What I have Been Listening To

This is going to be a different monthly up date than last time 

This month has went by so fast! It was a great month got a lot done. Had my moms birthday. I finished the dress I was sewing so I will be starting my big project so you will be seeing posts about that. So excited!!!!! 

Now some music I have been listening this month. Hope you enjoy!

"Everything" by TobyMac

One of my favorite songs of his new album.

"Overflow"

This one is so fun to dance to

"Money" by O The Larceny 

This is fun.

"Eye On It" by TobyMac

Love fast songs. 

"Run Devil Run" by Crowder

YOU GOT TO DACE TO THIS ONE

"Prove It" (feat. KB) by Crowder

fun fun....

I have been listening to all the album songs but these are just a few of my favorite. Don't want to over load you :). 

What have you been listening to this month?

Do you like any of these songs?

Tell me below. Rock it!

Retrieve Book Tour/ Spotlight

Hay lovey people today I am doing a extra post this week because of this cool book that is coming out. I get the lovey opportunity to spotlight this book. It's going to be bight!

When I saw the cover I thought it looked like awesome book! And the quote "Prince of Persia Meets Mulan Adventure story" It made me really interested! So here I am with another book tour.

// About the book //

Retrieve (The Stormer’s Trilogy #1)

By Sarah Addison-Fox

What if the job you took to stay alive might be what kills you?

Kade knows what it is to suffer. He knows what it’s like to lose everything and everyone around him.

His job in a Stormer Unit guarantees not just his survival in the decimated country of Azetaria, but his sister Meg’s. Even if it means facing the Numachi warriors baying for his blood, he’ll do what it takes to keep her safe.

Hadley is alone and surviving the only way she knows how. By hiding where predators won’t find her and scavenging enough just to keep her alive.

When desperation drives Hadley to search for her missing brother, she mistakenly accepts the offer of recruitment into the Stormer’s camp, only to be partnered with Kade and sent as a scout into Numachi territory.

The intimidating young Stormer may just know where her brother has gone. But can they stay alive long enough to find him?

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Sarah Addison-Fox is a New Zealand-born misfit who writes action-packed fantasy with a smattering of punch ups, mega amounts of romance and a dash of family values.

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Parts from the book...a little taste of the adventure

Kade moved so he was crouching alongside her, his eyes still watching the entrance to the alley. “I’ll give you a minute to rest, then we need to move, we’ll only get one chance at this.”

White hot fear flowed through her as she gaped at him. “We’re still going to get the princess?”

Kade angled his head so she could see the hint of blood dripping from his nose. “We have a job to do. We have to adapt. No matter what happens, Stormers get the job done.”

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"I need you to say something to them. Act scared, and don't say anything else no matter what happens, got it?"

Hadley's grip tightened around his waist. "Whatever you say."

Kade exhaled slowly, his eyes locked on the shapes, now plainly heading directly towards him. There was no doubt now. They were warriors, and they were on horseback.

*****

He glanced at his forearm and grimaced as he made out the ink beneath the smear of green he’d forgotten to reapply. The snake coiled around the blade visible should anyone get close enough to look. And they would look. They always looked.

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Release day is December 26!

// Go ahead and check out the rest of the participants//

Dec. 22 ~ Rachael Ritchey ~ Interview

Dec. 23 ~ Abigail Harder ~ Spotlight

Dec. 24 ~ Rakayle ~ Spotlight

Dec. 25  ~ Brittany ~ Review

Dec. 26 ~ Sarah ~ Spotlight and Review

Dec. 27 ~ Claire Banschbach ~ Spotlight

Dec. 28 ~ Hailey Rose ~ Insta Spotlight

Dec. 29 ~ Ann Marie Paves ~ Interview

Dec 30 ~ Deborah O’Carroll ~ Review

Dec 31 ~ Raechel ~ Insta Spotlight and Review

Jan. 1 ~ Annie Louise Twitchell ~ Review

Jan. 2 ~ Lilian ~ Review

Jan. 3 ~ R. M. Archer ~ Review

Jan. 4 ~ Eva Joy Schonhaar ~ Review

Jan. 5 ~ Grace Morris ~ Interview

Jan. 7 ~ Abigail Mckenna ~ Review

Jan. 8  ~ Allyson Kennedy ~ Review

Jan. 9 ~ Rose K. ~ Review

Jan. 10 ~ Brie Donning ~ Review

Jan 11 ~ Abigail Harder ~ Review

Jan 12 ~ Sarah Grace Grzy ~ Insta Review

Jan 13 ~ Victoria Lynn ~ Review

Jan. 14 ~ J.L. Mbewe ~ Interview

I really enjoyed this book! I think the end was my favorite. I also learned some writing things.

Last few things there are some suggestive content and a few bad words but otherwise it is clean. If you want to know more ask me below.

What do you think?

Do you like Mulan or The Prince of Persia?

Tell me bellow.

Mystery Movies/ More to solve

Hi here I am with more mystery movies.These are more for your detectives skills... you have a chance to solve the mystery. 

I love these type of movies me and my family go crazy trying to guess who this the culprit. I'm serous!

 Garage Sale Mystery

This mystery was supper fun to try to guess who the killer was. I also like it because it isn't too graphic. We always talk about the story so much afterwards.

Jennifer is always looking for diamonds in garage sales and seems to find old and beautiful things for her shop.  One day she goes to her friends house to find her dead. It looks like a accident, but Jennifer isn't so sure.

Zootopia


This movies is sweet and at the same time full of mystery.

Judy Hopps becomes the fist rabbet cop and goes to Zootopia where animals of all kinds come together in equals. But what if it is not as happy and equal as Judy thought. Animals are going missing and the head cop wont give her a chance. She must team up with a fox to find out what is happening.
We just saw this for the second time. I love this movie. You get a chance to guess who is doing the crime and how?

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken


This is a comedy with some mystery. It is a old movie I really like.

Luther Heggs is a want to be reporter, he gets his chance when he is asked to spend the night in the Simmons mansion. Crazy things happen and its all in the paper. But some one isn't so happy about the news. Can Luther prove it really happened? Who was doing the spooking and why?
This is a funny mystery with plenty of drama.

Kit Kittredge 


This is one of my favorite American Gil moves, Why? Because there is a mystery.

Kit is a girl growing up in the depression. She wants to be a reporter some day. When a crime spree  occurs in her town she is determined to find out who is involved. It can't be the hobos, can it? Her own house is stolen from and now they might lose the house. Can she and her friends get the money back before it is too late.
This is a good story and your soon surprised who are the crooks.

Framed for Murder 


This mystery is full of tangled secrets and red herrings.

Shannon is a fixer upper, she loves to renovate and restore old Victorian houses. Morning comes and Shannon visits a friend to find him dead on the floor. She seems to be the only one who suspects fowl play. She must find out what is going on.
My, my, we totally went crazy trying to figure out who the killer was. There were so many suspects; in the end were thinking we should have known who it really was.

All That Glitters


This is another garage sale mystery. It is not as good as the other one, but who can resist a mystery.

Jennifer the bargain hunter buys a storage unit and finds some unexpected things. When the owner of the storage facility is killed, things get complicating.
Well in this one there were not very many suspects so we had less fun, but it is a mystery and I enjoyed it. There is plenty of things to guess about.


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*all picture from Internet, only used to promote the movies.

These are great moves clean and enjoyable. Some time soon I will be posting more but I'm not for sure when.
Also tomorrow I will be doing a BOOK TOUR so be back for that.

Have you seen any of these?
Which ones do you want to see?
Tell me below. I love to hear from you all!

What a Good Story Needs.

You read books or watch moves and it seems like the best stoires have certain things that makes it better.

Now even the best concepts of ideas have to be done right or it won't be a good story.


                                             Mystery 


Okay yes I do like mystery but I am not being bias every good book or movie needs a little mystery. Either the character is trying to solve the mystery and you know who it is already. Mystery adds that suspense or that unknown question; what is going to happen?

Like in the movie How to Frame a Figg( a old movie you might not know), we know what is going on but Hollis A. Figg does not. He sets out with the help of his friends to clear his name.



Then there are some movies where you get to solve it with the detective or you get ripped off and they know something you don't so you had no chance... Anyway there are some stories when you know a secret about the character that no one else around the character knows like in the movie Mulan.




Let me think of a book... The Scarlet Pimpernel is a good one, Isabel catches onto a clue about her husband that had been a mystery to her. When you read the book you catch on what is happening and Isabel still must figure it out. It is a wild ride. There is plenty of mystery to keep you guessing, what is going to happen?








                                                                  Action 

Every good story needs some action. Some stories are full of lots of action but some only need a little. Super hero movies have lots but serous stories might have less. It doesn't have to be a lot from being a bomb exploding or a fight in the school. Something to keep things engaged and the pages turning. I love writing action and seem to always be looking for more ways to add some.

Indiana Jones has lots of action from getting through traps to airplane battles.


Take the movie Hoot there is some action when the kids try to stop the construction to save the owls. There is chase scenes and copes. There is a lot of fun stuff.

A book I like that has a lot of action is the Homelanders Series, there is action nonstop. It has all the action you would want for a action story. Gun fights, car chases, everything.

So maybe you are writing action packed adventure or a story about a bunch of kids trying to make a difference, some action can take your story far.

                                                   
                                           Humor 


A lot of the movies and books I already mentioned above have humor. Mulan has Mushu... do I have to say more boy is he funny, love Mushu.

How to Frame a Figg is more or less a comedy of course I was showing how even a comedy story can have some mystery.

I think humor is very important in a story even a horror could probably have some humor though I have never read one so it depends of course. A basic story should have some humor either it lightens the story or just brings life to it. Of course like anything it doesn't have to be a whole lot.

 The movie Courageous has the right amount of humor that gets you laughing so hard. It brings the story in a full circle with everything a good story needs; Action, little mystery, and humor.
If you have ever seen any of Kendrick Brothers films a lot of their films have the best of every thing.


To take a story that isn't a comedy, the movie Tomorrowland. It is kind of a future story about a place called Tomorrowland and the end of the world is coming. I don't want to give any spoilers away so I'll just say there are some funny parts. Okay I will say it if selective humor not every one will think it is funny I think any way. Idk.
To sum that up, humor is great who can disagree?


                                                 
                                                        In a nutshell 

There are many things that make a great story but these are about some of the most used and needed.

Some will probably say romance is something a story needs. A lot of stories have it yet it doesn't make it better or worse.

I have read and watched great movies that had little romance.
Story line is important and if your a good writer you can write a good story. Think about it though, what good story have you read or watched that didn't have at least one of these things?
A good story surely has all of them.

Like all the ones I have mentioned. So even if you are writing a romance or adventure or modern contemporary or even a salvation story, you can and should add some humor, action, and mystery.



So what else do you think a story should have?
What do you enjoy writing the most?
Have read or seen any of the stories I mentioned? 
Tell me bellow.