Fahrenheit 451-Book Giveaway

Happy Thursday! I am very excited about the impending 3 day weekend and so I thought I would do a little early celebration by posting a giveaway. I just recently read this book for the first time and really enjoyed it. I have been on a quest to fill in the gaps where classics were concerned in my reading and this one did not leave me disappointed. Please leave a comment below with your email address and you must be a follower of my blog. I will choose a winner on Tuesday, July 5.

Free State of Jones-Opening Today

It is hot and humid here in Ky and all I want to do is stay inside where it is cool. This weekend would be a great time to go check out a new movie, eat some popcorn, and stay cool. And who doesn't like Matthew McConaughey-nice to look at and that southern drawl gets me every time.



Based on a true story, Academy-Award winner Matthew McConaughey stars as Newt Knight, a Southern farmer who became a leader that inspired a rebellion.

Knight rallied those who believed that, no man ought to tell another man what he s got to live for - or what he s got to die for. He and his men fought for freedom, equality, and the ideal that, no one can own a child of God.

The film explores the issues of class inequality and race relations that permeate the south during the Civil War. It also tells the story of men and women during this tenuous time who have a strong faith in God, but are dealing with a moral struggle in regards to that inequality and the laws they are forced to follow.

I hope you ll have a moment to screen the trailer below for the full depth and feel of this epic film.

Coming Soon: Hillsong-Let Hope Rise

In addition to books and cross stitch, I am a big music and movie fan. So when I heard that Hillsong had a movie coming out, that just fits right into my wheelhouse as I can watch about their rise in the musical world. Even though the movie won't be out for a couple of months, this info gets me excited for what is to come.
Check out the press release and a video of one of their song selections.

PURE FLIX TO DISTRIBUTE
HILLSONG-LET HOPE RISE
IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE SEPT. 16

Film spotlights Hillsong UNITED’s remarkable journey from a youth group band at Hillsong Church to a worldwide recording and concert sensation

LOS ANGELES, June 17, 2016—Pure Flix is distributing HILLSONG-LET HOPE RISE, the highly anticipated feature film that chronicles the spectacular and miraculous rise to prominence of the Australia-based band, Hillsong UNITED.

Directed by Michael John Warren (Jay Z’s FADE TO BLACK), the film explores Hillsong’s journey from a tiny church in the Sydney suburbs to an influential international ministry whose songs are sung every Sunday by more than 50 million people across the globe. Their songs have been translated into 60 languages and the band has sold more than 17 million albums.

“HILLSONG-LET HOPE RISE is so much more than a film about a Christian band or even a church. It is truly a theatrical worship experience,” said Michael Scott, chief production officer and a founding partner of Pure Flix. “It is a dream come true for us, as a studio committed to influencing the global culture, to partner with a church like Hillsong.”

“Anyone who regularly attends a church knows Hillsong’s music by heart. That’s how influential they’ve become,” said producer Jonathan Bock. “And yet despite the fame and adulation, they’re still just a humble worship band trying to do what tens of thousands of other worship bands try to do every week -- glorify God through their music. How they balance that is a fascinating and surprising story.”

From a single church in suburban Sydney, Hillsong Church now extends to cities on five continents (including London, Paris, Sao Paulo, Capetown, Rio de Janeiro, and Phoenix) with more than 100,000 weekly attendees, including thriving congregations in New York and Los Angeles. In addition to its local church initiatives, Hillsong partners with international organizations committed to ministry – examples include feeding and educating children in the slums of India, building housing for those living with AIDS in Africa and rescuing victims of human trafficking around the globe.

“We’re thrilled that Pure Flix, the No. 1 producer of faith films in the U.S., is our partner on this project,” said Brian Houston, founding pastor of Hillsong Church. “It’s our hope that by sharing an up-close and unvarnished look inside our music and lives, we can shatter pre-conceived notions of what it means to follow Jesus in today’s modern world.”

ABOUT PURE FLIX
Founded in 2005 by Michael Scott, David A.R. White, Russell Wolfe, and Elizabeth Travis, Pure Flix has become the largest independent faith and family studio in the world. With offices in Los Angeles and Scottsdale, Pure Flix has produced, acquired, marketed, and distributed nearly 100 faith and family-friendly properties. Aligned with their mission to transform the human spirit through values-based entertainment, Pure Flix is the industry leader in creating high-quality inspirational feature film content. Pure Flix official website: www.PureFlixStudio.com.

America's First Daughter

Have you heard about this book? I have been seeing rave reviews all over the net and I can't wait to get my hands on it. Well, today is just the day as the ebook is a fantastic price. Only 1.99!!!!! Go get yours before the deal is over.

America's First Daughter

Victorian Motto Sampler Giveaway

I love this blog and the fantastic products. Check out the newest giveaway by clicking the link below.

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Free Ebook Deal

I always love a good book deal and even more when it is a free book. Silas Marner is free today as an ebook. Just click on the book title to get your copy.

New Releases

What books are you excited about this week?

Last Sext: Poetry by Melissa Broder

French Love Poems by Tynan Kogane (Editor)

The Girls by Emma Cline

Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley

Under the Stars: How America Fell in Love with Camping by Dan White

I’m Just a Person by Tig Notaro

War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing: Library of America by Lawrence Rosenwald and James Carroll

The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood : The Spy Who Stole the Crown Jewels and Became the King’s Secret Agent by Robert Hutchinson

Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry

Love Unites Us: Winning the Freedom to Marry in America by Kevin Cathcart (Editor), Leslie Gabel-Brett (Editor)

In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi

The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine by Ben Ehrenreich

God is Not Here : A Soldier’s Struggle with Torture, Trauma, and the Moral Injuries of War by Lieutenant Colonel Bill Russell Edmonds

Charcoal Joe: An Easy Rawlins Mystery by Walter Mosley

The Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love by Sarvenaz Tash

The Tumbling Turner Sisters by Juliette Fay

Steeplejack (Alternative Detective) by A. J. Hartley

The Sadness by Benjamin Rybeck

Field of Graves (A Taylor Jackson Novel) by J.T. Ellison

Murder on the Quai by Cara Black

Love Wins: The Lovers, Lawyers and Activists Who Brought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality by Debbie Cenziper and Jim Obergefell

If I Forget You by Thomas Christopher Greene

Brighton by Michael Harvey

Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire) by Yoon Ha Lee

Worldly Goods by Alice Petersen

The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power, and Intrigue in an English Stately Home by Natalie Livingstone

Before by Carmen Boullosa

Living with a Dead Language: My Romance with Latin by Ann Patty

Read Me Like a Book by Liz Kessler

The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire by Karl Jacoby

The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America by Ai-jen Poo

Marked for Life by Emelie Schepp

New York, 1960 by Barry Gifford

Movieola! by John Domini

Ivory and Bone by Julie Eshbaugh

Jamestown, Alaska by Frank Turner Hollon

Barkskins by Annie Proulx

The Long Cosmos by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

Bay of Sighs by Nora Roberts

Autofocus by Lauren Gibaldi

The Insides by Jeremy Bushnell

A Great and Terrible King : Edward I and the Forging of Britain by Marc Morris

Lanterne Rouge: The Last Man in the Tour de France by Max Leonard

The Secret Lives of Web Pages by Paul Ford

Éric Rohmer: A Biography by Antoine de de Baecque (Author), Noël Herpe (Author), Steven Rendall (Translator), Lisa Neal (Translator)

The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine by Ben Ehrenreich

The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund

We Were Never Here by Jennifer Gilmore

The Devils of Cardona by Matthew Carr

The Familiar. Vol. 3: Honeysuckle & Pain by Mark Z Danielewski

Walking the Dog by Elizabeth Swados

Widowmaker by Paul Doiron

The Wonder Trail: True Stories from Los Angeles to the End of the World by Steve Hely

Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry

The Port-Wine Stain by Norman Lock

Here’s to Us by Elin Hilderbrand

Radio Girls by Sarah-Jane Stratford

Last Last Orders by Arno Camenisch (Author), Donal McLaughlin (Translator)

Confessions of a Madman by Leila Sebbar (Author), Rachel Crovello (Translator)

Death and Mr. Pickwick by Stephen Jarvis (paperback)

The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader (paperback)

The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows (paperback)

Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpoint (paperback)

The Ambassador’s Wife by Jennifer Steil (paperback)

Stephen King

As you might have guessed, I love books. I read just about anything I can get my hands on and author signing and events are right up my alley. On Saturday, a friend of mine went along with me to the famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville to see the iconic Stephen King. Ann Patchett, herself an author of six novels and owner of Parnassus Books came out first to give information about the event. Much to my surprise, Donna Tartt, Pulitzer prize winner and author of The Goldfinch, took to the stage to give a very nice, detailed introduction of Stephen King. (By the way, if you have not read The Goldfinch-you must!)

King took the stage and for about an hour and a half, he talked about his life and writing, shared amazing stories, and took questions from the audience. He is very funny by the way, the audience laughed and clapped at his endeavors during most of the event. Everyone was given a copy of his latest book, End of Watch, and although I wasn't lucky enough to get a signed copy, there were about 400 attendees that did. The venue was quite strict on no pictures during the event but I am posting one of the stage before he came on.

I plan on started the book today so there will be an upcoming review. The book is the third in the Detective Hodges trilogy and I greatly enjoyed the first two. I encourage you to go get all three. (Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers)

Are you interested in what King reads? He recommended Below the Fall by Noah Hawley and The Fireman by Joe Hill. (A little book trivia-Joe Hill is King's son.)

Please comment with your favorite Stephen King book as I now have to make sure and read everything he has written.

Salem Remembered

I wanted this pattern for a good while and it was very hard to find as it was out of print. However, I did get lucky and was able to purchase it from another stitcher that had just finished the project. Over the weekend, I had a trip to The Stitching Post in Nashville and purchased the fabric and thread to start it. I could not wait to start on it and did yesterday afternoon as soon as I returned home. Here is the progress so far.

The Conjuring 2 Giveaway

Thank you for all that entered this giveaway and I wish I could send a prize pack to all that entered. I hope you enjoyed all of the content shared about the movie and hope that you will go see it. If you do, please come back and comment with a short review of it. So drum roll....the winner is The Eskimo's Wife!!!! I will send you an email to get your mailing address.
You have won:
2 movie money passes
Leather Bound Journal
T-shirt
Mug
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I hope all of you will keep returning to my blog as I plan to offer more giveaways and book talk coming soon!