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Find More than You Think in Fink

The stories filled me with admiration as a children’s author, and as a reader let me see the world again like a wide-eyed kid.

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21/04/2017

adults, adventure, authors, children, fiction, fun, humor, life, live, love, memories

A Hunger for Innocence

Some scenarios are always creepy, and Appetite for Innocence: A Dark Psychological Thriller by Lucinda Berry holds the secret. The plot is resonates with the intensity of James Patterson’s Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider, from the Alex Cross series. As the prolific Patterson, Berry, a real-life clinical psychologist, tells a story that highlights […]

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11/04/2017

audiobooks, authors, girls, teens, social media, traumatic

A Pleasant Trip into the Fantastic

Touch of the White Wolf By B.J. Hunter Palmas Publishing 152 pages Touch of the White Wolf leads readers into a journey of discovery that is humorous, yet tugs at the heart and mind. Perhaps my perspective is bent, yet the very concept of a human transformed into an animal makes me want to laugh. […]

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30/03/2017

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Hamilton in Love for Young Hearts

New York Times best-seller Melissa de la Cruz, noted for the critically acclaimed Blue Bloods series dives into the 18th Century romance of Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler. Out flows a historical saga that teens and young adults are sure to find filled with intrigue and delight. Read an excerpt of Alex and Eliza: A […]

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16/02/2017

adults, authors, fiction, history, love, Romance, YA fiction, youth

A Tale That Can’t Be Told Too Often

Hidden Figures The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race William Morrow and Company Paperback – 576 pages – 978-0-06-246644-0 Paperback – 368 pages Downloadable Audio – 978-0-06-247207-6 MP3 CD – 978-1-4417-0970-7 Ebook – 368 pages – 978-0-06-236361-9 Even if you closely watched former […]

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30/01/2017

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From the Cradle…Girl Power

Under the “you have got to see this” heading, on a day (20 Jan. 2017) for odd happenings, I discovered Disney Hyperion Books’ news of an early trainer on Feminism by Buzzfeeed senior writer and artist Loryn Brantz. No Joke! The book actually released on April 4. Nonetheless, since the upcoming political climate threatens to […]

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20/01/2017

adults, authors, books publishing, children, education, parent, youth

Our Postpartum Nightmares

It is not often that a celebrated literary work can be paired with the title of one of the nation’s most controversial race films and end up a cinematic critical success. That is what viewer’s will find in actor/writer/director Nate Parker’s film, The Birth of a Nation. The film, inspired by William Styron’s 1966 Pulitzer […]

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10/10/2016

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An Edge of the Seat Treat

Halversham ***** [great] By RS Anthony Amazon ASIN: B01GYU9KWS Malaysian author RS Anthony breaks a lot of rules. First, most experts will say that authors should write what they know. Halversham, her second novel, will make a reader awe at her grasp of the sights, sounds, scenes and population of the British countryside. A brief bio […]

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14/06/2016

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Simple as a science

Rocket Science Made Easy ***** [GREAT] By Rodney A. Blaukat Drop Cap Publishing ISBN: 978-0615841342 The unlisted subtitle on the cover of this 130-page nonfiction work is “a fun book about….Little things that make a big difference.” Readers who approach the book with a hunger for “fun” or to learn the importance of the “little things” […]

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12/06/2016

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Idioms ain’t really idiotic

Out of the Blue: A Book of Color Idioms and Silly Pictures **** [GOOD] By Vanita Oelshlager (text) and Robin Hegan (illustrations) VanitaBooks ISBN:9780983290421 At times I read books for fun. Other times, I read texts that pile up on my to-be-read shelf to acquire or deepen my knowledge on a subject. I read Out of […]

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25/05/2016

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