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I know I’m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid…I know ordinary kids don’t make other kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don’t get scared at wherever they go. My name is August, by the way, I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse. August may not look… Continue reading Wonder by R.J. Palacio
I'm excited to present Iris Blobel , author of Journey to Her Dreams. My book review is on my home page. Biography: Iris Blobel was born and raised in Germany and only immigrated to Australia in the late 1990s. Having had the travel bug most of her life, Iris spent quite some time living in… Continue reading Author Interview with Iris Blobel
As you may have noticed, my blog has a new look. I thought it was time for a change after 3 years of blogging. Hope you enjoy it! Sharon
Hollie has a great life in Tasmania, Australia living with her father, Murray, on their farm. She has a wonderful and supportive group of friends and has met the man of her dreams. However, her dreams are not all good. She keeps dreaming of a woman presumably in Ireland who is unhappy and being abused… Continue reading Journey to Her Dreams by Iris Blobel
To believe so concretely that there's someone--something--out there watching guard, keeping us safe, testing us only with what we can handle. I've never believed in anything the way Aunt Helen believes in God. Harper has lost her sister, June, to suicide. Her big sister, the golden one, the one that did no wrong, as opposed… Continue reading Saving June by Hannah Harrington
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers. I first posted this review in February 2012. "He Died with His Eyes Open" is a series and is one of the first noir crime books I read, and… Continue reading He Died with His Eyes Open (Factory Book 1) by Derek Raymond
In 2008, Daniel Seddiqui was a down and out college graduate looking for a job and living with his parents in California. The job rejections came in one after another and he didn't know where to turn. His parents weren't helping. They thought he wasn't trying hard enough. So one day after another rejection, Daniel… Continue reading 50 Jobs in 50 States: One Man’s Journey of Discovery Across America by Daniel Seddiqui