Friday AfternoonT.D. JohnstonFile Size: 192 KBPrint Length: 38 pagesSold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B008B1021M One thing I always love about a short story, in addition to being able to finish in one sitting, is the fact that the theme is always present and foremost in a reader’s mind. This is so true of […]
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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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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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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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Patriarch RunBenjamin Dancer Print Length: 314 pagesSimultaneous Device Usage: UnlimitedPublisher: Old Man Press (March 19, 2014)Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B00J49L77S After reading the sample on Amazon, I regret not taking the author up on the offer of a review copy, but when he first contacted me I was so overwhelmed with, well,
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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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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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Some time ago, before life threw me another curve, I was sent two books by Hollady House Publishing for possible review. Since then, other requests have come in, and I want to get as many reviews in as I can, especially if I like the books. First up is Tidal Pools by Lawrence Thackston. The
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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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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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