Nine Minutes.

Sometime ago, I can't even remember how it all went down. My long time friend's mom approached me about some information regarding her book. She sent me the prologue, and even though it seemed to be outside of my normal reading genre, that little bit had me sucked in. I told her to let me know when she published it, because I really wanted to read it.
I had helped her with things here and there, in return she mailed me her book. I was super excited to dig in. When I was finished, I was truly blown away. I went through numerous emotions. I was sad at what went down, I was shocked at some things that were revealed, and I was happy with who the MC ended up with. It was a raw, gruesome, realistic story. I loved it, and the ending had me starved for more.

Let me explain more about this book, the story is from Ginny Lemon's, aka Kit, point of view. She is kidnapped and taken as a 'gift' for the leader of this notorious gang, Satan's Army. Grizz is big, tattooed, handsome, and intimidating. Ginny is given a new identity and no longer known as Ginny, but Kit. 
Like I've said above, I'm not big into bikers or stories with being kidnapped and falling in love with their abductors. So reading this was really taking a risk for me, and I think I need to take more risks. It was well written, well developed, and I couldn't help but fall for Grizz myself. Grizz is not your hero. He was rough, raw, and mean. But he had a soft spot for Kit, and even though he was brutal, he was a different man with her. I loved it. Each character was developed so well, you loved some, and hated others.

It's rare when I give a book my 5 star rating, and at first I gave it 4.5. After sometime, I found myself telling my cousin, you have to read this. Then I told my mom, and my sisters. I thought about it days after and I thought to myself, not many books have this effect on me, so I changed it to 5 stars. Because that's what it is! It's a big 5 star read!

Beth is currently holding a giveaway, you have a chance to win a paperback copy.  Enter here; http://www.authorbethflynn.com/blog-2/

Nine Minutes is currently available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Nine-Minutes-Beth-Flynn-ebook/dp/B00M3350MK/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412555083&sr=1-1&keywords=nine+minutes
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nine-minutes-beth-flynn/1120196683?ean=2940150708105

Book two in the series will be release sometime next spring!

Lone Survivor.

'Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare'

If you haven't seen this movie, you MUST. 

It's another Saturday night, and my youngest is in bed. My husband rented this movie and asked me if I wanted to watch it with him. I didn't remember the previews of it. I mean I rarely watch tv anymore. So to me it was just some action flick. I was moody(what's new) sitting on my computer not really in the mood to watch a movie. So my husband went downstairs and started to watch it by himself. I ended up going down, and figured if it interested me I'll watch it, if not I'll come back upstairs and read.

My husband informed me that this was based on true events. But while you watch it, for me anyways, I didn't really think of it like that. In my eyes it was just a movie. The beginning credits seem to be real life footage of real life soldiers in camp. Let me tell you, that shit is no joke. My first thought is there is no way I could that shit. It starts off with two soldiers running together, it's unclear as to why, they're clearly racing each other. Others are still asleep, some are communicating with their wives. You learn bits and pieces of them. You can tell their all tight. Four soldiers are being dropped into the desert and to travel to a village where this leader is stationed. Holy cow, it got intense. Quickly, it turned bad. I never seen a movie so realistic, it almost seemed like you were there(poorly because I don't think any civilian can really understand.) You watch these four soldiers trying to survive. To live. It's just so much. After speaking to friends, a lot of people(women mostly) couldn't watch it.

It was one of the best and saddest movies I've seen in a long time. It left me in awe of our every day soldiers. Seeing what these men went through, I honestly can understand why so many have issues when they come home. It's traumatizing.

What really did me in, and had the tears unleashed was the ending credits.

I highly suggest everyone take the time to watch this movie. If I was Mark Wahlberg, I'd be honored to have played this role. Just be aware, it's not for the light hearted. It's bloody, gory, and realistic.