FREE Books & Chat - May 2017

FREE Books & Chat - May 2017 (FB&C)

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Welcome to the MAY 2017 Edition of FREE Books and Chat
I invite you pull up a comfy chair and come in and chat with us awhile, and help this to be a really wonderful month on the thread.

We love to hear about what free books you've chosen today, and the free books that you've read. We also like to chat, to celebrate with each other, and support each other! If you are new to us, please feel free to introduce yourselves - we love making new friends as well as reconnecting with old friends. If you've got a few minutes every now and then, we'd love to "see" you at one of our favorite internet hang outs. Join us all in our new adventure this month!

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"Let us pick up our books and our pens,
they are the most powerful weapons."
~ Malala Yousafzai

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Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.
Norman Cousins

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Business before pleasure:

SPECIAL MESSAGE TO AUTHORS

AUTHORS - THIS IS NOT A FORUM FOR SELF PROMOTION.
You are welcome to join us for conversation.
However, self-promotion or posting a link to your book in this area is against Amazon's TOS. If you're looking to promote your work, please go to the "Meet Our Authors" thread, many of us check there as well.
http://www.amazon.com/forum/meet%20our%20authors

.........THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THE RULES..............

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★★ Links To Free Book Resources ★★

http://ereaderiq.com/freebies/
dailyfreebooks.com
ereaderlove.com
www.freereadfeed.com
(customisable -Top Left "Found free since" and Top right "View Genres" click "Pick from a list" )
Heidoc:
http://www.heidoc.net/amazon/subscribe.us.php?department=English&sort=TITLE&covers=on&newtitles=on&GO=GO
(use the dropdown menu at the top to find other categories – to the left one can check freebies on other ammy sites, eg. UK, Canada etc)
http://www.freebooksifter.com/?src=2
http://freebooksy.com/
Search Engine:
http://www.jungle-search.com/US/
To Search Amazon directly for Freebies:
http://www.amazon.com/s/?rh=n:154606011,p_36:0-0,p_15=&hidden-keywords=-domain
In left-hand column, selections for genres can be made, including eBooks with Audible Narration.
To find Amazon Best Sellers in Kindle eBooks Top 100 Free
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kindle-Store-eBooks/zgbs/digital-text/154606011/ref=zg_bs_fvp_p_f_154606011?_encoding=UTF8&tf=1
In lefthand column, selections for genres can be made.
To keep track of your series try
https://www.fictfact.com/
or
http://www.orderofbooks.com/

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You are strongly urged to confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.
The price displayed on Amazon's website at the time of purchase is the price of the book.

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╰❈╮Link to the FB&C Group Cookbook thread:

http://www.amazon.com/forum/cooking/ref=cm_cd_et_md_pl?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx211KPGGBLHNC6&cdMsgID=Mx3TF4806AD6YTU&cdMsgNo=1&cdPage=1&cdSort=oldest&cdThread=TxQUJZ6FYNH8VQ#Mx3TF4806AD6YTU

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★☆★ Everything FB&C

╰❈╮ Bios / Birthdays and Anniversaries / Starter Template / States - abbreviations and time zones / Slang / How To Link and more:

https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0Bxt8Ey-AsMfIUDZUS3p0SnpqZG8/edit?usp=sharing

Birthdays Doc
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QigQRRmTKo-D-m7frKfKeRGczPZ1chCwvwHQ89yi6m8/edit?pli=1

GoodReads FB&C page...
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/215446-fb-c-friends-group

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╰❈╮Link To Last Month's thread - Free Books & Chat - April 2017

https://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle/ref=cm_cd_fp_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdThread=Tx3SDUDS9UED0M7

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FB&C Birthdays and Anniversaries on the chart for June.

05/02 KY Bk Addict Birthday
05/03 NC Red Rose Anniversary
05/04 SueM Birthday
05/12 Lana Phillips Birthday
05/17 Terri B in ME Birthday
05/19 TR Birthday
05/19 WYRudolph (Was: WYRenegade) Anniversary
05/19 Betty Birthday
05/20 Oregon Dreamer Anniversary
05/22 Becky in NOLA Anniversary
05/30 dinkyd Birthday

If your special day is missing from the list, please let me know - I am willing to share virtual birthday or anniversary cake as many times as possible!

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Today Is:
╰♥.☆.♥╮ Mother Goose Day

“For every evil under the sun,
There is a remedy, or there is none.
If there be one, seek till you find it,
If there be none, never mind it.”
~ Mother Goose

We’ve all grown up with fairy tales from every quarter, whether it was Disney’s retelling of popular storytellers, or our parents or grandparents reading to us from a much-loved edition of the tales from the Brother’s Grimm. Out of all the storytellers out there, there is one in particular that stands out and is almost the name for all fairy-tales in existence, and that is the inestimable Mother Goose. Mother Goose Day reminds us of this important storyteller and the role she, and other storytellers played in our youth.

★☆★ History of Mother Goose Day

One of the other fundamental roles played by Mother Goose and fairy tales is as the first introduction to reading for young people everywhere. In 1987 it was determined that fairy tales were so essential to our reading development, that a day needed to be established to bring awareness to, and encourage the use of, reading in preschool environments through stories and nursery rhymes.

These tales have served important roles in our lives. They introduced the concepts of fantasy and challenged us to be better. They asked us to consider the moral implications of our actions and cautioned us to be good. Nursery Rhymes painted pictures with words and introduced us to the idea that rhymes could work magic. Mother Goose Day reminds us of the magic these tales have, and the lessons they’ve taught us..

╰❈╮ How to Celebrate?

The easiest way to celebrate Mother Goose Day is to simply take some time on Nostalgia Rd to read old nursery rhymes and stories. That’s just the beginning though! If you really want to get into the spirit of the celebration introduce someone new to your favorite nursery rhymes, ask them about theirs! Read to your children before they go to bed, or your grandchildren, or your neighbors’ children! Do you have a child or grandchild in school?

Work with their instructors to include Mother Goose in their curriculum. Even better, if you’re an instructor yourself you can help to bring the glory of Mother Goose to your students! Photocopy coloring book pages that share the tales or teach valuable word lessons, have your children work together to read stories in class, or even write stories of their own!

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★☆★ Did You Know...

...that the saying "if you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all," is often known as Thumper's Law or Thumperian Principle?
Thumper is a fictional rabbit character from Disney's animated movie Bambi.

But .... please don't let Thumper's Law stop you from posting here

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Poem For A Friend
© Maurice Boland

If I could write a poem.
I would write it just for you.
But I can not write a poem.
So what am I to do?

If I could write a poem.
I would tell you lots of things.
Of love and happiness.
and the Joy your friendship brings.

But I can not write a poem.
So you will never know.
Just how much I love you.

And now I have to go!

Good morning Red
Thanks for starting May for us.

When The Cherry Blossoms Fall by Craig Brennan

May 1st 1941 the air raid sirens began to wail across the city of Liverpool and they would for the next 7 nights. Around the same time every year the Cherry Blossom tree is in full bloom.
As the bombs fall, raining death and destruction upon the city, the community of Bootle, north of the city, is in danger of being wiped off the map of the nation. The local gardens of South Park become a sanctuary from the chaos as three families are drawn there by the beauty of the delicate pink petals of the Cherry Blossom as they float on the breeze and the gardens become a place where they reflect and reminisce.
Despite the nightly destruction wrought by the might of the Luftwaffe in an attempt to break the spirit of the civilian population, the Dempsey’s, the Rimmer’s and the Sullivan’s daily struggle for survival goes on.
At the end of a week of merciless bombing, their lives will have changed forever. Dreams and hopes will be shattered as the grim reality of war smashes into the once peaceful suburbs of Liverpool and the Cherry Blossom trees will stand bare once more.
When the Cherry Blossoms Fall, it is a time to remember..........

Going Home

As a teen, Jennifer LeBlanc flees her rural hometown of Modock, Maine after the deaths of her parents and vows never to return. While attending Harvard Business School on a full scholarship, Jennifer meets and falls in love with Bradley Maderon, a financial genius who runs Boston’s largest hedge fund. Jennifer becomes the CFO of Bradley’s empire, but when he is arrested and the government seizes all of their assets, Jennifer is forced to return to Maine and confront the trauma that she has repressed all of these years. With the help of her sister, Justine, Jennifer searches for a way to overcome her grief, learn to appreciate the gifts that life gives, and, perhaps, to find love.

Thanks for starting, Red.

Good morning everyone.

Lead Story
1931: Empire State Building dedicated

American Revolution
1958: President Eisenhower proclaims Law Day

Automotive
1926: Ford factory workers get 40-hour week

Civil War
1863: Battle of Chancellorsville begins

Cold War
1960: American U-2 spy plane shot down

Crime
2002: Former NBA All-Star indicted

Disaster
2003: Record-breaking tornado wave begins

General Interest
1851: Great Exhibition opens
1898: The Battle of Manila Bay
1963: An American tops Everest
1997: Labour party returns to power in Britain

Hollywood
194:1 Citizen Kane released

Literary
1923: Joseph Heller is born

Music
1786: Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro premieres in Vienna

Old West
1852: Calamity Jane is born

Presidential
1931: Herbert Hoover dedicates Empire State Building

Sports
1991: Rickey Henderson breaks stolen base record

Vietnam War
1969: Senator criticizes Nixon’s handling of the war
1972: North Vietnamese troops capture Quang Tri

World War I
1915: International Congress of Women adopts resolutions

World War II
1887: Alan G. Cunningham, British liberator of Ethiopia, is born

What I find to be an interesting fact about the 1851 Great Exhibition:

George Jennings designed the first public toilets in the Retiring Rooms of the Crystal Palace, for which he charged one penny.

A century later, when I was growing up, public toilets in England still cost one penny - seems that some services do not inflate their prices ;-)

Back on Murder (A Roland March Mystery Book #1) by J. Mark Bertrand

Det. Roland March is a homicide cop on his way out. But when he's the only one at a crime scene to find evidence of a missing female victim, he's given one last chance to prove himself. Before he can crack the case, he's transferred to a new one that has grabbed the spotlight--the disappearance of a famous Houston evangelist's teen daughter.

With the help of a youth pastor with a guilty conscience who navigates the world of church and faith, March is determined to find the missing girls while proving he's still one of Houston's best detectives.

It's going to be a very busy day today. We have three 50 people party packs plus an extra 8 dozen rolls and then another order of five 15 pice roasted chicken with 75 tenders... One at 5:00 and the other at 5:30.... I was awake half the night figuring out how I was going to load the car.

@ Sandy
Wow that certainly sounds like an awful lot to both prepare and transport and deliver - I am just hoping that the tips are in accordance with the gigantic orders

Seems like I have this problem - it's hard to diet

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Red,
Thanks for starting the month of May!

Happy May Day!!

There will be no tip on these. They are for end of the school year activities and the schools don't tip.

@ Sandy
Aaargh that sucks

ETA
Are you still doing as many split shifts ? and do you still have several days off in a row ?

Hey! Thanks for adding me to the list! My birthday is May 12th!

@ Lana
Thanks for the info - necessary changes made to list

ETA
You know, it is really nice when folk we have not seen in a while decide to drop by, gives a nice warm feeling :)

Thank you for the start Red, much appreciated.

I gave in today and for the first time in 185 days I didn't take a picture for my project.
Really tired after work, so I used an extra that I took yesterday.

I'm reading Pandemic (The Extinction Files Book 1), it's good.
Minestrone soup, leftover from yesterday thankfully, for dinner tonight.

Good evening all :) Thank you for starting off May redandwhite, I will pull up a comfy chair and ottoman and put up my wonky foot while we wait for your beautiful kitchen to be completed. Physio was rough today, back again on Wednesday and to the doctor on Thursday. I think I am going to pursue a referral for an MRI to ensure nothing is lurking in the wobbly ankle. The chicken and the egg question surfaced for me this weekend - did I twist my ankle and hurt it by rolling the ankle, or was my ankle hurt/weakened in the fall, which is resulting in rolled ankles? Plus, I ordered new shoes for comfier dog walking and potential Disney walking:
Hoka One One Mafate Speed Trail Running Shoe - Womens Grey/Black/Fushia, 6.5
They will be my shoe motivation for doing my physio exercises

From my watch list today:
Till Dirt Do Us Part (Pecan Bayou Book 7) - Teresa Trent - Cozy Mystery - 266 p
Hell Gate (Richard Mariner Series Book 9) - Peter Tonkin - Mystery/Thriller/Suspense - 407 p

Some other Monday picks:
Between Spring and Fall - Delia Delaney - Sports Romance - 317 p
The Crochet Killer (Teddie McKay Book 1) - C.K. Martin - Mystery/Thriller/Suspense - 315 p
A Taste To Die For (Teddie McKay Book 2) - C.K. Martin - Mystery/Thriller/Suspense - 323 p
The Weekend Girls - John Burke - Mystery/Thriller/Suspense - 304 p
The Seventh Son: Volume 4 (Norman Conquest Series) - Ashley York - Historical Romance - 325 p

Off to fake my way through tap class :)

It seems I spent my day in futile effort of seeing whether or not some rehab places had available beds. They do but it seems she does not need rehab and can go home on Saturday. Or maybe to the SIL's or have someone stay with her for a few days.

We got done with supper - soup, pears, jello and ice cream - and walked to the garage. A lot of cars had left and we both saw a huge dent in our bumper that wan't there when we left. Then I realized the license plate was wrong and the back window was up ... our car - two places over - was fine.

Thanks red for starting this for us. I've not been posting, been helping my son and his family move. Done now but still exhausted. My love to you all.