Bookworm Babblings

  The room is unfamiliar. I don't know how I got here. The furniture is bare, and the walls are bright white. There are no personal items to show who I am or why I am here. As I start to get out of bed, someone vaguely familiar walks in. "Hello Susan. Do you know where you are or where you are from?" asks the young man. "No. Where am I? I assume you know, since you know my name." "Your name is Susan Bayfield. You were found nearby, collapsed and muttering. You've been unconscious for a month. I'm hoping you'll regain your memory soon." "Who are you? Do I know you? You look familiar," says Susan. "My name is Dr. Grant Turner. I run this small sanitarium in York. I saw you three days before your disappearance. We were dating when you disappeared. We decided to try to make it work, so we took turns traveling back and forth, the last time I saw you, I was spending my vacation with you. You showed me around and we starte...

Worthy Opponents by Danielle Steel *Special thanks to #Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to give an unbiased and honest review Worthy Opponents by Danielle Steel is a wonderful story about love and sacrifice. Spencer Brooke had always been groomed by her grandfather to carry on the family legacy that has only been carried on by men. She had an eye for fashion and a love for trendsetting luxury items. Her hope is to pass it on to her boys. In walks the handsome Mike Weston, a wealthy investor that absolutely loves the store. Will Spencer end her family legacy or fight to keep it alive. Danielle Steel has done a wonderful job of describing each scene. I. especially loved Mike Weston's family. I could actually relate from the children's point of view, so it was very real to me. This was a wonderful story with a beautiful ending everyone will enjoy. View all my reviews

  CHAPTER 2  VAMPIRE POWER MYTH #2: We can bite into anything.  In movies, veins pop like a balloon hitting a nail. But in reality? Kids constantly bonk into sharp objects and get light scrapes. Construction workers work around nails and metal, but somehow buildings go up without anyone bleeding out. I worked in a hospital, so I saw this firsthand.  In practical terms, biting someone for blood was not easy. Newly turned vampires don’t exactly have functional teeth. A gradual sharpening takes place over the course of a week, but we’re not the instant kill machine from movies.  The so-called “vampire attacks” in the news? Sounded like algorithm-driven clickbait to me. And that was exactly how I thought about it—or didn’t think about it—when I got to work.  Because today was a blood day. And blood days were literally life and death for me.  Not that I gave off that vibe. Instead, I went about my business, pushing my janitorial cart into the blood bank of ...