Let's go down to the river ...
Let’s go down to the river …
Scrap Metal Swan: A River Clean-Up Story
The only bad thing about Scrap Metal Swan: A River Clean-Up Story by Barefoot Books is that it does not publish until May 2022. This soon-to-be-classic is a guaranteed Earth Day treasure. (Earth Day: April 22).
Brimming with gorgeous multi-media illustrations, this rhyming picture book is great for small children. But, interestingly, it is appropriate…
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The Deep End drowned me in post-mid-century madness
If you ever wanted a retake of 1974, The Deep End by Julie Mulhern is the book to read. This elite Kansas City country club setting was so dead on it gave me flashbacks. Believe me. I lived under the oppressive expectations of women and ridiculous social rules of 1974 once, and I sure don’t want to do it again.
But Mulhern, in her first of fourteen Country Club cozy mysteries, dives deep into…
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Jigsaw Man is a puzzle we all need to work
Jigsaw Man is a puzzle we all need to work
Okay, readers, I present to you today a new twist on an old subject. Old, but worthy of revisiting, again and again, especially considering what is occurring in our world today.I was a child during the Vietnam War, and my memories are shadowed with youth and misunderstanding. That cannot be said for an entire adult generation forced into war through the draft and shunned from society when their…
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Bodies, Baddies, and a Crabby Tabby
Bodies, Baddies, and a Crabby Tabby
Who doesn’t love a cat willing to take down a bad guy who interferes with his primary pet pampering perpetrator? Especially one named CAT!
Okay, I know. Lots of cat-haters would, well, hate that.
But I don’t.
Bodies, Baddies, and a Crabby Tabby, book one of A Bliss Bay Village cozy mystery series oldie but goodie that entertained me for hours.
I’m easy to entertain.
In this set-up book, we…
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Written in Bone and erased by no one
Written in Bone and erased by no one
Written in Bone is a great title for a book authored by a forensic anthropologist. Sue Black, whose first book, All That Remains was a memoir of her internationally renowned reputation for one-on-one aftermath visits with the Grim Reaper, used Written in Bone to dive deeper into the world of forensic anthropology.
Now in this book, Black builds on that memoir, taking us on a guided tour of the…
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This is a great middle schooler pass time history read
This is a great middle schooler pass time history read
WWII Battle Trivia for Kids: Fascinating Facts about the Biggest Battles, Invasions, and Victories of World War II by Brette Sember is the perfect question-and-answer formatted book for kids interested in the trivial but often vital parts of history.
Action-packed, this book for readers ten years and older is a great pass time read that answers a host of obscure questions:
Who was the youngest…
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Add some heat to your winter with this sunny Italian romance
Add some heat to your winter with this sunny Italian romance
With the trauma of war so close to her memory and the knowledge that helpless men, women, and children were caught between warring countries and desperate for medical attention, Dr. Lucy Young could not imagine she would decide to change her life forever.
But a funny thing happened on the way to the end of her Doctors Without Borders respite; under the sienna sun, Lucy realized that she was a…
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Wake up, home-bound students!
Wake up, home-bound students!
Talk about producing an appropriate book! Activities for nocturnal animals. These authors must know my grandkids keep me wide-eyed when my lids want to lower limply against my lumpy lower lip.
What? What? Oh.
This is a book about actual animals, not my grandkids. That’s okay. Those little angels don’t keep me up at night either. I live on the floor below them and can’t even hear when they…
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It's January! Let's Diet!
It’s January! Let’s Diet!
Authors Faith Gorsky and Lara Clevenger, MSH. RDN. CPT stared directly into my soul when they created the Keto Junk Food Cookbook featuring 100 low-carb recipes for the foods YOU crave.
Oh … my … gosh … can you imagine? The foods I crave ketoized?
DISCLAIMER: I’m about to review a yummy cookbook that I would never suggest was everyone’s answer to weight loss. In fact, it’s probably not my…
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Is Pippa Park popular?
Is Pippa Park popular?
Pippa Park appears to feel less important than her peers. So when she begins receiving anonymous messages from a social media outlet trashing her self-worth, Pippa finds herself face to face with her self-identity.
Pippa is the new kid in school Pippa Park Raises Her Game by Erin Yun, after receiving a basketball scholarship to an elite private middle school. Thinking she was ready to redefine…
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Ariana Byrnes gets a new life, why can't I? Wait. I don't want one
Ariana Byrnes gets a new life, why can’t I? Wait. I don’t want one
It’s a New Life For Ariana Byrnes, and I wouldn’t mind giving it a try for myself temporarily.
This summer fun read by Liz Hurley is a blast. I consumed my version of this book in large chunks through an audiobook. This fun story blasted in my ears as I sat under a fan, getting frustrated by my quilting mishaps in 110-degree heat.
Hurley must have known people like me needed this wonderful…
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Read Coming Home to Seashell Harbor while sitting in sand next to your own ocean paradise
Read Coming Home to Seashell Harbor while sitting in sand next to your own ocean paradise
It’s a summer of renewal for Hadley Wells, who returns home to Seashell Harbor after her famous boyfriend betrays her love and leaves her heartbroken in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Tony Cammareri, a renowned football player and Hadley’s first love, suffers a career-ending knee injury that leaves the Type A personality without a future.
After years apart, Hadley and Tony find themselves back in…
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LA Graffiti Black Book features 151 Los Angeles artists' work
LA Graffiti Black Book features 151 Los Angeles artists’ work
Maybe it’s just me, but I have a love/hate relationship with Los Angeles that won’t disappear. But, what else would I expect from a city “founded” September 4, 1781, after a 20-year infiltration of Spaniard colonization efforts? Yes. Crime. Homelessness. Bad attitudes. All of those things exist in Los Angeles, making it a place for a person like me raised in its eastern suburbs, a location that I…
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Cleo Coyle's gumshoe ghost gets bookstore co-owner's heart going in this strange but fun read
Cleo Coyle’s gumshoe ghost gets bookstore co-owner’s heart going in this strange but fun read
Though my favorite cozy series is still Monica Ferris’ Needlecraft Mystery series, Cleo Coyle’s Coffeehouse Mystery series is a close second. So when I stumbled across Coyle’s The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller, the sixth of seven books in The Haunted Bookshop Mysteries series, I knew I was about to give away another nine or ten hours listening to an audiobook.
Coyle did not disappoint. But she…
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Spend your money buy this marketing book about how to make money
Spend your money buy this marketing book about how to make money
Never Fear local writers, Book Marketing For Authors: Get Ready, Get Set, Sucess by Terri Ann Leidich and Julie Bromley, is here. This 96-page book delivers what its title reveals in a logical, easy-to-follow format for new authors who need a little help setting up their new marketing lifestyle.
Hey! Writer! The idea is getting seen! There. That’s this book’s message, and I said it in five…
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Come out, come out, wherever you are! Bride & Seek will overheat your summer!
Come out, come out, wherever you are! Bride & Seek will overheat your summer!
Just what I needed. Another sappy summer love story. No. Really. It’s just what I needed.
Bride and Seek, Book 4 in the Enchanted Bridal series by Samantha Chase, is narrated by Kathryn Lynhurst, and for me, was the perfect companion for me to enjoy during this week’s Southern California heatwave. Though things between this couple were getting hot, hot, hotter, the mild cool resort air…
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Couple Found Slain at Macmillan Audio, Henry Holt
Couple Found Slain at Macmillan Audio, Henry Holt
Is there ever an acceptable reason to kill your parents? And, is the insanity plea the best way to defend yourself? Finally, can God really make a difference after the devastation is done and two people are left to rot unattended in their home?
I honestly don’t know.
Couple Found Slain: After a Family Murder by Makita Brottman explores all those questions.
Brottman’s subject is Brian Bechtold,…
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