tight around here, and I prefer to use what cents I have to support whose  works I like, whether they are famous or not.

As a writer, I know each sale makes a difference. But there are also some badly written/edited books out there, so I have to be very careful that I get good value for my money or soon, I'll be so disillusioned I'll end up what's easier/tried/tested. But I digress.. I'm still reading Contraband, and so far, it's going very well. The review will follow soon.

2013 Wrap Up, With 2014 Holding Lots Of Promise

Happy New Year!

I hope 2014 brings you fantabulous successses, great health and a lot of good cheer. I hope that 2014 is much better than 2013, even if the previous year was great.

The container garden just outside my kitchen door

2013 was a better year than 2012 for me. It started out very badly, with Mma going in and out of hospitals.

By June, I was prepared to let her go if  that was how it was supposed to be.

Only she rallied back and the second half of the year was so much better I'm even optimistic that we will have a 2014 that has no medical emergencies. Now wouldn't that be wonderful!