Friday, December 6, 2024

Paranormal Fiction Spotlight: Growing Up Girl Book One: Untethered by Caroline S. Fairless

This morning, I have a ghost thriller in our book spotlight! Check out Untethered, the first book in the Growing Up Girl series, and learn about author Caroline S. Fairless! 

 

Growing Up Girl, Book I

 

Fiction

Date Published: September 10, 2024

 

 

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In Growing Up Girl: Book One, a young Bernadette Aller floats through her life - job to job, lover to lover, place to place. She is an untethered spirit trying to find her way in a world that's not been too kind.

Now, as she barrels toward her seventies, she wants to tell her story, not because it's hers alone, but because it's a surprisingly common story. It's a story much of which happens behind doors that display the word unspeakable. Bernadette hires Scully Trippe to ghost write, translating Bernadette's personal experience into the third person, in what might (or might not) be a misguided attempt to extend the story's reach.

The time frame is malleable, with the storytelling moving back and forth through several stages of Bernadette's life.

In this first book of the Growing Up Girl trilogy, BernadetteWorld is populated with Patience, her housekeeper; Maddie, a former lover and now a ghost; and Lucinda, a time traveler who drops in and out.

It's a quirky group.

 

Cover artist is Matt Smith. The image of the five-year-old on the cover is Matt's mother whom he never met. In his own words, "Although I have no memory of her, I treasure the stories of Lynn's strength, stubbornness, and ferocious loyalty. My hope is to bring her from the muted mysterious shadows into the light with love."

 

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About the Author

Caroline Fairless is a writer and a ceramic sculptor. She is a retreat facilitator with a focus on the interdependence and connectedness of every being, visible or not. She served several congregations as an ordained pastor for twenty-five years, publishing several books during that time. Now in her retirement, Caroline is writing fiction and learning new art forms.

Over the past twenty years, Caroline and her partner Jim have been fortunate to stitch back together three land parcels that once were one. One of them borders on one of New Hampshire’s many small ponds. The other two border a marsh that hosts otters, beaver, herons, turtles, geese, ducks, and an occasional loon passing through.

In the New Hampshire summers, Caroline gardens and walks the dogs she and Jim have rescued. New Hampshire winters will find her at her computer, still walking dogs, and camping in front of the wood stove.

 

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Nonfiction Spotlight: It Takes a Village to Raise a Reader by Dr. Jacquelyn Bobien-Blanton

This morning, I have an education-related, nonfiction book in our book spotlight! Check out It Takes a Village to Raise a Reader: A Vital and Essential Resource to Unlock a Student's Success and learn about author Jacquelyn Bobien-Blanton!


A Vital and Essential Resource to Unlock a Student's Success

 

Education / Nonfiction

Date Published: July 1, 2024

Publisher: Lighthouse Manuscripts, LLC


 

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Discover the ultimate resource that every educator, teacher, parent, and child mentor should possess to promote a student's success. Based on her research and dissertation work "Reading Fadeout", the experienced and respected Dr. Jacquelyn Bobien-Blanton authors this transformational and in-depth research study that formulates a strong case and need for a child's reading proficiency; and how their learning infrastructure and living ecosystem can hinder or promote it. Based on her foundational research, Dr. Bobien-Blanton shows you why and how children must be capable and competent readers by third grade.

Unlike other individual research theory books, this collective and holistic analysis is exactly what is needed to modify reading instruction and positively change the educational trajectory and future of our children. Don't miss out on this vital and essential guide to shape young minds.

 

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Our LHM Author:  Dr. Jacquelyn Bobien-Blanton is a distinguished educator with nearly three decades of educational experience. She currently serves as the Executive Director of Early Learning for Orange Township Public Schools, and holds a doctorate degree from Walden University, as well as a master's degree from Montclair State University and an undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University. Certified in Preschool-Third Grade, Elementary Education, Supervision, and Principalship, Dr. Blanton oversees early-learning education, professional development, curriculum programming, budgeting, and coordinates governmental mandates. Recognized as an Exemplary Elementary Educator, she contributed to early childhood education protocols and revised teaching standards for the New Jersey Department of Education; and was also recognized by the Senate and General Assembly for dedication to scholastic achievement. Actively engaged in professional organizations, including the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Dr. Blanton is committed to educational advancement. Among many other efforts, her dedication extends to community service, having assisted in creating the Shiloh Rainbow Academy in Newark, NJ. Beyond her professional achievements, "Jackie", a devoted wife and mother, values family closeness and believes in the transformative power of education for a fulfilling life.

 

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Thursday, December 5, 2024

Young Adult Book Spotlight: The Adventures of Ruby Pi and the Aviation Girls by Tom Durwood

Today, I have a young adult adventure story to share! Check out The Adventures of Ruby Pi and the Aviation Girls, learn about author Tom Durwood & enter the book tour giveaway at the end of this post!

 

YA Adventure

Date Published: 12-05-2024

Publisher: Empire Studies Press


 

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Fly along with Ruby, Sarra, Isoke and other young heroines as they take to the skies to save their families. 

Nine scenarios, nine heroines, nine lessons in flight.


Gia travels from Manhattan's Lower East Side to the Aleutian Islands to capture one of the most mysterious warplanes of all time - the Mitsubishi A6M Zero.

Young Yi-Tai Jo falls in love with the homely, misunderstood X-1 rocket jet. Heartbroken at X's failure to break the speed of sound, she may have a solution.

One morning, bratty Anke has a bitter spat with her sister, Romy. Yet when Romy is kidnapped, Anke is the one who can save her - using an old war-kite to glide to the villain's tower. Can she navigate gliding through the Black Forest and save Romy?

Ship-salvager's daughter Sarra defies a garrison to save Father from Rome's wrath. Can her home-made balloon win the day?

 

"Tom's delightful stories in The Aviation Girls span ancient ideas about flight through the Golden Age of aviation to the Age of Rocketry."      

-- Anne Millbrooke, author of the award-winning “Aviation History


About the Author

Tom Durwood is a teacher, writer and editor with an interest in history. Tom most recently taught English Composition and Empire and Literature at Valley Forge Military College, where he won the Teacher of the Year Award five times.

Tom’s historical fiction adventures has been promising. The stories have won nine literary awards to date.  “A true pleasure … the richness of the layers of Tom’s novel is compelling,” writes Fatima Sharrafedine in her foreword to “The Illustrated Boatman’s Daughter.” The Midwest Book Review calls that same adventure “uniformly gripping and educational … pairing action and adventure with social issues.” Adds Prairie Review, “A deeply intriguing, ambitious historical fiction series.”

 

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Nonfiction Book Spotlight: The Big C² by Ruth Fein

This morning, I have a nonfiction book in our book spotlight! Check out The Big C² by Ruth Fein and learn about the author!

 

Stories from the ChronicThe Big C² Side of Cancer

 

Nonfiction / Health / Cancer

Date Published: November 15, 2024

 

 

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As medical advancements accelerate, more people are living long lives with cancer. The Big C2 delves into how survivors can become thrivers, despite the challenges of a chronic cancer fluctuating between the need for immediate attention and the patience for watchful waiting. Through a collection of essays and interviews, it aims to enlighten the conversation around chronic cancer among patients, their loved ones and healthcare professionals. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone feeling alone or misunderstood while navigating this complex landscape. It offers transformative personal insights, tools and experience-based hope, emphasizing the importance of open, honest conversations to empower and support those affected.

 

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About the Author

Ruth Fein Revell is a health and life science writer with a distinguished 40-year career of published work, including for The New York Times. She has also lived with a rare chronic blood cancer for three decades. Today, she is a patient advocate, hosts global patient webinars, interviews world-renowned cancer specialists, and is the patient representative on a clinical guidelines panel of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). She lives with her husband and curly pup Ruby in a picturesque “city in the country” in Upstate New York.

 

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Family Drama Book Review: Family Trust by Peter Wilson

I love thrillers and family dramas that promise twists, turns and family secrets! Today, I have a thrilling, family drama that should be on your winter reading list! Check out Family Trust, learn about author Peter Wilson, read my thoughts on the book & enter for a chance to win a prize in the book tour giveaway at the end of this post!



​Book Title: Family Trust by Peter Wilson
Category Adult Fiction (18 +), 211 pages
Genrethriller / family drama / strong female protaganists
Publisher:  Peter Wilson
Release Date: April 26, 2024
Content Rating: PG-13. There are F words as one character in particular has a potty mouth. Not sexually explicit swearing. There's quite a few murders in the book, but not graphic. A bit of romance, but nothing beyond PG activity.

A well-written, smartly plotted drama with strong, memorable characters and a good dollop of humour. Very enjoyable! - The Wishing Shelf

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Mel is having a bad day. Her would be assassin is dead on a hotel floor and she doesn’t know who to turn to. Her ex David, is the love of her life, but wouldn’t understand that the attempt on her life was just another chapter to add to her family’s dark past.

Family Trust is a fast paced journey through the generations of a wealthy Australian family, who play by a different rule book.
 
My Review


Family Trust is Fast Paced and Well-Developed. The book jumps right into the story and continues the pace to the end. While it initially felt like it was going to be too dialogue driven, the writing style was actually very effective in both divulging family secrets and plot twists--and in developing both the characters and the various story line elements. The story is light and easy to read, the pace is fast, but never confusing or unbalanced, and the plot twists and characters are quite engaging and entertaining.
Wilson Packs A Lot of Family History and Twists into a Fast-Paced Novel.  The story jumps about a bit as the book tells stories across generations of the family, but it remains very well-organized with every side plot, supporting character, and revelation adding to the overall development of Mel's primary story. The novel flows very smoothly, with intentional scenes and hidden family histories, that create an intricate story without becoming heavy or dull. There is never a point in the story where the novel doesn't flow well or engage with secrets, humor or a little romance. 
Would I Recommend Family Trust by Peter Wilson? When you finish this novel, it feels like you've read a long, family saga--but, you've spent only a few hours. The author packs a lot of story and character development into a very relatable and easy-to-read book. I didn't love Mel's character initially--and I wasn't a huge fan of the ending--but, Mel grew on me after a few chapters and the story really ended just as it should. If you enjoy a complicated, family drama with a variety of stories and plot twists, Wilson's writing style will not disappoint here.

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Meet the Author

Peter Wilson is an award-winning writer based in Sydney Australia. His first novel, Jack Gregson & the Forgotten Portal has won awards internationally, in both the USA and United Kingdom, and quickly became a favourite with young readers.

Peter recently published a thriller / family drama novel directed at adults and looks forward to pursing further novels in the future.


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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Children's Book Spotlight: The Dream of Glory by J.J. Luna

I love finding children's books to share! Check out The Dream of Glory and learn about author JJ Luna today in this book blitz spotlight!

 

Children's Book

Date Published: September 11, 2024

 

 

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Discover an unforgettable journey of faith, adventure, and life lessons with The Dream of Glory, a heartwarming Christian story that the whole family will cherish. George, a devoted father, along with his wife, guides their two lively children, Emily and Emmanuel, through the excitement and challenges of life, teaching them about safety and instilling a strong foundation of faith in Jesus.

Set against the backdrop of thrilling adventures and moments of suspense, this story introduces readers to the family's courageous encounters with danger-including fierce wolves-and the power of unity and faith that sees them through. As George shares essential lessons about being aware of their surroundings, young readers will not only be entertained but also educated on important safety principles.

Written by J.J. Luna, a nurse and loving father from Yucaipa, California, The Dream of Glory is his first published book, inspired by personal challenges and his passion for guiding children through both excitement and learning. Perfect for children aged 3 to 12, this book is crafted to captivate young minds, enrich their faith in Jesus, and teach them invaluable lessons about awareness and resilience.

Give your child an inspiring tale filled with family values, the teachings of Jesus, and adventures that will keep them turning the pages. The Dream of Glory is a perfect addition to any Christian family's library.

 

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About the Author

J.J. Luna is an author, devoted father, and seasoned healthcare professional living in the picturesque town of Yucaipa, California. With over 12 years of experience as a licensed vocational nurse (LVN), J.J. has dedicated his life to caring for others and spreading joy through laughter and compassion. Beyond his career, he is actively involved in his community, coaching his son’s coed U10 soccer team and fostering a spirit of teamwork and fun.

Driven by his passion for family, faith, and storytelling, J.J. Luna embarked on his first literary journey with The Dream of Glory, a Christian children’s book that intertwines adventure, life lessons, and spiritual teachings. Inspired by personal challenges and a deep desire to guide young readers, J.J. created this tale to encourage safety awareness and strengthen children’s faith in Jesus.

When he’s not writing or working, J.J. enjoys spending time with his family, exploring the outdoors, and making meaningful connections with those around him.

 

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Nonfiction Spotlight: The Landmark Achilles by James George Brianas

This morning, I have a nonfiction novel to share! Check out an epic saga of the legendary Greeks in The Landmark Achilles and learn about author James George Brianas in this book spotlight feature!

 

In Search of His Palace, His Family, Homer, the War, and the Bronze Age Mediterranean

 

Nonfiction

Date Published: October 30, 2024

Publisher: Mindstir Media


 

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The Bronze Age Mediterranean, 3200 1200 BC, was a period of high movement, intrigue, and warfare. In this book, the author, through extensive research with "Boots on the Ground," provides a new, cohesive, and comprehensive view of that age, the evolution of the Greeks into the Mediterranean, the kings and commander with their fortresses and palaces, and capped in the final years with Homer's war, "The Greatest War Story Ever Told." 

He describes not only how the Greek hero Achilles and events of that war leave a lasting legacy but also weaves in five generations of the family of Achilles, the truth about Homer and his war, and solves the mystery of the palace site of Achilles and his father Peleus. 

Excavations of Troy from 1871 to the present are revealed as are the discovered clay tablets of the Hittites identifying numerous wars at Troy and along the Aegean Sea in western Anatolia. The ultimate collapse of the Bronze Age and its kingdoms brings this author's epic saga to its final conclusion, the devastation of that end period harboring ominous signs for our own world today.

 

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Early Reviews

  

A general reader, Jason Breyer, Palm Harbor, FL, working with the UPS, said of the book, "I couldn't put the book down. I was absorbed in fact versus myth and I had to keep on reading."


A Publishing Director, Danielle Allan, Boston, MA, with Mindstir Media, stated, "Your manuscript is fascinating. The book captures powerful storytelling while leading the reader through your adventures and combining them with legendary stories."


Another reader, Alexander Lardis, Annapolis, MD, a Senior Scientist (retired) with the U. S. Government, said, "The research is phenomenal, well-documented, and with a wealth of information. It was fascinating. I left feeling I had read a great story."

  

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