Books I'm Grateful I Read Giveaway Hop Nov 1st thru Nov 14th!

Books I'm Grateful I Read! Giveaway Hop

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I really do my best to be a positive and optimistic person even with a rough year like I have had. I am so grateful that I have read the following books.  They boosted my spirits in so many ways.

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy

Unlock The Power to Heal by  Robert Scott Bell and Ty M Bollinger

BUT my most comforting is my King James Bible my grandmother had given me for my 7th birthday. (One of my most priceless possessions.)

My giveaway is for a $10 Amazon Gift Card. This way you can choose your own books to be grateful for.

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Halloween Freebie! Candy Corn Hat Crochet Pattern!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my freebie! This is my gift to you with no strings attached.

Candy Corn Hat

by Kimber Shook

(Adult size)

MATERIALS
Orange Worsted Weight Yarn
Size H Hook
White Worsted Weight Yarn
Yellow Worsted Weight Yarn

ABBREVIATIONS

ch = chain

dec = decrease

ea = each

rnd = round

sc = single crochet

sl st = slip stitch

SPECIAL STITCHES

Decrease = Insert hook through stitch, draw up loop, insert hook through next stitch, draw up loop, YO and draw loop through all 3 loops on hook. (One sc is made over two stitches.)
Increase = Two stitches are worked in one stitch. (I indicate in pattern below, to work 2 sc in st.)

Rnd 1) Form a Magic Ring; ch 1; 7 sc in ring; sl st to beginning sc (this is throughout unless noted); (7 sc)

Rnd 2) Ch 1; Starting in same st, 2 sc in ea sc around; sl st; (14 sc)

Rnd 3) Ch 1; Starting in next st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (14 sc)

Rnd 4) Ch 1; Starting in same st, *2 sc in 1st sc; sc; *repeat around; sl st; (21 sc)

Rnd 5) Ch 1; Starting in next st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (21 sc)

Rnd 6) Ch 1; Starting in same st, *2 sc in 1st sc; sc in next 2 sc; *repeat around; sl st; (28 sc)

Rnd 7) Ch 1; Starting in next st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (28 sc)

Rnd 8) Ch 1; Starting in same st, *2 sc in 1st sc; sc in next 3 sc; *repeat around; sl st; (35 sc)

Rnd 9) Ch 1; Starting in next st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (35 sc)

Rnd 10) Ch 1; Starting in same st, *2 sc in 1st sc; sc in next 4 sc; *repeat around; sl st; (42 sc)

Rnd 11) Ch 1; Starting in next st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (42 sc)

Rnd 12) Ch 1; Starting in same st, *2 sc in 1st sc; sc in next 5 sc; *repeat around; Attach Orange by pulling orange yarn through loop on last sc; sl st; (49 sc)

Rnd 13) Ch 1; Starting in next st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (49 sc)

Rnd 14) Ch 1; Starting in same st, *2 sc in 1st sc; sc in next 6 sc; *repeat around; sl st; (56 sc)

Rnd 15) Ch 1; Starting in next st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (56 sc)

Rnd 16) Ch 1; Starting in same st, *2 sc in 1st sc; sc in next 7 sc; *repeat around; sl st; (63 sc)

Rnd 17) Ch 1; Starting in next st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (63 sc)

Rnd 18) Ch 1; Starting in same st, *2 sc in 1st sc; sc in next 8 sc; *repeat around; sl st; (70 sc)

Rnd 19) Ch 1; Starting in next st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (70 sc)

Rnd 20) Ch 1; Starting in same st, *2 sc in 1st sc; sc in next 9 sc; *repeat around; sl st; (77 sc)

Rnd 21) Ch 1; Starting in next st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (77 sc)

Rnd 22) Ch 1; Starting in same st, *2 sc in 1st sc; sc in next 10 sc; *repeat around; sl st; (84 sc)

Rnd 23) Ch 1; Starting in next st, sc in ea sc around; Attach Yellow by pulling yellow yarn through loop on last sc; sl st; (84 sc)

Rnd 24) Ch 1; Starting in same st, sc in ea sc around; sl st (84 sc)

Rnd 25) Ch 1; Starting in next st, *Dec; sc in next 12 sc; *repeat around; sl st (78 sc)

Rnd 26) Ch 1; Starting in same st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (78 sc)

Rnd 27) Ch 1: Starting in next st, *Dec; sc in next 11 sc; *repeat around; sl st (72 sc)

Rnd 28) Ch 1; Starting in same st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (72 sc)

Rnd 29) Ch 1; Starting in next st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (72 sc)

Rnd 30) Ch 1; Starting in same st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (72 sc)

Rnd 31) Ch 1; Starting in next st, sc in ea sc around; sl st; (72 sc)

Rnd 32) Ch 1; Starting in same st, sl st in ea sc around; sl st and end off; weave in ends; (72 st)

I hope to eventually get this uploaded to online retailers with more pictures and more alternative options but until then, I hope you enjoy my free gift to you.

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(At least for now - you never know when I'll feel like changing things up a bit!)

October's .99 Boxed Set Bundle Deals

I just love finding these great boxed set deals and sharing with you.  Check out my latest .99 finds below:

After Twilight - 6 books

Julia Crane--Freak of Nature, Sophie Davis--Talented, Lizzy Ford--Cursed, Ella James--Here, Tara West--Sophie's Secret Crush, and Morgan Wylie--Silent Orchids. 

When Darkness Falls

Shalini Boland - Hidden, Sarah Dalton - Mary Hades, Rebecca Hamilton - The Forever Girl, Laura Howard - The Forgotten Ones, Patti Roberts - Paradox - The Angels are Here, 

Beautifully Unnatural

Amy Miles - Forbidden, Susan Halter - Shaken, Veronica Blade - My Wolf's Bane, Ciara Knight - Rise From Darkness

Contamination (Books 0-3)

by T.W. Piperbrook

Slow Burn Books 1-3

by Bobby Adair

Gypsy Fairy Tale Series Box Set (Once, Far Away, and Ever After)

by Dana Michelle Burnett

 

Enchanted by an Emerald Box Set

Catherine Kean - A Knight to Remember, Caro Carson - Her Pirate From The Past, T. Elliott Brown -  When We Get to Paris, Wynter Daniels - Emerald Intrigue, Nancy Robards Thompson - What to Keep, Mimi Wells - Fortune's Fool, Katherine Garbera - Charmed By The Thief

 

Six Times A Charm Box Set

Deanna Chase - Haunted on Bourbon Street, Angie Fox - The Accidental Demon Slayer, Julie Kenner - Carpe Demon, Mindy Klasky - Girl’s Guide to Witchcraft, Rose Pressey - How to Date a Werewolf, Liz Schulte - Easy Bake Coven

Love on the Edge: Nine Shades of Romantic Suspense

Lori Ryan - Ever Hopeful, Diana Layne - The Good Daughter, Pauline Baird Jones - The Last Enemy, Dale Mayer - Hide'n Go Seek, Wendy Ely - Dangerous Flames, Marie-Nicole Ryan - Love Me If You Can, Margaret Taylor - All in the Name of Love, Amy Garnet - Meant for Her, Kathryn Jane - Daring to Love

Tall, Dark and Paranormal

Lori Handeland - Crescent Moon, Opal Carew - Spellbound, Laura Kaye - Forever Freed, Caridad Pineiro - Sins of the Flesh, Stephanie Julian - Spell Bound, Randi Alexander - Haunting a Cowboy, Terry Spear - Huntress for Hire, Paige Tyler - Dead Sexy, Sara Humphreys - Asmodeus: Demon of Lust, Judi Fennell - Beauty and the Beast

I hope you enjoy these great finds.  Please check out my freebies top right side bar and my giveaways/sign-ups top left side bar. My follow buttons are bottom right and works available middle left.

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Spooktacular Giveaway Hop - Oct 15th - 31st - Win a $10 Amazon Gift Card.

Spooktacular Giveaway Hop October 15th - 31st

Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer

Thank you for stopping by my blog on your way through the giveaway hop. I’m very excited I have your attention for a few minutes. I’m a writer, a designer of crochet patterns and an avid reader. I know you are in a hurry to get through over 200+ blogs and you will be quite busy of over the next 17 days.

So my post is going to be short and sweet. Do you love Zombie books? Yeah, I didn’t think I would either but I fell in love with Gena Showalter’s book Alice in Zombieland. Pretty awesome find if I do say so myself.  Who doesn't want to read a good zombie book on Halloween, right?

I absolutely loved this book.  Find my review HERE:

Or this is another Zombie book that I'm anxious 

to read since I already love this author - Karice Bolton.

Want free Zombies?
Click below to get Bobby Adair's Slow Burn Zero Day for free!




Not into Zombies but love crocheting?
Click below - it's free!

Or for $1.99 get the 

Candy Corn Crochet Scarf Pattern

Now on the giveaway...

My giveaway is for a $10 Amazon Gift Card. This way you can choose your own Halloween Treat!

Please take a moment to fill out the rafflecopter and “hop” on with the linky list below.

Also, my current giveaways along with giveaway hop sign-ups are top left. If you love freebies, check out my top right side bar.  All of my follow buttons are bottom right and my works in progress and works available are middle left.

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Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter Review

Let me just say Wow! This is my first Gena Showalter book that I have read. My cousin recommended her a few years ago but I just never thought about it until I came across this title recently.  This is also my 2nd book in this zombie genre, my first only being a novella that I just adored.

This book sucked me in and held me so tight that I couldn't wait to read the next chapter. A girl overcoming the tragedy of losing her family in a car crash as zombies invade her world when she never believed that they existed even though her father took every precaution he could not to travel out at night and to train her in case of emergencies.

The guilt she endures of being the only survivor of that fateful night, and her new found world that she believed never really existed along with her new duty as a zombie fighter really takes a hold over this teenager’s life. School work, sleep and fighting zombies; what’s a girl to do to try to fit it all in including the especially hot guy and her new out of body experiences.

She still endures the teenage drama that is to be expected along with the trials and tribulations of her newly acquired knowledge of zombies.

I’m quite anxious to read the next installment and would love to recommend this as a great read and a fantastic author!

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Books to Movies Giveaway Hop - Oct 2nd - 10th

Books to Movies Giveaway Hop October 2nd - 10th

Hosted by Bookhounds and I Am A Reader, Not A Writer

Thank you for stopping by my blog on your way through the giveaway hop. I’m very excited I have your attention for a few minutes. I’m a writer, a designer of crochet patterns and an avid reader.

There are so many books to movies out there that I have actually enjoyed. Some I have watched the movies first, then read the book because I loved the movie and have been disappointed in the books,  then of course there are books I have read and loved, then watched the movie and was disappointed in the  movie.

Which do you prefer first - Book or Movie?

My giveaway is for your choice of a paperback book from one of the following three:

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

Divergent by Veronica Roth

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

All being very good books, but I’ll be honest I haven’t seen the movie yet for If I Stay.

Please take a moment to fill out the rafflecopter below and “hop” on with the linky list below.

Also, my current giveaways are top left. If you love freebies, check out my top right side bar.  All of my follow buttons are bottom right and my works in progress and works available are middle left.

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