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Book Review: I Can be Kind by Alicia Ortego

I chose to read this book after receiving a free e-copy from the author. All opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Mia’s grandma is very kind, and Mia asks her mom why everyone is so happy around Grandma. Her mom says that it is her many acts of kindness. So, Mia follows Grandma’s example, and it not only makes her feel great, but she feels like she’s making the world…

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Book Review: A Simple Twist of Fate by TJ Medeiros

A Simple Twist of Fate has so much happening that it’s often difficult to put down. Terry Eckhart and Nick Fowler are detectives who get a case in which a house exploded, and they need to figure out if it was an accident, suicide or murder. Among other things, this is a good police procedural. I like the relationship between the two detectives. Eckhart is known for not liking his partners, but…

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Book Review: Crossing the Blue Ridge

I have always enjoyed historical fiction, especially about early America, so I was looking forward to reading Crossing the Blue Ridge. I was not disappointed. This book is about the time before and during the Revolutionary War, and it uses a lot of historical facts woven within the fiction. Caleb had a rough start to life with an abusive father, so when his lovely mother died, he decided to…

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Celebrate National Read Across America Day!

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Audiobook Review: Five Fortunes by Barbara Venkataraman

When five fourteen-year-old girls get their fortunes from an arcade machine just for kicks, it turns their world upside-down and their close-knit group of friends starts to fall apart. Misunderstandings abound as allegiances shift and outsiders start to come between them. The fortunes seem to be self-fulfilling prophecies – whether the girls believe in them or not. Do our beliefs color our…

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Audiobook Review: Dialogue Prompt by Bryant Johnson

In a world where nothing is ever as it seems, three separate families are drawn to a great and terrifying truth. After winning the New Hampshire state lottery, Brent Brook treats himself to a new satellite dish and discovers a channel dedicated to the strange happenings. Hundreds of miles away in Virginia, reporter Marc Dazet stumbles upon the story of the most recent lottery winner and sets out…

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Happy National Tell a Fairy Tale Day

Fun Facts About Fairy Tales (found here) In some versions of Little Red Riding Hood, the heroine is carrying wine and cake. In other versions, it’s grape juice and banana bread. There are over 700 different versions of Cinderella worldwide. Fairy tales about runaway foods are common in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia. In an earlier version of Cinderella, one of the stepsisters cuts…

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Book Review: Missing before Daylight by Carolyn Arnold

She wakes surrounded by an inky black darkness and can barely breathe. A sack is covering her head, and her hands are tied behind her back. She desperately tries to struggle free as she hears footsteps walking toward her. She silently starts to cry as a chilling voice whispers “It’s time to pay for what you did…” When Detective Amanda Steele is called to the murder scene of a young gas station…

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New Release: Return to Eden: The Wilderness Years by Elegy

Return to Eden:  The Wilderness Years by Elegy is published A powerful book with an important anti-war message for our times About the Author: The prologue of Return to Eden – The Wilderness Years emphasises the author’s passionate and long-held views on all wars old and especially that presently being revisited on the humanity in the Middle East orchestrated by what he refers to as the Autumn…

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Book Review: Murder in the Library by Anita Davison

A body in a hospital isn’t so unusual. Unless they’ve been murdered! 1916, London: Keen to support the war effort, bookshop manager and sometime amateur sleuth Hannah Merrill has taken a volunteer role in the library of the nearby military hospital. But arriving at the hospital one cold winter’s morning, she is horrified to find the body of a dead soldier in the library. What’s more, a…

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Book Review & Giveaway: Looking for a Leprechaun by Richard Lopez

Book Title:  Looking for a Leprechaun by Richard LopezCategory:  Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7), 30 pagesGenre:  Children’s Picture BookPublisher:  Three Little Birds PublishingRelease date:   Apr 2023Content Rating:  G.  Suitable for everyone. Book Description: Looking for a Leprechaun is the story of a boy named Rich who lives in a magical world, but everywhere he turns he hears people saying…

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Book Review & Giveaway: Sam Says You are Born to Shine by Sam Hirschmann

Book Title:  Sam Says: You Are Born to Shine by Sam HirschmannCategory:  Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7), 38 pagesGenre:  Children’s Picture BookPublisher:  MascotRelease date:   February 2024Content Rating:  G.  Suitable for everyone. Book Description: Shine bright and don’t ever dim your light. These are the words Sam’s mom tells her every night.When Sam begins at a new school, her classmates…

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Book Review: Tiny House Living Book by Pamela Greendale

Essential Tips and Ideas on How to Stay Organized, Declutter and Simplify Your Life in Less than 150 square feet. This book will offer some great suggestions and ideas that can help you in organizing and decluttering your small home. When you have a small area of or around 150 square feet you must make the most of your precious space. It is easy to get unorganized and before you know it your…

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Happy 2024 Super Bowl!

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Book Review & Giveaway: Never for Glory by Lloyd Lofthouse

Never for Glory: Josh Kavanagh Thriller, Book 2 by Lloyd LofthousePublisher: Three Clover Press (June 25, 2023)Category: Action, Suspense, Thriller, Love Story (but NOT a romance)ISBN: 979-8988505709Available in Print and ebook, 293 pages Description He’d give his life for his country. But this time, it’s personal. Josh Kavanagh burns for vengeance. Parachuting with no backup into a lawless…