Author: Toi Thomas

Author and illustrator of children's books, as well as clean adult fiction and nonfiction. Toi is a geek-girl blogger, vlogger, reviewer, and advocate for a healthy reading lifestyle. She finds comfort in faith, family, and creative expression. Toi believes in the dream of world harmony and hopes all your dreams come true.

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Full Moon Sample Sundays

Sample Sunday 61: FULL MOON

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Here is approximately 100 – 150 words from a randomly selected original piece for your enjoyment. These samples can include excerpts from my all my WIPs and my Eternal Curse Series, but only as works in progress (not the final products). These samples of published and unpublished works are protected under the U.S. Copyright agreement.

It’s Like the Full Moon- chapter 5.2 (wip)

“I’m not in on anything, Becca,” said Virgil. “She called me up and spoke to me on the phone one day for a very long time; she did a lot of yelling, screaming, blaming, and eventually forgiving, accepting, apologizing, and crying. She wants to make things right Rebecca.”

“I just don’t know if I can Virgil, I mean, she really hurt me,” Rebecca said, almost in tears.

“I know she hurt you and we all know she was wrong, but she lost her one and only child. She lost her son, Becca. A mother doesn’t just brush that under a rug and go on living as though nothing happened. So she wasn’t in her right mind for a while, give her a break.”

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Holiday

Happy Thanksgiving U.S.A! – 2014

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I sincerely hope all nations have a celebration that’s comparable to our Thanksgiving Day celebration. If we get too caught up in the day-to-day struggle to keep moving forward, it’s nice to know that we can at least set aside one day to just be thankful for whatever little bit it is what we have. Sure there’s historical, political, and for those who choose, even religious ties to this holiday, but it doesn’t have to be that complicated.

Today I’m thankful for:

There is so much to be thankful for in life. Even the things that bother us can most times be turned around and become matters of gratitude. It bothers me that I don’t have a computer that works consistently, but at least I have one. I thank God for every blessing in my life and for the love and patience of those around me who put up with my complaining.

Thank you to everyone who have read, followed, and or supported the ToiBox of Words. Whoever and wherever you are, whether celebrating or not, just know that someone somewhere is likely grateful for you.

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Books

Review: The Woodcutter

The Woodcutter by Kate Danley

I give this book a 5.

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The Woodercutter is tasked with keeping the balance of the Fae World and the Human World while he, himself is something a little different. In efforts to keep the balance, The Woodcutter must now take on the mantle of detective in order to solve, and hopefully prevent, the murders of young people in his woods.

I am not familiar with the story of a woodcutter and for me, this was an entirely new look into the typical fairy tale world.  It was a little confusing and off-putting at times to see how the many old and new tales intermingled, but in the end I liked it. It can sometimes be risky to mix stories (especially fairy and folk tales) and genres, but I like the way Danley has done it.

The slow pace of the story, I feel, added to the suspense that would build up from time to time and capture my heart. The Woodcutter is reminiscent to an investigative noir character trying to solve a case but with sprinkles of magic all around him. That is, however, when he isn’t taking on the role of nurturer. It’s not unusual to see men as father figures, but nurturer is a little different. The way he is connected to the trees and the way he seeks to help the fairies and the children make him a very unique character that I’ve grown to love.

I think this is a good adult and teen read.

This review has been posted to GoodReads. If you’d like to obtain a copy of this book, try this link.

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