Friday, May 24, 2013

# 50 Billy and the Monster Who Ate All the Easter Eggs by David Chuka

                                 
Billy and his Monster get into some more trouble, even when they are trying hard to be good. Grandma Chocalicious will not be happy when they eat the chocolate Easter Eggs! Even though they waited until Easter Morning (Sort of). Another Billy and Monster book with fun illustrations and even farts! Your early school age kid will find it hilarious!
ASIN: B00C02S3NC

# 49 If You See a Doctor by David Chuka

                                    
This fun little book  combines illustration, photographs and rhyme into a "what do you want to be when you grow up?" book. Simple, good for early school age or some preschoolers. I think my 4 year old Granddaughter would really enjoy it.
ASIN: B00AUMFZQW

#48 Awkward Owl by Shawnda Blake

                                     
Awkward Owl was really, really awkward! The more he thought about it, the more awkward he became.  A little girl finds him (after he crashed into a tree, back-side-up and bottom-side-first) she doesn't call him awkward, she just wants to be sure he's OK. A good story about how not to make fun or bully, but to help!
My 11 year old Granddaughter liked it and I think younger kids would too. Sweet illustrations. A nice little book.
ASIN: B008ZRD4J4

#47 Billy and Monster's New Neighbor Has a Secret by David Chuka

                                           
Billy and his Monster have an encounter with a new neighbor. Misunderstandings ensue, but things get straightened out. A great book for younger school age kids. Complete with farts and burps to delight any seven year old! Even my 11 year old Granddaughter thought it was pretty funny. Cute illustrations and a fun story.
ASIN: B00CJ1OEUA

#46 Grateful Me! By Cherrie Dejolde Bautista

                                     
What a fun rhyming book for school age kids! Bright illustrations, and lots of affirmations to guide youngsters on how to be grateful for what they have. My 11 yr old Granddaughter really liked it and even asked for her own copy! Anything that can teach about being thankful and encourage reading is tops in my book!
ASIN: B00CB15FWO

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

#45 The Scoop on Breasts BY Dr. Ted Eisenberg, Joyce K. Eisenburg

                                     
If you've ever thought about Breast Surgery, or had friends who had breast surgery and there were questions you just couldn't bring yourself to ask....this is the book for you! Funny, clear, no "Doctor Speak" here! Just great, plain spoken information. Everything from why to how to how long. Filled with stories, anecdotes, and chock full of facts. Having been under the knife myself, I even found information about my type of surgery that I didn't know. Take the mystery out of Boob Jobs of all kinds.
A great, fun, informative read.
ISBN:978-0-9857249-0-0

#44 True by Erin McCarthy

                                           
Rory was a good girl, a Geek if you will, smarty, logical, An "A" student college girl who hadn't planned on getting drunk, but her roommates insisted she needed to get out after struggling through 6 hours of Hemingway, that made about as much sense to her as ancient Greek!  Not understanding her studies was NOT a comfortable feeling for her!  But there she was, drunk, sitting alone with a guy she hardly knew while her roommates were off in the bedrooms having sex with their boyfriends. But this guy wasn't completely horrible, besides, he might be desperate enough to kiss her.
She really wants to kiss somebody and try to figure out what the big deal was. She's never dated, never had a boyfriend, was a virgin goes without saying. How she ended up with two flirty hot girls as roommates and friends she really isn't sure, but she's enjoying her college time with them.
Things get out of hand and Rory ends up almost getting raped, being rescued by one of the boyfriends and having to admit to her roommates that she's a virgin.
So starts a roller coaster ride to self discovery, relationships, love and pain and understanding.
 This is a tale that rings true and it is great to see this young woman find her strength. You will enjoy following along, with all the ups and downs!
 ASIN: B00B7NPS60

Sunday, May 19, 2013

#43 Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz

                                       
Once again we pick up Odd and his traveling companions, Annamaria, the enigmatic pregnant one,  Raphael the golden retriever, and Boo, the ghost dog as they embark on another task that they were meant to perform. Odd feels the pull and Annamarie assures him, this is where they are meant to be.
This time around it will be about time itself. Nicolai Tesla makes an appearance. This is perhaps one of Odd's strangest adventures as he meets creatures that are not ghosts, but not human either. I won't spoil the story for you, but be prepared to be surprised and intrigued! Perhaps a bit darker than the previous Odd Thomas Books, but still able to make you laugh out loud and still raise goose pimples on your arms and the hairs on the back of your neck!
 ASIN: B0064C3TWE

Monday, May 6, 2013

#42 FINS book one of the FINS trilogy by Ashley L. Knight


Morgandy was on her way to visit her Mother. It should be quite a change from her Idaho ranch home with her dad to sunny Florida! She knew nothing about Vero Beach except the warning the senile old lady on the plane gave her to watch out for the "Merpeople" there. Right, merpeople. Her Mom meets her at the airport and the surprises start immediately..her Mom is remarried! The surprises keep coming when they arrive at her mom's home. They are RICH, really rich!  Huge house, on the water, huge pool, amazing amenities.
Then she finds our she is a "halfling" half merperson herself! She meets a man she has been dreaming of for years and is plunged into a world of danger and unknown power. Little does she know, what lies in sore for her and the merpeople she is just beginning to know. Prejudice and Politics will bring her to a place she could have never imagined! I won't spoil the story, but suffice it to say this is a richly detailed world you will not want to leave! I can't wait to read the other books in the trilogy.
ASIN: B007X4L2CG

#41 Montana Wife by Jillian Hart


Her husband was dead. Rayna Ludgrin found herself unexpectedly alone.  How was she going to survive and raise her two young sons? She discovers something shocking when she goes through her husbands papers...her ranch and everything on it are measured to the hilt! Men come out of the woodwork trying various schemes to steal her corp in the field waiting to be harvested, her land and her virtue!
Her neighbor Daniel Lindsay offers a hand up and a way out. He wants her land, but will marry her and provide for her sons to get it, so both of them will benefit. Rayna agrees, but can this marriage of necessity ever become anything else? Will they always be just friends?
A fun and easy read with many ups and downs on the path to their future. Great for when you need a quick distraction from our modern world of electronics and complicated lives!
ISBN# 0-373-29334-8

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

#40 Fugitive by Shirlee McCoy


Laney was trying to move forward. two and a half years after losing her husband she was trying to tie up the loose ends and move forward. She needed to do that with the house she grew up in too. But there were no good memories there.
 But now at the cabin she was feeling the loss of her late husband. When someone is there! In the middle of the woods..who? Logan?! Her foster brother she hadn't seen for years? Who had been tried and convicted of drug trafficking. Here? Now? Hurt and in a prison orange jumpsuit?
That's how the roller coaster ride starts. Follow along with Laney and Logan as they try to untangle all of the twisted threads that will answer the questions they both have about how they got to where they are now and how they can mover forward toward the future. Action, intrigue, it's all there! This is a story that will hold your attention right down to the last page. Surprises abound!  I found myself riveted..you will too!
ASIN: B00B0A6ZFI

#39 Fireflies by P.S. Bartlett


Ennis was holding a small still bird, until a breeze ruffled his hair and it flew away. He was six years old and his life was about to change. His mother tended to baby him as he was nearly lost at birth, small and not breathing for what felt like the longest time. His Da was a doctor, his brothers and sisters growing healthy and strong. Theirs is a happy family. His sister Teagan was the first to notice that he was changing, starting to be able to do things no person should be able to do. What follows is a charming, riveting story of hidden secrets, dangers, and families. Of lives changed and lives saved. Of Angels and spirits and human frailties.
This is a story that reaches back to Ireland and forward to a future full of possibilities. You will find yourself caught up in it's spell, like being surrounded by fireflies to delight and entrance you.
ISBN-13: 978-0615754284