STATUS REPORT # 153

As we approach the end of another year, I’d like to extend my wishes to all of my followers for a BLESSED, HEALTHY, and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.

To begin with, I feel a little disappointed that I couldn’t have my two debut Christian books ready for publication in time for Christmas. Perhaps the Lord didn’t have it in His plans for my writing career to have them completed at this time. I’m now aiming to have them published as a 69^th birthday present to myself in about three weeks.

My fascination and enthrallment in reading/reviewing nonfiction Christian books continue as 45% of the 260+ books I’ve done this year have been for these books. I believe this serves as an indication of the kind of person I am as one reads my, at times in-depth and honest reviews. Quite a few of these books are to be read by Christian women, especially the ones that are devotional.

I still love to read True Crime books, which is now somewhat enhanced by my adoration of the Christian books I love to read/review. I’ve got to question what could have driven children to commit murders that are on par of any adult. I’ve got to wonder what could have inspired women to murder the child[ren] they’ve given birth to, and even more profound has been the revelation that men of faith could ever be men of murder [usually of their wives].

I, therefore, would love for everyone to check the reviews I’ve written on Amazon.com at 

https://tinyurl.com/y83l8h4m,

that I hope you’re going to appreciate reading.

While my erotic side has become more/less invisible for the past several weeks, I like everyone to know she has re-edited her debut erotic LGBTQ/BDSM novella and is on the verge of completing her second erotic novella by the of January if not sooner.

STATUS REPORT # 152

In the past two weeks I’ve completed writing my anthology of “Christian Short Stories and Essays” by writing a personal testimony of the Lord’s involvement of taking me from the reading/reviewing of Christian books as merely one of the genres I deal with to make it a mainstay of the books I’m doing now at around 45%,

This conversion in the books I love to read/review ultimately brought me to the writing of my debut YA/NA Christian romance novella, while forsaking the writing of my two secular romance endeavors, not to mention the endeavors I write, heaven forbid, under my erotic pen name; which then brought me to writing a compendium of the 40 items I’ve mentioned at the beginning of my post today.

As I wrote in the last item mentioned above, I stated that

“…Giving testimony is the ZENITH of a person’s faith in the Lord. While the willingness to give testimony is a marvelous event in a believer’s life, the value of the testimony grows intensively only if it’s shared publicly with others…”

Thanksgiving Day threw my hopeful writing schedule awry and I didn’t do any writing like I had planned. I’ve just got over 92% of my debut Christian romance already completed, and now hopefully with the Lord’s guidance in my writing this endeavor, I’ll be able to time that elusive final period in the manuscript by the end of tomorrow, Saturday, November 30^th. After this, I’ll then start an almost around-the-clock editing process using a program other than what my Microsoft Word program provides.

And in thanking His guidance with all that I do in regards to the Christian faith, I’d love for everyone reading this post to consider what is written in PSALM 103:22 [NKJV]

“Bless the LORD, all His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!”

AMEN !!! 😊😊😊

STATUS REPORT # 151 - AND MY FIRST PUBLIC TESTIMONY REGARDING THE LORD

Once again, it’s been a month since my last status report, but there has been nothing that I really felt important enough for me to write out. However, recently I’ve felt the urge to finish writing my first two Christian endeavors ahead of all my other 3 endeavors.

I still have a predominance in reading/reviewing Christian books with about 44% of the 237 books I’ve done so far belonging to this genre; and since my last report of the 22 books I’ve reviewed, over 40%, have been for Christian books. In writing my reviews for these books, I always endeavor to write ones which engage potential readers in knowing how I feel about what I’ve read. An example of this can be found in a book I’ve reviewed a few days ago, William Dika’s, “Who Am I in Christ: 59 Truths to Build Your Identity in Christ”

https://www.amazon.com/review/R15ESZ5ZJ5K94X

However, more importantly, has been the review I wrote for Angie Dent’s “Covenant Keeper 2: Stories of God's Promises to Every Believer” where one of the short stories resonated so much with me that I felt compelled to share my own testimony in regards what happened to me because of the Lord.

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2CYJGG5MN3A5H

I would love for everyone to enjoy reading these two reviews, and the rest of my reviews so they can find their next book, especially Christian book to read. To find all of my reviews, simply click on one of the above links and then click on my name at the review itself.

With my inclusion of scripture in most of the reviews I write for a Christian book, individuals have been repeatedly asking me in personal messages which Christian faith is mine. Each time I get asked I simply have to tell them that an individual’s faith, including mine, is a personal and private matter. I tell them it’s far more important to look at how an individual portrays themselves to be and what they’re saying publicly. I tell them just read my review for a Christian to see where I’m coming from and the kind of person I am, spiritually.  AMEN

If anyone would like to interview me regarding the reviews I write or the two Christian books I’m in the process of writing please feel free to contact me.

The first of my debut Christian endeavors is a collection of 40 Flash Fictions, Short Stories, and Essays involving the Christian faith, written around a prompt word – I only need to write one more item. The second is a YA Christian romance novella, entitled “It Had All Been a Game” – this story is now about 88%, with another 4,500 words still anticipated to be written before I can type that elusive final period in the manuscript.

PSALM 118:24

ANOTHER MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY IS AROUND THE CORNER

In a few weeks, on November 20^th to be precise, I and my Dear OH [my other half] will be happily married for 26 years. This is not to say that we never had any disagreements/arguments, which we had, but out of them we grew and had a better understanding and admiration for each other. 

So far this year, about 45% of the 220+ books I’ve read/reviewed have been for Christian books; because of this and my upcoming anniversary I decided to check the books I reviewed to see if there had been any book which might enhance the marriage of individuals, essentially regardless of their actual religion and found I had reviewed “Marriage God's Way: A Biblical Recipe for Healthy, Joyful, Christ-Centered Relationships” by Scott LaPierre which is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0692689354

At its best, marriage brings joys and blessings rarely seen in this life. At its worst, marriage generates pain and conflict, often because husbands and wives do not fully understand their roles and responsibilities.  

Wouldn't it be great if husbands and wives had access to clear, simple instructions on how to have a wonderful marriage? Such instructions exist! As the author of marriage, God placed the recipe in His Word that shows husbands and wives how to experience the marital blessings available to every couple. Whether you are preparing for your wedding, newlyweds, or marriage veterans, you will learn those instructions in Marriage God's Way.

Pastor Scott offers a clear guide on the Bible's view of marriage. He explains:

Scripture's commands for husbands and wives Godly love and how to show it Submission and headship Biblical intimacy How to build your marriage on an indestructible foundation Scott LaPierre combines clear teaching from Scripture with practical application for daily married life to encourage, challenge, and equip you to experience a healthy, joyful, Christ-centered relationship. 

https://scottlapierre.org/book/marriage-gods-way/
Atitsbest,marriagebringsjoysandblessingsrarelyseeninthislife.Atitsworst,marriagegeneratespainandconflict,oftenbecausehusbandsandwivesdonotfullyunderstandtheirrolesandresponsibilities.

Wouldn'titbegreatifhusbandsandwiveshadaccesstoclear,simpleinstructionsonhowtohaveawonderfulmarriage?Suchinstructionsexist!Astheauthorofmarriage,GodplacedtherecipeinHisWordthatshowshusbandsandwiveshowtoexperiencethemaritalblessingsavailabletoeverycouple.Whetheryouarepreparingforyourwedding,newlyweds,ormarriageveterans,youwilllearnthoseinstructionsinMarriageGod'sWay.

PastorScottoffersaclearguideontheBible'sviewofmarriage.Heexplains:
Scripture'scommandsforhusbandsandwivesGodlyloveandhowtoshowitSubmissionandheadshipBiblicalintimacyHowtobuildyourmarriageonanindestructiblefoundationScottLaPierrecombinesclearteachingfromScripturewithpracticalapplicationfordailymarriedlifetoencourage,challenge,andequipyoutoexperienceahealthy,joyful,Christ-centeredrelationship.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I'm the senior pastor of Woodland Christian Church in Woodland, WA, a Regional Facilitator over WA and OR for The National Center for Family-Integrated Churches, an author, and conference speaker.

My wife, Katie, is also an author, and we have been blessed with seven children that we homeschool. We grew up together in the small town of McArthur, in the mountains of northern California. 

After college, I served as an Army officer before becoming an elementary school teacher. While teaching, I began working part-time as an associate pastor at Grace Baptist Church in Lemoore, California. When the church grew, I was hired full time and remained there until coming to Washington.

I have a bachelor’s degree in business administration and two master’s degrees, one in education and the other in biblical studies.

I spend most of my time with my home and church families. I love studying and teaching God’s Word. The free time I have is usually committed to reading and writing. Our kids stay busy with church, music, and school.

My books come from my sermons, which take twenty-to-thirty hours of work each week. This means each book contains hundreds of hours of study in God’s Word.

I hope you’ll consider subscribing to my newsletter. I know your inbox is already busy, so I’ll do my best to make sure each message is packed with value.

If I can pray for you in any way, please let me know!

God bless,
Scott LaPierre


Here’s my review for this book.

LOVE AND MARRIAGE - YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER

I read this book via an Amazon KINDLE Unlimited download.

Being a child of the 1950’s I can’t help but recall the now-classic song being sung by Frank Sinatra called Love and Marriage. According to the song’s lyrics, they go together like the old-fashioned horse and carriage where you can’t have one without the other. In addition, it's a foundation which no one can denigrate; and if you’ve got any doubts, just basically ask anyone who’s happily married. These two items according to the song are something so tightly interwoven, that it’s a misconception if you would try to separate them.

However, one thing which this song doesn’t address is how important the Lord’s presence is in the relationship between a husband and his wife. Some individuals allow their hearts to rule their minds when it comes to falling in love and blindly rush into marriage with that person. And sometimes, an individual’s mind rules their hearts and they rush into marriage because it’s the proper thing to do; yet, there’s no real love for that other person.

Given the vast multitudes of personalities that exist between men and women, it’s impossible for two individuals to perfectly mesh 100%. There needs to be some sort of compromise between the two, and within this compromising, couples on occasion might have incidents where anguish and disagreement rule the day. Unfortunately, there’s no single book designed to give individuals detailed information about how something should be done when these incidences arise, save one; which is the book written by the Lord, the one who had created the institution of marriage.

In his book, the author, Pastor Scott LaPierre, with his extensive knowledge of the Lord’s words and personal stories gives readers the much sought-after marriage instructional manual they’ve been looking for. Within the pages of this book, readers are given easy to understand descriptions for the roles husbands and their wives have been given by the Lord. Basically, almost all aspects of a marriage are presented including intimacy. Naturally, readers are told about the Lord’s love and how to show it to each other; and more importantly how couples can form the everlasting basis for the kind of relationship God wants his believers to have. Marriage is by far one of the grandest gifts he could ever give His children.

In conclusion, let’s look at what Ephesians 5:28-33 [ESV] has to say about marriage

28] In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29] For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
30] because we are members of his body.
31] “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
32] This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.
33] However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

For having written this book, with the Lord’s guidance, for his readers, there’s no way I can’t give Pastor LaPierre, the 5 STARS he deserves for this book.

You should check out the accompanying workbook, which is designed to enhance your reading experience of this book.

https://www.amazon.com/review/R3HCJ32ZQJ9CV3

STATUS REPORT # 150

I know. I know. It’s been almost a month since my last post and even more since my last Status Report. To begin with, since both my dear OH and myself are senior citizens, we both had to deal with family and personal medical issues [nothing at all serious]; but they did take a few hours on several days to get everything handled.

I’ve hit another milestone in regards to my reviewing of books since my last post – I’ve hit 200 books and have updated my Good Reads Reading Challenge target, by increasing it to 250 books by the end of the year. I’m also fast approaching my having read 100 Christian books so far this year, my current percentage in books for this genre now stands at about 45%, and I can definitely see myself having read/reviewed 100 Christian books with the next 10 days. If anyone is interested in reading my reviews for Christian books or any other genre, here is the direct link to my Amazon profile:

https://tinyurl.com/y83l8h4m

I hope you’ll enjoy reading what I’ve written for my reviews, especially the reviews I’ve written for Christian books most of which include scripture.

I had started to post copies of each of the reviews I write. But then, I came to the realization that this blog would have slowly been turned into merely the Robin Leigh Morgan Book Review site since I wouldn’t essentially have any variety to my posts besides my reviews. [No one had taken my offer to interview authors on this blog.]

Since I’m approaching reading/reviewing my 100^th Christian book, I figure it might be a good time to start adding a new feature from time to time to this blog which would spotlight one of the Christians authors whose book[s] I’ve read/reviewed. I hope you, as one of my blog followers will enjoy having this new feature on my blog.

As far as my writing endeavors are concerned my adult Contemporary romance, “His Darkest Secret” is almost 90% completed, and my YA Urban Fantasy, “The Secret of the Well” is almost 70% completed [this book is also a stand-alone sequel to my debut YA romance novel, “I Kissed a Ghost.” 

As I’ve mentioned previously, with all of the Christian books I’m reading/reviewing, I’ve decided to write 2 Christian books of my own. The first is a YA Christian romance novella entitled, “It Had All Been a Game” and the second is “Christian Short Stories and Essays” a collection of 50 items.

Hopefully, if everything goes as planned, I’ll have all these writing endeavors published by the end of November. In the meantime, why not check out all of my books on Amazon.

If anyone would like to interview me as an author, as a book review or both for their blog/website just send a message to my FaceBook account. Just enter my full name to start the interview process – THANKS]

So, in closing my dear followers have a BLESSED WEEKEND for your families !!! 😊 😊 😊  

Don’t be shy I would love hearing from you, so please leave a comment.

CAN'T STOP READING THESE BOOKS

TO MY FELLOW LOVERS OF CHRISTIAN BOOKS

I’ve been quite busy reading/reviewing these books, especially with my having read 7 Christian books in a row. As such I can’t remember if I had time to leave links to my reviews here, I’m leaving the links to them now. I hope everyone here will enjoy reading my reviews as much as I had reading/reviewing these books and writing these reviews.

Have a BLESSED WEEKEND with your families !!! 😊 😊 😊

NOTE: ALL of these books can be read for FREE as an Amazon KINDLE Unlimited [KU] download

IN YOUR HOUR OF GRIEF

Jocelyn Soriano
https://www.amazon.com/review/R25WSNDS3V0YZA

HEALING TO PROSPERITY

Dr. Alex Young
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1AURGZLLXWLZM

SHOULD YOU BLAME GOD?

J M Navon
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1V5SDZA39FG8L

SOWING AND REAPING

D L Moody
https://www.amazon.com/review/R39KDJPADR93KC

ESCAPE TO AVALON

Eloise Cole
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2GIS99XUX45DG

ENJOY HEAVENLY LIVING NOW: BECOME CHILDLIKE

Daniel Green
https://www.amazon.com/review/RCCOJNTCVXO45

MEND MY BROKEN HEART

Jocelyn Soriano
https://www.amazon.com/review/R36MTXJ9N83KJS

BOOK REVIEW # 2019-153 - Polly Diamond and the Super Stunning Spectacular School Fair

A CHILDHOOD FANTASY CAME ALIVE FOR ME IN THIS BOOK

I received a print copy of this book from the publisher through a giveaway they had on LibraryThing, and the following is my honest opinion.

How many parents reading this review can remember as a child you loved to write stories and pretend that they were true, I can. As a child, using one of those black/white marble cardboard covered notebooks, I can remember writing them. Some of these stories were like the ones Polly Diamond writes in her magic book, Spell; which is why my inner-child loved reading this book, the only difference is that the stories she writes actually do come true.

As adults, we know how complicated the English language can be to learn even though we’ve been born here; especially when a word can have several meanings. We need to be precise as possible so there won’t be any problems with what we need or want. This is the lesson Polly learns, as the difference between her stories and the ones we wrote, is that her stories actually do come true.

If you’re going to be using your imagination as Polly does, there could be all sorts of consequences, some funny and some serious; if you don’t sure you’ve asked for precisely what you want to have, like what happens to her. And if you’re going to have something like a school fair, you’d like to make sure it will an extraordinary one which no one will ever forget.

For having given her young readers, including my inner-child, an imaginative educational reading experience; my adult side is giving the author, Alice Kuipers, the 5 STARS she’s gotten; along with Diana Toledano for her on-point illustrations for the text.

This love of writing is still with me, as I’ve become an author myself.

https://www.amazon.com/review/RUZICT7S4LPZG

CHRISTIAN SHORT STORIES - SNIPPET # 1

With my manuscript for my second Christian writing endeavor entitled, “Christian Short Stories,” having a total of 24 stories, I've decided to post an example periodically of what I’ve written so far. In this one, the letters of the prompt are being used to begin the first word of each sentence.

Your feedback would be appreciated.

Remember, I usually post reviews here for the Christian books I’ve read/reviewed. So far this year 66 of the 160 books [over 40%] have been for Christian books. To read these reviews, you’re invited to check them out at:

https://tinyurl.com/y83l8h4m

Have a BLESSED SUNDAY with your families.

PROMPT WORD = BEACH

DID A RAPTURE TAKE PLACE HERE ?

Brian Spector has a 40th-anniversary gift for his dying wife Joyce fulfilled his promise of taking her the Holy Land, Israel one day,

Everything he planned for their stay there had been thought out and planned to the nth degree.

After arriving at their hotel in Jerusalem and resting a bit, Brian started to take Joyce on the itinerary he had so painfully planned.

Crossing back and forth, from town to town, these two followed wherever the Lord had traveled to during his short life here on earth.

Happenstances caused Brian to change his plans on their last day, and instead of going to Bethlehem, he took Joyce to a BEACH on the Sea of Galilee [Tiberias]. There on the sands, they sat peacefully talking about the fabulous time they’ve had living together, raising their children and grandchildren as devout Christians, when all of a sudden Joyce went silent. Brian looked at his wife and instead of seeing her looking forward, he saw her looking towards the heavens with a huge peaceful smile on her face. When he tried touching her, she didn’t move but remained motionless with her eyes still looking towards the sky and the smile still frozen on her face.

Then came the dreaded, yet consoling, realization that his dear wife had died peacefully sitting there. Given the location, and being a devout Christian, Brian began to wonder whether his wife had actually seen the Lord during the last final minutes of her life, just as His disciplines saw him during his third post-resurrection appearance, as stated in John 21.

STATUS REPORT # 149

THINGS ARE CHANGING

With the way things are changing with me I’m going try to be brief. To begin with I’ve already read/reviewed about 60% of the books I usually do; and while I’ve done a few more reviews. I still behind in posting 8 reviews to my two blog sites.

Last time I’d mentioned I’m up to 13 Chapters, 66 pages with approximately 15,100 words [the formatting for the Word Document for the book is that of a regular book] for my debut YA Christian romance novella, I completed this chapter by adding about 500 new words, the page count has only increased by ONE page since the prior last page only had three lines in it. Currently the manuscript is about 62.3% complete and hopefully now will be completed by the end of next month [August 31^st].

I’ve changed what I’m writing for my second Christian book. After reviewing the Flash Fictions I’ve already written I’ve decided to scrap most of them, and now will be writing short stories instead. Taking the Flash Fictions, I decided to keep I’ve expanded them in order to give each one some more meat to the stories themselves. I’ve devoted the majority of my time since my last post in writing these stories, and at the present time I’ve got a total of 24, ranging from 1 to 5 pages and from 171 to 950 words. The concept for each story is the same, they’re all being written around a prompt where the letters of the prompt form the beginnings of each of the words which begin each of the sentences, or where it forms part of the theme of the story connected to the prompt. I'm planning to complete this Christian endeavor at the same time as my other one so I can have a DOUBLE RELEASE on the same day. Both of these books will be published under R. L. Morgan in order to keep this genre of books separate from those being published under Robin Leigh Morgan.

REMEMBER, if you’re ever looking for the next book for you or your child to read, I got 1,161 reviews now on Amazon.com at

https://tinyurl.com/y83l8h4m

BTW – my other writing endeavors are more or less on the back burners, although I might be checking them out if I get a chance.

STATUS REPORT # 148

MY WRITING PLANS HAVE DEFINITELY CHANGED

Last year, after reading/reviewing several Christian books I had gotten the urge to write my own.

With that urge, I began writing my debut YA/NA Christian romance novella entitled “It Had All Been a Game.” As I wrote in a previous post, after a brief interlude I’ve returned writing it. At the present time, I’m up to 13 Chapters, 66 pages with approximately 15,100 words [the formatting for the Word Document for the book is that of a regular book]. Currently, the manuscript is about 60% complete and hopefully will be completed in about the next 2/3 weeks.

The second Christian I’d planned to write would have been a collection of 40 poems and 40 flash fiction stories. When I stopped writing due to a serious issue which had cropped up, I had completed writing the poems, and need 11 more stories to have completed writing that portion of the book.

Since the basis for the poems had been derived from church hymns, a Christian sister advised me there might a copyright issue regarding those hymns. So, after an extensive search which revealed nothing positive which I could avail myself of to use in including what I’ve written, I’ve finally decided to take the safe course by not including these poems in my endeavor. With only 29 stories written, I’ve realized I’ll need at 31 more stories in order to make the book more substantial with what it’s offering on its page. And I’m asking you, my readers, to provide me with prompt words I can consider using in writing these addition stories.

With everything that’s going on in my life, I’ve fallen behind in posting the reviews I've written and at the present time, my backlog stands at 8 reviews, for which I’ll be catching up on during the next few days.

STATUS REPORT # 147

The second half of this year has gotten to a slow beginning; however, progress now has movement in what I’d planned to do is starting to take half.

I’ve begun to post copies of the reviews written indicating how many books I’ve reviewed so far this year and how many of these have been for Christian books. The only issue I’ve got pertaining to this is that in order for me to show movement in the other areas I want to accomplish, I’ve created a backlog of 5 reviews which I still need to post here. When I post a review, I would appreciate a little feedback so I’m able to know there’s someone is actually reading these reviews.

An area I’m finally where I’ve begun moving forward on is one of my writing endeavors of which I’ve got five.  With all of the Christian books I’ve reviewed so far this year [64 out of a total 157 books, or about 41%], I’ve decided to work one of the two Christian I’m planning to write.

The Christian book, I’m currently writing is a YA/NA Christian second chance romance novella, with a working title of “It Had All Been a Game.” Since July 6^th, I’ve written 4 chapters, consisting of 13 pages and approximately 2.800 words, resulting in the book being about 59% completed, based on the projected length of 25,000 words. Given the genre of this endeavor is different from the other ones I’ve already written I’ll be writing all my Christian books under the name of R L Morgan.

As of today, according to the figures on Amazon, I’ve already reviewed 1,158 books since officially becoming a book reviewer, 5 years ago next month. Not bad for a 2nd-second career since retiring 9 ½ years ago. Both my reading/reviewing books in addition to my writing books is helping to keep this aging mind, young and active.

If anyone is interested in interviewing me for their blog or website, I’m available on a first-come basis, just send me a direct message through my Twitter account.

O X O X O X O X

Robin Leigh Morgan

BOOK REVIEW # 2019-152 - Allie Ritch - "Bare Season (Children of Nanook Book 4)

DON’T LET THE BAGGAGE FROM YOUR PAST KEEP YOU FROM FINDING THE LOVE YOU WERE MEANT TO HAVE

I’d won a Mobi.file of this book from the author some time ago through a giveaway she had on the TRR [The Romance Reviews] website; however, it had gotten lost in the myriad of books I read/review until recently. The following is my honest opinion.

There’s an old idiom which goes: Once bitten/burned, twice shy. The meaning of which is that once a person has had a bad experience regarding something in their life, they would prefer never to experience it again. And it is this same idiom which befits the female protagonist [Idonea] in this story, not once, but twice.

For starters she’s deadly petrified of bears having already been assaulted by one; and as far as men are concerned, she’s become quite cynical regarding all members of the sex after having relations with a few of them.

Having already read a few shape-shifting stories in my days, just as many of you reading this review might have read as well; one thing is certain, once the male of the species has set their eyes on his perfect mate, nothing will be able to stop their quest in obtaining that mate.

Shape-shifting males in search of a mate are looking for one keen attribute for her to possess, the scent of her body; and for Massak it’s the scent which Indonea’s naturally emits. One small whiff of her at the beginning of the winter mating season is all that he needed to realize she’s meant to be his forever mate, as his natural primeval drives begin to emerge from their hibernation.

Taking his human form, he approaches Indonea using his diverse inventory of natural skills. At first, she’s reluctant to respond to his presence; but with his beguiling ways, she lets her guard down and allows him in. When Massak shape-shifts for the first time, she’s frightened. But as moments pass Indonea senses a calming presence and she begins to pet and scratch the bear he’s shape-shifted to beyond his ears; just as we would do to our dogs and cats.

When they arrive at her home outside her village, their hot, steamy love making begins in earnest, culminating with the realization that each has found their HEA mate.

Given the kind of books I’ve been reading/reviewing recently, I had to let my erotic personae read /review this book.

Ms. Ritch’s vivid erotic style of writing puts her readers, as it did me, into Indonea’s shoes with many of us physically responding to the hot, steamy love-making which occurs within the pages of this book, for which I’ve given the author the 5 STARS she’s garnered from this book.  

https://www.amazon.com/review/R14G3UYB7L5XFE

FEEDBACK IS WELCOME

BOOK REVIEW # 2019-151 - Anitha Rathod = "Shelly's Stocking Goes Missing"

IT’S CHRISTMAS IN JULY AS YOU READ THIS BOOK

I received a Mobi.file copy of this book from the author through a giveaway she had on LibraryThing, and the following is my honest opinion.

The moment my inner-child began reading this book, it immediately thought of Christmas and the poem ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, especially when it mentioned the stockings being hung with care, in the hopes that St. Nicholas will soon be there.

Shelly, remembering she had no stocking to leave for Santa so he can fill in with all sorts of candy and other goodies, she began to make her own; and leaves it hanging by her window, Like all children, wanting to see him, Shelly tries to stay up but as expected falls asleep.

This is a marvelous enchanting book for its young readers, it’s filled with the magic and spirit of Christmas, especially that of sharing; and with the stocking becoming alive and going off on a journey hoping to get itself filled and then returning home before Shelly would get up Christmas morning.

Does the stocking get itself filled? Is the stocking able to find its way back home after flying and traveling all over town? Who does it meet so it can get the instructions to go back to Shelly from?

Being July, it’s hazy, hot and humid outside; reading a Christmas book at this time makes you wish it was December with the holiday quickly approaching. The rhyming in this book captures and holds the young reader’s interest; just as it did for me when I was a young child reading the poem I mentioned at the beginning of my review.

For creating the Christmas spirit for her readers now, both young and old, I’m happy to give the author, Anitha Rathod, the 5 STAR rating she’s gotten from this reviewer and my inner-child.

https://www.amazon.com/review/R12OCEI1ZQO05G

FEEDBACK IS WELCOME

CHRISTIAN BOOK REVIEW # 2019-062 - Jocelyn Soriano - "Poems of Love and Letting Go"

This is also the 150th book I've reviewed so far this year

IF YOU HAVEN’T EXPERIENCED THE ESSENCE OF THESE POEMS, YOU SHOULD

I received a Mobi.file of this book from the author in connection with another book for which she had a giveaway on LibraryThing, and the following is my honest opinion.

I love listening to folksongs from different cultures, especially when they’ve been translated into English. One of these songs came to my mind as I read this book. The song is a Jewish folksong from the 1930scalled Tumbalalaika, and in this song, a perplexed young lad is up the entire night thinking about whom he should take and not shame, [Think marriage]

When he sees a young girl, he stops and asks her three questions regarding love:

What can grow, grow without rain?

What can burn and never end?
What can yearn, cry without tears?

She looks at this foolish lad and tells him:

A stone can grow, grow without rain.

Love can burn and never end.
A heart can yearn, cry without tears.

The poems which the author, Jocelyn Soriano, has written for this book echoes the questions of this song; especially when one considers that in love some tears must be shed somewhere along the way. These poems come from the author’s own life’s experiences; which anyone, especially women can relate to as they mirror the events in their own lives as well.

Just read the sampling of her poems in the book’s preview pages and you’ll quickly see that I’m correct in what I’ve just said. For having given me and her readers a collection of poetry which can lift one’s spirits and be rather emotional, I’ve given Ms. Soriano the 5 STARS she’s gotten from this reviewer.

FEEDBACK IS WELCOMED !!!

CHRISTIAN BOOK REVIEW #2019-061 - Rev. Ezekiel King - "Unmasking and Defeating Demons..."

This is also the 148^th book I’ve reviewed this year

BECOMING A DEMON WARRIOR FOR THE LORD

I read this book via an Amazon KINDLE Unlimited download.

As Christians, you know quite that we must listen seriously to what’s written in LUKE 21:8 [KJV]

“And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.”

Ever since the Garden of Eden, when the serpent coerced Eve and Adam to eat the fruit of the forbidden, we’ve been continuously attacked by Satan and his minions to order to get us to be led astray from the righteous path the Lord wants us to follow.

These minions can disguise themselves as anything they desired in order to achieve their nefarious goals. They’re quite formidable, are the total antithesis of the Lord’s angels, especially when it concerns us as humans [the Lord’s children]; and the worst thing of all is that they’re invisible to each one of us.

The only way we can understand what there is to know about unmasking and defeating them is for us to be educated. I believe one of the major reasons that was driving the author, Rev. Ezekiel King, to write this book has been to fulfill the Lord’s instruction that can be found in DEUTERONOMY 11:19 [ESV]:

“You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”

From his experiences, Rev. King has gleaned countless questions covering a myriad of topics regarding demons; has placed 150 of them along with all of the answers in this highly informative book. I believe it is his hope that those of us who read this book will become the Demon Warriors the Lord wants us to be.

For wanting this from his readers, as a rather voracious reviewer of Christian books, it gratifies me to give Rev. King the 5 STAR rating he deserves.

Here’s the link to the book review on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/review/R1UGA7CUVD6N7B

Feedback is welcomed.

BOOK REVIEW 2019-147 = Paul Larkin’s “How to Write a Story..."

As promised I'm starting to post a copy of my book reviews here on my blog.

I’d won a Mobi.file copy of this book from the author through a giveaway he had on LibraryThing, and the following is my honest opinion.

Being an author of several books, including a YA Paranormal romance and an erotic novella, I’ve learned that there are components crucial to both genres, despite their differences.

This book looks at writing a story, not from the POV [point of view] of today’s authors, but from the time of creation when no stories had existed. Instead of stories, let’s look at something quite trivial for a brief moment, such as the wheel. In order for the wheel to have been invented, questions needed to get answered before it could finally come into existence. Now with the wheel’s existence being present, individuals have kept on tweaking it, to achieve an individualistic desired appearance.

Getting back to the writing of stories, a variety of forces interact to create the building blocks for each one, including that of the genre. According to the author, Paul Larkin, there are essentially five different storylines for any story along with seven possible different types of characters that are plausible to exist in these stories.

Coming from own experience, agreeing with the author, in writing and moreover having read/reviewed over 1,100 books, stories much have some plot twists which ensure to captivate and maintain a reader’s interest so they’ll keep turning the pages of the book until the story’s climax has been reached. And within these plot twists, there’s also the proverbial need of some conflict, regardless of how substantial or minuscule it might be.

This naturally brings us to the all-important language that’s being used in the text itself; boring dull language doesn’t cut the mustard it needs to be somewhat provocative in order to grab and maintain a reader’s interest from the first page to the last.

For wanting to inform his readers, whether they’re aspiring authors, have a few books already under their belts or just interested in the subject matter of how to write a story from a different approach or POV; I’ve given Mr. Larkin the 5 STAR rating he’s gotten.

Link to my review & book on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/review/R34D4O5OPDICGI

STATUS REPORT #146 - GOING FORWARDS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR

With the first half of the year gone, I’ve made plans going forwards, for the rest of the year.

Starting off with my writing of book reviews; so far, I’ve written reviews for 146 books of which 58 [about 40%] have been for Christian books; in fact, about 16 of my last 26 reviews have been for this genre, with quite a few being for Christian women. According to GoodReads.com, I’m about 66% completed in meeting my goal of 200 books by the end of the year, which is something I need to reconcile with my records since I’m recorded more. It looks like I’ll need to increase by goal at least 50 books, which is something I did twice last year.

If anyone is looking for their next book to read, especially if it’s a Christian book, just check ALL of my reviews on Amazon:

https://tinyurl.com/y83l8h4m

One thing which I’m going to start doing as of July 1^st, is to post ALL of my book reviews here on my blog with the link to the review on Amazon, to facilitate the purchasing of any book if someone wants to buy a copy or to read the other reviews which the book might have received. I would also like to receive feedback for my reviews from you, my followers.

With the number of books, I’ve been reading/reviewing and my binging on watching old television programs through NetFlix and Amazon Prime, my writing endeavors have been greatly impacted with hardly any progress being made on any of them for quite a while.

Currently. my erotic side is in the midst of writing her second LGBTQ erotic novella which is currently entitled, “Becoming the Bride’s Mother.” This endeavor is now about 54% completed, with 16 chapters, 99 pages, approximately 18,800 words.

As for myself; my Adult Contemporary romance, “His Darkest Secret” is about 87.5% complete, with 36 chapters, 238 pages, and approximately 61,250 words. My YA Urban Fantasy novella with a romantic backstory entitled, “The Secret of the Well,” is about 68.3% completed with 20 chapters, 78 pages, and approximately 23,900 words.

With my being enthralled by all of the Christian books I’ve been reading, I’ve started to write two books for this genre. The first is a collection of 40 Christian poems based on Christian hymns and 40 Flash Fictions, the first portion is completed and the Flash Fiction portion is 72.5% completed and needs 11 more stories to be written. However, someone advised me there’s a possible issue of plagiarism in regards to my use of the hymns looming, this endeavor is being halted until a definite clarification can be obtained from the US Copyright Office. The second is a YA/NA Second Chance Christian Contemporary romance novella with a WIP title of “It Had All Been a Game,” this endeavor is currently about 48% completed with 8 chapters, 50 pages, and approximately 12,000 words. Since these will be my first endeavors for this genre, I’m considering just using R L Morgan as the author’s name. I’m considering posting some current snippets from what I’ve already written, as well as additional ones as I approach typing that final elusive period for the manuscript.    

If I can find the time with my harried schedule, I might start interviewing individuals for my two sister blogs. In the meantime, I’d love to be interviewed by others in regards to my writing endeavors or my reading/reviewing of books. Just send me a DM to my twitter account.

Since an article I’ve written was not accepted by the site I wanted it to be on, I’m willing to post it on any website that would like to have it, the article deals with getting rid of writer’s block by writing flash/micro fiction; so, if you’d me to post it on your site, please send me a DM via Twitter as well.

Have a BLESSED DAY to all of my followers with whatever you’re going to be doing !!! 😊 😊 😊