tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60600285454647407212024-03-18T02:11:16.363-07:00Andrea Reads and ReviewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060028545464740721.post-42028156129486633952014-10-27T00:30:00.000-07:002014-10-27T00:30:02.350-07:00Candace Havens Books<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As part of my interview with Candace Havens, this page showcases her books. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the Interview, Go <b><a href="http://andreareadsandreviews.blogspot.com/2014/10/interview-author-candace-havens.html" target="_blank">Here</a>. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First on the list, Candy's favorite book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vampire Nick Christos might’ve been born in the Middle Ages, but the good old days seem tame compared to the last eight years he’s spent ruling the Supernatural Council. His only respite is with his cute neighbor Casey Meyers, a woman he wants more than any undead man should. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sure, he's forced to take a cold shower after every encounter, but there’s no way he’ll test his own strength by getting too close to a human, and he’s not willing to risk her life--not with bloodthirsty family on the prowl out to ruin Nick’s life. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When said Nick’s kin shows up, the innocent Casey is caught in the middle of a centuries old fight, and Nick’s biggest fear is realized. Now, instead of keeping his hands off his neighbor, he’ll risk everything to save the human he’s come to love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Subject: Captain Will Hughes, U.S. Marine Corps
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Status: On assignment in NYC—suddenly recruited to shed the uniform!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mission: Serve as model, muse and man-toy without running afoul of the general. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Obstacle: Hannah Harrington, fashion world It girl. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hannah narrowly escapes Fashion Week disaster by hijacking gorgeous Will for her runway show—after all, rock-hard abs are the ultimate accessory. His good deed nearly lands him in the brig, but he'll risk anything to get back into her bed….
Hannah can't figure out how this model marine got under her skin—they're complete opposites! But sexy Will not only ignites her senses, he fuels her creativity: an irresistible combination, even if it can't last. Can two steamy weeks together satisfy their lust…or will they have to extend this mission?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Demon Express</b>
Professor Maisy Clark, professional demon hunter, is on the trail of an evil scientist responsible for the deaths of hundreds. Julian is worse than the monsters he creates, but he's also obsessed with Maisy and willing to kill anyone who gets too close to her.
Just when she thinks she has Julian cornered, the sexy marshall Jake Calloway insists the investigation is his, and everything goes to hell. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maisy came to Texas to corner the scientist whose macabre experiments have taken so many lives, and Calloway is just another distraction she doesn’t need. Julian is her responsibility, one she’s not about to share. Even if Calloway can help, Julian will know Maisy is falling for the marshall, and she's not willing to risk his life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I met Candy before this book was released. She had just done a book signing for her biography of Joss Whedon (below). I like the way she made the book seem like a diary and how many spells she had done that day. This technique was original compared to other paranormal romances being published at the time. And I can say Ms. Havens is a BALL OF FIRE, just like the fireballs thrown Bronwyn in her Charmed books.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bronwyn is a witch who uses her powers for good. She casts spell, reads minds and is an undercover agent for the British Prime Minister. And she is from Texas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See more books and reviews from Candace Havens and Shannon Leigh go <a href="http://reviewbooksandmore.com/2013/08/07/review-date-by-mistake-anthology/">HERE</a> AND <a href="http://andreareadsandreviews.blogspot.com/2013/09/one-day-sale-099-entangled-publishing.html">HERE</a>. A review of Shannon's work can be found <a href="http://andreareadsandreviews.blogspot.com/2014/09/recommended-new-release-deconstructing.html">HERE</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My review (and the only Amazon review posted) of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1934069736/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1934069736&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=D3GLCHCL3PBF4OK5">Dreams & Desires: A Collection of Romance Tales, Vol. 2</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1934069736" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> focused on Shannon's first published work of fiction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Under The Tupelo</b> by Shannon Canard is compelling. Rowan Summerall, a treasure hunter seeking to save her family legacy, unearths something unexpected. What will Rowan do with what she finds buried Under The Tupelo? Canard has a strong voice and a surprise gift for readers. I want more.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The NON-fiction. </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From Booklist: Writers, actors, and fans often call Joss Whedon a genius. It’s easy to see why. Whedon, who got his start writing for Roseanne, dreamed of writing movie screenplays. He got his shot when he sold his script for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the movie fell far short of his hopes for it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a few years of working as a script doctor, Whedon got the chance to doBuffy again, this time as a TV show.
Few expected it to succeed, but Whedon’s humor and intelligence shone through in the scripts, and viewers quickly became attached to the engaging, witty characters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buffy kept getting better: each season of the show featured a complex story arc possessed of a real sense of danger and further developed the characters. The last few years have brought the Buffy spin-off Angel, the lamentably canceled Firefly (a space western), and the comic book Fray. Engaging and filled with fun quotes, this is a must-read for Whedon’s many fans.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060028545464740721.post-51972012247063969222014-10-26T09:12:00.000-07:002014-10-26T09:12:02.632-07:00Recommended New Releases Week of 10/27<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sq55qD_RsAg/VE0Ypd7Ec9I/AAAAAAAAB2g/R2RUd2BuwWQ/s1600/book%2Bto%2Byou.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sq55qD_RsAg/VE0Ypd7Ec9I/AAAAAAAAB2g/R2RUd2BuwWQ/s1600/book%2Bto%2Byou.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know I am a bit late so pre-orders may just be orders, but I've been reading and busy moving (again). So are here are this weeks recommendations. And hooray for Halloween</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Through parenting a child with a disability, a father discovers patience, acceptance, and unconditional love.
In 1987, Paul Austin and his wife Sally were newlyweds, excited about their future together and happily anticipating the birth of their first child. He was a medical student and she was a nurse.
Everything changed the moment the doctor rushed their infant daughter from the room just after her birth, knowing instantly that something was wrong. Sarah had almond-shaped eyes, a single crease across her palm instead of three, and low-set ears—all of which suggested that the baby had Down syndrome. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beginning on the day Sarah is born and ending when she is a young adult living in a group home, Beautiful Eyes is the story of a father's journey toward acceptance of a child who is different. In a voice that is unflinchingly honest and unerringly compassionate, Austin chronicles his life with his daughter: watching her learn to walk and talk and form her own opinions, making decisions about her future, and navigating cultural assumptions and prejudices—all the while confronting, with poignancy and moving candor, his own limitations as her father.
It is Sarah herself, who, in her own coming of age and her own reconciling with her difference, teaches her father to understand her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time and again, she surprises him: performing Lady Gaga’s "Poker Face" at a talent show; explaining how the word "retarded" is hurtful; reacting to the events of her life with a mixture of love, pain, and humor; and insisting on her own humanity in a world that questions it. As Sarah begins to blossom into herself, her father learns to look past his daughter’s disability and see her as the spirited, warmhearted, and uniquely wise person she is.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0763660507/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0763660507&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=CEUIBVL7S2YTMKL3" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0763660507&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And his detective agency is on the verge of global domination. Global riches. Global fame. And yet the gods keep throwing him curveballs: for starters, academic probation. The coveted Miracle Report is the key to everything, including a good grade. </span><br />
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here are several moments where Timmy is unironically sweet. Anyone familiar with the previous books in the series may be surprised at the genuine sentiment in a few scenes. There are actual hugs, and there's a deeply touching conversation with a very unlikely person. ... Timmy Failure is a classic antihero: Some readers will be drawn to the book because of him; others will be drawn to it in spite of him. —Kirkus Reviews.
Don’t forget other Timmy Failure books. They are for kids and kids at heart!</span><br />
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Both books by Lucy Mucklow and Angela Porter. Available October 28, 2014. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Already back ordered in some online outlets. Why? Because coloring is fun and therapeutic. I have some beautiful coloring books from Dover and I like to use (and suggest) watercolor pencils. Trust me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven’t finished this but I think it is worth a look-see.
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00INIXTF4" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INIXTF4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00INIXTF4&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=EIDYBQI5SZ353W37">Hiding in Plain Sight: A Novel</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00INIXTF4" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />by Nuruddin Farah. Available October 30, 2014. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From an acclaimed African writer, a novel about family, freedom, and loyalty.
When Bella learns of the murder of her beloved half brother by political extremists in Mogadiscio, she’s in Rome. The two had different fathers but shared a Somali mother, from whom Bella’s inherited her freewheeling ways. An internationally known fashion photographer, dazzling but aloof, she comes and goes as she pleases, juggling three lovers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But with her teenage niece and nephew effectively orphaned – their mother abandoned them years ago—she feels an unfamiliar surge of protective feeling. Putting her life on hold, she journeys to Nairobi, where the two are in boarding school, uncertain whether she can—or must—come to their rescue. When their mother resurfaces, reasserting her maternal rights and bringing with her a gale of chaos and confusion that mirror the deepening political instability in the region, Bella has to decide how far she will go to obey the call of sisterly responsibility. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new departure in theme and setting for “the most important African novelist to emerge in the past twenty-five years” (The New York Review of Books) Hiding in Plain Sight, is a profound exploration of the tensions between freedom and obligation, the ways gender and sexual preference define us, and the unexpected paths by which the political disrupts the personal.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009U9S6FI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B009U9S6FI&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=ER62SAWB7GJFOD4P" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B009U9S6FI&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not New but recommended. Published in 1967 but re-released in paperback with a new forward, an important and meaningful book. </span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B009U9S6FI" height="1" style="border: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009U9S6FI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B009U9S6FI&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=EP3ZGSSQZ7JB2EO2" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Man's Search for Meaning</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B009U9S6FI" height="1" style="border: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Victor E. Frankl, forward by Howard Kushner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Readers, Writers and Friends, I have a special treat! An almost Halloween treat, yummy like a rice krispy treat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An interview with Candace Havens: Author, Editor, Journalist. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She has written for Harlequin, Berkley and
Entangled Publishing. Candy has written biographies, paranormal romance,
romance and anthologies. She is an Editor with Entangled Publishing. In
addition, she is an Entertainment Journalist, reviews on radio and conducts
workshops for aspiring writers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Candy, how many books
have you written and had published?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, thanks for letting me hang out. And about 20 books so
far. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you have a
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That question is like asking someone if they have a favorite
child. I’m working on the second book in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CK55QTS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00CK55QTS&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=4ZQFAFKHVVUNB7O7">Take it Like a Vamp</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00CK55QTS" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
series, and I really love that world, so maybe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you’re more into straight contemporary romances, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005JSJYEQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005JSJYEQ&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=AGPVLY5PKGHG4LVX">Model Marine</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B005JSJYEQ" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
is my favorite Harlequin
Blaze I’ve written. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m especially fond of the character Maisy in my steam punk
series. I really want to write more of those. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With multiple jobs,
including entertainment journalist and mom, how do you juggle all the
responsibilities? <o:p></o:p></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honestly, some days I’m better at it than others. My
children are grown, so that helps. But I work a lot of hours. There’s no other
way to get it all done. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you had a
favorite interview in your role as entertainment journalist?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve been writing about television and film for a long, long
time. Tom Hanks is a favorite. He never changes. He’s funny, charming and kind.
You don’t always find that in Hollywood. And his wife Rita Wilson is an amazing
human being. But I’ve talked to a lot of great folks through the years. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know you write very
quickly. How does that happen? Do you have a fully fleshed idea? Have you
outlined the story? Or do you just sit down and write until your fingers fall
off? <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just sit down and write until my fingers fall off. Once I
get in the zone, sometimes I can’t type fast enough. I took two full years off
from writing fiction to focus on editing. It’s been hard to get back in it, but
last weekend I “accidentally” wrote 40 pages. I sometimes have a synopsis, a
necessity to sell on proposal, but I’m definitely a pantser. I like to just sit
down and write.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>You give workshops
and seminars, are often a guest speaker and share your knowledge with other
writers and readers. What is the best
piece of advice you can give to an aspiring author? What writing techniques and
skills do recommend and teach?</b> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sit your butt in the chair and write. And then take as many
classes as you can. Hone your craft. I’ve been writing fiction for 10 years
now, and I still take classes. I learn new things all the time. I would hope
that I get better with every book. Write and learn. It’s pretty simple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please tell me more
about your workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The online workshops are free and paid. <i>(Some workshops you have to pay a fee, some are free.) </i></span>The free one is The Write Workshop. I have more than 2000
students. And I bring in all kinds of instructors, authors, editors, agents to
teach.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I also do paid classes. I teach <b><u>Fast Draft/Revision Hell</u></b> a great deal. That’s where I teach
you to write a book in two weeks and polish it in two weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I also teach a
comprehensive class, that I’m going to do again next February. It’s six weeks of
intense, crafting a story. <b><u>From
concept to revision. <o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you have a
favorite author? A favorite book? <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have about 30 favorite authors Nora Roberts, Jodi Thomas,
Jasper Fforde, Stephen King, Kim Harrison, J.K. Rowling and the list goes on
and on and on. This will be posted and I’ll be like, “Dang, why didn’t I
mention so and so?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love to read everything. Fiction and non-fiction, adult,
YA, steam punk you name it. That’s also why I write in so many genres. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You have written some
short stories with Shannon Leigh. How
does writing with another person differ from being the sole author? What does
Shannon bring to the story?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She’s an amazing writer and I like the way she sees the
world. She’s technician, but she’s also great with emotion. And for me, it’s
just fun seeing how someone else views the story. I can’t work with just
anyone. We’ve known each other a long time, so that helps. I write some, she
writes some and then we edit each other. It’s kind of magic. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is your next
book and when can we expect the release?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m working on Linc’s book from the Take It Like a Vamp
series. We don’t have a title yet. If someone thinks of one, let me know. I
also have a new Lovestruck series from Entangled and a Brazen I’m working on.
Hopefully those will be out in 2015. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tell me about
Entangled Publishing and your role</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m an Editorial Director there. I bounce around a bit, and
help where I’m needed. Right now I’m running our Covet (category paranormal romance)
and Embrace (new adult) lines and helping out with Select Otherworld (single
title paranormal romance). <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I have this extreme need to help people. It’s one of the
reasons I started my free online writing workshop. With Entangled, I get to
help make authors’ dreams come true every friggin’ day. It’s exhausting work,
but it’s the most fun I’ve had in a really long time. I like the editing side
of things. I can’t believe I’m saying that, because I hate doing revisions on
my books. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I can see the potential in books and I’ll do whatever it
takes to help the author get it where it needs to be. Like with Shannon’s
books, here’s an amazing author who had all but given up on the business. It
took a bit of coercion and twisting of arms, for me to get her back into this.
And the world would have missed out on some truly amazing stories. That would
have been a terrible waste. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The worst part of the job for me, is having to reject stories.
I know how hard it is to craft a story, so telling someone it isn’t quite right
is tough for me. But I hope they take that information and make it even better,
or find a home with an editor who loves them just the way they are. (Smile)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Is there anything
else you would like to share?</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To authors everywhere, be kind to one another. Our business
is changing faster than any of us could have imagined. Lift each other up, help
each other out. It may sound PollyAnna-ish, but my life has been filled great mentors and friends, people who have been there every step of the way and
helped my career along. So do that for others, please. Be there for your
friends. Encourage their success. Be kind.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See more books and reviews from Candace Havens and Shannon Leigh go HERE and <a href="http://reviewbooksandmore.com/2013/08/07/review-date-by-mistake-anthology/">HERE</a> AND <a href="http://andreareadsandreviews.blogspot.com/2013/09/one-day-sale-099-entangled-publishing.html">HERE</a>. A review of Shannon's work can be found <a href="http://andreareadsandreviews.blogspot.com/2014/09/recommended-new-release-deconstructing.html">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My review (and the only Amazon review posted) of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1934069736/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1934069736&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=D3GLCHCL3PBF4OK5">Dreams & Desires: A Collection of Romance Tales, Vol. 2</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1934069736" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
focused on Shannon's first published work of fiction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Under The Tupelo</b> by Shannon Canard is compelling. Rowan Summerall, a treasure hunter seeking to save her family legacy, unearths something unexpected. What will Rowan do with what she finds buried Under The Tupelo? Canard has a strong voice and a surprise gift for readers. I want more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060028545464740721.post-13740355671478098272014-10-17T14:31:00.001-07:002014-10-17T14:31:17.631-07:00Books Recommended Available Week of 10/20/14<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>YIPPEE! YIPPEE!</b> A new Charley Davidson book by Darynda Jones. If you have not read her series, start now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a great week ahead with spectacular releases. In addition to Darynda Jones, a new </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jennifer L. Armentrout release, a marvelous biography and something inspirational. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twelve. Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged in the fires of hell have escaped onto our plane, and they want nothing more than to rip out the jugular of Charley Davidson and serve her lifeless, mangled body to Satan for dinner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So there’s that. But Charley has more on her plate than a mob of testy hellhounds.
For one thing, her father has disappeared, and the more she retraces his last steps, the more she learns he was conducting an investigation of his own, one that has Charley questioning everything she’s ever known about him. Add to that an ex-BFF who is haunting her night and day, a rash of suicides that has authorities baffled, and a drop-dead sexy fiancé who has attracted the attentions of a local celebrity, and Charley is not having the best week of her life.
But all of that combined barely scratches the surface of her problems. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recent developments—and a few distressing prophesies—have forced her to become a responsible adult. Exactly the kind of adult she’s never aspired to be. To conquer such a monumental task, she’s decided to start small. Really small. She gets a pet. But how can she save the world against the forces of evil when she can’t even keep a goldfish alive? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A tad north of hell, a hop, skip, and a jump past the realm of eternity, is a little place called Earth, and Charley Davidson, grim reaper extraordinaire, is determined to do everything in her power to protect it. We’re doomed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read them all! </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=charley%20davidson%20series&linkCode=ur2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&linkId=WZCNYC3WHEE4OWLU" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Charley Davidson</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0044781TW" height="1" style="border: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044781TW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0044781TW&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=H3QAIBUXAKLA2ILO" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson Book 1)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0044781TW" height="1" style="border: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Sexy funny and original. Charley Davidson is the grim reaper. Her dream man is the son of the devil. The fun begins.
And we only have to wait until May 19, 2015 for </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250045657/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1250045657&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=MEI2ND6UJJV5W43W" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eighth Grave After Dark (Charley Davidson Series)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1250045657" height="1" style="border: none !important; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> It should come as No Surprise that I am an Animal Advocate, a vegetarian as part of my cruelty free lifestyle and I Love Dogs! I love books about dogs and photos of dogs, and dogs!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INIYHIM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00INIYHIM&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=ATYRFNHBHKRUAPHJ" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00INIYHIM&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00INIYHIM" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INIYHIM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00INIYHIM&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=ATYRFNHBHKRUAPHJ">DogFace</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00INIYHIM" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Barbara O’Brien. Available October 21, 2014.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Adorable four-color candid doggie mug shots. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographer and animal trainer Barbara O’Brien has spent years photographing aspiring canine actors, from prancing puppies to stately hounds and tenacious terriers. At first, she discarded the photos if her subject was barking, sniffing, or otherwise looking less than perfect—until she realized that those outtakes best revealed the true personality of the pup. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">O’Brien is a skilled and seasoned photographer, and this winsome collection shows the care she took to reveal each dog’s essential character. The goofiness of the boisterous Border Collie, the decorum of the genteel Great Dane, and the curiosity of the regal Corgi—all of them are captured here in gorgeous four-color photography.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IPDVGKW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00IPDVGKW&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=5NY3P5HRYAHOH6LW" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00IPDVGKW&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00IPDVGKW" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IPDVGKW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00IPDVGKW&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=5NY3P5HRYAHOH6LW">Stone Cold Touch (The Dark Elements Book 2)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00IPDVGKW" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Jennifer L. Armentrout. Available October 21, 2014. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every touch has its price
Layla Shaw is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life—no easy task for a seventeen-year-old who's pretty sure things can't get worse. Her impossibly gorgeous best friend, Zayne, is forever off-limits thanks to the mysterious powers of her soul-stealing kiss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Warden clan that has always protected her is suddenly keeping dangerous secrets. And she can barely think about Roth, the wickedly hot demon prince who understood her in ways no one else could.
But sometimes rock bottom is only the beginning. Because suddenly Layla's powers begin to evolve, and she's offered a tantalizing taste of what has always been forbidden. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, when she least expects it, Roth returns, bringing news that could change her world forever. She's finally getting what she always wanted, but with hell literally breaking loose and the body count adding up, the price may be higher than Layla is willing to pay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like non-fiction. Here is a book that brings a new perspective to Queen Victoria. This is a hefty book, 624 pages, but then Victoria ruled for 64 years. Pick up this excellent read, learn, enjoy and build muscles. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INIXOPY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00INIXOPY&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=AU5V4YAYNPPGDZRU" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00INIXOPY&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00INIXOPY" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INIXOPY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00INIXOPY&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=AU5V4YAYNPPGDZRU">Victoria: A Life</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00INIXOPY" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by A.N.Wilson. Available October 23, 2014. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was a mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two and the matriarch of royal Europe through her children’s marriages. To many, Queen Victoria is a ruler shrouded in myth and mystique, an aging, stiff widow paraded as the figurehead to an all-male imperial enterprise. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But in truth, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch was one of the most passionate, expressive, humorous and unconventional women who ever lived, and the story of her life continues to fascinate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A. N. Wilson’s exhaustively researched and definitive biography includes a wealth of new material from previously unseen sources to show us Queen Victoria as she’s never been seen before. Wilson explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria’s coronation, her strange and isolated childhood, her passionate marriage to Prince Albert and his pivotal influence even after death and her widowhood and subsequent intimate friendship with her Highland servant John Brown, all set against the backdrop of this momentous epoch in Britain’s history—and the world’s. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Born at the very moment of the expansion of British political and commercial power across the globe, Victoria went on to chart a unique course for her country even as she became the matriarch of nearly every great dynasty of Europe. Her destiny was thus interwoven with those of millions of people—not just in Europe but in the ever-expanding empire that Britain was becoming throughout the nineteenth century. The famed queen had a face that adorned postage stamps, banners, statues and busts all over the known world.
Wilson’s Victoria is a towering achievement, a masterpiece of biography by a writer at the height of his powers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the afterlife—a new perspective on your life. “I know this may come as a shock, and you know I’m not fond of using stale one-liners, but—‘reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.’ I’m as alive now as I was on the day we met, except, maybe, more so.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the dead could speak, don’t you wonder what they would say to those of us they’ve left behind? What would they tell us to soothe our sorrow for their loss, calm our fears of what happens when we die, and fire us up to live the best possible lives we can right now? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In pages filled with wisdom, humor, and, yes, joy, New York Times best-selling author Mike Dooley explores our most pressing and profound questions about the afterlife—and this life—from the fresh perspective of those who have made the transition to the next phase.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Among the revelations and insights they share: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were ready; you are not.
There’s no such thing as a devil or hell. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’re sorry for any pain we may have caused. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your pets are just as crazy, brilliant, and loving here as they were there. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nothing we say can prepare you for the beauty of the moment you arrive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You’ll learn that our loved ones are not lost to us; that our time on earth is both a school and an adventure; that, all appearances to the contrary, life truly is fair; and that we have it in us to reshape our own fortunes, starting today.</span><br />
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"'Twas the night before Halloween, and all through the house, All the creatures were stirring, except for the mouse. The monsters had gathered to plan and prepare, For the trick-or-treaters who soon would be there?."
Little monsters and goofy goblins take center stage in this silly, spooky spin on Clement C. Moore's beloved poem. But what will happen on Halloween when the monsters come face to face with human trick-or-treaters in this fun-filled book by the author of The Night Before Easter?</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060028545464740721.post-39788761585968808832014-10-07T07:00:00.000-07:002014-10-07T07:00:05.973-07:00New & Recommended Books Week of 10/13/14<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week my Halloween suggestions are cruelty free. We try very hard to live a cruelty free life and my hope is you will be, as well. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So in this spirit I offer Vegetarian Recipes and more: a long anticipated young adult book, some high seas adventure, something to read with children and time travel. Nothing scary this week – oh, wait – the young adult book has a terrifying premise starting with </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002AKPELI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002AKPELI&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=LAQPGV6GQHTB4AA6%22%3EUNWIND%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B002AKPELI%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">UNWIND</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. That is frightening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who knew there were so many vegetarian vampires? </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IBHSBIC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00IBHSBIC&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=2LVFJCEOMFOUB2VE" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00IBHSBIC&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IBHSBIC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00IBHSBIC&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=2LVFJCEOMFOUB2VE">UnDivided (Unwind Dystology Book 4)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00IBHSBIC" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Neil Shusterman. Available October 14, 2014 in hardback and November 6, 2014 in e-book format.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teens control the fate of America in the fourth and final book in the New York Times bestselling <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=Unwind%20Dystology&linkCode=ur2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&linkId=XU5P4M2TUSBBZ5IU" target="_blank">Unwind Dystology</a> <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />by Neal Shusterman. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Proactive Citizenry, the company that created Cam from the parts of unwound teens, has a plan: to mass produce rewound teens like Cam for military purposes. And below the surface of that horror lies another shocking level of intrigue: Proactive Citizenry has been suppressing technology that could make unwinding completely unnecessary. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Conner, Risa, and Lev uncover these startling secrets, enraged teens begin to march on Washington to demand justice and a better future.
But more trouble is brewing. Starkey’s group of storked teens is growing more powerful and militant with each new recruit. And if they have their way, they’ll burn the harvest camps to the ground and put every adult in them before a firing squad—which could destroy any chance America has for a peaceful future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am in awe of this series, <a href="http://andreareadsandreviews.blogspot.com/2013/10/coming-soon-preorder-for-week-of-101413.html" target="_blank">Book 3</a> came out a year ago and I heaped on the praise. I highly endorse this series. The premise and storytelling makes this both a favorite and thought provoking series.</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would "unwind" them.</span></b></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth, as part of his family's strict religion. Brought together by chance, and kept together by desperation, these three unlikely companions make a harrowing cross-country journey, knowing their lives hang in the balance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If they can survive until their eighteenth birthday, they can't be harmed -- but when every piece of them, from their hands to their hearts, are wanted by a world gone mad, eighteen seems far, far away.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charles Hayden returns in the thrilling new naval adventure from bestselling author S. Thomas Russell, today’s “Patrick O’Brian for a new generation” (Kirkus Reviews). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Master and Commander Charles Hayden has received fresh orders that take him and the HMS Themis to the Caribbean, with instructions to meddle with French shipping to the colonies. While en route, they rescue two Spanish castaways who beg for help fleeing from a vengeful family situation—Hayden agrees to do what he can, though it’s soon clear his two new guests aren’t exactly what they seem. </span><br />
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Sunday always begins as a wonderful day. Lazing around, doing nothing and other miscellaneous activities I feel like doing.</div>
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I don't have to cook, I understand the concept but practical application is rarely put in practice.</div>
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I might groom the doggies, depends on 'our' moods and the current level of cleanliness.</div>
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I read. I surf the internet. I read blogs. I read science news. </div>
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I drink coffee, leisurely of course. I look for items and books I want to blog about.</div>
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I enjoy the majority of Sunday - <span data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;" style="color: red;"><em><strong>until</strong> </em></span>- planning for the week ahead and setting my alarm. Anguish. Not because the week ahead will be anguish though sometime there is suffering. </div>
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Because my laziness has come to an end. If I think about this too early in the day, the laziness ends and anxiety creeps into my body.</div>
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So I am going to write a quick note to my blog reading friends. Ask a question or two and tell you some upcoming plans. I will then proceed to reading <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FTJ7BE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000FTJ7BE&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=DD4IF62QT7USTSWX" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FTJ7BE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000FTJ7BE&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=DD4IF62QT7USTSWX">Archaeology</a><img alt="" border="0" data-mce-src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000FTJ7BE" data-mce-style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000FTJ7BE" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> the magazine and the website <a data-mce-href="http://www.archaeology.org/" href="http://www.archaeology.org/" target="_blank">Archaeology Today</a>.</div>
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I am scheduling some author interviews. I do have some friends that are authors. I have sent requests to <a data-mce-href="http://reviewbooksandmore.com/2014/09/23/deconstructing-lila-available-92314-buy-it/" href="http://reviewbooksandmore.com/2014/09/23/deconstructing-lila-available-92314-buy-it/" target="_blank" title="Deconstructing Lila, Available 9/23/14 Buy It!">Shannon Leigh</a> of <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I6ZJ5V6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00I6ZJ5V6&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=AP3TFSH7FDRU77EF" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I6ZJ5V6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00I6ZJ5V6&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=AP3TFSH7FDRU77EF">Deconstructing Lila </a><img alt="" border="0" data-mce-src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00I6ZJ5V6" data-mce-style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00I6ZJ5V6" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><img alt="" border="0" data-mce-src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00I6ZJ5V6" data-mce-style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00I6ZJ5V6" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20target=%22_blank%22%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/Candace-Havens/e/B001IOFEI0/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&qid=1412527447&sr=1-2-ent&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=NT2GXAFZWYRHUIPZ%22%3ECandace%20Havens%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=ur2&o=1%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">Candace Havens.</a> Shannon & Candy have collaborated on <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HY09X8E/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00HY09X8E&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=SCX3JEWND2RBDXVK" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HY09X8E/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00HY09X8E&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=SCX3JEWND2RBDXVK">Tycoon Reunion (Entangled Indulgence)</a><img alt="" border="0" data-mce-src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00HY09X8E" data-mce-style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00HY09X8E" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. Candy has a large library of published books (and I swear more energy that a two-year old - really).</div>
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What would you like me to ask them about? Do you have a question about a favorite book? Their writing technique?</div>
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What authors would you like me to interview? I'll do my darndest to get that interview.</div>
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What authors want me to interview them?</div>
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I am finishing Hugh Howey's <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0071XO8RA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0071XO8RA&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=BUED73WKZKDNAADW" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0071XO8RA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0071XO8RA&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=BUED73WKZKDNAADW">Wool Omnibus Edition (Wool 1 - 5) (Silo Saga)</a><img alt="" border="0" data-mce-src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0071XO8RA" data-mce-style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0071XO8RA" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B6Z6HI2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00B6Z6HI2&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=7GY3QYZMNWVEWNYK" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B6Z6HI2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00B6Z6HI2&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=7GY3QYZMNWVEWNYK">Shift Omnibus Edition (Shift 1-3) (Wool Trilogy Book 2)</a><img alt="" border="0" data-mce-src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00B6Z6HI2" data-mce-style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00B6Z6HI2" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CYNGPTG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00CYNGPTG&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=W2ATWHESOQRVRMOV" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CYNGPTG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00CYNGPTG&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=W2ATWHESOQRVRMOV">Dust (Wool Trilogy Book 3)</a><img alt="" border="0" data-mce-src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00CYNGPTG" data-mce-style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00CYNGPTG" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. Enjoyable. Review coming.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">having a scary good time along with great reading, I will list a few Halloween books throughout this month. This week is a book about Halloween recipes. I must be hunger because many of our recommended books have recipes. Enjoy.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ISEOIMG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00ISEOIMG&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=SOZELSL2UR3Q5PWY" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00ISEOIMG&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NSWX5Z4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00NSWX5Z4&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=5N2LSV3U7GSYRWL6" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00NSWX5Z4&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Connolly is the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=Relatively%20Dead%20Mysteries&linkCode=ur2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&linkId=RNV2FVUCF5PLDBNI" target="_blank">Relatively Dead Mysteries</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=county%20cork%20mysteries%20by%20connolly&linkCode=ur2&sprefix=county%20cor%2Cdigital-text%2C215&tag=thewrilifforr-20&url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&linkId=RWPPOMQGPGULSPIQ" target="_blank">County Cork Mysteries</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. She writes enjoyable cozy mysteries. Give her a try. With titles like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BF08CMC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00BF08CMC&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=J23CVI4J3XBTXGPQ">Golden Malicious (An Orchard Mystery)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00BF08CMC" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> don’t you want to read the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=An%20Orchard%20Mystery&linkCode=ur2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&linkId=BD5XPPNYS4DRSVSH" target="_blank">Orchard Mystery</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />series? Recipes included. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0095ZMHUW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0095ZMHUW&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=2GRLCFZ6FS25Z7WQ" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B0095ZMHUW&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s harvest time in Granford, Massachusetts, and orchard owner Meg Corey and her fiancé, Seth, are both racing to beat the New England winter. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meg is bringing in her apple crop with a team of workers, while Seth is working to restore an old building in the center of town. </span><br />
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Meg can’t help but wonder: are they just unlucky, or is there something rotten in Granford? If so, she knows she’s got to seek out the bad apple before it ruins the whole bunch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More recipes and who-done-it fun. Washburn is also the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00CJABUF8/kindle/?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=WCAURQ3VJ4IGOLQJ" target="_blank">Delilah Dickenson</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> series with wonderful titles such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QBV8KW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002QBV8KW&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=EJBW34CKKICTCD2V">Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B002QBV8KW" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007EES0RU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007EES0RU&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=TIHS4ZXDI3OQYWSO">For Whom The Funeral Bell Tolls </a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B007EES0RU" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> help yourself to some treats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s Halloween in Weatherford, Texas—which means Phyllis Newsom is baking up a storm of yummy seasonal treats...but she’s about to get even busier unmasking a killer.
While Phyllis and her friend Carolyn are preparing for a baking contest, her housemate Sam adopts Buck, an adorable Dalmatian who was hit by a car. To thank local veterinarian Hank Baxter for helping the dog, Phyllis and Carolyn bake a batch of doggie treats for his other four-legged patients. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But when they arrive at the clinic, the vet is in the process of being arrested—for the murder of his wife! Convinced that the police are barking up the wrong tree and that someone’s been burying evidence, Sam begs Phyllis to help find the real killer. Joined by Buck, the friends engage in a dogged pursuit of the murderer, who will stop at nothing to muzzle them…permanently.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YKOXGG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002YKOXGG&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=3GDABVEJLAJVJAPL" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B002YKOXGG&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Queen Betsy is back for a 13th novel. If you haven’t read the series start at the very beginning, a very good place to start (according to Maria from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044XRIMW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0044XRIMW&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=STMEMG2LUS6CJ5EB">The Sound of Music</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0044XRIMW" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the very beginning of the fun was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YKOXGG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002YKOXGG&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=3GDABVEJLAJVJAPL">Undead and Unwed</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B002YKOXGG" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. I loved the first book. Betsy is a hoot and the yummy Sinclair meant I had a new series to read. Overall Davidson has been steady in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=queen%20betsy%20series&linkCode=ur2&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Aqueen%20betsy%20series&sprefix=queen%20betsy%2Cstripbooks%2C141&tag=thewrilifforr-20&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&linkId=XQAG6MB25RQVARQP" target="_blank">Queen Betsy</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> series. I cannot say that of everything she has written (and one of the Betsy books, even as a fan I struggled see <a href="http://andreareadsandreviews.blogspot.com/2013/08/review-unsure-about-undead-and-unsure.html" target="_blank">review</a>).
So fans of Queen Betsy rejoice!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilynne Robinson returns to the town of Gilead in an unforgettable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe, and wonder.
Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church—the only available shelter from the rain—and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She becomes the wife of a minister, John Ames, and begins a new existence while trying to make sense of the life that preceded her new found security.
Neglected as a toddler, Lila was rescued by Doll, a canny young drifter, and brought up by her in a hardscrabble childhood. Together they crafted a life on the run, living hand to mouth with nothing but their sisterly bond and a ragged blade to protect them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite bouts of petty violence and moments of desperation, their shared life was laced with moments of joy and love. When Lila arrives in Gilead, she struggles to reconcile the life of her makeshift family and their days of hardship with the gentle Christian worldview of her husband which paradoxically judges those she loves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Revisiting the beloved characters and setting of Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Gilead and Home, a National Book Award finalist, Lila is a moving expression of the mysteries of existence that is destined to become an American classic. </span><br />
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The Pointless Book: Started by Alfie Deyes, Finished by You</span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0762457511" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by (who else? his name is in the title after all!) Alfie Deyes. Available in paperback October 7, 2014.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060028545464740721.post-88690800895420687922014-09-28T15:41:00.002-07:002014-09-28T15:57:56.647-07:00New and Recommended Week of 9/29/14<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to the end of September and the new and recommended edition of my blog. Thank you for stopping by for a visit. Enjoy! <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 28.0840015411377px;">Please re</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 28.0840015411377px;">ad to the very end (or at least scroll) for a wonderful and haunting piece of fiction.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week my choices may surprise you. In my opinion we should enjoy, learn and share reading. My recommendations include a children’s series that is fun and should be shared with your young ones. I will share one of my absolute favorite series of books for children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have 2 non-fiction recommendations. The first will educate, expose and bring awareness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nikki Maxwell’s favorite fairy tales get dork-tastic twists in the eighth book of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series. After a bump on the head in gym class on April Fool’s Day, Nikki has a wild dream in which she, her BFFs Chloe and Zoey,her crush Brandon, and mean girl Mackenzie all end up playing the roles of some familiar classic fairy tale characters. Of course, the stories don’t go quite as expected—because they each have a very special Dork Diaries spin. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BAWECHE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00BAWECHE&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=KZM7OGN6RLNTLWBM" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00BAWECHE&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How can you not fall in love with a series that has a book 3 ½? <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0053GI7QA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0053GI7QA&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=X5YS23AWJGDSFE32">Dork Diaries 3 1/2: How to Dork Your Diary</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0053GI7QA" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> And be on the lookout for more dorkiness available three days later. This one is a “Make your Own Book.” I think every reader young and old should participate in our own dorky diary then share an excerpt. It will be a hoot! <img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00BAWECHE" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BAWECHE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00BAWECHE&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=KZM7OGN6RLNTLWBM">Dork Diaries OMG!: All About Me Diary!</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00BAWECHE" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not new but one of my <b>favorites</b> and I think this is a delightful series for children. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064434516/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064434516&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=ZJ6RLY37PCJAZ6UI">Bedtime for Frances </a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064434516" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> The talented <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Russell-Hoban/e/B000AQ40H8/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&qid=1411937666&sr=1-1&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=FADXURF2MVH5OYGX" target="_blank">Russell Hoban's Frances Books</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> along with Lillian Hoban and Garth Williams created Frances. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the charming sweetness of the prose and the enchanting illustrations. In this first Frances book, the little badger adroitly delays her bedtime with requests for kisses and milk, and concerns over tigers and giants and things going bump in the night. Long a favorite for the gentle humor of its familiar going to bed ritual, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064434516/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0064434516&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=YQDZXTKMOSSY4G23">Bedtime for Frances </a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0064434516" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />is at last available with the warmth of full color enriching Garth Williams’s original nuanced and touching art. ‘Here is the coziest, most beguiling bedtime story in many a day.’—Kirkus Reviews</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern state. Volume two is finally here, completing the most important work of political thought in at least a generation. Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring and the deep dysfunctions of contemporary American politics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He examines the effects of corruption on governance, and why some societies have been successful at rooting it out. He explores the different legacies of colonialism in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and offers a clear-eyed account of why some regions have thrived and developed more quickly than others. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And he boldly reckons with the future of democracy in the face of a rising global middle class and entrenched political paralysis in the West.
A sweeping, masterful account of the struggle to create a well-functioning modern state, <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/The%20Origins%20of%20Political%20Order:%20From%20Prehuman%20Times%20to%20the%20French%20Revolution" target="_blank">Political Order and Political Decay</a> is destined to be a classic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00457X7VI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00457X7VI&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=DRVSAFQ2ZYAU4TVF">The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00457X7VI" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />: Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, over-time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today’s developing countries—with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.
Francis Fukuyama, author of the bestselling <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003DYGOQO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003DYGOQO&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=ZI57CA5CR4HPVVFN%22%3EEnd%20of%20History%20and%20the%20Last%20Man%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003DYGOQO%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">The End of History and the Last Man </a>and one of our most important political thinkers, provides a sweeping account of how today’s basic political institutions developed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beginning with politics among our primate ancestors </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00457X7VI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00457X7VI&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=DRVSAFQ2ZYAU4TVF" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Origins of Political Order: </a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> draws o</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">n a vast body of knowledge—history, evolutionary biology, archaeology, and economics—Fukuyama has produced a brilliant, provocative work that offers fresh insights on the origins of democratic societies and raises essential questions about the nature of politics and its discontents. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670025852/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0670025852&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=BRA6JUPXUUPJKQO7" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0670025852&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670025852" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670025852/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0670025852&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=BRA6JUPXUUPJKQO7">The Sense of Style: The Thinking Persons Guide to Writing in the 21st Century</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670025852" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Steve Pinker. Available September 30, 2014. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should any of us care? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/The%20Sense%20of%20Style:%20The%20Thinking%20Person%C2%92s%20Guide%20to%20Writing%20in%20the%2021st%20Century" target="_blank">The Sense of Style</a>, the bestselling linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking the usage guide for the twenty-first century, Pinker doesn’t carp about the decline of language or recycle pet peeves from the rule books of a century ago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead, he applies insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose.
In this short, cheerful, and eminently practical book, Pinker shows how writing depends on imagination, empathy, coherence, grammatical know how, and an ability to savor and reverse engineer the good prose of others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He replaces dogma about usage with reason and evidence, allowing writers and editors to apply the guidelines judiciously, rather than robotically, being mindful of what they are designed to accomplish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Filled with examples of great and gruesome prose, Pinker shows us how the art of writing can be a form of pleasurable mastery and a fascinating intellectual topic in its own right.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IWTWTO6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00IWTWTO6&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=B7T5N5EFG3DKOBRL" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00IWTWTO6&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00IWTWTO6" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IWTWTO6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00IWTWTO6&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=B7T5N5EFG3DKOBRL">A Sudden Light: A Novel</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00IWTWTO6" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Garth Stein. Available September 30, 2014.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain presents a long-awaited new novel in which a boy trying to save his parents’ marriage uncovers a vast legacy of family secrets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the summer of 1990, fourteen-year-old Trevor Riddell gets his first glimpse of Riddell House. Built from the spoils of a massive timber fortune, the legendary family mansion is constructed of giant whole trees and is set on a huge estate overlooking Seattle’s Puget Sound. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trevor’s bankrupt parents have begun a trial separation, and his father, Jones Riddell, has brought Trevor to Riddell House with a goal: to join forces with his sister, Serena, dispatch the ailing and elderly Grandpa Samuel to a nursing home, sell off the house and property for development, divide up the profits, and live happily ever after. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But as Trevor explores the house’s secret stairways and hidden rooms, he discovers a spirit lingering in Riddell House whose agenda is at odds with the family plan. Only Trevor’s willingness to face the dark past of his forefathers will reveal the key to his family’s future. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spellbinding and atmospheric, A Sudden Light is rich with unconventional characters, scenes of transcendent natural beauty, and unforgettable moments of emotional truth that reflect Garth Stein’s outsized capacity for empathy and keen understanding of human motivation—a triumphant work of a master storyteller at the height of his power. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you haven’t read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017SWPXY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0017SWPXY&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=TPL6TICOTLYAEU4I">The Art of Racing in the Rain</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0017SWPXY" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> I can only recommend you read this heart-wrenching and funny book told through the eyes of Enzo. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060028545464740721.post-48162101387355998252014-09-22T19:53:00.000-07:002014-09-22T20:04:59.305-07:00Recommended New Release: Deconstructing Lila<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love a great romance novel. I enjoy getting caught up in the journey to a happily ever after. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Deconstructing Lila, Shannon Leigh had delivered the enjoyment and escape into a well written novel. </span><br />
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Lila Gentry returns to her small Texas hometown to restore the famous Chisholm
Trail whorehouse where her great-great-grandmother was a madam in the 1880s. On
her agenda is winning back Jake, the one that got away. But how do you rope a man
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Jake
lives by one creed: Keep it simple. His ex showing up in town complicates
his life and makes him think about things he'd rather forget.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When Lila's restoration project is threatened before it even
begins, she turns to Jake for help. Working together stirs up old feelings, but
while Lila and Jake always sizzle between the sheets—or wherever the moment
takes them—it will involve some sweet-talking and finesse to bring these two
together.</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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air. She writes with an easy style and draws you into the world so easily you don't even realize your obsession until it is 3 a.m. and you are saying <i>'just one more chapter'.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leigh delightfully blends a traditional modern romance with historically
accurate Texas and a second love story. Lila has returned to the home town, a past she has left behind and an ex husband.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lila’s great-great grandmother, ran a brothel called Miss Pru's house. Someone sent Pru's journal to Lila. She is motivated and intrigued. And the handsome Jake is a target along with rebuilding Pru's house into a day spa. She is determined, to rebuild Pru’s house and win over Jake. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“It appeared her job in Hannington had taken on a new twist.
Win back estranged husband. Make the town like her again. And find out what
happened to one Prudence MacIntosh and one Luke Pierce."</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Lila forges ahead to build a happily ever after, Pru
speaks to her great granddaughter through her old diary, revealing her own life and wisdom/lessons on how to attract a man and make oneself
desirable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Lesson #14 </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silent words conveyed with the eyes are as powerful as those
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Lesson #6 </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stand up for yourself. Do not let folk railroad you or make
you feel bad. Have pride in who you are and what you do, and the people trying
to bring you down to their level will admire you. So will your man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a romance so we know a happily ever awaits, but the journey is a delight. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For other books by Ms. Leigh see my review of <a href="http://andreareadsandreviews.blogspot.com/2014/08/review-forbidden-kiss-by-shannon-leigh.html" target="_blank">Forbidden Kiss.</a></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060028545464740721.post-17184781927702012942014-09-07T09:00:00.000-07:002014-09-07T09:00:13.216-07:00New Releases 9/9/14 What to Read<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello My Friends! Of all the books being released this week - here is what I think are the most awesome. The awesomest. Anyway, I recommend the following books. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385382987/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0385382987&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=NJWJQ3GHNTW5CWTO" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0385382987&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385382987/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0385382987&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=NJWJQ3GHNTW5CWTO">Horton and the Kwuggerbug and more Lost Stories</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0385382987" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Dr. Seuss & Charles D. Cohen Available September 9, 2014 $9.49. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> A new Dr. Seuss book! This follow-up to The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories features familiar Seussian faces and places—including Horton the Elephant, Marco, Mulberry Street, and a Grinch—as well as an introduction by renowned Seuss scholar Charles D. Cohen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seuss fans will learn more about Horton’s integrity, Marco’s amazing imagination, a narrowly avoided disaster on Mullbery Street, and a devious Grinch. With a color palette enhanced beyond that of the magazines in which the stories originally appeared, this new volume of “lost” tales is a perfect gift for young readers and a must-have for Seuss collectors of all ages!
Horton the Elephant, Marco, and a Grinch return in this rousing recovery of four long-lost stories by the immortal Dr. Seuss! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of these entertaining tales appeared in Redbook magazine in the early fifties, but none have not been published since. Respected Seuss scholar Charles D. Cohen offers context to these rediscovered manuscript treasures in a buoyant introduction, making this picture book a gem for readers from four to eight to eighty and beyond. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375864350/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0375864350&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=AILLSPRCE4ES5JBB" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0375864350&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you love Dr. Seuss (and who doesn't?) why not get <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375864350/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0375864350&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=AILLSPRCE4ES5JBB">The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories (Classic Seuss)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0375864350" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and a marvelous book from 1973 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394827198/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0394827198&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=X34MJG3R5Q65MJGM">Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (Classic Seuss)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0394827198" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394827198/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0394827198&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=X34MJG3R5Q65MJGM" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0394827198&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“When you think things are bad,<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">when you feel sour and blue,</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">when you start to get mad . . .</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">you should do what I do!”</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So begins the terrific advice of the
wise old man in the Desert of Drize. This classic book provides the perfect
antidote for readers of all ages who are feeling a bit down in the dumps.
Thanks to Dr. Seuss’s trademark rhymes and signature illustrations, readers
will, without a doubt, realize just how lucky they truly are.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0545522250/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0545522250&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=5B2J2GTWSPH6D3JZ" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0545522250&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Holly Black and Cassandra Clare TOGETHER with a new series.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0545522250/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0545522250&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=5B2J2GTWSPH6D3JZ">The Iron Trial (Book One of Magisterium) (The Magisterium)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0545522250" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0545522250" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The two bestselling series authors: Holly
Black (<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442487984/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1442487984&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=DZNC5JK6EKQPQM76%22%3EThe%20Spiderwick%20Chronicles,%20the%20Complete%20Series:%20The%20Field%20Guide;%20The%20Seeing%20Stone;%20Lucinda%27s%20Secret;%20The%20Ironwood%20Tree;%20The%20Wrath%20of%20Mulgrath%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1442487984%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">The Spiderwick Chronicles</a>) and Cassandra Clare (<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0088P0ONW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0088P0ONW&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=JJFS3MFZURHTC43Q%22%3EThe%20Mortal%20Instruments%20Series%20(5%20books)%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0088P0ONW%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">The Mortal InstrumentsTrilogy</a>) create a wonderful story about Callum Hunt, a boy who really,
really, really doesn't want to go to magic school, but somehow can't succeed at
failing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I love Holly Blacks <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036QVOMS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0036QVOMS&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=63PQUEJQBRX3FLQT">Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0036QVOMS" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
series and recommend you check out these wonderful young adult books also. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442420200/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1442420200&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=5OHEREWGPBCTACDZ">Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1442420200" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451636016/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1451636016&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=42R6WTN5SOGNIH46" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1451636016&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">My final selection for this week is </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451636016/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1451636016&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20&linkId=42R6WTN5SOGNIH46">Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1451636016" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
by Sam Harris. </span><br />
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for the 30 percent of Americans who follow no religion, but who suspect that
Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could
not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds. Throughout the book,
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060028545464740721.post-58959917112314802152014-08-02T09:00:00.001-07:002014-08-02T09:01:21.063-07:00Review: Forbidden Kiss by Shannon Leigh<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KUXWON8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00KUXWON8&linkCode=as2&tag=reviewbooksan-20&linkId=TRBWJQJEF3BHJHP3" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B00KUXWON8&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=reviewbooksan-20" height="200" width="132" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fresh and Enchanting - A Timeless Story with a Happy Ending - Finally! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Author Shannon Leigh is a fresh and exciting new author. <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KUXWON8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00KUXWON8&linkCode=as2&tag=reviewbooksan-20&linkId=7MUO4PS3KBLWKY7O%22%3EForbidden%20Kiss%20(Entangled%20Covet)%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=reviewbooksan-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00KUXWON8%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">Forbidden Kiss</a>, her retelling of the Shakespeare classic stands on its own merit. The tragedy of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet now has the happy ending the lovers deserve. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leigh introduces readers to a determined Jule Casale and a driven Rom Montgomery. Rom has lived centuries after his 'death' trying to overcome the curse that brought him back to life without his beloved Juliet. No longer a love struck boy, Rom is a man on a mission searching for forgiveness and salvation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jule is on a mission as well. She seeks respect in her academic world of art. Her quest to uncover the artist of a unique masterpiece of Renaissance art brings her to Rom's door.
The centuries and a different world have changed Rom and Jule. No longer star-struck young lovers but mature adults, initially they do not recognize the eternal love they share. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They begin a journey seeking the series of paintings by the artist that brought Jule to Rom’s door. Let the mystery, adventure, betrayals, attraction and perhaps eternal story of love begin!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Forbidden Kiss will delight Romeo and Juliet lovers as it parallels and stays true to the original telling. “But come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight.” If romance, paranormal, mystery and action books are your cup of tea – this book delivers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have had the privilege of reading upcoming releases of Shannon Leigh’s work. She just gets better. Look for more from Leigh through <a href="http://www.entangledpublishing.com/" target="_blank">Entangled Publishing</a>. <b>Recommended</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am on the road from "Shotput to the head" recovery (figuratively not literally) and here I am. I missed you and hope you return to our blogging relationship after my timeout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060028545464740721.post-30150530865232165352014-02-09T13:07:00.001-08:002014-02-09T13:07:36.232-08:00Pre-Order Recommended Books Week of 2/24/14<div style="border-image: none;">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AQS0F/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000AQS0F&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B0000AQS0F&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the second month of 2014 draws to an end - time flies doesn't time fly? </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">The first book I recommend is by one of my favorite scientists. <em>Yes, I will be in nerdvana!</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Do you watch the Science / Discovery Channels? They will host Firefly marathons occasionally if you aren't the science nerd I am. But even during the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AQS0F/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000AQS0F&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Firefly: The Complete Series</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0000AQS0F" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
marathons you will learn something (as well as be entertained by a great TV show) from Michio Kaku as he offers commentary on the scientific possibility of the sci-fi premises of the series. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CHC4YG/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005CHC4YG&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B005CHC4YG&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">Michio Kaku is a professor of physics at the City University of New York, cofounder of string field theory, and the author of several widely acclaimed science books, including <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385477058/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0385477058&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0385477058" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385477813/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0385477813&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Beyond Einstein: The Cosmic Quest for the Theory of the Universe</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0385477813" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400033721/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1400033721&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1400033721" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YJ85DQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000YJ85DQ&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000YJ85DQ" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004FGLX2Y/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004FGLX2Y&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human. Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B004FGLX2Y" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. </span>
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by Michio Kaku. Available February 25, 2014. </span></div>
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For the first time in history, the secrets of the living brain are being revealed by a battery of high tech brain scans devised by physicists. Now what was once solely the province of science fiction has become a startling reality. Recording memories, telepathy, videotaping our dreams, mind control, avatars, and telekinesis are not only possible; they already exist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Future of the Mind gives us an authoritative and compelling look at the astonishing research being done in top laboratories around the world—all based on the latest advancements in neuroscience and physics. One day we might have a "smart pill" that can enhance our cognition; be able to upload our brain to a computer, neuron for neuron; send thoughts and emotions around the world on a "brain-net"; control computers and robots with our mind; push the very limits of immortality; and perhaps even send our consciousness across the universe. </span></div>
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Dr. Kaku takes us on a grand tour of what the future might hold, giving us not only a solid sense of how the brain functions but also how these technologies will change our daily lives. He even presents a radically new way to think about "consciousness" and applies it to provide fresh insight into mental illness, artificial intelligence and alien consciousness.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Kaku's deep understanding of modern science and keen eye for future developments, The Future of the Mind is a scientific tour de force--an extraordinary, mind-boggling exploration of the frontiers of neuroscience.</span>
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by Stephen Pastis. Available February 24, 2014. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The clueless, comically self-confident kid detective returns in a sequel to the New York Times bestseller <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0763660507/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0763660507&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0763660507" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When you lose hope, find it." —Timmy Failure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He doesn’t like to pull rank. To reveal that he’s this guy: Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the greatest detective agency in town, perhaps the nation. But he is.
And he’s about to crack the biggest case of his generation: a school competition to find a stolen globe. It’s his ticket to bringing home a $500 prize, which is guaranteed to set him up for life. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But someone is clearly trying to game the system. Hoodwink. Con. Defraud. So it’s up to Timmy Failure, with the dubious help of Total, his lazy polar-bear partner, and his unlikely new ally, eccentric Great-Aunt Colander, to find a way to avenge these shenanigans. Defeat this injustice.
If he can only get his entry form in on time.</span><br />
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by Patrick Carman. Available February 25, 2014. I have mixed feelings about this series. As an adult I enjoy many young adult books however, this book didn't quite do it for me. Never the less, I think it is a strongly appealing series for the targeted age group.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As events unfold, he is forced to reveal his secret and hers. Faith must adjust not only to her newfound powers but also come to terms with the loss of her parents and the unexpected murder of her best friend. All this must be done pronto, as the evil forces that wish to kill the duo and rule the world are gathering. Faith and Dylan find an ally in nerdy genius Hawk, who is able to hack into the tablets that control all communication and information. As Pulse comes to a close, the forces of good and evil face off for a showdown. Faith, Dylan, and Hawk await the chance to use their intellect and powers to save the world. Engrossing and suspense-filled, this book is sure to find an audience, and readers will eagerly await the sequel.
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and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385373791/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0385373791&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">The Maze Runner Trilogy</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0385373791" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
with its richly developed characters and electrifying story of love and revenge.
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In the year 2051, some people have a second pulse. Like all who have "the pulse," Faith Daniels and Dylan Gilmore have telekinetic powers—they can move objects with their minds. But there are five second pulses in the world who have an even greater power: They are virtually indestructible. Both Faith and Dylan have the second pulse. As Dylan executes a plan to infiltrate enemy grounds, he'll have to face his only weakness—and a family secret that will threaten his very existence.</span>
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In The Artisan Soul, Erwin Raphael McManus, author, thought leader, and founder of MOSAIC in Los Angeles, pens a manifesto for human creativity and the beginning of a new renaissance. McManus not only calls us to reclaim our creative essence but reveals how we can craft our lives into a work of art. There are no shortcuts to quality, and McManus celebrates the spiritual process that can help us discover our true selves.
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McManus demonstrates that we all carry within us the essence of an artist. We all need to create, to be a part of a process that brings to the world something beautiful, good, and true, in order to allow our souls to come to life. It's not only the quality of the ingredients we use to build our lives that matter, but the care we bring to the process itself. Just like baking artisan bread, it's a process that's crafted over time. And God has something to say about how we craft our lives. With poignant, inspirational stories and insights from art, life, history, and scripture interspersed throughout, McManus walks readers through the process of crafting a life of beauty and wonder.
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by Rodman Philbrick. Available February 25, 2014.</span></div>
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Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick presents a gripping yet poignant novel about a 12-year-old boy and his dog who become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.
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Zane Dupree is a charismatic 12-year-old boy of mixed race visiting a relative in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hits. Unexpectedly separated from all family, Zane and his dog experience the terror of Katrina's wind, rain, and horrific flooding. Facing death, they are rescued from an attic air vent by a kind, elderly musician and a scrappy young girl--both African American. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The chaos that ensues as storm water drowns the city, shelter and food vanish, and police contribute to a dangerous, frightening atmosphere, creates a page-turning tale that completely engrosses the reader. Based on the facts of the worst hurricane disaster in U.S. history, Philbrick includes the lawlessness and lack of government support during the disaster as well as the generosity and courage of those who risked their lives and safety to help others. Here is an unforgettable novel of heroism in the face of truly challenging circumstances.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">February has had some great new books. If you haven't checked out the post for <a href="http://andreareadsandreviews.blogspot.com/2014/02/pre-order-books-available-21014-some.html" target="_blank">2/10/14</a> - stop by because they are good. This week is no different - wonderful new releases and a 50th Anniversary of one of my Favorite books, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060586753/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0060586753&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">The Giving Tree</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060586753" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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by Alice Hoffman. Available February 18, 2014. The </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DPM7YM2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00DPM7YM2&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">E-book</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00DPM7YM2" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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Mesmerizing and illuminating, Alice Hoffman’s </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451693567/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1451693567&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Museum of Extraordinary Things</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1451693567" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />is the story of an electric and impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the twentieth century.
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Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the sinister impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a Coney Island boardwalk freak show that thrills the masses. An exceptional swimmer, Coralie appears as the Mermaid in her father’s “museum,” alongside performers like the Wolfman, the Butterfly Girl, and a one-hundred-year-old turtle. One night Coralie stumbles upon a striking young man taking pictures of moonlit trees in the woods off the Hudson River.
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The dashing photographer is Eddie Cohen, a Russian immigrant who has run away from his father’s Lower East Side Orthodox community and his job as a tailor’s apprentice. When Eddie photographs the devastation on the streets of New York following the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, he becomes embroiled in the suspicious mystery behind a young woman’s disappearance and ignites the heart of Coralie.
With its colorful crowds of bootleggers, heiresses, thugs, and idealists, New York itself becomes a riveting character as Hoffman weaves her trademark magic, romance, and masterful storytelling to unite Coralie and Eddie in a sizzling, tender, and moving story of young love in tumultuous times.
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by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and illustrator Pat Schories. Available February 18, 2014.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">t's Read to a Pet Day at the library! There are so many fun things to see and do! Biscuit plays with story-time puppets, visits with friends, and listens to recorded books. Before he goes, a librarian helps him find the activity that he loves most of all.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The book is suggested for ages 4 to 8. But I think the series is excellent for reading to your toddler. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Try </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060759046/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0060759046&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Biscuit Storybook Collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060759046" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0694015172/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0694015172&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What Is Love, Biscuit?</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0694015172" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
and </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060578467/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0060578467&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meet Biscuit!</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060578467" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.</span>
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by Shel Silverstein. Available February 18, 2014. </span></div>
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A rhino makes the best kind of friend in this 50th Anniversary Edition of a cherished classic from Shel Silverstein.
Looking for a new pet? Bored with cats, dogs, goldfish, gerbils, and hamsters? How about a cheap rhinoceros?
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Shel Silverstein’s loving look at the joys of rhino ownership may convince you to be the lucky person who takes home this very, very unusual pet.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>My Favorite</strong> book by Shel Silverstein </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060586753/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0060586753&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Giving Tree </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060586753" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> is also available February 18, 2014. A <strong>Must Read!</strong> for all ages. I still have my copy in a special place in my library. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Once there was a tree . . . and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein.
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Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk . . . and the tree was happy. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But as the boy grew older, he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave.
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Since it was first published fifty years ago, Shel Silverstein's moving parable for readers of all ages has offered an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.</span></div>
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This explosive sequel to </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0089LOFD0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0089LOFD0&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mind Games</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0089LOFD0" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
which New York Times bestselling author Holly Black called "a brutal, exciting gem of a book," is perfect for fans of Sara Shepard's </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041D86L2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0041D86L2&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Lying Game</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0041D86L2" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> series. </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062135848/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0062135848&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perfect Lies</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0062135848" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> is a lightning-fast, wickedly smart tale of two sisters trapped in a web of deceit.
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For years, Annie and Fia have been in an endless battle for survival against the Keane Foundation. Now the sisters have found allies who can help them escape. But Annie's visions of the future and Fia's flawless instincts can't always tell them who to trust. The sisters can only rely on each other—and even their extraordinary gifts may not be enough to save them</span>.
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by Harold Schechter. Available February 18, 2014 and the </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E3E4XMU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00E3E4XMU&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">E-book version</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00E3E4XMU" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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Beekman Place, once one of the most exclusive addresses in Manhattan, had a curious way of making it into the tabloids in the 1930s: “SKYSCRAPER SLAYER,” “BEAUTY SLAIN IN BATHTUB” read the headlines. On Easter Sunday in 1937, the discovery of a grisly triple homicide at Beekman Place would rock the neighborhood yet again—and enthrall the nation. The young man who committed the murders would come to be known in the annals of American crime as the Mad Sculptor.
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Caught up in the Easter Sunday slayings was a bizarre and sensationalistic cast of characters, seemingly cooked up in a tabloid editor’s overheated imagination. The charismatic perpetrator, Roger Irwin, was a brilliant young sculptor who had studied with some of the masters of the era. But with his genius also came a deeply disturbed psyche; Irwin was obsessed with sexual self-mutilation and was frequently overcome by outbursts of violent rage.
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Irwin’s primary victim, Veronica Gedeon, was a figure from the world of pulp fantasy—a stunning photographer's model whose scandalous seminude pinups would titillate the public for weeks after her death. Irwin’s defense attorney, Samuel Leibowitz, was a courtroom celebrity with an unmatched record of acquittals and clients ranging from Al Capone to the Scottsboro Boys. And Dr. Fredric Wertham, psychiatrist and forensic scientist, befriended Irwin years before the murders and had predicted them in a public lecture months before the crime.
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Based on extensive research and archival records, The Mad Sculptor recounts the chilling story of the Easter Sunday murders—a case that sparked a nationwide manhunt and endures as one of the most engrossing American crime dramas of the twentieth century. Harold Schechter’s masterful prose evokes the faded glory of post-depression New York and the singular madness of a brilliant mind turned against itself. It will keep you riveted until the very last page.
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Here are 2 must reads! Seriously, I can't say tell you how much I want you to read these books.<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0385351836" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385351836/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0385351836&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0385351836" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451414411/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0451414411&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prince of Shadows: A Novel of Romeo and Juliet</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0451414411" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. <strong>Must Reads, Must Buy!</strong></span></span></span><br />
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by B.J. Novak. Available February 4, 2014.</span>
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A boy wins a $100,000 prize in a box of Frosted Flakes—only to discover that claiming the winnings might unravel his family. A woman sets out to seduce motivational speaker Tony Robbins—turning for help to the famed motivator himself. A new arrival in Heaven, overwhelmed with options, procrastinates over a long-ago promise to visit his grandmother. We meet Sophia, the first artificially intelligent being capable of love, who falls for a man who might not be ready for it himself; a vengeance-minded hare, obsessed with scoring a rematch against the tortoise who ruined his life; and post-college friends who try to figure out how to host an intervention in the era of Facebook. Along the way, we learn why wearing a red T-shirt every day is the key to finding love, how February got its name, and why the stock market is sometimes just down.</span><br />
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by Rachel Caine. Available February 4, 2014.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the Houses of Montague and Capulet, there is only one goal: power. The boys are born to fight and die for honor and—if they survive—marry for influence and money, not love. The girls are assets, to be spent wisely. Their wishes are of no import. Their fates are written on the day they are born.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140194387X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=140194387X&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">You Can Heal Your Heart: Finding Peace After a Breakup, Divorce, or Death</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=140194387X" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">You Can Heal Your Heart</a>, self-help luminary Louise Hay and renowned grief and loss expert David Kessler, the protégé of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, have come together to start a conversation on healing grief.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This remarkable book discusses the emotions that occur when a relationship leaves you brokenhearted, a marriage ends in divorce, or a loved one dies. It will also foster awareness and compassion, providing you with the courage to face many other types of losses and challenges, such as saying good-bye to a beloved pet, losing your job, coming to terms with a life-threatening illness or disease, and much more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a perfect blend of Louise’s teachings and affirmations on personal growth and transformation and David’s many years of working with those in grief, this empowering book will inspire an extraordinary new way of thinking, bringing hope and fresh insights into your life and even your current and future relationships. You will not only learn how to help heal your grief, but you will also discover that, yes, you can heal your heart.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now Pre-order new releases available the week of February 10, 2014. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The bestselling author of <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002N2XFRI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002N2XFRI&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Promise Not to Tell: A Novel</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B002N2XFRI" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">Promise Not to Tell</a> and <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061689378/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0061689378&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Don't Breathe a Word: A Novel</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061689378" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">Don't Breathe a Word</a> returns with a simmering literary thriller about ghostly secrets, dark choices, and the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters - sometimes <i>too</i> unbreakable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter, Gertie. Now, in present day, nineteen-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara's farmhouse with her mother, Alice, and her younger sister, Fawn. Alice has always insisted that they live off the grid, a decision that suddenly proves perilous when Ruthie wakes up one morning to find that Alice has vanished without a trace. Searching for clues, she is startled to find a copy of Sara Harrison Shea's diary hidden beneath the floorboards of her mother's bedroom. As Ruthie gets sucked deeper into the mystery of Sara's fate, she discovers that she's not the only person who's desperately looking for someone that they've lost. But she may be the only one who can stop history from repeating itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ANSSDC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001ANSSDC&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">The Silver Linings Playbook: A Novel</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001ANSSDC" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
, comes <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006228553X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=006228553X&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Good Luck of Right Now</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=006228553X" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. </span>Now, a funny and tender story about family, friendship, grief, acceptance, and Richard Gere—an entertaining and inspiring tale that will leave you pondering the rhythms of the universe and marveling at the power of kindness and love.
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For thirty-eight years, Bartholomew Neil has lived with his mother. When she gets sick and dies, he has no idea how to be on his own. His redheaded grief counselor, Wendy, says he needs to find his flock and leave the nest. But how does a man whose whole life has been grounded in his mom, Saturday mass, and the library learn how to fly?
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Bartholomew thinks he’s found a clue when he discovers a “Free Tibet” letter from Richard Gere hidden in his mother’s underwear drawer. In her final days, mom called him Richard—there must be a cosmic connection. Believing that the actor is meant to help him, Bartholomew awkwardly starts his new life, writing Richard Gere a series of highly intimate letters. Jung and the Dalai Lama, philosophy and faith, alien abduction and cat telepathy, the Catholic Church and the mystery of women are all explored in his soul-baring epistles. But mostly the letters reveal one</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> man’s heartbreakingly earnest attempt to assemble a family of his own.</span>
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by Megan McDonald and illustrator Peter Reynolds. Available February 11, 2014. </span></div>
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Shark-tastic! Stink gets to sleep with the fishes after his parents win an aquarium sleepover. But wait — what’s that lurking beyond the KEEP OUT sign?
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When Stink’s parents win tickets for the whole family to sleep over at the aquarium (along with Stink’s two best friends), it sounds like a science freak’s dream come true. Stink loves the sea-creature scavenger hunt (Bat ray! Brain coral!), the jellyfish light show, and the shiver of sand tiger sharks with razor-sharp teeth. And of course Stink is nuts about gross stuff, but after some spooky stories around the virtual campfire, can he manage to fall asleep thinking about the eating habits of the vampire squid? Especially Bloody Mary, the mutant, glowing Frankensquid that’s supposed to be on the prowl?</span>
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,</span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00740IBSC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00740IBSC&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd Know You Anywhere: A Novel</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00740IBSC" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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When Felix Brewer meets Bernadette “Bambi” Gottschalk at a Valentine’s Dance in 1959, he charms her with wild promises, some of which he actually keeps. Thanks to his lucrative—if not all legal—businesses, she and their three little girls live in luxury. But on the Fourth of July, 1976, Bambi’s comfortable world implodes when Felix, newly convicted and facing prison, mysteriously vanishes.
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Though Bambi has no idea where her husband—or his money—might be, she suspects one woman does: his mistress, Julie. When Julie disappears ten years to the day that Felix went on the lam, everyone assumes she’s left to join her old lover—until her remains are eventually found.
Now, twenty-six years after Julie went missing, Roberto “Sandy” Sanchez, a retired Baltimore detective working cold cases for some extra cash, is investigating her murder. What he discovers is a tangled web stretching over three decades that connects five intriguing women. And at the center is the missing man Felix Brewer.
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Somewhere between the secrets and lies connecting past and present, Sandy will find the truth. And when he does, no one will ever be the same.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">For my friends of Faith, I haven't read these books yet but they are on my wish list. HarperCollins Christian Publishing and Sheila Walsh have released a new book and study guide. </span><br />
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Storms show you what's really going on inside, reveal what you really believe, and actually make you stronger. In this powerful book Sheila will help you:
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Meet Don Tillman, a brilliant yet socially challenged professor of genetics, who’s decided it’s time he found a wife. And so, in the orderly, evidence-based manner with which Don approaches all things, he designs the Wife Project to find his perfect partner: a sixteen-page, scientifically valid survey to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, the late arrivers. <br /><br />Rosie Jarman is all these things. She also is strangely beguiling, fiery, and intelligent. And while Don quickly disqualifies her as a candidate for the Wife Project, as a DNA expert Don is particularly suited to help Rosie on her own quest: identifying her biological father. When an unlikely relationship develops as they collaborate on the Father Project, Don is forced to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie—and the realization that, despite your best scientific efforts, you don’t find love, it finds you. <br /><br />Arrestingly endearing and entirely unconventional, Graeme Simsion’s distinctive debut will resonate with anyone who has ever tenaciously gone after life or love in the face of great challenges. <i>The Rosie Project </i>is a rare find: a book that restores our optimism in the power of human connection.</span><br />
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By Catherine Ryan Hyde. A <strong>STEAL!</strong> E-book is normally $9.99 now available for $1.99. As a lover of author, I read this book when it was released and yes, I recommend!</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While duck hunting one morning, childless, middle-aged Nathan McCann finds a newborn abandoned in the woods. To his shock, the child—wrapped in a sweater and wearing a tiny knitted hat—is still alive. To his wife’s shock, Nathan wants to adopt the boy…but the child’s grandmother steps in. Nathan makes her promise, however, that one day she’ll bring the boy to meet him so he can reveal that he was the one who rescued him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the bestselling author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002DQW9YO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002DQW9YO&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Pay It Forward: A Novel</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B002DQW9YO" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
comes <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ANAE6PM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00ANAE6PM&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">When I Found You</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00ANAE6PM" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
, an exquisite, emotional tale of the unexpected bonds that nothing in life can break.</span>
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By Tom Ryan. Another STEAL at $1.99. You know as an animal and dog lover I can't pass this one by.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The remarkable true story of a man and a dog embarking on the challenge of a lifetime. This is author Tom Ryan’s inspiring tale of how he and his miniature schnauzer companion, the “Little Buddha” Atticus M. Finch, attempted to scale all forty-eight of New Hampshire’s four thousand foot White Mountains twice in the dead of winter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is a story of love, loss, and the resilience of the human and animal spirit that’s as thrilling as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FC1ITK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000FC1ITK&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Into Thin Air</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000FC1ITK" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
and featuring the most endearing and unforgettable canine protagonist since <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FCKH56/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000FCKH56&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Marley & Me</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000FCKH56" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
- also a <strong>STEAL</strong> at </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$1.99.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B005ENZ6KM" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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By Justin Torres. This book is in my TBR. Normal E-book price of $12.95 is now a <b>STEAL</b> for $2.99.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2011</strong>: <em>We the Animals</em>, Justin Torres's sparse debut novel--at just 125 pages--is brimming with delicate stories of family, of growing up, of facing reality, and of delaying it. Narrated by the youngest son of a Puerto Rican father and white mother from Brooklyn raising their three young sons in upstate New York, the novel is comprised of vignettes detailing moments spent in the eye of the ferocious bubble of home. Torres paints a large picture through diminutive strokes, evoking envy for the couple’s passion and fear for just how easily that passion turns to rage. The brothers wrestle, fight, cry, and laugh as their family is torn </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and repaired over and over again. Torres’s prose is fierce, grabbing hold of the reader and allowing him inside the wrenching, whirlwind of a life lived intensely. --<em>Alexandra Foster</em> </span><br />
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By Carolyn Hughley. Normally $2.9, now a STEAL at $.99. We all need to read some romance and with a great title </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00941SAG2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00941SAG2&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shut Up and Kiss Me</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00941SAG2" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> how can your pass this book up?
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">What's hotter than a summer in New York City? Two sexy Italian chefs fighting over you, of course!<br />Ellana Licari, a hopeless romantic, has her sights set on the tall, dark, and handsome chef Nick Soranno. With the help of the two meddling mamas, she's determined to show him she's 'The One' not that scrawny redhead who's rapidly becoming more than his casual 'flavor of the month.' <br />Convincing Nick to stop thinking of her like his sister won't be easy, but Ellana's canoodling with the Italian Stallion, chef Giovanni Cavallini, to make Nick jealous. Of course, Giovanni's only too happy to oblige he's got his own agenda but now that she has Nick's attention, is it too late?<br />With the matchmaking mamas doing their best to interfere, Ellana's stuck in a quandary: Which one of these tempting chefs will she choose?</span></div>
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By Anna Quindlen. Available January 28, 2014. </span><br />
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Still Life with Bread Crumbs begins with an imagined gunshot and ends with a new tin roof. Between the two is a wry and knowing portrait of Rebecca Winter, a photographer whose work made her an unlikely heroine for many women. Her career is now descendent, her bank balance shaky, and she has fled the city for the middle of nowhere. There she discovers, in a tree stand with a roofer named Jim Bates, that what she sees through a camera lens is not all there is to life.
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Brilliantly written, powerfully observed, Still Life with Bread Crumbs is a deeply moving and often very funny story of unexpected love, and a stunningly crafted journey into the life of a woman, her heart, her mind, her days, as she discovers that life is a story with many levels, a story that is longer and more exciting than she ever imagined.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By Dixie Lee Brown. E-book available January 28, 2014. Paperback available February 11, 2014.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next sexy, suspenseful installment in Dixie Lee Brown's <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20target=%22_blank%22%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=dixie%20lee%20brown%20trust%20no%20one%20series&linkCode=ur2&sprefix=dixie%20lee%2Cdigital-text%2C250&tag=thewrilifforr-20&url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text">Trust No One Series</a><img src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">Trust No One series</a>.
Beautiful but deadly, Rayna Dugan is a force to be reckoned with—even in heels.But when her plans for the evening suddenly involve defending her life against a criminal empire, Rayna knows she needs backup. The choice she made to leave Ty and her old mercenary team in Montana starts to seem like a bad call. She's been running from her feelings for the tough, rugged man, but Rayna needs Ty now more than ever. Yet when Ty becomes the new target, his help could mean his death.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ex-cop Ty Whitlock has spent the last six years waiting for his past to catch up with him. When it finally does, he isn't expecting the woman he loves—the one who walked out on him—to be caught in its web. He knows she's moved on, but he can't help wanting another chance with the petite beauty. Ty's got only one choice: find Rayna and keep her safe. But that's the easy part. Once he finds her, can he convince her to stay?</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><br />
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By Sharon Sala. Available January 28, 2014.</span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00CN0N7QY" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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As bodies pile up in the wake of a storm—stripped, tortured and grimly posed—authorities must admit the unthinkable. The serial killer dubbed the Stormchaser has returned following a tornado and taken it upon himself to bring the death toll up to where he believes it belongs. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FBI investigator Wade Luckett is back on the case, assisted by an agent Wade knows professionally and personally: his ex-wife, Jo. Neither time nor the tragedy that tore them apart have blunted the ache Wade feels for brave, beautiful Jo. And though she tries to deny it, she feels the same. But the stirrings of renewed romance will have to wait until they catch a killer.</span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Stormchaser has no intention of getting caught. He's set his sights on a new victim. Jo can forget about the lifetime she dreams of spending with Wade. She'll be lucky to see another day.
Check Out </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CN0N7QY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00CN0N7QY&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Going Once (Forces of Nature)</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00CN0N7QY" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> The first in the Stormchaser series.</span><br />
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By Lorraine Heath. E-book available now. Paper back available January 28, 2014. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I LOVE Lorraine Heath. She is an excellent writer and person. The very first books I read <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003V1WVDY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003V1WVDY&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Always to Remember</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003V1WVDY" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">Always To Remember</a> and <span id="goog_1166551115"></span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/">The Texas Trilogy series</a> <span id="goog_1166551116"></span>turned me into a huge fan. At planning meeting for a writers conference (I hosted at my house - over a decade ago) I asked Lorraine to stay behind to autograph my books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The final story in the Scoundrels of St. James series.
William Graves is the last of Feagan's scoundrels. A onetime grave robber turned royal physician, he has devoted his life to saving others—because he knows there is no way to save himself. Especially not around a lady like Winnie. Though undeserving of her touch, he cannot resist. His passion cannot be tamed … even in the face of certain danger.
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Winnie, the Duchess of Avendale, never knew peace until her brutal husband died. With William she's discovered burning desire—and the healing power of love. But now, confronted by the past she thought she'd left behind, Winnie must face her fears … or risk losing the one man who can fulfill all her dreams.</span>
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Always to Remember and The Texas Trilogy are only available as E-books. If you want a paperback, message me for a private sale. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345495004/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0345495004&linkCode=as2&tag=reviewbooksan-20">Loving Frank: A Novel</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=reviewbooksan-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0345495004" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">Loving Frank</a>,</i> comes her much-anticipated second novel, which tells the improbable love story of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson and his tempestuous American wife, Fanny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the age of thirty-five, Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne has left her philandering husband in San Francisco to set sail for Belgium—with her three children and nanny in tow—to study art. It is a chance for this adventurous woman to start over, to make a better life for all of them, and to pursue her own desires. Not long after her arrival, however, tragedy strikes, and Fanny and her children repair to a quiet artists’ colony in France where she can recuperate. Emerging from a deep sorrow, she meets a lively Scot, Robert Louis Stevenson, ten years her junior, who falls instantly in love with the earthy, independent, and opinionated “belle Americaine.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fanny does not immediately take to the slender young lawyer who longs to devote his life to writing—and who would eventually pen such classics as <i>Treasure Island </i>and <i>The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</i>. In time, though, she succumbs to Stevenson’s charms, and the two begin a fierce love affair—marked by intense joy and harrowing darkness—that spans the decades and the globe. The shared life of these two strong-willed individuals unfolds into an adventure as impassioned and unpredictable as any of Stevenson’s own unforgettable tales. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400206464/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1400206464&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1400206464&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1400206464" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400206464/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1400206464&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: 9 Simple Strategies to Stress Less, Sleep More, and Restore Your Passion for Life</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1400206464" height="1" style="border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />By Crystal Paine. Available 1/21/14. I DO NOT know if this is a good book but I sure need to <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400206464/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1400206464&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: 9 Simple Strategies to Stress Less, Sleep More, and Restore Your Passion for Life</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1400206464" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">Say Goodbye to Survival Mode</a>. I am going to give it a try.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In <em>Say </em><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400206464/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1400206464&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: 9 Simple Strategies to Stress Less, Sleep More, and Restore Your Passion for Life</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1400206464" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">Goodbye to Survival Mode</a>, you'll find both practical ideas and big-picture perspective that will inspire you to live life on purpose. As a wife, mother of three, and founder of the wildly successful blog MoneySavingMom.com, Crystal Paine has walked the road from barely surviving to living with intention.</span><br />
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By Joyce Carol Oats. Available January 21, 2014.
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Award winning Oats has authored over 70 novels. Her latest offering </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> plunges us deep into the psyche of a wounded young corporal haunted by unspeakable acts of wartime aggression, while unraveling the story of a disaffected young girl whose exile from her family may have come long before her disappearance.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was a son of Africa who became father to a nation and, for billions of people around the world, a beacon of hope, courage, and perseverance in the face of opposition. Now, acclaimed poet Maya Angelou honors the life and remarkable soul of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa and Nobel laureate. </span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812997018/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0812997018&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">His Day Is Done: A Nelson Mandela Tribute</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0812997018" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">His Day is Done</a><em>,</em> Angelou delivers an authentically heartfelt and elegant tribute to Mandela, who stood as David to the mighty Goliath of Apartheid and who, after twenty-seven years of unjust imprisonment on the notorious Robben Island, emerged with “His stupendous heart intact / His gargantuan will / Hale and hearty” to lead his people into a new era. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This poignant work of gratitude and remembrance offers condolences to the resilient people of South Africa on the loss of their beloved “Madiba” and celebrates a man like no other, whose life and work changed the world.</span><br />
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By Christopher Golden. E-book is available January 16, 2014. Hardback releases January 21, 2014.I</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">n Christopher Golden’s first horror novel in more than a decade---a work reminiscent of early Stephen King---<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250015316/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1250015316&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Snowblind</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1250015316" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">Snowblind </a>updates the ghost story for the modern age.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The small New England town of Coventry had weathered a thousand blizzards . . . but never one like this. Icy figures danced in the wind and gazed through children's windows with soul-chilling eyes. People wandered into the whiteout and were never seen again. Families were torn apart, and the town would never be the same.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, as a new storm approaches twelve years later, the folks of Coventry are haunted by the memories of that dreadful blizzard and those who were lost in the snow. Photographer Jake Schapiro mourns his little brother, Isaac, even as---tonight---another little boy is missing. Mechanic and part-time thief Doug Manning's life has been forever scarred by the mysterious death of his wife, Cherie, and now he’s starting over with another woman and more ambitious crimes. Police detective Joe Keenan has never been the same since that night, when he failed to save the life of a young boy . . . and the boy’s father vanished in the storm only feet away. And all the way on the other side of the country, Miri Ristani receives a phone call . . . from a man who died twelve years ago. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As old ghosts trickle back, this new storm will prove to be even more terrifying than the last. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spellbinding in scope and rooted deeply in classic storytelling, Christopher Golden has written a chilling masterpiece that is the best work of his career and a standout supernatural thriller. With richly textured characters, scarred and haunted by the ghosts of those they loved most, <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250015316/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1250015316&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Snowblind</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1250015316" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">Snowblind </a>is rooted deeply in classic storytelling. Christopher Golden has written a chilling masterpiece that is both his breakout book and a standout supernatural thriller.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div>
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By Deborah Johnson. Available January 21, 2014.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1946, a young female attorney from New York City attempts the impossible: attaining justice for a black man in the Deep South.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Regina Robichard works for Thurgood Marshall, who receives an unusual letter asking the NAACP to investigate the murder of a returning black war hero. It is signed by M. P. Calhoun, the most reclusive author in the country. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a child, Regina was captivated by Calhoun’s <i>The Secret of Magic</i>, a novel in which white and black children played together in a magical forest. Once down in Mississippi, Regina finds that nothing in the South is as it seems. She must navigate the muddy waters of racism, relationships, and her own tragic past. <i>The Secret of Magic</i> brilliantly explores the power of stories and those who tell them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://store.doverpublications.com/saturdaysaver.html" target="_blank">Dover Publications</a>, and they now have E-books too, Is having a sale - but only until Monday 1/13/14 so hurry. <strong>A Steal, a Deal</strong>! 25% off 60 bestselling books and <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">20% off an order of only $30 or more with Coupon Code SAVE7. No, I do not receive any compensation for Dover. I just like the books, they are unique, educational, fun and many How-To offerings. Plus they have great coloring books for children and adults.</span></span></span><br />
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by Vince Flynn. Normally $9.99 for the Ebook, now $1.99 for a limited time.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A <strong>STEAL</strong></span>!
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By Mary Higgins Clark. Normal E-book price is $7.99 now available for $1.99. A <strong>STEAL</strong>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best Seller Clark's <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YJ85IQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000YJ85IQ&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Where Are You Now?: A Novel</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000YJ85IQ" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">Where Are You Now?</a> is the tale of a young woman trying to unravel the mystery of a family tragedy -- a quest with terrifying repercussions. One of Clark's, if not her primary, oft-repeated story troph is still fresh and exciting.</span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060028545464740721.post-7616524899806419242014-01-06T14:06:00.000-08:002014-01-06T14:06:00.158-08:00Pre Order Books Available 1/13/14<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The excitement of a new book from a favorite author, the anticipation of settling down with a well written book and the satisfaction and sadness when you have finished reading a wonderful book. This is why each week I bring you reads I recommend because I love to read and I think my friends you feel the same. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am ready to go to other worlds, live other lives, learn, experience a different time, share a mystery and spy on romance. So I bring a romance, children's books, a horror thriller, something funny, historical fiction and a brilliant piece of non-fiction.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316207047/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0316207047&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0316207047&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span>
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By James Patterson. Available January 13, 2014. <em>(by the end of the month most of us should know what year it is and won't need the reminder.)</em>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Axi Moore is a "good girl": She studies hard, stays out of the spotlight, and doesn't tell anyone that what she really wants is to run away from it all. The only person she can tell is her best friend, Robinson--who she also happens to be madly in love with.
When Axi impulsively invites Robinson to come with her on an unplanned cross-country road trip, she breaks the rules for the first time in her life. But the adventure quickly turns from carefree to out-of-control.
A remarkably moving tale with its origins in James Patterson's own past, First Love is testament to the power of first love--and how it can change the rest of your life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you can't wait Amazon has </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FK90IM6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00FK90IM6&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First Love -- Free Preview -- The First 12 Chapters</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00FK90IM6" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/044848000X/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=044848000X&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=044848000X&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/044848000X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=044848000X&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Night Before My Birthday</span></a><br />
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by Natasha Wing and illustrator Amy Wummer. Available January 13, 2014.
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Night Before My Birthday </i>captures all the excitement and anticipation that every child experiences in the lead-up to their special day. The decorations are up, the table is set, and the food is ready - but what happens when there is an ice cream emergency? Once again Natasha Wing has written a story that is sure to appeal to every child getting ready for a birthday. The book is told by and seen through the eyes of the birthday child, so it is gender neutral and a fun gift for any birthday girl or boy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I also found another Children's book of the same title I wanted to share. How marvelous to create a tradition with a beautiful book. And we all have <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0544106229/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0544106229&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Hurty Feelings (Laugh-Along Lessons)</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0544106229" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">Hurty Feelings</a>, right?</span></div>
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by Joni Rubinstein.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The moon will soon rise, and the sun has just set. But it's still not my birthday yet."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Night Before My Birthday Book is a magical poem read to children on the night before their birthday. It captures the feelings of children as they are tucked into bed, full of anticipation, with dreams of waking up a brand new age. This beautifully illustrated book, now in hardcover, becomes a childhood keepsake with chronicle pages to record birthday dreams come true. The Night Before My Birthday Book will become a favorite tradition as it celebrates the birth of a child and becoming a growing family.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"The moon will soon rise, and the sun has just set. But it's still not my birthday yet."</span></blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0544106229/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0544106229&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0544106229&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0544106229" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0544106229/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0544106229&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hurty Feelings (Laugh-Along Lessons)</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0544106229" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
By Helen Lester and illustrator Lynn Munsinger. Hardcover available January 14, 2014. This book was released in paperback in 2007 but is now available in Hardback. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fragility the hippo is solid on the outside and fragile on the inside. In every compliment, Fragility hears an insult. If someone says she looks nice, she hears that she looks like a big, squishy cupcake—since cupcakes are also nice. But soon, Rudy the bully comes along to insult her for real. In the face of these insults, will Fragility realize the difference between a jab and a compliment? </span><br />
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By Jennifer Chiaverini. Available January 14, 2014.</span><br />
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Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a devout but ambitious lawyer. Her father, Salmon P. Chase, rose to prominence in the antebellum years and was appointed secretary of the treasury in Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet, while aspiring to even greater heights.</span><br />
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Beautiful, intelligent, regal, and entrancing, young Kate Chase stepped into the role of establishing her thrice-widowed father in Washington society and as a future presidential candidate. Her efforts were successful enough that The Washington Star declared her “the most brilliant woman of her day. None outshone her.”
None, that is, but Mary Todd Lincoln. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though Mrs. Lincoln and her young rival held much in common—political acumen, love of country, and a resolute determination to help the men they loved achieve greatness—they could never be friends, for the success of one could come only at the expense of the other. When Kate Chase married William Sprague, the wealthy young governor of Rhode Island, it was widely regarded as the pinnacle of Washington society weddings. President Lincoln was in attendance. The First Lady was not.
Jennifer Chiaverini excels at chronicling the lives of extraordinary yet little known women through historical fiction. What she did for Elizabeth Keckley in <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008BM4NFC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B008BM4NFC&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker: A Novel</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B008BM4NFC" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker</a> and for Elizabeth Van Lew in <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C1N96PY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00C1N96PY&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">The Spymistress</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00C1N96PY" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">The Spymistress</a> she does for Kate Chase Sprague in Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival.</span><br />
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By Rosemary Mahoney. Available January 14, 2014.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Rosemary Mahoney is one of a handful of nonfiction writers so original and so surprising that I look forward to each new book with an excitement bordering on impatience. What makes For the Benefit of Those Who See especially absorbing is that it turns on Mahoney's greatest strength: her idiosyncratic and unblinking eye. As it explores the world of the blind, this provocative and revelatory work teaches us a great deal about what it means to see. And when I finished this book, I returned to the world feeling that all my senses had been sharpened." -- <b>George Howe Colt, author of <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0088Q9QAI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0088Q9QAI&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0088Q9QAI" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank">The Big House</a></b></span><br />
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By Scott Shaw and Mike Kazaleh. Available January 14, 2014.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't adjust your television; that really is a talking orange and he really is that annoying! Annoying Orange and his friends from the fruit bowl have already taken over the airwaves and the internet with their groaningly silly adventures, and now it's time for them to scare the seeds out of you in this bumper crop of horrific pulpy parodies. Gather 'round the campfire (not so close, Marshmallow!) and join your host, Annoying Orange, for an evening of...Tales From the Crisper!
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By Sarah Pinborough.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“A compulsively readable story that starts as a conventional murder mystery and morphs, by degrees, into a horrifying supernatural thriller,” <i>The Guardian</i> said of <i>Mayhem</i>. <br /> <br /> A virtuoso fantasy writer, Sarah Pinborough has won numerous awards including the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story. In <i>Mayhem</i> Pinborough turns her attention to one of the most baffling and notorious crime sprees in Victorian times.<br /><br />Already frustrated in their attempts to capture serial murderer Jack the Ripper, the detectives of Scotland Yard are suddenly confronted with a new monster, dubbed the Torso Killer for his habit of leaving behind neatly wrapped parcels of his victims’ body parts, minus the heads. With the terrible increase in mutilated corpses to examine, the highly regarded police surgeon Dr. Thomas Bond has lost the ability to sleep. True, a growing dependency on opium affords him some solace in his loneliest and most desperate hours, but he also fears the grip of the drug.<br /><br /> During Dr. Bond’s nightly tours of London’s underbelly in search of pharmaceutical respite from the horrors that plague him by day, he encounters a mysterious Jesuit priest scouring the opium dens himself, clearly in search of someone—or something. The doctor at first rejects the strange priest’s unnatural theories about the Torso Killer as an affront to scientific thought. But over time Dr. Bond’s opium-addled mind begins to crumble under the growing impression that there might be some awful truth to the Jesuit’s ideas.<br /><br /> As the police struggle to capture two serial killers, the troubled forensics expert begins to suspect that he may actually know the Torso Killer personally. If he is right, Dr. Bond will need all the strength he can muster to save his small circle of loved ones from falling victim to the bloody depravities of this twisted creature.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060028545464740721.post-77306438387480314572014-01-03T12:20:00.002-08:002014-01-03T12:20:59.581-08:00Coming Soon Pre-Order Week of 1/6/14 <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to 2014 my friends. Time flies so it is Time to get reading. Here are the upcoming books I recommend.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451240596/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0451240596&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0451240596&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0451240596" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451240596/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0451240596&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Return to Tradd Street</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0451240596" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
By Karen White. Available January 7, 2014.</span><br />
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When Melanie is roused one night by the sound of a ghostly infant crying, she chooses to ignore it. She simply does not have the energy to deal with one more crisis. That is, until the remains of a newborn buried in an old christening gown are found hidden in the foundation of her house.
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As the hauntings on Tradd Street slowly become more violent, Melanie decides to find out what caused the baby’s untimely death, uncovering the love, loss, and betrayal that color the house’s history—and threaten her claim of ownership. But can she seek Jack’s help without risking her heart? For in revealing the secrets of the past, Melanie also awakens the malevolent presence that has tried to keep the truth hidden for decades.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I cannot wait for this release, I preordered 4 months ago! I love Karen White and the next novel in the Tradd Street series follows <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451225090/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0451225090&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">The House on Tradd Street</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0451225090" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451227999/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0451227999&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">The Girl On Legare Street (Tradd Street)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0451227999" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451235266/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0451235266&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">The Strangers on Montagu Street (Tradd Street)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0451235266" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. You don't have to start at the beginning but what fun to read a series! So I recommend buying <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451225090/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0451225090&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">The House on Tradd Street</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0451225090" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calling all Charlaine Harris Lovers. This woman can write and I have never been disappointed in any of her books. Recently she has begun working with other authors AND Ms. Harris has a new book releasing in May! I cannot recommend Charlaine Harris enough and while I don't read many graphic novels, I must try her new offering below. Other Recommendations follow.</span><br />
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By Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden with artwork by Don Kramer. Available January 7, 2014.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She calls herself Calexa Rose Dunhill—names taken from the grim surroundings where she awoke, bruised and bloody, with no memory of who she is, how she got there, or who left her for dead. She has made the cemetery her home, living in a crypt and avoiding human contact. But Calexa can’t hide from the dead—and because she can see spirits, they can’t hide from her.<br /><br /> Then one night, Calexa spies a group of teenagers vandalizing a grave—and watches in horror as they commit murder. As the victim’s spirit rises from her body, it flows into Calexa, overwhelming her mind with visions and memories not her own.<br /><br /> Now Calexa must make a decision: continue to hide to protect herself—or come forward to bring justice to the sad spirit who has reached out to her for help.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425263150/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0425263150&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Midnight Crossroad (A Novel of Midnight, Texas)</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0425263150" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
By Charlaine Harris. Available May 6 2014. You might as well order this now, I have.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town.<br /><br /> There’s a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night). There’s a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there’s new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he’s found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own).<br /><br /> Stop at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal. Stay awhile, and learn the truth.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425259978/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0425259978&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0425259978&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0425259978" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0425259978/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0425259978&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teacup Turbulence (A Pet Rescue Mystery)</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0425259978" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
By Linda O. Johnston. Available January 7, 2014.
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Thanks to a savvy ad campaign featuring teacup pups sporting HotPets Bling—a new line of faux jewelry dog collars—small dog adoptions have skyrocketed across the city. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So when Lauren discovers a shelter in the Midwest with more toy dogs than it can handle, she arranges a private plane to swoop in and fly the pups back to LA.
But Lauren didn’t count on rescue worker Teresa Kantrim coming along for the ride. Teresa has cared for the dogs since they were found and doesn’t trust anyone from La-La Land to take over the job. Her biting comments clearly haven’t earned Teresa any new friends, but when she turns up murdered, it’s time for Lauren to dig into Teresa’s past and find out who wanted her put down.</span><br />
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By Jennifer Rush. Available January 7, 2014.
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They thought they had escaped. They were wrong.
After fleeing the Branch with Sam, Cas, and Nick, Anna is trying to make sense of the memories resurfacing from her old life. At the same time, she's learning how to survive in hiding, following Sam's rules: Don't draw attention to yourself. Always carry a weapon. Know your surroundings. Watch your back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This young adult book is a sequel to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316197084/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0316197084&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Altered</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0316197084" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. Everything about Anna's life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch, at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. The boys escape and take Anna hostage. </span><br />
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By Stephen Booth. Available as an <em>E-book</em> January 7, 2014. </span><br />
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I came across this book when I was doing my new release search. The book is part of a 15 book series and this book is number 4 originally released in Hardcover 9/23/2003 by Scribner,Paperback 12/6/2003 by Harper and Mass Market paperback 6/27/2006 by Bantam. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The E-book release is through Harper Collins Witness Impulse line.
I may start posting many new E-book releases of backlists now available. An entire new world of 'new' authors for readers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, my interest was piqued by this information and as I researched I found fodder for another blog post. When completed I will post the link here.</span><br />
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by Stuart Woods. Available January 7, 2014. </span><br />
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<a href="http://stellroselong.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three Little Pugs</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is a sweet blog. Stella Rose usually gives us her insight as the senior pug. We learn that "we are hosting a Dating Game Contest....Would you like to win a date with Maggie to go to the Bash....anyone can enter, dogs, cats, pigs, ....the only <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>EXCEPTION</b></span> is the evil elf Chrissy, she is not allowed to enter our contest cos we dislikes hers a lot." and learn about </span><a href="http://stellroselong.blogspot.com/2013/12/gussies-post-visitors.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gussied Up for Visitors</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Stop by and visit Stella Rose, Margaret Mae, Angus McConnell and their Momma and learn why Stella Rose is </span><a href="http://stellroselong.blogspot.com/2013/12/worried.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Worried</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I just enjoy the posts and you will too!
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<a href="http://interestingliterature.com/2013/12/21/the-first-film-adaptation-of-a-christmas-carol-1901/comment-page-1/#comment-5964" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interesting Literature</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> brings readers the earliest known film version of A Christmas Carol in a incomplete but restored version from 1900/1901 of Scrooge or Marley's Ghost. I have to say for 1900/1901 the special effects are pretty phenomenal (you may not think so compared to today but this is film in infancy). This now ties with MY Favorite Christmas Carol Film: <em>Scrooge. (info below) </em>Interesting Literature also offers </span><a href="http://interestingliterature.com/2013/11/29/the-twelve-best-facts-from-a-year-of-interesting-literature/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twelve Facts </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from Interesting Literature including why </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00CKLVZM4/?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&qid=1387660705&sr=8-1-acs&tag=thewrilifforr-20">Winnie The Pooh Series</a><img src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Winnie the Pooh</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Green Eggs and Ham </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">have been banned.
</span><a href="http://juliannevictoria.com/2013/12/21/january-2014-tarotscope/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Through A Peacock's Eyes</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Julianne share her Tarotscope predictions for 2014. She is amazingly accurate, have a look.
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0603336/?ref_=tt_trv_qu"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Ghost of Christmas Present</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not here any more.</span></blockquote>
<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Small Press Life </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">brings a post entitled </span><a href="http://onetrackmuse.com/2013/12/21/book-nerd-links-heart-of-darkness-illustrated-by-matt-kish/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Book Nerds Links </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">featuring new art for a new publication of Joseph Conrad's </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heart of Darkness</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I must say the art serves as a perfect description for the book. And yet another marvelous post </span><a href="http://onetrackmuse.com/2013/12/21/daily-diversion-181-seasonal-rereading/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daily Diversion #181</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> on </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by L. Frank Baum.
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<a href="http://studentswithbirds.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Students and Birds</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> has a post about a </span><a href="http://studentswithbirds.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/a-parrot-and-family-in-need/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Parrott and Family In Need</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. They are thinking of the welfare of a parrot in need of medical care and the family that loves their animal companion. I always advocate looking to animal welfare so if you can help, please do and Kudos to </span><a href="http://studentswithbirds.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Students and Birds</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for caring and sharing.
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<a href="http://alarmingman.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alarmingman</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> has beautiful haiku poetry. I have so many favorites, I recommend just dropping by.
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<a href="http://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Books and Bassets</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> posted about a non fiction book called </span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Courage Has No Color</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Her blog is about Children's & YA lit with some Bassets thrown in. Readers can find excellent reading material for the young and for the not young. Exposing us to this non fiction is a beautiful addition.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stop by </span><a href="http://kattermonran.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Mixed Bag </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for some wonderful photography.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Visit </span><a href="http://www.speedyhousebunny.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speedy the Cheeky House Bunny </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for a wonderful Christmas Countdown of some great photos of animal companions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am not going to give the official online summaries. I say this is a beautiful musical adaption. Released in 1970, when I first say the movie as a young teen I wondered how they made Scrooge look young again. This is a credit to how masterfully Albert Finney plays the role as well as the makeup artist. Alec Guiness is a a fantastic Marley.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quotes from the screenplay:
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001215/?ref_=tt_trv_qu"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ebenezer Scrooge</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Why do you walk the earth? Why'd you come to persecute me? And what is that great chain you wear?
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guiness quoted this line so perfectly that to this day I take him seriously, I don't think the words are hokey or trite, when I read them I do feel they are a bit schmaltzy but not in the telling in this movie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The musical Scrooge is from a stage play. While the songs are still wonderful, having seen and heard the music in the 1970 movie I prefer the movie. The book offers all the music even the songs that did not make the cut in the film version.<img alt="" border="0" class="aligncenter" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1575607859" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are brave enough to read my post and watch the video featured in my</span><a href="http://dogsandanimalrights.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Dogs and Animal Rights </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blog, then the lines above are a wonderful mantra to a </span><a href="http://dogsandanimalrights.blogspot.com/2013/12/make-resolution-to-be-humane.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Resolution to Be Humane</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will start anew/I will make amends/and I will make quite certain/that the story ends/on a note of hope/on a strong amen/and I'll thank the world/and remember when/I was able to begin again!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. I have a gift for you my friends. FREE online course work is available from several universities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Here is the link to <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/index.htm" target="_blank">MIT</a>. <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/index.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/index.htm</span></a> The OCW stands for Open Courseware. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">For my friends that are strictly readers the <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/index.htm#literature" target="_blank">Literature</a> courses link is <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/index.htm#literature" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I say who care I don't get credit - I get to learn! <span style="font-family: Arial;">How cool is that? Tres, tres cool!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/blog/advocating/washington-state-open-course-library-hits-10000-visitors-in-11-days/" target="_blank">Washington State</a> proudly declared in November 2011 their open library hit 10,000 visitors in 11 days. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Washington's State Board for Community and Technical Colleges <a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/" target="_blank">SBCTC</a> manages <a href="http://opencourselibrary.org/">OpenCourseLibrary.org</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Holidays my friends! I hope Christmas brings you together with friends and family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the joy of sharing with loved ones isn't an option, do not fret, stress or get depressed. I have spent Christmas alone with my wonderful dogs for about 20 years. I have my own traditions. I love watching A Christmas Story over and over. On good years the doggies get toys to open, in lean years they still get and give love. And I usually wash old toys and present them as new. Please be animal friendly in your gifts and <a href="http://dogsandanimalrights.blogspot.com/2013/12/your-action-and-voice-say-no-to-fur.html" target="_blank"><strong>No Fur</strong></a>, please.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Most are available as E-books for Christmas. Or my birthday is the 30th .... :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right now I recommend, though not new releases, the following books from PETA. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">New from the Who Was Series available 12/26/13. The Nelson Mandela book has been released early as an E-book. The paperback will be available 1/9/14.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Who Was Series is wonderful and targeted for Grades 3 to 7.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1465415815/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1465415815&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1465415815&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thewrilifforr-20" height="160" style="border: 0px currentColor;" width="124" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1465415815" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1465415815/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1465415815&linkCode=as2&tag=thewrilifforr-20"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get Started: Crochet</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thewrilifforr-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1465415815" height="1" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Susie Johns. Available December 23, 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get Started: Crochet teaches beginners basic stitches and shows how to start crocheting with 20 easy projects, including hats, blankets, and baby clothes.
Perfect for beginners who want to learn a new craft, DK's </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get Started: Crochet takes a "do and learn" approach by starting simple and building new skills, using photographed techniques to help people learn step-by-step.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love to crochet and perhaps this book will serve as an introduction to an enjoyable craft.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For nerds like me, an immense 2 volume non-fiction.</span><br />
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by Fleeming Jenkin, Sidney Colvin (editor). Available December 28, 2013. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An electrical engineer, university teacher and wide-ranging writer, Fleeming Jenkin (1833-85) filed thirty-five British patents in the course of his career. Edited by Sidney Colvin (1845-1927) and J. A. Ewing (1855-1935) and first published in 1887, this two-volume work brings together a selection of Jenkin's varied and engaging papers. The collection ranges from notes on his voyages as a marine telegraph engineer, to a critical review of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, essays on literature, and thoughts on technical education. A memoir written by Robert Louis Stevenson, his former student, provides biographical context and attests to Jenkin's many interests and talents across the arts and sciences. Volume 1 begins with Stevenson's memoir, incorporating Jenkin's records of his voyages. This is followed by writings on literature and drama. Three pieces on scientific subjects, including the review of Darwin, conclude the volume.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And for the even dorkier people like me here is something already released that you may love.</span><br />
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe you’ve never asked the question out loud, but you’ve wondered. You do the things that look good on paper: read your Bible, pray, attend study groups and go to church on Sundays.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But you aren’t convinced you really know Him.
Angie Smith understands, because she had run circles around the same paths searching for Him, frustrated at her lack of progress. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And she probably would have continued to do so had it not been for one realization that changed everything.
She wasn’t following God; she was trying to catch up with Him.
And without realizing it, you may be as well.
It’s a distinction that affects every aspect of our lives with Christ, and it begins with learning where we’ve relied more on man’s explanation of God than God Himself.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So many requirements, so many rules, and so much guilt where there is supposed to be freedom. It’s the reason you wonder if you’ve measured up, and the nagging voice that tells you you’re a failure as a Christian.
Three simple words changed everything for Angie, and she believes they can do the same for you.
Stop chasing God.</span>
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