Sometimes as a parent, I am not sure if I am being a good parent or just torturing my baby bassets. Football season has begun for the kids and yesterday was the first day of practice. My oldest who has been playing for the last two seasons decided to sit this year out, but hubby decided he still wanted to help coach. Out of the blue my youngest decided he was going to play. He was all excited, tried on the jersey, and couldn’t wait to go to practice and play football, until his foot hit the field. Then he crumbled, crying in my arms. I wasn’t sure if I should cuddle him or give him a good shove with my foot screaming THIS IS SPARTA! I went with cuddle of course and gently encouraged him onto the field. The Sparta kick would have been a bit much. So there he sat for one and a half hours sulking with another little boy on the sidelines. I just let him stay there. It was in the last thirty minutes of practice he decided to give it a try. Well… (heavy sigh)… lets try it again tomorrow then.
Drifters’ Alliance, Book 1
Elle Casey
Genre: Science Fiction
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NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 1 of DRIFTERS’ ALLIANCE, an ongoing Science Fiction Space Opera series.
One hand of cards and it’s all over but the crying…
Cass Kennedy finally gets what she’s been dreaming of for the past ten years: a drifter ship to call her own. All the sim time and battle training is going to pay off in spades as she sets her course for the future. She’ll be living on her own terms, not those of her father. But drifting through deep space with a crew of nutty strangers on the DS Anarchy carries a lot more surprises than she bargained for. Nobody told her that her ship is falling apart, that dead chickens are something you really want to hang on to, and that the OSG has big plans for the universe that don’t necessarily jibe with her plans for herself.
Jump onboard with Cass and her crew as she charts a course toward an alliance that will either make her or break her as Captain of the DS Anarchy.
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Taking the Fall: A Cozy Mystery (Brenna Battle Book 1)
Laney Monday
Genre: Mystery
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Olympian Brenna Battle once had the fire. Now, she’s just burned out — and burned by love. She’s ready to retire from competitive judo and pursue a new dream in a new town, with her biggest supporter, her recently divorced little sister, Blythe. But on their first day in town, Blythe falls for local sleaze-bag reporter, Ellison Baxter, and their small-town welcome is stained by Baxter’s murder. The weapon — Blythe Battle’s hair brush.
In this fast-paced, fun cozy mystery, Brenna, the proud new owner of the building that formerly housed Bonney Bay’s lone recreational opportunity for kids, Little Swans Ballet, is ready to turn tutu-clad powder-puffs into little warriors by opening a judo school for kids in its place. But now she must clear her sister’s name and save her new dream from ending even more disastrously than her Olympic hopes. Brenna must deal with one crazy member of the local police force, who’s determined to see the sisters pay — and another cop, whose deep brown eyes just might drive Brenna crazy — in a way her battered heart just can’t take.
Taking the Fall is the first book in the Brenna Battle series. At the end of each book, the mystery is solved and there are no cliff-hangers.
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A Forgotten Man
J. Pepper Bryars
Genre: Literary Fiction | Political
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For readers of the classic “The Grapes of Wrath,” comes a powerful novel about an American family struggling through the economic hardships of our time. A Forgotten Man is an emotional tale of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless. It’s a story of one father’s heroic struggle to provide for his family, of one mother’s heartbreaking sacrifices, and the tragic unraveling of a young girl’s once-promising future. The novel captures the unseen impact of the Great Recession on American families and explores the changing relationships between citizens and their government. The novel follows the Bosarge family — Jack, Donita, and their three-year-old daughter Julia — after environmental regulations force a small town seafood company to close, costing Jack his job and sending his family deeply into debt. As Jack fails to find employment, Donita loses hope and their way of life begins to crumble beneath a society that has forgotten about working class men and women. Out of their trials and repeated attempts to recover unfolds a sad tale of injustice, hardship, and desperation. Packed with meaning yet plainspoken, A Forgotten Man shows what it’s like to be broken, alone, and forgotten in modern America.
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Beginnings (Sommerfeld Trilogy Book 2)
Kim Vogel Sawyer
Genre: Religious & Inspirational Fiction | Romance | Religion & Spirituality
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Beth Quinn is struggling to find a place to belong in the Old Order Mennonite Community of Sommerfeld, Kansas. When she starts a business designing stained glass windows, two men-one a Mennonite, the other not-begin to vie for her attention. Andrew Braun, a member of the Sommerfeld fellowship, is dedicated to family and faith. Sean McCauley, the son of a successful businessman, may only be interested in Beth’s talents. Will Beth look to her heavenly Father to fill the emptiness within, or will her desperate quest for love shatter more than one heart?
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Upcycling Cans and Bottles: 40 DIY Projects to Reuse Old Cans and Bottles for Crafts and Home Decorations! (Trash to Treasure)
Cheryl Palmer
Genre: Crafts, Hobbies & Home
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There is a new term used to turn something used, old and worthless into something new, beautiful and useful – and that is called upcycling. Now, if you are one who is really into crafting, and even if you are not, this book will make sure that you will have that creative fix that you need, while helping you keep your things in order and get rid of trash without having to spend so much money or throwing stuff away. The book aims to provide: • Enlightenment on the different benefits and advantages of upcycling and recycling your trash and old household items. • Upcycling projects that you can do using wine bottles. • DIY projects using plastic bottles. • DIY crafting ideas using mason jars and mason jar lids. • Different ways to upcycle cans. With the help of this book, readers will be able to see the value in things that seem to be useless, old and considered as trash. The projects featured here will not only help you save lots of money but these will also awaken the sleeping crafter and upcycling diva in you.
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