Book Notes: July 26, 2023 - Historical Romance

 Welcome to the scenic route! The sun is shining. The day looks bright and I'm choosing joy and thankfulness. How about you? 

I've got a couple of book reviews to share with you and a three word creative prompt. Whether you're struggling to get ideas for your current/new project or not, these word prompts can be fun to experiment with. Check these out!

Book Review: An Inconvenient Mail-Order Bride (Brides of Bethany Springs Book 5) by Charlotte Dearing

An Inconvenient Mail Order Bride by Charlotte Dearing
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

An Enjoyable Tale

Ever since I read my first Charlotte Dearing book, I've enjoyed her work. This book was quite enjoyable with MCs I found loveable and interesting. The story was clean and had a light inspirational touch that I found well-done. If you enjoy sweet, clean love stories set in the old west, I recommend this book to you.

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Book Review: A Groom for Ruby (The Blizzard Brides, #8) by Laura Ashwood

A Groom for Ruby by Laura Ashwood
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A Really Good Story

This story was a pleasure to read, even though there were some typos and a wrong word used a couple times. Neither of those things ruined this story for me. The romance was sweet and precious. The MCs were people I could admire and root for. I loved the ending, too. I would like to read the next book in the series.
If you enjoy sweet, clean, historical, and inspirational romance, then I recommend this book.

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Just Keep Writing: Wednesday Whimsy

If this is your first time participating in this kind of writing exercise, you're in for a treat. If you've done this with me before, just keep scrolling for the prompt.

Rules:

1. You can use any/all of the words and/or the photo in the prompt below to create a unique written work. Fiction or nonfiction, poetry or prose, even lyrics are acceptable.  
2. Please keep the material you write clean (i.e. nothing R-rated or worse) if you wish to share the link to your work here, as well as if you link back to my site. I strive to keep my site free of such things. My readers know and expect this. I respect your right to write whatever you feel you need to write. And you're free to use my prompts. But if your material is graphic, I'd rather not view it, and most of my readers will not wish to. 
3. Have fun! This type of exercise is perfect for growing in the writing craft, or for helping through a rough patch in your current WIP. If you're looking to push your author limits and you normally write in nonfiction prose, try a whimsical collection of lyrics. If you normally write poems about real life events, try your hand at a fanfic. Give yourself some room to explore.

Don't forget to leave a link to your creation (unless you're writing graphic material) so my readers and I can check out your work. I'd appreciate a link back to this post to help me reach more readers, but it's not required. 

This is an interesting group of words. What do you think? Can you work with these?

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you found something interesting to add to your TBR list. Or maybe you found the word prompt helpful. In either case, I'd love to hear what you think. Please do share in the comments below. 

Tomorrow, I'll have another word prompt ready for you. Please visit again and invite your creative friends!

Until next time,
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