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As long as Ellis Sayre could remember, he wanted to know his real parents. He was Native American and had the brown skin to prove it. Which exact tribe was a mystery; he didn’t have the luxury of that information. It was hard for him to gauge why he was the way he was. Awkward.… Continue reading Right Handed Lefty by Ryan Coughlin
A shocking account of the government’s attempt to conceal the effects of the toxic waste released by a secret nuclear weapons plant in Colorado and a community’s vain search for justice—soon to be a feature documentaryKristen Iversen grew up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant once designated "the most… Continue reading Full Body Burden by Kristen Iversen
Welcome to my blog! I'm excited to present Lauren Clark, author of Dancing Naked in Dixie. What is Dancing Naked in Dixie about? It's really a story about a career girl finding happiness, love, and her place in the world where she least expects it. Here's the summary: Travel writer Julia Sullivan lives life in… Continue reading Author Interview with Lauren Clark
This book is an epistolary novel which means it is written in letters. The interesting part is that the letters are written by one person only. You would think this would make it difficult to follow how the other characters are feeling, but Ms. Robinson does an excellent job of letting the reader know. The… Continue reading The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson
This is an emotional story about a daughter that cannot do enough to please her neurotic mother. It's a story about two sisters from two different worlds. It's a story about a dysfunctional family. I have read many stories about dysfunctional families, but I found this one to be lacking character development and a slow… Continue reading Momentary Mother by Lisa De Niscia
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 (Wonder #1) by R.J. Palacio
Frances Baldwin is resigned to die. She has been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure and her quality of life is diminishing, but convincing her family to let her go is an uphill battle. Her husband Bill is angry and in denial, her youngest son Randy doesn't want any part… Continue reading Finding Frances by Janice M. Van Dyck
Hell was three generations of women living under the same roof. Joanie “Roxanne” Pilcher is a divorcee who has found out that her ex is going to be a daddy with the young woman he is living with and her new boss, Zoe, thinks she is a charity case. From Joanie: “What was worst of… Continue reading Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough by Ruth Pennebaker
I am a big fan of young adult and Christian fiction and was excited about reading Ms. Byler's debut novel. However, I found the book to be choppy and slow to get to the meaning of the book title, running around. It wasn't until most of the way through the book that the main character,… Continue reading Running Around (And Such) (Lizzie Searches for Love #1) by Linda Byler
Welcome to the real world of trying to become a child star. Ruth Rabinowitz is helping her daughter Bethany find her niche in the rigorous and volatile television and/or motion picture business in Hollywood. But is it costing her marriage and her sanity? Mimi Rogers is a long-time, aggressive, cranky, talent agent for child, teenage,… Continue reading Seeing Stars by Diane Hammond