Histories and Mysteries

This week's article at "Histories and Mysteries" is a little different. I am trying a tag which is essentially a list of questions that bloggers answer and then ask other bloggers to answer. Today's tag is the "Book Lover's Questionnaire Tag." At the end of the article, I will tag some friends, but here are the questions below. Note: Although I get these questions from various blogs, I modified the tag by cutting some of the questions. 1. Do you have a specific place for reading? Not really. I’ll usually read on the recliner in my living room, but I will find myself reading anywhere as long as I can sit down and lean back. 2. Bookmark or random piece of paper? Bookmark because I have so many pretty ones that I have collected. (The left picture are the backs and the right picture are the fronts) 3. Can you stop anywhere in a book or do you have to finish the chapter? No way, I need to finish the whole book! This only applies to crime fictio...

Today's article is about the fiction books I recently read in the past month. I received some of them for Christmas and others were free online. I have a new format for book reviews so comment if you like the organization. You might have noticed some changes to the previous posts. I changed the font of the whole blog although for some reason some of the paragraphs just don't want to change font. I also decided to stop putting the accreditation of the photos I use on this blog because it just becomes a hassle for me. Just remember that most of the pictures are not my property. Books Read     A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain are not shown. (The Publisher) Summary Bloodline by Claudia Gray WITNESS THE BIRTH OF THE RESISTANCE  When the Rebellion defeated the Empire in the skies above Endor, Leia Organa believed it was the beginning to a lasting peace. But after decades of vicious infighting and partis...

Today’s article is about my 2018 New Year’s Resolutions. This article is completely devoted to those 2018 resolutions. By the way, comment below on what your 2018 resolutions are. So, at the top of my list would definitely be to be ready to learn from the lessons that God will teach me in 2018. But because I don’t know which lessons I will find the most notable I didn’t include it with my list. 1. Completely rewrite my novel. Basically, I wrote a novel in 2017 according to my 2017 resolution. I mentioned this novel before, and the profile is on my writing blog. His Plan for Me is about a young author who learns to trust in God’s plan for her life. It combines some of my favorite things to read like a murder mystery and a theme that the reader can learn from. At this point in the process, it makes no sense because I didn’t plan what I was going to write. It reads like several different plots have been combined into one manuscript. I hope to completely rewrite it this year afte...

Welcome to Histories and Mysteries. As promised, today’s article is about the lessons I have learned in 2017. Throughout our lives, we learn many lessons either from personal experiences or the wisdom of others. Here are some of the lessons that changed my life in 2017. 1. It’s okay to be different. I have yet to find a person on earth who shares my love of modern history, my convictions in politics, and my urge to write. It may be because such a person does not exist. Well, that’s a bummer; now I won’t have a best friend forever. Not exactly. In the beginning of the year, I had a circle of great friends. Then my friends got to high school and found “best friends” of their own. Their personalities and their likes/dislikes changed too. This year especially, I have found it extremely difficult to relate to anyone. But through these experiences, I was much comforted to know that I don’t have to be like everyone else. All I need to do is follow the Lord and what He tells me to do....

Happy New Year’s 2018! I have been very busy the past week spending time with my family and recovering from bronchitis. Today’s article is about top ten highlights of 2017. This doesn’t include anything lesson-related because next week I will post an article about some of the things I’ve learned in 2017. 1. I began writing regularly. In 2016, I wrote a few scripts to perform with some friends and I wrote my first short story (in the literary sense as defined by Edgar Allan Poe by the length of his short stories). But in 2017, I aspired to finish my first novel. And the only way to that was to keep writing. My friend, Anna, indirectly introduced me to many great writing blogs that were an encouragement in my writing process. I must confess that I have been pretty lazy with writing since Thanksgiving. But, I mean, others say to take a break from writing ever now and then. 2. Part 2 of the Spy Series was produced. Emma’s Escape, the second play in the Spy Series, was produced a...