Feature & Follow #9

Posted March 20, 2015 by Marsha in This one's a Keeper / 22 Comments

FeatureFollowParaAlisonGain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers — but you have to know — the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and  Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!  The rules are simple…Follow the Hosts and the Featured Blogs of the week – then do the blog hop, Follow those blogs that you don’t already and remember, if someone Follows you be sure to return the favor and Follow them right back.

This week’s Feature Blogs are:  Captain Swan Bookishh ~ and Teen Book Hoots   Be sure to check out their blogs and give them a Follow (if you aren’t already).  :)

Because this blog does not have the ability to put up GFC I would appreciate a follow through Bloglovin’.  Thanks so much.

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This week’s question:

Have you ever been inspired by a book character to do something? Who was the character and what was it? – Suggested by  Eternity Through Pages

I can’t say “inspired to do something” but definitely been an influence on parts of my life.  There is a trilogy by Nora Roberts called Three Sisters Island  the novels are Dance Upon The Air (Nell),  Heaven and Earth  (Ripley) and Face The Fire  (Mia).  The three women in this series each touched me and taught me something.  Nell – how to stand up to my fears and live past them – Ripley – how to not be afraid to be angry or mad, and how to control the words that spill out when I am angry – and Mia – (Mia who has more shoes in her closet then she will ever wear) – how to stand tall no matter what the situation, with dignity and grace, and also how to let go of the past in order to embrace the future.  It might sound like a lot from some fictional characters – but I can definitely trace new and important reactions and decision back to this particular series.

Okay, now let’s get Blog Hopping!

22 responses to “Feature & Follow #9”

    • Marcy

      Thank you for stopping by. 🙂 I had Followed your blog earlier today. Amazing site.

      Thanks for visiting.

    • Marcy

      Thank you for the follow, now following you through Bloglovin’ as well.

      Thanks for visiting. 🙂

    • Marcy

      They are and I re-read the trilogy at least once a year. It’s like revisiting old friends.

      Thanks for stopping by 🙂

    • Marcy

      Very true. I wonder if authors ever think of how the story they write, from their life experiences and imagination, affect their readers. I’d like to ask a few authors that – maybe some day I’ll get the chance.

      Thanks for stopping by 🙂

    • Marcy

      Thank you so much for the follow. I hope you’ll contact me so that I can be sure I’m returning the Follow for you. 🙂

    • Marcy

      Her characters always come “alive” to me. There’s a reason she’s my favorite author.

      Thanks for visiting 🙂

  7. *Pearl

    These three women sound like admirable role models! I’ll have to pick up the series sometime!

    Old follower! Thank you for stopping by!

    • Marcy

      They were amazingly written. It just happened that the three together had everything I needed. It’s a romance of course, but it’s also a paranormal in that the three women are witches fighting an ancient evil. It was well done.

      Thanks for visiting 🙂

  9. Marcy

    I enjoyed them, the series is often re-read. Thank you for the follow, I have returned the follow.

    Thanks for stopping by 🙂

    • Marcy

      It’s an oddly empowering feeling when you realize that something fictional has added to your own self-growth. I expect that from self-help books not by escaping into another world.

      Thanks for visiting 🙂

    • Marcy

      Thank you! I’d have to agree. I wish I had been inspired to “do” but my reading has had more of an influence on how I act or react to life. And maybe that’s inspiration’s cousin.

      Thanks for visiting 🙂

    • Marcy

      Thank you. Sometimes there are books that touch a part of us for some unknown reason and fiction becomes reality. Those are the reading moments that I cherish.

      I’m an old follower of yours and thank you for the follow. 🙂