55 Books

 Here are the 55 new to me books I have read as part of my 55 goals at 55

1.  Courting the Rancher- Kit Morgan  historical romance liked it so much I read the whole series
2. Kissing the Sheriff- Kit Morgan
3. Charming the Widow- Kit Morgan
4. Wooing the Undertaker- Kit Morgan
5. Enchanting the InnKeeper- Kit Morgan  I feel there should be more in the series because there are other characters I want to see how they get married off and I want to solve the mystery of the Captains life and see Agnes get her come uppance. 
6. Blizzard -A Story of Dakota Territory Cindy Rinaman Marsch turns out was only a short story but I didn't really like it because I didn't like the spoiled wife in it. 
7. Long Black Stockings - Ethel Bensen Soper was a good book but mostly it was a collection of memories instead of a life story. 
8. The Ragged Orphan - Lindsey Hutchinson  I quite liked this book. I like books that the person is down on their luck but through hard work and a bit of luck they perserve. Wish I could find more books like this
9. The Runaway Children- Lindsey Hutchinson- I read this one because I liked the other one listed above. It was a good book but not as good as the first. 
10. Spirit of Deadwood - Sherry A Burton- Been waiting for this to come out. I have read the entire Jerry McNeal series. Love this book and can't wait for the next to come out. 
11. A Sister's Bond - Ivory Fields- was a good book but was broken down to 6 books, I am only counting it as one though because they were only a few pages each. I think each one took less than 30 minutes. I didn't time them though. 
12. Coming Home to Hideaway Bay- Michelle Brouder- it was ok but I don't enjoy books that jump back and forth between timelines. I think Grandma's life could have been a seperate book instead of going back and forth. 
13. As the Light Dies- David Saylor- Was an ok book but as usual in the post apoc fiction all the women are drop dead gorgeous and the men are in amazing shape and rich enough to buy millions in supplies. Would be nice if just once in a while it was a regular person putting a bit back day by day and trying to survive. Guess all us poor people are going to die off
14.  Haunting Stephanie- Heather Sage- Wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be. Boring death and never explained the anxiety that the main character suffers from. The supposed connection was a weak plot line.
15. The Peddler's Widow- Faye Godwin- Was ok
16. The Scullery Maid's Salvation  - Emma Hardwick- was ok a bit predictable
17. Lady Helena Investigates -Jane Steen- This was a very good book. Wasn't your typical mystery. 
18. Beside Golden Irish Fields- Ava Miles- predictable but still a good read.
19. Pilfered Promises- M Louisa Locke- I love this series. I have read 8 of them so far and have enjoyed each one a lot
20. Trouble Has A Tail - Victoria L.K. Williams- this was a short read but quite cute. 
21. A Mother's Shame - Rosie Clarke- I liked some parts and some parts were annoying but overall it was an ok book
22. If the Creek Don't Rise - Leah Weiss- This was a really good book with quite a bit of unexpected story lines. I am hoping its the beginning of a series and there are more to come because there were a lot of threads for other stories started and not finished in this one. 
23. Silent Revenge - Landon, Laura- A regency romance and a very good one at that.
24. One Day With You- Shari Low- A lot of activity for one day. Good book
25. Flight Through the Darkness: Powerless: Book 1 - Leslie Grace- Really like this one but so far there is no book 2 YA Post Apocalyptic
26. Collapse: The Death of Friendship -Angela D. Shelton - was ok but not as good as the one above this one. YA Post Apocalyptic
27. Psychic Whispers- Arial Burnz
28. Two Lies someone Must Die- Kaylie Hunter - This was a good series, can't wait for book 6
29. Three Free don't Look For Me- Kaylie Hunter
30. Four Fears Behind the Mirror - Kaylie Hunter
31. Five More Lock Your Door - Kaylie Hunter
32. Familiar Spirits- Sara Christene
33. Death Walks a Dog- Tess Baytree
34. Hecks Valley- John Deacon - Part of a western series but got bored before book 5 so gave up on it. 
35. Heck's Gold- John Deacon
36. Premedicated Murder- Erica J Whelton
37. A Wallflower for the Marquess- Dorothy Sheldon
38. Murder and the Mortician - Marian McCarthy
39. Murder and the Ghost Hunter- Marian McCarthy
40. Wish Book- Laurel Veil - Haven't we all wished we could have a do over.
41. The Making of a Matchmaker- Tess Thompson - The next 4 are part of a series but I wish the series were longer. I want to know about the rest of the town. 
42. A Match for a Reluctant Bride- Tess Thompson
43. A Match for a Willful Bride- Tess Thompson
44. A Match for a Disgraced Bride - Tess Thompson
45. Independence: Collapse Book Three- Angela Shelton - Ok but didn't' seem that believable to me. 
46. The Trouble with Secrets- Jean Grainger
47. What Divides Us-Jean Grainger
48. More Harm Than Good- Jean Grainger
49. When Irish Eyes are Lying- Jean Grainger- I was loving this series until this book and I hated this one and now won't finish the rest. She ruined it for me with this one. 
    

Job Hunting and Gratitude.

I have been applying for some jobs lately. I love love love my current job but it is only 20 hrs a week and I am expected to be on call in case something happens (which did this week so I got 40 hrs and next week will be getting 40 also) but normally I am not called in. So I can't really get another job although I am thinking of trying for a home aide. Basically you go in an elderly person's home and check on them, light cleaning and cooking and take them to dr's appts. I can do that a couple days a week assuming those days aren't wrote in stone.  But I have also applying for 4 full time jobs. 3 are with the state since they have such awesome benefits. I have only heard back from one of them so far and have an appointment on Monday. I am leaving it in God's hands and if I get it then I know its what He wants for me right now.
If you are job hunting I recommend Indeed you can create email alerts and they will email you every day with the new postings for your area. I like them because they pull from a wide variety of sources so you don't have to go to all the different job boards.

I am currently reading a book by Debbie Macomber called Thursdays at Eight and I saw something on a page that gave me an inspiration. I think I am going to try to remember every time I post to put 5 things I am grateful for. That way I can look back and remember my blessings and hopefully it will encourage me to express more gratitude in life.

1.  Being able to work more hours this week and next. I need the extra money right now.
2.  Water- will blog about this one day and share my experience.
3.  The car continuing to run. - I am so paranoid about this now.
4.  Grace- I am so thankful that I can experience God's Grace on a daily basis.
5. 3 lbs lost-. I have been trying real hard this week to exercise more by walking a bit each hour.  

free books

I was surfing around as usual and came up Harlequin's website. They have 16 books you can download to read. There were several from the love inspired series (those are Christian if you didn't know) so you don't have to read about people having sex who don't even know each other and then are suddenly pregnant and after the one night stand still manage to marry the elusive millionaire they had the one night stand with. Guess I sound jaded huh?

So then I thought I would check on Swagbucks to see what all free ebooks I could find. Here are some sites with ebooks that are free. BTW I didn't download from any of these so haven't tried to see if there is a catch. If you want to read books without paying and can't find them at the library, I recommend you do a swagbucks search and see if you find something interesting to you.

Kobo They have 220 free books listed. I think perhaps they are from around the web since the free books from Harlequin are listed on the site as downloads. There were quite a number of classics here.

Internet Public Library over 20000 books.

Gutenberg over 30000 free books. Btw for those unfamiliar with Gutenberg, he invented a movable type printing press and the first book printed on it was the Bible.

freebies

Here is sample that I can't wait to try. I just have the worst time sleeping anymore. It takes forever to fall asleep and then I wake up every little bit. This water is supposed to help you sleep. After I try the sample I will let you know how it worked for me.

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Send a friend a book called Shanghai Girls and you might win a Deluxe Edition of SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN

I had enough Swagbucks to get another $5 Amazon gift card. I have the toolbar at the top of my browser and everytime I need to know something I swagbuck it. It finds everything. And I earn gift certs to buy presents with. If you don't have an account yet, click here and start with 3 swagbucks.

More free offers.

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Sign up for Post Newsletter and they will send you a coupon for $2 off Shredded wheat, raisin bran or grape nuts. Its an email coupon. I am hindering in my online couponing until I get paid because I am out of ink :(

Sample ofdried plums use the coupon code: ADSUPER

Year of Autoweek courtesy of Dodge Challenger to the 1st 5000 people. When I was just there the form was still on the site. I didn't apply since I don't read autoweek.

Sign up for the Wedding Stand Newsletter and get a year subscription to BRIDAL GUIDE magazine. (I am sorry, I had misstated the magazine title).

free book : Even the Demons Believe aimed at the lost but something for Christians to read and think about.

Its that time of year again. Turbo Tax Tax Freedom f you made less than $31,000 last year or were active duty military with an AGI of less than $57,000 AND live in the following states: AL, AR, AZ, GA, IA, ID, KY, MI, MN, MO, MS, NY, NC, ND, OK, OR, RI, SC, VT or WV, then you can get your State and Federal taxes done for FREE with TurboTax!

Ok folks, I am off to bed. I have to start academy tomorrow for the DOC which I consider completely stupid since I am an office assistant not a correctional officer but ours is not to question why but to do and die. (hopefully not literally). I am very worried about it but I have a prayer cloth from church so I am trusting in the Lord.