Book Review – Wood: 5-Step Handicrafts for Kids by Anna Llimós
Publisher’s Description In just five simple steps, children can make a variety of whimsical objects such as race cars, a rabbit, a puzzle, and a marble run out of wood. Fourteen projects make clever use of commonly available materials and simple tools, turning clothespins, corkboard, and wooden blocks into lasting crafts and toys. Children five years and older will develop fine motor skills, feed their creativity, and be encouraged to find new uses for everydayRead More →
Book Review – Plastic: 5-Step Handicrafts for Kids by Anna Llimós
Publisher’s Description In just five simple steps, children can make fun, memorable crafts out of plastic, including an octopus, a hairy bug, a puppet theater, and gifts for friends. Fourteen projects make clever use of plastic items we find in our everyday lives, such as cups, plates, hair curlers, and drinking straws. Children five years and older will develop fine motor skills, feed their creativity, and be encouraged to find new uses for items weRead More →
Book Review – Clay: 5-Step Handicrafts for Kids by Anna Llimós
Publisher’s Description Find out how easy it is to make a wide range of clay objects using only the most commonly available materials and simplest techniques—no baking required! In 5 easy steps, children can make the air-dry clay models. These whimsical designs allow kids to get their hands messy modeling clay immediately, with rewarding results. Sculpt balls of colored clay into a friendly Martian, a funny cow, a jewel-like necklace, a pear jar, and otherRead More →
Book Review – From the Grave by Jay Brandon
An Unusual Request Is Made Publisher’s Synopsis Disbarred defense attorney Edward Hall discovers that in order to win his case he has to lose in this tense and twisting legal thriller. Disbarred Texas lawyer Edward Hall accepts an offer to represent the most obviously guilty defendant in town. If he handles this case well – meaning he needs to lose – he has a chance to regain his law licence. But as the trial approaches,Read More →
Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle
Kimberly Belle Weaves A Tight Web Publisher’s Description CAN SHE ESCAPE THE PERSON SHE ONCE LOVED? Beth Murphy is on the run… For nearly a year, Beth has been planning for this day. A day some people might call any other Wednesday, but Beth prefers to see it as her new beginning—one with a new look, new name and new city. Beth has given her plan significant thought, because one small slip and her violentRead More →
Book Review – Love You Truly by Susan L. Tuttle
Ready for a Little Romance? Publisher’s Description Blake Carlton, the camera-shy son of Hollywood’s Darling, dodges the invasive limelight and scripted relationships that so often accompany fame. But when his mother’s popularity declines and she falls into a depression, he offers himself up as the next bachelor on a reality show, hoping to reignite interest in her career while creating a way for them to finally connect. After her fiancé dumps her for her bestRead More →
#BookReview ~ The Perfect Mother by Caroline Mitchell
– Two Very Quirky Characters May Want More Than Her Baby – Publisher’s Synopsis Roz is young, penniless and pregnant. All she wants is to be the perfect mother to her child, but the more she thinks about her own chaotic upbringing, the more certain she is that the best life for her baby is as far away as possible from her hometown in Ireland. Determined to do the right thing, Roz joins an eliteRead More →
Book Review – The ALEKIZOU and his terrible library plot! by Nancy Turgeon
Oops! Something Happened To All Of The Vowels Publisher’s Description The Alekizou is a mischievous creature. Find out what happens when he gobbles up the vowels from all the books in the library. Then help him fix the terrible mess using just your fingers! An inspirational literacy adventure that Dr. Seuss himself would enjoy. Details Title: The ALEKIZOU and his terrible library plot! Author: Nancy Turgeon Illustrator: Patricia Raine Publisher: City of Light Publishing (AprilRead More →
Book Review – The CHALK giraffe by Kirsty Paxton
Imagination Turns To Magic Publisher’s Description A little girl’s imagination springs to life when the chalk giraffe she drew on the pavement begins talking to her. But then the fickle giraffe begins making demands, and the girl must draw surroundings to fulfill his requests…a tree, soft grass, and animal friends. But nothing seems to please him! This delightful rhyming story escalates until the girl draws a laughing giraffe companion that cheers up the grumpy giraffeRead More →
Above The Fold by Rachel Scott McDaniel #BookReview
Historical / Romance / Mystery Publisher’s Description After losing the love of her life to a big city journalism job, Elissa Tillman pours herself into the suffragette movement and her secretarial work helping keep her father’s Pittsburg newspaper afloat. Cole Parker returns to the steel city with the phantom failures of his past nipping his heels. All he asks of the future is a second chance with the woman he once spurned. The murder ofRead More →
I’ve Seen the End of You by W. Lee Warren, M.D. #BookReview
A Neurosurgeon’s Look at Faith, Doubt, and the Things We Think We Know Publisher’s Description Dr. W. Lee Warren, a practicing brain surgeon, assumed he knew most outcomes for people with glioblastoma, head injuries, and other health-care problems. Yet even as he tried to give patients hope, his own heart would sink as he realized, I’ve seen the end of you. But it became far more personal when the acclaimed doctor experienced an unimaginable family tragedy.Read More →
#BookReview ~ You Are Worth It by Kyle Carpenter / Don Yaeger
Building A Life Worth Fighting For Publisher’s Description From the youngest living recipient of the Medal of Honor, an extraordinary inspirational memoir that will change the life of every reader. “Kyle displayed a heroism in the blink of an eye that will inspire for generations” —President Barack Obama, at Kyle Carpenter’s Medal of Honor ceremony I want my story to help others see what’s extraordinary in themselves. —Kyle Carpenter On November 21, 2010, U.S. MarineRead More →
The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans
A Many Sided Christmas Story Publisher’s Description A love story for Christmas—now a Hallmark Channel original movie—from the #1 bestselling author of The Christmas Box and The Walk. Elise Dutton dreads the arrival of another holiday season. Three years earlier, her husband cheated on her with her best friend, resulting in a bitter divorce that left her alone, broken, and distrustful. Then, one November day, a stranger approaches Elise in the mall food court. Though she recognizes theRead More →
The Dating Charade by Melissa Ferguson
Just When You Think You’ve Met Your Match . . . The Charade Begins Publisher’s Description Cassie Everson is an expert at escaping bad first dates. And, after years of meeting, greeting, and running from the men who try to woo her, Cassie is almost ready to retire her hopes for a husband—and children—altogether. But fate has other plans, and Cassie’s online dating profile catches the eye of firefighter Jett Bentley. In Jett’s memory, CassieRead More →
SPOTLIGHT BOOK TOUR: Jeanne by Sylvia Hornback
A Journey from Abandonment and Abuse to Forgiveness and Truth My Thanks To iread Book Tour For My Place On This Spotlight Tour Book Description Don’t miss the latest novel by award winning author of The Mallard Conspiracy! “A well written cativating story with realistic settings that create a true to life picture of the 1940 time period.” “A revealing focus of neglect and abuse between a self centered mother and coming of age daughter whoRead More →
My One And Only Cowboy by A. J. Pine #BookReview
First Book In A New Western Romance Series Publisher’s Description Delaney Harper thought she’d seen the last of Meadow Valley after her deadbeat husband left her brokenhearted and, well, just flat broke. But news that her ex sold their land means she’s heading back to reclaim her share of the property and the dreams she was forced to put on hold. Only one thing stands in her way now: a smoking hot cowboy. Sam CallahanRead More →
Book Review – The Lobsters’ Night Before Christmas by Christina Laurie
Take A Moment To Imagine . . . Publisher’s Description Creatures of the ocean celebrate Christmas Eve in an undersea retelling of “A Visit by St. Nicholas” by Rev. Clement C. Moore. Under the waves and surrounded by swaying ocean eel grass, Sea Santa makes his yearly Christmas journey. Pulled in his clamshell sleigh by his eight faithful minnows, beautiful watercolor paintings illustrate his visit to a family of lobsters. Told in sweet and cleverRead More →
The Last Thing She Said by Lauren Carr #BookReview #Giveaway
– A Chris Matheson Cold Case Mystery #3 – Description “I’m working on the greatest mystery ever,” was the last thing noted mystery novelist Mercedes Livingston said to seven-year-old Chris Matheson before walking out of Hill House Hotel never to be seen again. For decades, the writer’s fate remained a puzzling mystery until an autographed novel and a letter put a grown-up Chris Matheson on the trail of a cunning killer. With the help ofRead More →
Book Review – Max’s Box by Brian Wray
– His Parents Gave Him A Very Special Gift – Publisher’s Description Max’s parents give him a very special gift: a tiny, magical box that will hold everything, from his toys to his feelings. Max learns, however, that feelings can’t be put away as easily as toys. Each negative emotion he feels—anger, embarrassment, sadness, loneliness—gets added to the box, which grows and grows. Eventually it is so large that it keeps him from doing whatRead More →
Audiobook Tour: Winter Frost (Book #2) by Lauren Carr
The Geezer Squad Is Back! (A Chris Matheson Cold Case Mystery #2) Book Description It all started with a chance encounter in the city with Blair, his late wife. Chris Matheson and the Geezer Squad, working under the guise of a book club, dig into the events surrounding his late wife’s supposed death halfway around the globe. A state department employee shoots himself in the back three times. A CIA operative goes missing. A womanRead More →