My oldest basset said three words that cut to the bone. “I hate Reading.” Oh dear. Not that…please not that. Thankfully I just happen to have access to few books and my new mission is to find a genre that he would like. I am hoping for Science Fiction/ Fantasy, but if he wants to go with Historical I won’t mind. Either way, I am on a mission to make him love reading, even if I have to force him with unicorns and aliens!
Misfortune Cookies (When The Fat Ladies Sing Cozy Mystery Series Book 1)
Linda Kozar
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Teen & Young Adult
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Best friends Sue Jan and Lovita run a beauty shop/boutique in the little West Texas town of Wachita. They share a passion of food and fun. But one day, over lunch in a Chinese restaurant, Lovita opens a fortune cookie with a sinister message: “Your father was murdered. . .” a clue that leads them to God, an international spy ring and several devastatingly handsome strangers. A most unlikely pair of detectives, these girlfriends “Comb” the countryside with style, sarcasm, and lots of Szechwan. This tale is like good take-out food–definitely worth bringing home.
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Pollen (dystopian science fiction)
Aaron Lamb
Genre: Science Fiction
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Rome and Shunka live on opposite sides of the city walls, but it’s not only the walls that separate their lives, it’s the air they breathe.
Rome Shackleton, a cafe shop owner is having a bad day, it’s the ten year anniversary of a stunt that left him with a notorious reputation and a limp – his failed attempt to escape his home, New Hanoi. An off the books deal goes south with a local underworld bare knuckle fighter and the secretive Flower Factory sets their sights on him. He is plunged into an impossible choice, but in a world where every day is served the same he relished a chance for a change.
Across the walls the district of Little Tokyo buzzes in a fever of neon. Shunka, is a happy teenager, she is respected by her friends, has access to all the latest mods and hasn’t even thought about the walls around her since she was a child. Running an errand for her boyfriend, she is pulled into a trap that will reveal the city for what it is and all its sinister secrets.
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Son of Erin, Daughter of Ruth
Mary Blonigen
Genre: Historical Fiction | Family Life
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In 1872, twelve-year-old John Walsh is sent by his widowed mother to live with his aunt and uncle on their farm in Bath Township, Ohio. The Walshes are Irish immigrants in a community where family ties go back many generations, and their Catholic faith sets them apart from their Protestant neighbors. John is befriended by Ann Miller, the daughter of a well-to-do farmer, but their friendship is threatened by a scandal which has divided the Walsh and Miller families.As they leave their childhood behind, each tries to find a way to overcome the barriers that separate them, and in the process they learn the meaning of family, faith, and love.
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Chasing Butterflies in the Magical Garden
Jorja DuPont Oliva
Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Women’s Fiction
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Chasing Butterflies in the Magical Garden, is a story of enchanting friendships and magical bonds. After following her first love to the foothills of the Carolina’s, Lizzy returns to her small southern town to start a life without her childhood sweetheart. Everything she imagined her life would be, now veered off in a different direction. The biggest fear of it all, the unknown, the anticipation of a life not yet imagined. Lizzy goes in search of her identity and finds the lasting power of friendship. Lizzy’s childhood friend Ripley, reunites her with a former high school classmate Dee, who had been rumored to talk to the dead. Dee and her magical garden take Lizzy for the ride of a lifetime. She opens Lizzy’s eyes to the existence of everyday magic. Dee teaches Lizzy that life is not solely about living, it is also about surviving. Lizzy and Dee are both in search of butterflies in the magical garden–we call life. To each girl, the butterflies mean something different. They learn along the way, if we look beyond the things we cannot see, we may find what we are looking for.
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Garden Guide -No Fuss Guide to Great Gardens
Sarah Olver
Genre: Crafts, Hobbies & Home
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We’ve all admired our neighbor’s gorgeous gardens filled with flowering perennials and longed to recreate their beauty in our own back yard.But if we’re being honest, when it comes to gardening, most of us have no idea where to begin.Additionally, in these economic times, who can afford to hire an expert to come in and do the job for us?That said, regular folks all across North America and Europe are returning to the soil, shovels in hand.With the help of this book, there is absolutely no need to fly blind into the world of green thumbs, perennials, and herbs.The name—Garden Guide:A No Nonsense, No PhD Guide to Great Gardens with Hand-Holding How To’s for Beginners and Straightforward Instruction for Advanced Gardeners—truly says it all.Indeed, this book is the hand-holding garden guide that will walk even the most timid novice right through the gardening process from beginning to end.
In addition to straight forward, practical advice in everyday language, you will love the stories and anecdotes Olver shares from her fifteen years of backyard, organic gardening adventures. Easy and entertaining, you‘ll probably read this book in one sitting, but you’ll reference it for years to come. The beauty of Garden Guide is that Olver divides her advice into two sections:Beginning Gardeners and Advanced Gardeners.No matter what your skill level, there are simple explanations, tips, and tricks that will walk you through every aspect of the garden process.Garden Guide features details such as:
•Everything you need to know about location, from sunlight to drainage to selecting just the right spot
•How to understand soil types, how to amend and condition them
•pH levels and soil testing broken down in simple terms
•Step by Step guide for planning your PERFECT garden no matter where the location
•Fertilizing made manageable with explanations for all those numbers and organic alternatives
•Composting broken down so you can start immediately
•Pests obliterated withloads of organic suggestions
•The basics of garden maintenance from deadheading to dividing perennials
•Loads of helpful website suggestions for purchasing plants online, getting ideas, locating county extension offices, perennial databases and so much more.
•Gardening terms are defined in language you will both understand and remember
If you have time to read only one book on gardening, this is the book to choose.Short enough not to feel like an encyclopedia and just long enough to wet your gardening appetite, Olver has woven basic garden science and practical ideas for everyday people into each page.With her warm, inviting, no-nonsense instruction, you will be amazed how simple and doable gardening really is.Not only will it thoroughly educate you in basic gardening, Garden Guide will send you well on your way toward beautiful perennials gardens and leave you inspired and hungry to begin planting in your own patch of earth.
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