I have to take a break from the A to Z posts as I goofed when scheduling guests and forgot to reserve the month of April for A to Z posts. If I had my wits about me, I would have scheduled the guests on the day their name fit the alphabet letter, but I […]
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A new book, Mental Pause, launched on March 8th, International Women’s Day, and is available on Amazon in both print and on Kindle. The author, Anne O’Connell, is on a blog tour, and will be my Wednesday’s Guest this week. I do hope you will come back and help her feel welcome. I have this
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Here’s some recent news regarding the Keystone XL Pipeline. Twenty-eight Vermont towns added their voices this week to the chorus of national and international; opposition to tar sands expansion by passing “tar sands free” and related tar sands resolutions in the past two days. This recent batch of local resolutions brings the total number to
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Today I want to introduce a character from my latest book. In Boxes For Beds, Deputy Gus Shumaker works with Sheriff Bates in a small town in rural Arkansas in 1960. He has been clamoring for a chance to speak, so I thought I would let a character from my latest book have the spotlight
This is the latest in the ongoing saga of the Keystone XL Pipeline vs the environment. The southern route of the pipline recently sprung a leak in Tyler County in Texas. The 20,000 gallon leak that contaminated the Neches River is the latest in a series of recent spills and leaks, and it was detected
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ShelterHarlan Coben Age Range: 12 and upPaperback: 320 pagesPublisher: Speak; Reprint edition (August 21, 2012)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0142422037ISBN-13: 978-0142422038 First I have to say that I am a huge Coben fan, and have read almost all of his books and enjoyed them a lot. I have always liked Myron Bolitar as a character and was intrigued
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Thanks to Carl Brookins for sharing another review. Sticks & Stones By K.J. LarsonISBN: 978-1-59058-921-22012 Poisoned Pen HC229 pages This is one triple threat novel. It is fast. It is raunchy. It is punchy. Bonus is it’s written by three sisters. Yes, the title refers to that old nursery rhyme. Second in the Cat De
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Cleansed by FireJames R. CallanPaperback: 238 pagesPublisher: Pennant Publishing (February 3, 2012)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 096468506XISBN-13: 978-0964685062 Two churches have been burned in a small Texas town, and Father Frank DeLuca, pastor of Prince of Peace Church, has heard that another church will be burned.The problem is, he heard this in the confessional and church law forbids
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Rules of CrimeLJ Sellers Paperback: 294 pagesPublisher: Thomas & Mercer (February 26, 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1611098068ISBN-13: 978-1611098068 In this latest Detective Wade Jackson mystery, he is called by his daughter, Katie, who tells him his ex-wife, Renee, is missing. Jackson doesn’t tell Katie, but he suspects that Renee may have fallen off the wagon and has
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Here’s another review from Carl Brookins. He is able to read and review a lot more books than I ever can, and I appreciate that he shares the reviews with readers here. November Hunt By Jess Lourey ISBN: 978-07387-3136-0 A 2012 269 page TP release From Midnight Ink Books The eleventh novel in her Murder
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