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In Fire Storm by Andrew Lane, young Sherlock’s friend and her father have vanished. Their house looks as if nobody has ever lived in it; the neighbors claim never to have heard of them. Sherlock begins to doubt his sanity, until a clever clue points him to Scotland. Following that clue leads him into a mystery that involves kidnapping, bodysnatchers, and a man who claims he can raise the dead. Only the budding detective Sherlock can untangle the mind-bending–and dangerous–puzzles that ensnare his friends. Think you know Sherlock Holmes? Think again! 
Series: Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins (Book 4) 
Hardcover: 352 pages 
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (October 1, 2013) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 0374323119 
ISBN-13: 978-0374323110

MY THOUGHTS:  As usual I started a series in the wrong place.  Now I have to go back to the beginning.  But this is also a really good Stand Alone book.  If you love a good mystery, this one is really good.  This is about young Sherlock Holmes.  And he is looking for some dear friends that have come up missing.  He runs into a lot of people that wants information that only Sherlock has.  But Sherlock isn’t sharing.  As Sherlock and his friends go searching for his missing friends, they run into a lot of villains.  They have to out think them and get ahead of them.   With Sherlock’s uncanny way of thinking, they find the clues and find their friends, but they have to get away from all the villains.  Do they make it back to London?  Read the book, it’s really good.  I give this book…..

This book is for 1 of my reading challenges….
Monthly Keyword Challenge

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Alaska
Where the men are as bold and untamed as America’s last wilderness

It’s been three years since Lane Bishop tragically lost her fiancé, and she’s finally ready to risk her heart on someone else. The hot look in Dylan Brodie’s eyes says he’s going to be that man.

But when Lane flies to the remote 1930’s fishing lodge to help him renovate, she discovers a little girl who won’t speak, eerie legends and strange sounds in the night. And when she investigates the history of the lodge, she uncovers a legacy of injustice and murder.

As danger stalks his daughter and the woman he is coming to love, Dylan must risk everything to uncover the shocking truth. 
Series: The Brodies Of Alaska 
Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages 
Publisher: Zebra; Reissue edition (May 27, 2014) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 1420133829 
ISBN-13: 978-1420133820

MY THOUGHTS:  This is the second book I’ve read from this series and of course not in order.  But each one is a good stand alone book.  So don’t let that hold you back from reading these books.  This one involves Dylan Brodie.  He has a little girl, Emily, that has been traumatized by her mother leaving them and on top of that her mother is killed in an auto accident.  Dylan has closed his heart off, thinking he would never find love again.  Then he runs into Lane.  Lane is an Interior Designer who has come to renovate Dylan’s Lodge.  While they chase down someone who is haunting the lodge and a murderer, Dylan and Lane fall in love, but don’t want to admit it to each other for fear of getting hurt.  Do they stay together?  Does Emily ever talk?  You’ll have to read the book to find out.  I give this book 5….

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In this compulsively-readable historical novel, from the author of the critically-acclaimed Two Sisters, comes the story of two young women—one in America’s Gilded Age, one in scrappy modern-day California—whose lives are linked by a single tragic afternoon in history.
1888: Elizabeth Haberlin, of the Pittsburgh Haberlins, spends every summer with her family on a beautiful lake in an exclusive club. Nestled in the Allegheny Mountains above the working class community of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the private retreat is patronized by society’s elite. Elizabeth summers with Carnegies, Mellons, and Fricks, following the rigid etiquette of her class. But Elizabeth is blessed (cursed) with a mind of her own. Case in point: her friendship with Eugene Eggar, a Johnstown steel mill worker. And when Elizabeth discovers that the club’s poorly maintained dam is about to burst and send 20 million tons of water careening down the mountain, she risks all to warn Eugene and the townspeople in the lake’s deadly shadow.
Present day: On her eighteenth birthday, genetic information from Lee Parker’s closed adoption is unlocked. She also sees an old photograph of a genetic relative—a 19th Century woman with hair and eyes likes hers—standing in a pile of rubble from an ecological disaster next to none other than Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross. Determined to identify the woman in the photo and unearth the mystery of that captured moment, Lee digs into history. Her journey takes her from California to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, from her present financial woes to her past of privilege, from the daily grind to an epic disaster. Once Lee’s heroic DNA is revealed, will she decide to forge a new fate?
Paperback: 432 pages 
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (June 14, 2016) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 006238693X 
ISBN-13: 978-0062386939

MY THOUGHTS:  This is my book club’s choice for September.  This is a really awesome book, I really enjoyed reading it.  If you love to read about history, this is a great book that takes you back to 1888, Johnstown, Pennsylvania for the great flood.  There is a historical person in the book also, Clara Barton, who started the American Red Cross.  It jumps between 1888 to present day with ease, the story line just follows the past and the present wonderfully.  I give this book 5….

This book is also for 1 of my reading challenges……
Women’s Fiction Challenge

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On the verge of resigning from the D.C. police force, Detective Alex Cross knows he can’t refuse this case. His partner John Sampson has a friend who has been framed for murder and is facing the gas chamber. His accusers? The United States Army. As a new woman in Cross’s life brings him hope in the face of a devastating loss at home, Cross and Sampson go up against codes of honor and silence and three ruthless killers. But a bigger threat lies in wait: Their controller, a lethal genius who will introduce Cross to new depths of terror . . the last of the FOUR BLIND MICE. 
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages 
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (October 1, 2003) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 0446613266 
ISBN-13: 978-0446613262

MY THOUGHTS:  This is book 8 of the Alex Cross series.  It is just as good as the first.  Keeps you glued to the book to find out what’ s going on.  Alex and John have to find the people targeting soldiers.  They set the soldiers up for murder and the soldiers get the death penalty.   But the army is very secretive about this.  They don’t want to share info with Alex.  So Alex calls on a friend at the FBI for help.  They finally track the assassins down, but who’s behind these men for hire?    Alex has to find out.  I give this book 5….

This book is for 2 of my reading challenges….
52 Books in 52 Weeks
Fun in the Sun/Wacky Readers/Good Reads

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Darkus Cuttle’s dad mysteriously goes missing from his job as Director of Science at the Natural History Museum. Vanished without a trace! From a locked room! So Darkus moves in with his eccentric Uncle Max and next door to Humphrey and Pickering, two lunatic cousins with an enormous beetle infestation. Darkus soon discovers that the beetles are anything but ordinary. They’re an amazing, intelligent, super species and they’re in danger of being exterminated. It’s up to Darkus and his friends to save the beetles. But they’re up against an even more terrifying villain — mad scientist of fashion, haute couture villainess Lucretia Cutter. Lucretia has an alarming interest in insects and dastardly plans for the bugs. She won’t let anyone or anything stop her, including Darkus’s dad, who she has locked up in her dungeons! The beetles and kids join forces to rescue Mr. Cuttle and thwart Lucretia. 
Series: Beetle Boy 
Hardcover: 288 pages 
Publisher: Chicken House (February 23, 2016) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 054585346X 
ISBN-13: 978-0545853460

MY THOUGHTS:  This is a really good book.  It is also the first of a trilogy.  Can’t wait for the next book.  To find out what Darkus gets into.  Darkus finds a beetle, or does the beetle find Darkus?  This beetle is very smart and understands Darkus when he talks to him.  Darkus and his friends find a large beetle colony living in the neighbors house.  And all the beetles understand them.  Darkus and his friends are determined to save the beetles.  They come up with a plan to save the beetles.  And Darkus finds his father and has to rescue him from the woman who is going to exterminate the beetles.  Does Darkus free his dad?  Do the beetles get exterminated?  Read the book, it’s really good.  I give this book 5….

This book is for 2 of my reading challenges…..
Monthly Keyword Challenge
52 Books in 52 Weeks

The theme for September is “Something Fishy”.  I’ve got an idea, just have to figure out how to use it.  Hop over to Humble Quilts for a look at everyone’s quilts.

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An Inspiring True Story Set in the Midst of the Civil Rights Era

By 1970, racial tension was at a breaking point in the southern town of Gallatin, Tennessee. Desegregation had emotions running high. The town was a powder keg ready to erupt. But it was also on the verge of something incredible.

Eddie Sherlin and Bill Ligon were boys growing up on opposite sides of the tracks who shared a passion for basketball. They knew the barriers that divided them–some physical landmarks and some hidden in the heart–but those barriers melted away when the boys were on the court. After years of playing wherever they could find a hoop, Eddie and Bill entered the rigors of their respective high school teams. And at the end of the 1970 season, all-white Gallatin High and all-black Union High faced each other in a once-in-a-lifetime championship game. What happened that night would challenge Eddie and Bill–and transform their town. 
Paperback: 320 pages 
Publisher: Revell (June 7, 2016) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 0800727223 
ISBN-13: 978-0800727222

MY THOUGHTS: This is my book club choice for August.  I’m not really too fond of reading books on sports, but this book is more than sports.  It’s about two boys, one white, one black that become friends during a time when this was unheard of.  The one thing that connects them is basketball.  Eddie and Bill eventually grow apart, but the friendship is still there.  It is shown at the Finals of the 1970 season.  Eddie’s school, all white, Gallatin High and Bill’s school, all black Union High have to face each other in the finals.  What will become of the town if the black school wins?  What will happen if the white school wins?  I’m not telling…..you have to read the book to find out.  I give this book 5…..

This book is for 1 of my reading challenges….
52 Books in 52 Weeks

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Andy Carpenter isn’t sure what to think when he gets a mysterious phone call from a good friend, policeman Pete Stanton, asking him to drop everything, drive to an unfamiliar address, and bring his girlfriend, Laurie Collins. He certainly isn’t expecting to show up at a crime scene. But that’s exactly where he arrives-at the house where Pete has just discovered the body of ex-convict Danny Diaz. Upstairs are Danny’s now orphaned eight-year-old son and basset hound. And that, Andy discovers, is why he and Laurie were called to the scene-Pete wants them to take care of the boy and the dog so they won’t get thrown into the “system.” This is already asking a lot, but soon Pete needs another big favor from Andy. Pete himself has come under suspicion for Danny’s murder, and he needs defense attorney Andy to represent him…and to find out what really happened in Danny’s house that day. 
Series: An Andy Carpenter Novel (Book 12) 
Paperback: 352 pages 
Publisher: Minotaur Books; Reprint edition (July 14, 2015) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 1250055156 
ISBN-13: 978-1250055156

MY THOUGHTS: This is the 3rd book I’ve read of this series.  And they were all out of order.  But they are great stand alone books.  One of Andy’s best friends is under arrest for murder.  It’s Andy’s job to defend him.  So he puts the team into action.  As they come across some mysterious deaths, they start to see a pattern and it all links back to who killed Danny Diaz, and it isn’t Pete.  The only thing is all the witnesses for the defense keep coming up missing or killed.  You will never figure out who the actual person is that’s behind all this.  I didn’t, I was totally thrown off on this one.  I give this book 5…..

This is also my wrap up for What An Animal reading challenge.  Here are the books I read…..
1. Breaking Creed – Alex Kava
2. Silent Creed – Alex Kava
3.Unleashed – David Rosenfelt
4. Who Let The Dogs Out – David Rosenfelt
5. Hounded – David Rosenfelt
6. A Handful of Stars – Cynthia Lord

This book is also for 52 Books in 52 Weeks Challenge.

Miss Bella likes to wear her bunny rabbit hat, more to play in than to wear for the cold.  But really, 90 degrees and 100% humidity is just a little tooooo much.

Starts with G….

Even though we haven’t had any significant amounts of rain in the last 20 days, our grass is still green.  A few brown spots are showing up.

Weeks Favorite….

Bella and Luke playing and Bob is watching.

Wheels…..

Lots of wheels, the little car the twins are playing with has wheels.  My Taurus has wheels.