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Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons! Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads Book Club that meets weekly to answer questions presented.  Our moderators are YouTubers, Lainey (GingerReadsLainey) and Samantha (ThoughtsOnTomes). I enjoy how every week this group brings the book community together. Great fun!   This week's question asks: What are your Top 5 Independent Women in Books? Flora Dane (D.D. Warren detective series by Lisa Gardner)- Held captive for over a year by a psychotic murderer, Flora Dane emerged from her ordeal with a new purpose. Stalking the streets of Boston, Dane becomes a dangerous vigilante. Putting stalkers and murders out of commission. But can she work with the Boston PD in order to lawfully bring in these criminals? Does she want to? Find Her and Look for Me began her story. Never Tell continues this Lisa Gardner powerhouse character on February 19, 2019. Jane Hawk (Jane Hawk series by Dean Koontz)- Living the Silent Corner of the world, a...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons! Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads Book Club that meets weekly to answer questions presented.  Our moderators are YouTubers, Lainey (GingerReadsLainey) and Samantha (ThoughtsOnTomes). I enjoy how every week this group brings the book community together. Great fun!   This week's question asks: What are your Top 5 Relationships in novels that you have read in the past? Lennie Golden and Lucky Santangelo (the Lucky Santangelo series by Jackie Collins)- Wealthy brat Lucky Santangelo lived in the shadow of her infamous father, Gino. Wise guy Santangelo had no idea how to handle his wild child daughter. But as she gained his respect over the decades and mourned the loss of her brother with him, she became a legend of her own. Then Lennie Golden entered the picture. Funny and loving, this movie star/ writer stole her heart. Their marriage suffered much of the decades, but one thing is certain: they belonged together no matter what. ...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons! Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads Book Club that meets weekly to answer questions presented.  Our moderators are YouTubers, Lainey (GingerReadsLainey) and Samantha (ThoughtsOnTomes). I enjoy how every week this group brings the book community together. Great fun!   This week's question asks: What are your Top 5 top books on your TBR? Elevation by Stephen King Summer in Paris by Sarah Morgan (ARC) The Night Window by Dean Koontz (ARC) The Perfect Husband by Lisa Gardner The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid   Have fun reading this week. Let me know in the comments below what you are reading.    Also please follow me on my social media platforms, and enjoy shopping with me at eBay and the Book Depository. I am also looking for contributions to open my business. Please visit my GoFundMe page if you wish to help me out.     Because there is always time to read,   ...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   I have been away for a while from this group, but I am back and ready to join in on the fun!   Top 5 Wednesday is a Goodreads Book Club that meets weekly to answer questions presented.  Our moderators are YouTubers, Lainey (GingerReadsLainey) and Samantha (ThoughtsOnTomes). I enjoy how every week this group brings the book community together.   Thi s week we are asked to list ou r Top 5 list of books that we wish had a sequel. This can be a stand alone or a book that you wish was not the last in the series. I based my answers on novels that I either read recently or were the last in the a series recently released. Star Wars: Lost Stars by Claudia Gray- this novel d ove head -on into the original trilogy, giving us a new perspective of the Galactic Civil War. We were introduced to Imperial officers , Ciena Ree and Thane Kyrell, and their heart breaking love story. Thane leaves the Empire to join the Rebel...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,   My Reading Challenge is nearing its end, and now I begin to focus on those books that I have not finished. I will also be creating my next Reading Challenge that will begin September 1, 2016. This will be posted on that date.   The next book that I decided to remove from my To Be Read pile was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which falls under the "Read a book from your childhood" category. I remember loving the movie starring Gene Wilder when I was a kid, and how I had read the book a few years later in elementary school. I am happy that I took the time to revisit this delightful and whimsical tale.   Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is written by Roald Dahl and was first published in 1964. It tells the tale of a boy, named Charlie Bucket. He and his family are desperately poor and live in a broken down home. Charlie is always dreaming a better life, but with finances bei...