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It’s Back! Giveaways & The Next Radio Request Show

18 Mar 2016 10 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories

I’m going to try and tune in… what about you? ??

#Read about Guest #Author Judy Martin

18 Mar 2016 7 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories

Check out my blog sis Judy’s great introduction on Chris’s blog!!!

Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog

Judy Martin 01 What a privilege it is to be here on Chris’ blog amongst all these wonderful people. It is a wonderful opportunity for me to tell you a little about myself.

Well, my name is Judy. Actually, it is Judith but no one EVER calls me that, except perhaps my mum when I was younger and she was mad. My family and most of my friends call me Jude except one of my nieces who calls me Scrude sometimes (she likes to rhyme as well)! I get a bit cross though if my nieces and nephews they forget to add the ‘aunty’ on most of the time (even though some of them are in their 30s)!

Talking of my family, I am the second youngest of six children, which meant that I didn’t really get much of a chance to get a word in edgeways, especially as I was a shy…

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Carpente-Ritu!

13 Mar 2016 62 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Ritu Sings!, The Carpenters

Maybe I am a little mad, but here is a little audio of me crooning to one of my favourite songs!

Close To You by The Carpenters! The sound quality isn’t the greatest but I know there were a couple of people who asked me to post a snippet of me singing… (Goodness knows why!)

Saturday Evening Interview 3-12-16

13 Mar 2016 11 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories

Very touched to have been asked to do an interview with Lisa of Life of an El Paso Woman! Thank you Lisa for your time!

Life of an El Paso Woman

Hi everyone! Today’s Saturday Evening Interview is with Ritu from But I Smile Anyway! Ritu is one of the first bloggers I had the pleasure of meeting here in the blogosphere! I attended her first blog party early last year. Ritu blogs about being a wife, mother, teacher, her cat and so much more! She even records some of her poems on Soundcloud! Ritu plans on publishing some of her books in the future. If you haven’t seen her blog, you can take a look/follow it here. Please help me give Ritu a warm welcome here on Life of an El Paso Woman!

Ritu’s cat, Sonu Singh

ME: Tell us about your blog. How long has your blog been around? Hi all! I guess, for those of you that don’t know me, I should introduce myself. My name is Ritu, and I am a wife, mother and teacher. This blog of mine, https://butismileanyway.wordpress.com/ …

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Book Review – Ronovan Hester – Amber Wakes

12 Mar 2016 25 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Amber Wakes, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Book Review, Ronovan Hester

Ron Book

In the spirit of the evening, I must also write a post about another great book I just finished the other day. Ron, you know, Lovely Ron, of Ronovan Write’s fame?

Well, he wasn’t content with inspiring us weekly, first with his Weekly Haiku Challenge, and then more recently with his Friday Fiction With Ronovan Writes fiction challenge. Oh no!

That Ron had been busy writing a book himself! Amber Wakes, written with P.S. Bartlett, is a swashbuckling pirate tale, and if I am honest, not the kind of fiction I would usually read.

Here is the review I left on Amazon…

Pirates? Not my usual cup of tea, but reading the reviews, I thought I’d give it a chance.
What did I think?
It took me a little while to get into the swing of the story, but once I was in, I was engrossed! I forgot this was a prequel really, to a whole host of other stories, and at the end, all I wanted to do was keep reading!!!!
Captain Gabriel Wallace, or Rasmus Bergman is a character that you can’t help but like, with his compassionate ways and thoughts.
An enjoyable read… I want to know what happened next! So will I need to go download some more books now to find out? Quite possibly!

It really was a good read, and I would recommend a visit here to take a peek, and perhaps buy yourself a copy! And if you do, please leave a review on Amazon, it all helps our wonderful Author friends!