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The Emerald Quest by Renee Pawlish

My rating: 4 stars

Goodreads synopsis: A long-lost emerald, a missing treasure map, and a wealthy villain combine for an action-packed adventure!

Thirteen-year-old Noah Winter, the son of sea-exploring treasure hunters, dives the San Isabel shipwreck with his parents in search of a mysterious treasure map lost in the murky depths off the Florida Keys over a century ago. The map reveals the hiding place of the priceless De La Rosa emerald. But before the Winters can find the map, a wealthy treasure-hunting rival kidnaps Noah’s parents. Now Noah must match wits with a dangerous adversary, not only to discover the treasure map first, but to rescue his mom and dad before it’s too late.

My review:

      The book started out a little slow for my taste but there was a lot of foreshadowing to keep me interested and questioning what will happen next. But this book soon turned into a very action-packed adventure! The main character Noah would be easy to relate to for young adults reading this book. Although his parents are treasure hunters and he doesn't go to a regular school he does have typical childhood problems to deal with, for instance getting his homework done and making good grades while being home schooled.

      I'm not the target audience to which this book was written for however I greatly enjoyed it. It's probably slightly more suited for male children but I'm sure a girl could enjoy it as well ( I know I did!) It even made me want to be a treasure hunter...and I can't swim! This would be a great summer read at the beach to make you wonder of all the treasures hidden beneath the ocean in front of you!

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Children's Advil (Review)

Anyone with a child knows that there is NOTHING worse than a sick kid. Their coughs and sniffles break your heart and the touch of their hot forehead scares you to death. I had received a product to review and although I was excited to review it because it would be my first official review on my blog I still hoped I wouldn’t have to review it so soon.

I received a bottle of Children’s Advil to review. The bottle I received was dye-free white grape. Although my daughter doesn’t have any allergies or such to food dye this can come in handy for parents whose children do. They also offer the Children’s Advil in Grape, Blue Raspberry and Fruit flavors.

Kaylee had developed a slight stuffy nose, cough and fever resulting in me getting to give this medicine a try. The box says it is a fever reducer, relieves minor aches and pains due to the common cold, flu, sore throat, headaches, and toothaches.

Children’s Advil says it relieves fever for up to 8 hours with just one dose. And it did just that. Kaylee’s fever came down and she was feeling much better.

This is her getting a drink of juice preparing for the awful taste she expected, but didn't get!

 She didn’t even mind the taste of the medicine either! This is great because fighting with a sick child to take their medicine can be a pain. Children’s Advil worked for Kaylee and I’ll definitely use it again.

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I received this product free through smiley360.com for review. All opinions are my own and not influenced in any way.

Free Schick Hydro Silk Razor

Soon I will be posting a review on a Schick Hydro Silk Razor. I haven’t received mine yet but their website says this new razor has moisturizing serum, 5 curve sensing blades, unique skin guards, a unique oval cartridge and a soft touch handle. Wanna try it out for yourself? I have a link where 5 people can receive a free one for themselves to try out. So the first 5 to follow me via Google Friend Connect and leave a comment with their email will get the link!

Welcome to Read Review Cook

Hi everyone!

My name’s Holly and this is my new blog, Read Review Cook. The title just begins to summarize some of the topics my blog will cover.

I’m a mother, a wife, a student and an employee. I have a passion for reading and cooking, however I’m only a recipe maker, not a recipe creator.

I’m a newlywed of one month, so far so good. But seriously my husband is a really great guy. I probably wouldn’t have started this if it wasn’t for his support.

My daughter is my rock. Without her I wouldn’t be who I am today. She has a head full of curls and says the silliest things. She’s growing up too fast on me though. As much as I love to watch her grow it breaks my heart knowing she’ll never be at this time in her life again.

I created this blog because although I have many responsibilities I don’t have a lot of hobbies. I enjoy reading, cooking and trying new products, I also enjoy reading blogs. So I figured I might as well combine those and make a blog about my favorite things. I’m not going to promise you a lot of in-depth, deep, soulful content, because that’s not really my style but who knows what you might get. I hope everyone enjoys my blog and I’d love to hear any suggestions.