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Thursday, September 1, 2016

Midnight - By Laura Lee And a Short What's Happening at BRH!

Midnight

His black velvet, impossible skin

wraps itself around my arm

while he burns holes through me with his

golden eyes and witchcraft.

My little sultan of the rooftops

is a male chauvinist

who patrols the sky by night

awaiting any female prey.

But I forgive him,

for he crawls into my bed each morning

and serenades me with a lullaby of purrs.

Have a good night!

--LAURA LEE

What's Happenin'?

With doctor and dental appointments, am cutting it short today...

But, Wow! We hit over 30 thousand hits this month (30,384)... Thanks so much for coming to visit Book Readers Heaven and learning about some great books... and more...

And speaking of great books...here's the top numbers for this month...But remember the numbers keep rising as time goes by and more visitors come and stay awhile...

A special thanks to D. J. Williams for sharing his new process of providing a soundtrack to play along with a novel... If you're interested in how that worked, check on the early info articles!

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A Beautiful Love Story Plus Valuable Health Inform...

Aug 21, 2016,

673

The Disillusioned by D. J. Williams - A Remarkable...

Aug 26, 2016,

657

Sarah Grimm Presents Wrecked! A Beautiful, Amazing...

Aug 12, 2016,

636

Spotlighted Author DJ Williams Adds Soundtrack to ...

Aug 28, 2016,

633

Dan Wallace Takes Readers to Ancient Rome to Meet ...

Aug 8, 2016,

624

Stan I. S. Law Takes Readers BEYOND Where Star Tre...

Aug 9, 2016,

599

Kenneth Eade Gets Readers Involved in Home Owners ...

Aug 15, 2016,

596

Steve N. Lee Presents Kill Switch - Added to 2016...

Aug 20, 2016,

591

Carlyle Clark Presents Children from Dark Houses -...

Aug 17, 2016,

587

From the Author of Tribune of The People (Coming N...

Aug 7, 2016,

583

Portugal and Japan had 20 visits each...so a special welcome and a wish for you all to come back again!

Presently reading about lost Mayan records! Can't wait to tell you about it...

Oh, BTW, I accepted, reluctantly, several pdf books... I need you all to know that when loaded into Kindle, the print is too small and the Kindle processes are not accessible for this format...That means that these are definitely lower priority since I must sit at a computer to read... Sorry, but more and more writers are expecting reviewers to take ebook formats.

I had one even write and say that sending a book to me costs too much... Duh... am I missing something? Reviewers are not paid for their work...that's normally a minimum of 2 days work for a review... does it make sense to tell a potential reviewer they don't want to spend about $3 to send the book??? Writers! Wake up and smell the roses... The attitude of requesters is a very important part of my work... If you are expecting a review with something less than a book, which is the easiest to review, please expect that your book will receive lower priority, especially with constraints such as size of print!!!

Although I did get new glasses and can work a lot easier now!

Have a good day! And God Bless!

Glenda

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

A Dog's Tale of Woe...What Fun! For Children and Adults Alike...by Anne Toole...

I would not have minded "living" with a cat...

I would not have minded looking like and being called "Toy"

I would not have minded looking like and being called "Einstein"

I wouldn't even have minded being called "Wookie"

Or even "Tiger"

But, why or why, is my name "Cat"?!!!

Mom, dad, baby, and a little boy named Tad went to an

animal shelter one day,

And to little Tad, dad did say,

"Look at all those dogs running about,

Now you need to pick one out."

After looking all around

At all the dogs playing on the ground,

Tad said, "I like this one the best,"

As he held a little dog next to his chest.

"We have to give him a name," said dad,

As he looked at little Tad.

That's when the baby pointed to the dog and said, "cat."

Mom and dad laughed and thought it would be cute if they

named the little dog that,

And that's what they did. They named the dog Cat.

~~~

A Dog Named Cat

By Anne Toole

Illustrated by Richa Kinra

Names are important aren't they? Most of us are quite pleased to claim the name we are given until they fit quite nicely. That's what happened when a cute little dog was adopted by a wonderful family. But when they began to think of a name, the little baby of the family pointed to him and said CAT!

Well, Cat didn't know anything was strange about a dog being named Cat, until he met a little mouse running around the house. Cat didn't frighten the mouse so he asked what his name was...

"My name is Cat," the dog did say,

As he looked at the mouse that was small and gray/

The mouse looked surprised,

When he looked into the dog's eyes.

"But you are not a cat," the mouse said,

As he shook its little head...

~~~

Answered the dog, "My name is Cat."
The bird said, "I can't believe that.
No, you are not a cat!
I know that for a fact.
You don't look, act, or sound like
a cat,
Thank goodness for that!"
~~~

Well, you might say that the mouse "let the cat out of the bag" because he told Cat that he wasn't a cat because if he was, he'd be chasing the mouse all around the house.

Dog thought about it and the question quickly came: If he wasn't a cat, why was he named Cat?

Later that day, Cat saw that a new goldfish had joined the family. Again the goldfish asked what his name was and the dog said Cat.

The goldfish laughed, he said he wasn't a cat, even he knew that!

And the same thing happened when Cat met a bird, who quickly proclaimed that he was not a Cat!

But one thing, he did say as he pointed over to a tree..."There's

a cat, then the bird quickly flew away.

Now Cat was really upset, all of those who could be his friends had denied his name was Cat--yet it was. And even worse, he didn't want to hurt any of those friends, like they all said a cat would do...What's up with that? And as he looked at that cat, he decided he didn't like him...and he had the urge to chase that silly cat! "Why did he feel like that?"

Well Cat started trying to tell his family, but they just began to worry about his barking all the time...

Do you think Cat will ever be happy? OK, I'm a cat lady myself but I sure wouldn't want to be named Cat, just because I love them...What's a dog named Cat gonna do? Poor...Cat...

The book is totally in rhyme with full pages of rhyme across from the beautiful scene to complement the story line. Kudos to Richa Kinra for her artistic contribution!

The book is, of course, aimed at children, but it is so cute to read, following the rhyming words, that I can picture parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, sharing this darling book within their family or to friends. The story is not complex, but helps children to learn about the lives of both cats and dogs and their natural "enemies." We all know that most family animals do not always prowl, but sometimes they do...so that can be explained or taught as the children grow older and read the book over and over...

The theme of the story is something like a child's version of The Boy Named Sue, which some of you may remember...I can almost guarantee this book will be a favorite--it's silly, it's fun, yet teaches in the easiest way possible...rhyming words to tell the tale of woe of a little dog who was named...Cat...

Got to check this one out!

GABixlerReviews

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Big Day For Friend Harold Michael Harvey - Tomorrow, September 1, 2016! Beyond the Law!

James green, Promo for launch of television show Beyond The Law

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With Harold Michael Harvey, September 1, 2016 at 9:00 pm

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Beyond The Law

With Harold Michael Harvey

on September 1, 2016 on the Kingdom Business Broadcast Network.

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Novelist and Essayist

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404-771-0577

Big Day For Friend Harold Michael Harvey - Tomorrow, September 1, 2016! Beyond the Law!

James green, Promo for launch of television show Beyond The Law

With Harold Michael Harvey, September 1, 2016 at 9:00 pm

The Big day has finally been set. We will launch the television show,

Beyond The Law

With Harold Michael Harvey

on September 1, 2016 on the Kingdom Business Broadcast Network.

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Book Readers Heaven - Have You Noticed?

Some of you may have noticed that I've started writing about books again. But I am not now accepting nor will I return to reviewing books on request. You will perhaps see that has allowed me to write more opinionated thoughts about read books... For instance, I might compare the writing of another author...or just allude to the type of book and how I respond to the topic.And, when appropriate, especially for political books, I use relevant news videos to document what is being said in the post. If I do post as a review, I will not be posting the entire blog article on sales sites. I hope you like hearing my personal thoughts more often and hope you will let me know what you think of the change, the expansion beyond a basic review... Insofar as possible, I try to bring together relevant videos or music that speaks to the issue, or which I've been led to use... In all things, now, I am about my Father's Business. I Speak Jesus--of His Love for all and of His Truth... Comments are always welcomed and will be treated with respect...

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When I listened to the songs you inserted, they brought tears to my eyes. You added a dimension to my work that was missing. In the attachment I have attempted to answer your question about anger. Thank you so much for your raving review. There are no words in the English language to express the gratitude I feel for you. I wish you a wonderful and blessed day. James Womack WOW! What a beautiful post you did for ALMOST PERFECT ON YOUR I can’t imagine how much time you must have taken to create some thing so imaginative and special. I feel truly humbled and touched and quite unequal to saying how much it meant to me. A real present. You must be a very special person. I wish you were my neighbor and we could have a real chat over coffee. Maybe someday. But meanwhile know how wonderful your work made me feel and buoyed to keep on keeping on! Diane