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Into the Enchanted Forest
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Into the Enchanted Forest follows Gabby and Ethan Jack as they try to return her to her family, the Royal Family of Wonderland. Only they have to make it through the Enchanted Forest first.
I may have spent way too much time absorbed into fairy tales and what not. I love fairy tales. I love reimagined fairy tales. Okay, I simply adore reading in general. A while back I purchased a Princess and the pea retelling - The Princess Companion . This was shortly after the second book in the series was released, but as much as I enjoyed the first book I couldn't bring myself to buy the second. The Princess Fugitive - Book 2 - is a Little Red Riding Hood reimagining and it never was my favorite tale. However, Cellier's twist made me wish I had picked it up sooner. However, that hesitation also meant I didn't have as much of a wait between books either... Wait...dear reader you must be thinking, wasn't your Into the Enchanted Forest partially Little Red Riding Hood? Yes. So? Just because I used the tale doesn't mean I liked the source. Crazy, I know. Regardless, I signed up for a free Kindle Unlimite...
Sometimes you sit down and realize something. Okay. I sat down and realized something as I was writing Jennifer's part of the Bookworm story. The Bookworm Next Door wasn't finished when I self-published it. It's a disturbing reality that faced me with two difficult decisions. I could close the door on The Bookworm Next Door and leave it imperfect or I could rewrite it and make it perfect. I decided to do exactly that. Perfect is better. So then I was faced with the daunting task of piecing everything together exactly the way it needed. There was also the fact that I was faced with continuity issues with some of the characters names. Last night I finished The Bookworm Next Door. It has all of the short stories combined. It has new material. It has a never before seen ending that only I knew was going to happen. Is The Bookworm Stories Series over? No. There's still Aimee Kirkland's story. Grace and Kyle....
My Facebook news feed is filled with images of reminders about what Monday is really about. My grandfather is a veteran. He was in the Navy during the Korean War. All my life I was aware that he was medically discharged. It wasn’t until recently that he told anybody (me) what happened during the hurricane that resulted in his medical discharge. But that is not my story to share. Someday I will end up connecting Memorial Day with him. Remember those who lost their lives to protect our freedoms. Toast a hamburger or hotdog in their memory.
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