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Book Review — The Hardest Thing in This World by Nicole Eva Fraser

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The Hardest Thing in This WorldNicole Eva Fraser Second Wind Publishing  ISBN: 978-1938101595 (paperback)ASIN: B00G5LFLAC  (for Kindle)Publication date: October 11, 2013248 pages BOOK BLURB: Sexy, smart-mouthed Melody Sawyer is an underachiever, a home health care nurse with good intentions and a chip on her shoulder. Her troubled daughter Renee recently dropped dead at age 24, …

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Book Review – Incense & Peppermints by Carole Bellacera

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Incense & PeppermintsCarole Bellacera File Size: 656 KBPrint Length: 456 pagesPage Numbers Source ISBN: 149735563XSold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B00K1MSANG BOOK BLURB:  On a snowy February day in 2011, 62-year-old Cindy Sweet receives a Facebook message from a dead man—Warrant Officer Ryan Quinlan who supposedly died in Vietnam forty years earlier.  He’d been …

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Book Review – Mr. Boardwalk by Louis Greenstein

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Mr. BoardwalkLouis Greenstein Print Length: 294 pagesSimultaneous Device Usage: UnlimitedPublisher: New Door Books (March 12, 2014)Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B00IZJ0QZC “At the age of seven, Jason Benson first experiences the wonders of Atlantic City—carnival rides, fortune-tellers, fudge shops, arcades and Miss America. Smitten, he decides to live there forever. But when we …

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Book Review – Twisted by Marjorie Brody

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  TwistedMarjorie Brody Paperback: 252 pagesPublisher: Bell Bridge Books (March 1, 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 161194256XISBN-13: 978-1611942569Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches In this thoughtful story we meet Sarah Hausman, a teen who has been traumatized by a rape and thinks she must pretend it didn’t happen, and she absolutely can not tell her parents. …

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Book Review -From Pigtails to Chin Hairs by Becky Lewellen Povich

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From Pigtails to Chin HairsBecky Lewellen PovichFile Size: 967 KBPrint Length: 205 pagesSold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B00IXBG1F6 This memoir begins with a fond look back at the 50’s and then brings the readers to the present time as Ms. Povich recalls the moments in her life that shaped her as the person …

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Book Review – Oveta Culp Hobby by Debra L. Winegarten

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Oveta Culp Hobby: Colonel, Cabinet Member, PhilanthropistDebra L. WinegartenSeries: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series (Book 34)Paperback: 156 pagesPublisher: University of Texas Press (April 1, 2014)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0292722680ISBN-13: 978-0292722682Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches This is a fascinating biography of an exceptional woman who was the epitome of what a strong, confident, …

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Book Review – The Scrolls of Udanadar by S. Cameron Roach

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I’m trying something different today at It’s Not All Gravy. Instead of me writing a review, or having a guest who is a professional writer, today the review is by a reader and a fan of fantasy stories – Dany Russell, who is also my daughter and a wonderful cover designer. We both met the …

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Book Review – Matriarch: A Journey Through Tradition by Suzann M. Brucato

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MATRIARCH ~ A JOURNEY THROUGH TRADITIONSuzann M. BrucatoISBN: 978-0-615-47832-6 This lovely photo journal is a wonderful tribute to the family to which Suzann Brucato belongs, tracing her heritage back several generations. The pictures and the poetry speak to the importance of family and traditions and special rituals that all families seem to have. I’m sure …

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Book Review – The Holy Mark by Gregory Alexander

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The Holy Mark Gregory Alexander File Size: 457 KBPrint Length: 247 pagesPublisher: Publish Green (January 19, 2014)Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B00HYN2N9C  The path from the beginning of the story when Joe Miggliore, later to become Father Tony, is born and his immigrant Italian grandmother sees a odd mark on his head and …

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