Month: March 2024

Sunday Post: All that Red Tape

BonnieReadsAndWrites37 Comments

Thanks to The Caffeinated Book Reviewer for hosting Sunday Post.

It’s been all about the paperwork this week as I was getting all the documents together for tourist passports for Doug and myself. No matter how much I tried to get everything ready before the appointment at the post office, we were still scrambling around at the last minute and were very late for our appointment. Thankfully, the lady was really nice and worked us into the schedule. Now I have to concentrate on the taxes!

I’m busy reviewing books for Historical Novels Review, the magazine of The Historical Novel Society, and I’m temporarily filling in as Indies Editor for them this summer, so that’s exciting!

I got a warning from Amazon today that one of my reviews is outside of their guidelines, but they didn’t say which review or which guidelines! Apparently, I now have my first warning, but I have no idea what I did, so how do I know I’m not going to repeat it?

LAST WEEK turned out to be a quiet one. I participated in Top Ten Tuesday and did an Indie Weekend post for From Meidelach to Matriarchs by Mirta Ines Trupp. Today I’m also going to post a review of Sisters of Fortune.

NEXT WEEK: I’ll be catching up! I have a lot of books to review. I’m reviewing When Light Breaks Through by Brenda Murphy and A Child For Sale by Pam Howes. I hope to review The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay and The Ark and the Dove by Jill Eileen Smith. I may have time to put up some other reviews or spotlights later in the week.

BOOK HAUL

Shades of Mercy is Book 2 in the Porter Beck series, which I really enjoyed.
The Great Divide and A Midnight Puzzle were ebooks I already had, but now I’ve gotten the audiobooks.
Interpretations of Love is about 11 attendees at a wedding and all the secrets they are keeping.
Born of Gilded Mountains is Amanda Dykes’ latest, and I just love all of her books.
Never Too Late is one of three Danielle Steel books I picked up.

How was your week?


Indie Weekend: From Meidelach to Matriarchs: A Journal by Mirta Ines Trupp

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Indie Weekend is my effort to help Independent authors with marketing, which is a huge task. If I can help even a little, I’m happy to do so. You can help too by sharing this with everyone you know on social media. Below please see a book description, book review, author bio, and purchase links for From Meidelach to Matriarchs by Mirta Ines Trupp.

BOOK DESCRIPTION

BOOK REVIEW

This helpful journal provides interesting biographies of 100 remarkable Jewish women, and then gives the reader a chance to reflect, answer questions, and write their own thoughts in journal format at the end of each chapter. It is an informative and helpful resource. The journal questions appear to be structured primarily for those of the Jewish faith, but anyone can benefit from reading about these strong and accomplished women. Some of the inspiring biographies included are those of Author Edna Ferber, Journalist Anita Brenner, Artist Anna Ticho, Figure Skater Lily Kronberger, and 96 other women who contributed in the areas of education, business, philanthropy, politics, and more.

This inspiring book introduces the reader to women they might not have known about before. It is also a place to write down personal thoughts and ideas. This book is recommended to anyone of Jewish faith or anyone who wants to read some interesting histories that they may not have discovered before.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mirta is a second-generation Argentine; she was born in Buenos Aires in 1962 and immigrated to the United States that same year. Because of the unique fringe benefits provided by her father’s employer- Pan American Airlines- she returned to her native country frequently- growing up with “un pie acá y un pie allá” (with one foot here and one foot there).

Mirta’s fascination with Jewish history and genealogy, coupled with an obsession for historical period drama, has inspired her to create unique and enlightening novels. She has been a guest speaker for book clubs, sisterhood events, genealogy societies and philanthropic organizations. Sharing her knowledge of Jewish Argentina has become her passion.

Besides being an avid novel reader, she has had a lifelong love for choral music and is a devoted Beatles fan.

Mirta’s Social Media:

WEBSITE | INSTAGRAM | GOODREADS | BOOKBUB

PURCHASE LINK

*Click on the cover below to purchase/view this book on Amazon.

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