Indie Weekend: Book Review of Amanda in Scotland by Darlene Foster

Indie Weekend is my effort to help Indie Authors promote their books. You can help too by sharing this post with all of your social media followers. Also, if you read this book, please leave a review on Amazon, Goodreads, and everywhere else you review books. Let’s all work together to promote Indie authors and help them succeed. Below is a review of Darlene Foster’s Amanda in Scotland: The Standing Stones.

This is another wonderful adventure in the Amanda Travels series by Darlene Foster. This time, Amanda visits the Scottish Isle of Arran. As always, readers of all ages will learn from Amanda’s experiences. This time, we visit a sheepdog trial, the famous standing stones, and Brodick Castle. Then Amanda rescues a mysterious woman dressed in old-fashioned clothes who seems to vanish afterward. Was she the ghost of Morag, the long-missing girl from Machrie Moor? Amanda’s friend Leah is also along for the trip, but is worried that she hasn’t heard from her father.

As always, I enjoyed Amanda’s adventures and learned a lot about this little island in Scotland. The mystery is well-constructed and fun to figure out. The history and culture of this part of Scotland are so well described that the reader feels as if they are there, exploring a castle or participating in a ceilidh (A Scottish social gathering). The combination of mystery, travel, and adventure is what makes the Amanda books so enjoyable. If you can’t travel in person right now, you can still journey with Amanda through these wonderful books. Readers of all ages will love them.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Growing up on a ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, Darlene Foster dreamt of writing, traveling the world, and meeting interesting people. She also believed in making her dreams come true. It’s no surprise she’s now the award-winning author of Amanda Travels, a children’s adventure series featuring a spunky twelve-year-old who loves to travel to unique places. Readers of all ages enjoy following Amanda as she unravels one mystery after another. When not traveling herself, Darlene divides her time between the west coast of Canada and the Costa Blanca, Spain with her husband and entertaining rescue dogs, Dot and Lia. http://www.darlenefoster.ca

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AMAZON | APPLE BOOKS

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Indie Weekend – That Day and What Came After

Indie Weekend is back! For those who don’t know, this is my effort to share Indie Books with as many readers as possible. I had to pause it for a while in June due to major life events, but I’m ready to start it up again. Below is a review, book description, and buy links for THAT DAY AND WHAT CAME AFTER, Rebecca Daniels’ memoir about her life with her husband Skip.

BOOK DESCRIPTION (FROM AMAZON)

What if you came home one day and found your husband dead in his favorite chair? This grief memoir explores the author’s experience of the unexpected death of her husband from sudden cardiac arrest a mere three months after his doctors had pronounced him hale and healthy. The author shares her experiences in the immediate aftermath of the abrupt shock of discovery, reminisces about the details of the couple’s late-in-life courtship and marriage, and imparts other experiences she has had along the grieving road in the years since becoming a widow.

In our society, we often don’t want to talk or even think about death, so stereotypes about widows exist. However, each person’s grief journey is unique, and sharing tales of those experiences can be helpful and useful for those who find themselves in a similar situation. Though not a self-help book, this memoir is the story of a widow who defied the stereotype that widows are expected to “get over it” and move on with their quiet lives. Instead, this widow “got through it” and is now sharing her journey in hopes of helping others in comparable circumstances.

BOOK REVIEW

In this touching memoir, Rebecca Daniels begins with the terrible day that she lost her husband, Skip. She also takes the reader on a journey back to their first meeting and allows us a window into their courtship, commitment ceremony, and marriage. She tells us about her grief journey and building a new life without her beloved husband by her side.

This is a moving story of a terrible loss and how the author found the ways of coping that worked the best for her. She shares parts of her journal and essays she wrote on being a widow, which I’m sure will be helpful for others. She also opens up about her fears, such as worrying that her stepdaughter wouldn’t want her around anymore. The book includes warm and loving stories about Skip that really give the reader a picture of who he was, and also who the author is. This is an open and honest memoir that may help others who have lost someone. Highly recommend.

I downloaded this book on Amazon via Kindle Unlimited, where subscribers can read it for free.

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Indie Spotlight: False Truth and Dark Truth

Below are book descriptions and buy links for the first two books in the Joe Wilde series, a mystery/thriller that will be a total of three books. A link to my past review of Book One, False Truth, can be found below.  Book Two, Dark Truth, was just published in December and I will post a review at a later date.

BOOK DESCRIPTION

False Truth

Private Investigator and former MI6 agent Joe Wilde is hired by Sally Devlin to investigate her son’s disappearance. Liam Devlin was a rising football star. His car was found abandoned at Lea Bridge in Hackney, a known suicide spot, six weeks prior. With help from friend and retired MI6 Data Technician Mark Thompson, Joe uncovers a huge secret in Liam’s life. Putting the pieces together, he starts to suspect that this case is far more complex than he originally envisioned. Falling ever deeper into his own investigations, Joe meets with the detective in charge of the case, D. I. Carl Whatmore, who does not take kindly to Joe getting involved. As Joe and D. I. Whatmore go head-to-head in their own investigations, more lives are put in danger. But who will crack the case? Only time will tell…

My review of False Truth can be found here.

Dark Truth

‘Dark Truth’, the second in a series of three novels, is a suspenseful mystery thriller full of intrigue that will leave you guessing right until the very end. Private investigator Joe Wilde is hired by Tom and Marie Archer to investigate the disappearance of their six-year-old daughter Laura. Joe also takes on an unusual case for a client by the name of Jack Riley. Jack believes he was framed to make it look like he was cheating on his fiancée Claire Brooks. Claire has been the target of disturbing vandalism. As Joe helps the police investigate Laura’s disappearance, he uncovers disturbing secrets concerning the Archers and some of their neighbours. Meanwhile the attacks on Claire become more extreme. Fearing for her life, Claire also hires Joe. As Joe continues to investigate, he puts himself in great danger.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

C.D. Steele is the author of the Joe Wilde mystery thriller series. There are at present two books in the series, False Truth which was published by The Book Guild on the 28/04/21 and Dark Truth which was published by The Conrad Press on the 15/11/23.

He works as an Executive Officer in the Civil Service, has a degree in Recreation Management and lives in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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PURCHASE LINKS

FALSE TRUTH: AMAZON UK | AMAZON US

DARK TRUTH: AMAZON UK | AMAZON US

Indie Spotlight: Anywhere but Schuylkill by Michael Dunn

Indie Spotlight is part of my effort to help Indie Authors with marketing. It’s a tough task, and if I can help even a little, I’m happy to do it. You can help too by sharing this with all your social media followers. Below please see a book description, buy links, and an author bio for Anywhere But Schuylkill, the story of 20 Irish coal miners who were hanged in Pennsylvania in 1877 for their supposed connection to a terrorist organization.

BOOK DESCRIPTION

ANYWHERE BUT SCHUYLKILL is the first of three books by Michael Dunn in his Great Upheaval trilogy. It is story of a teenage boy, Mike Doyle, struggling to free his family from the violence of their greedy, hard drinking Uncle Sean.

The time is 1870s. The Long Depression is raging. Children are dying of hunger. The Reading Railroad has hired Pinkerton spies to infiltrate the miners’ union. And there is a sectarian war between the Modocs, a Welsh gang, and the Kohinoor Boys, an Irish gang. But Mike has a plan. It’s risky. It involves collaboration with the Kohinoor Boys. He could wind up in jail, or worse.

ANYWHERE BUT SCHUYLKILL is Michael Dunn’s first complete novel.

AUTHOR BIO

Michael Dunn writes Working-Class Historical Fiction from the Not So Gilded Age. ANYWHERE BUT SCHUYLKILL is the first in his Great Upheaval trilogy. A lifelong union activist, he has always been drawn to stories of the past, particularly those of regular working people, struggling to make a better life for themselves and their families. These are stories most people do not know, or have forgotten, because history is written by the victors, the robber barons and plutocrats, not the workers and immigrants. Yet their stories are among the most compelling in America. They resonate today because they are the stories of our own ancestors, because their passions and desires, struggles and tragedies, were so similar to our own.

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BUY LINKS

AMAZON | AMAZON UK

Indie Weekend: Beneath The Darkening Clouds

Indie Weekend is my effort to help Indie Authors with marketing. Marketing is probably the biggest task authors have, and if I can help even a little, I’m happy to do it. You can help too by sharing this far and wide with your social media followers. Indie authors will appreciate that SO MUCH. Below please see my review of Beneath the Darkening Clouds by Juliane Weber. I reviewed this one for Historical Novels Review, the magazine of The Historical Novel Society, and it was named an Editor’s Choice.

BOOK REVIEW

In 1845 Ireland, Quin and Alannah have overcome countless difficulties in order to be together, but then the potato harvest fails, leaving many people in desperate situations. Ireland is already in political upheaval, and the response of the government is insufficient and harmful. Fighting against the odds, Quin and Alannah work to save the people on their estate, wishing they could help everyone. At the same time, enemies lurk nearby as Quin revisits his past. This is book two in the Irish Fortune Series. It can be read as a standalone, but reading book one, Under the Emerald Sky, is recommended.

This captivating novel is set during the devastating Irish potato famine. The plot is gripping and full of bravery, grit, intrigue and evil. The cast of characters, from the strong couple of Quin and Alannah to the diabolical man plotting against them, is powerful and compelling. The description and historical detail will transport the reader to Ireland during a devastating time in history. The points of view used are interesting. Some chapters are in first person from Alannah’s point of view and the rest are in third person. This occurs seamlessly and is not at all distracting. The strong bond between Quin and Alannah sets the stage for a thrilling novel. The meticulous research done by the author is evident, and the book is informative as well as entertaining. This intriguing, well-written novel is recommended to anyone interested in Irish history and family sagas.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Juliane Weber is a scientist turned historical fiction writer, and author of the Irish Fortune Series. Her stories take readers on action-packed romantic adventures amid the captivating scenery and folklore of 19th century Ireland. Book One in the series, Under the Emerald Sky, was awarded bronze medals in The Historical Fiction Company 2021 Book of the Year Contest and The Coffee Pot Book Club 2022 Book of the Year Contest.

Book Two in the series, Beneath the Darkening Clouds, was selected as an Editors’ Choice title by the Historical Novel Society and was awarded a bronze medal in The Historical Fiction Company 2022 Book of the Year Contest.

Juliane lives with her husband and two sons in Hamelin, Germany, the town made famous by the story of the Pied Piper.

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Indie Weekend: They Call Me Mom by Pete Springer

Indie Weekend is my effort to help Indie Authors with marketing. Marketing is probably the biggest task authors have, and if I can help even a little, I’m happy to do it. You can help too by sharing this far and wide with your social media followers. Below please see my review of They Call Me Mom: Making A Difference As An Elementary School Teacher by Pete Springer.

BOOK DESCRIPTION (FROM AMAZON)

Who Will You Inspire Today? Teachers face this challenge and responsibility each day, but in the process, the author discovers that his students can also have a profound influence on him. Pete Springer takes you on his memorable thirty-one-year journey in education as an elementary school teacher and offers the many valuable life and teaching lessons he learned along the way. Get ready to laugh out loud at some of the humorous and memorable experiences that all teachers face, feel inspired by the inherent goodness of children, and appreciate the importance of developing a sense of teamwork among the staff.

Learn valuable tips for working with children, parents, fellow staff members, and administrators. This book is ideal for young teachers, but also a reminder to all educators of the importance and responsibility of being a role model.

BOOK REVIEW

Pete Springer looks back on 31 years as an elementary school teacher and provides memories, tips, and encouragement for other teachers, both those already established and those just beginning. I am not a teacher, but as a parent and grandparent, I loved some of his suggestions. His idea of rewarding productive behavior with play money, working with a bank to get bank books for the kids’ money, and then staging auctions to spend it is inspired. The kids had to do the math during the auctions while bidding on the prizes and then write a correct check for the winning bid. What a great way to teach math and life skills! This is just one of many smart tips Pete has for teachers.

Pete also shares some funny, memorable, and sad moments from his time as a teacher, and the fact that many of them accidentally called him “Mom,” because a teacher can be like a Mom in a way. He talks about working with administrators and other teachers, and shares some of his biggest frustrations about the job.

This is a great resource from an expert–someone who did and loved their job for 31 years. Teachers and parents will enjoy, benefit from, and maybe relate to Pete’s experiences. Highly recommend.

My rating is 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5 on sites with no half-star option.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

(In his own words) I’m a retired elementary teacher (31 years) who will always be a strong advocate for children, education, and teachers. My favorite thing to do as a teacher was to read to my students, and now I’m following my heart and writing children’s books for middle grades.

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AMAZON | AMAZON UK

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Indie Weekend: Tell Me A Story in 99 Words

Indie Weekend is my effort to help Indie Authors with marketing. Marketing is probably the biggest task authors have, and if I can help even a little, I’m happy to do it. You can help too by sharing this far and wide with your social media followers. Below please see a description, review, and buy links for Tell Me a Story in 99 Words, a collection of 99-word stories by Annette Rochelle Aben.

BOOK DESCRIPTION

(From the Author on Amazon) “It has been a desire of mine since I was a young person to write stories. I had to start somewhere, so I chose to start by writing very short stories. That bring said, I welcome you to a collection of short stories, very short stories as each of the stories is only 99 words in length. Meet memorable characters. See something of yourself in many of the scenarios. Experience a wide range of emotions. Be inspired to write stories of your own. Return to your favorites and enjoy them again and again.”

BOOK REVIEW (In 99 Words!)

*I couldn’t resist a 99-word book review for a 99-word story collection!

This collection of 99-word flash fiction covers a range of emotions and situations, from fear to loneliness to joy, and more.  It proves the point that much can be said in just a few words.  I especially enjoyed “A Beginning At The End,” about finding a friend, “A Case of Big Amy,” about a bride getting surprised on her wedding day, and “Celestial Consorts,” about the sun and the moon.  Some of these stories will shock and sadden you.  Some will make you smile.  But they are all 99-word gems for you to explore and find your own favorite.

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AMAZON | AMAZON UK

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Indie Weekend: April’s Breeze

Indie Weekend is my effort to help Indie authors share their books with others. Marketing is a huge task for Indie authors, and if I can help even a little, I’m happy to do it. See below my review of April’s Breeze with Gary Entwhistle. I did this review for the May edition of Historical Novels Review, the magazine of The Historical Novel Society. Please share this far and wide with your social media followers.

BOOK REVIEW

In April 1775, a young doctor, Samuel Prescott from Concord, Massachusetts, finds himself unexpectedly drawn into an alarm being spread and becomes a key part of the effort to warn others of a pending attack on Concord from the British troops. As events of the American Revolution unfold, we follow Samuel and his fiancée Lydia as they separately endure the hardships of war, fueled by their hope to be reunited.

This is a fictional retelling of the true story of Dr. Samuel Prescott, who was a key part of “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,” and a lesser-known figure in the American Revolution. It is also a love story, a tale of two real-life people who are kept apart by the war and whose sacrifices are not well known.

The characters, both real and fictional, are expertly woven together to create a memorable novel. The word “memorable” is key, because many do not know the story of Samuel and Lydia, and their memory should be preserved. The reader follows Samuel, Lydia, and others through important events in history, from the beginnings of war on Lexington Green to the end of the battles and beginnings of peace. The story is told from multiple points of view, including Samuel, Lydia, her family members, and even British leaders. It is well-researched, and the descriptions of battle are quite realistic. The pain and suffering of those who sacrificed and died for their dream of a new country is well portrayed. This is a captivating novel about an important time in American history. Anyone interested in the American Revolution and U.S. History will enjoy this book.

My rating is 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5 on sites with no partial star option.

I received a free copy of this book via the Historical Novel Society. My review is voluntary and the opinions expressed are my own.

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Indie Weekend: Q&A with Indie Author Jolie Tunnell

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Indie Weekend is my effort to help Indie and Self-Published auhors market their books. Indie authors have to do it all, from cover design to marketing and more. If I can help even a little with marketing, I’m happy to do it. Below is a Q&A with Jolie Tunnell, author of The Idyllwild Mystery Series, featuring the amazing main character, Loveda Brown, who finds herself running a hotel in Idyllwild, California in 1912. Below the interview is a link to the Amazon page for all 8 books.


Welcome to Bonnie Reads and Writes, Jolie Tunnell!

Q&A WITH AUTHOR JOLIE TUNNELL

Let’s go beyond the bio. Tell us something about you that we might not know after reading your bio.

I pulled a sixteen-year stint in the elementary school PTA because I had five kids attending. I built a music curriculum and organized a Fine Arts Festival each spring and when I tell you we did everything from building murals to the bunny hop to watching opera to installing gardens, you need to know that these school years are forever embedded in my family’s memory.

Such fun.

What inspired you to write the Idyllwild Mystery Series and choose the setting of Idyllwild, CA?

I’ve always been the keeper of my family trees and wrote a novel about my pioneering ancestors in the mountains of New Mexico. During my research, the year 1912 especially intrigued me. While the world was exploding with imagination and invention at the turn of the century, isolated communities were a good twenty years behind the times and not especially eager for “new-fangled contraptions”.

I transferred the setting to the California mountains, created Loveda from a composite of women, and did more research to give a history to both. Idyllwild feels like home to me and it’s important that my books convey the feeling of falling in love with a small community in the heart of a big mountain.

You weave some history of the time period into your books. Have any of your books required more historical research than others?

Absolutely! Each book pulls in a unique piece of history, and some pieces are bigger than others. Did you know Wyatt Earp went to Idyllwild? There was no way I wasn’t going to invite him into Loveda’s world, but it took me until the seventh book before I worked up the courage and research to do him a fair turn. I also wanted to do a good job representing the Cahuilla, their legend of Tahquitz Peak, and their embodiment in the character of Carlos.

The Idyllwild Inn is not only integral to every one of my books, but it’s still running today. It really was a tuberculosis sanatorium, it really did burn to the ground during an April blizzard, and the only thing they saved was a piano. I love that Mr. Lindley was a physician turned hotelier and that Mr. Hannahs was a logger turned postmaster. Poisons and explosives were easier to research than diseases and firearms. And every single character had to have a backstory.

I have a lot of research spreadsheets.

In Book One, Loveda is fleeing domestic abuse. Back in the early 20th Century (1912 in Book One), was there much a woman could do to protect herself legally?

Women could sue for divorce on grounds of cruelty in 1912, but it carried legal, societal, religious, and personal consequences and these were better or worse depending on where you lived in the United States. It wasn’t always granted. And it always carried a stigma.

If a woman found herself married to a bounder or fortune hunter, a cruel man or an abusive drunk, she had few alternatives. Women were still fighting for the right to vote, hold property, support themselves, and claim custody of children, all of which were the husband’s prerogative.

Loveda is a strong woman who runs a hotel in Idyllwild, CA. In one of the books, she claims that she is not a suffragette, but she has actually carved out independence for herself with wit and skill. Is she not the epitome of a suffragette, fighting for women’s rights?

In October 1911, women got the vote in California, only the sixth state to achieve it. Loveda embodies the determination and intelligence that carried women on to secure the 19th amendment ratified in 1920, but for now, she fights the fight on her own terms in her own backyard. She knows poppycock when she sees it and Idyllwild becomes the cause and crusade she fights for.

I would love our daughters to read these books and discover their own inner heroine. To decide that they can be confident in their own life choices, especially if they aren’t traditional ones, and that these choices are worth fighting for. To know that family is who you decide it is and not let past traumas define your future. As her papa says, “Look to the future, darling girl.”

Whether in the Edwardian era or our own, each of us can use our wit and skill to take a stand on our own two feet right where we are for a better future.

I love books set in a hotel, because new characters come to stay as guests and bring their own problems, quirks, and mysteries. Is it challenging to come up with new characters for every book?

Bringing new characters into town is one of my favorite parts of planning each book. Nobody comes to this remote place without a reason, and the reasons can be simple or complex. Characters can arrive in crowds or alone, on holiday or on business. Loveda’s hotel is small and simple compared to the sprawling Idyllwild Inn around the corner. Between them, there’s plenty of scope for a variety of shenanigans.

The challenge lies in what these characters are going to do once they arrive and how our townspeople feel about it. The residents of Idyllwild are consistent through the series and while not much changes on the mountain, they band together to protect it from the regular wash of “progress”—aka problems—and always breathe a sigh of relief once they have the town to themselves again. Very few interlopers remain in Idyllwild the way Loveda does.

You have written eight books in this series. Are there more to come?

The ninth and final installment is currently in progress! There will be a tenth book caboose following, bringing the summer of 1912 finally to an end. Other books and series are vying for attention after that, but expect to see one of the Idyllwild Mystery Series characters developed in a mystery series of her own.

Whoops. I’ve said too much!

Thanks so much, Jolie, for answering my questions today. 

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Indie Spotlight: Progress Report by Roman Lando #sciencefiction #scifi #writingcommunity #booktwitter #readingcommunity

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Indie Spotlight is my effort to help share Indie/Self-published books to a wider audience. Below is a description, buy links, and author information for Progress Report, a sci-fi novel by Roman Lando. Please check it out and share it with all your sci-fi-loving friends.

BOOK DESCRIPTION

AN ALIEN ARTIFACT. AN ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY. A LOOMING NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE.

Art is a computer geek and retro electronics aficionado who just wants to be left alone. When he stumbles upon an alien artifact, he can’t help but try and find out its purpose. Instead, he finds himself in over his head, in the midst of what might just turn out to be the end of the world, and nobody except him knows the truth. A truth that certain factions don’t want to get out – at any cost.

It’s not paranoia when self-driving cars are out to get you. Can Art survive the hunt, and maybe save the world in the process?

Progress Report is a near-future technothriller for fans of Ready Player One, Daemon, and Bobiverse. It’s packed with action, humor, and a sense of the profound that will linger long after you’ve turned the last page.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Roman, the author of Progress Report, is a composer, musician, web and new media designer, and positively has too many passions, interests, and hobbies in his life.

When he’s not writing books or music, he can be found sailing, playing keys in a prog rock band, flying his drones, building crazy flight simulation rigs, and LARPing. His lifelong love and passion for hard Sci-Fi takes a special place in his heart. Reading was never enough. The only way to satisfy this obsession was to write his debut novel. He hopes to share his love for true Science Fiction, along with his interest in history, science, philosophy, and technology, with his readers.

After living in three countries on three continents and speaking three languages, Roman has finally settled in Toronto where he lives with his wife and two daughters. No dogs or cats are involved – his drones are his pets. He is now working on his second novel.

You can get in touch with Roman and subscribe to his mailing list at the Progress Report Website:

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AMAZON | AMAZON UK

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