Last night was the last T Ball game of the season and it was starting to hit me. Endings. They were everywhere! Last day of Kindergarten, preschool graduation, and the T Ball season closing party. First, that’s a lot of cupcakes I have to bake for the parties we have to go to, thank you Betty Crocker, but since when does this make me all sad? I used to love Summer Vacation and couldn’t wait for all that school stuff to end so I could have my freedom. Obviously I am a first timer to this stuff. I better call on the experienced mommies to guide me through this, or you might just find me in my big blue robe crying on the couch at every sentimental Hallmark commercial that comes on the tube.
Just This Once (Escape to New Zealand)
Rosalind James
Genre: Romance | Women’s Fiction | Contemporary Fiction
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Everyone needs to be rescued sometimes.
Everyone but Hannah Montgomery, that is. She just needs a vacation. Three weeks in New Zealand to sort out her life, figure out what she wants, seems just right. Oh, and to relax. She should definitely put that on the agenda. She certainly isn’t looking for a fling with a professional rugby player, no matter how attractive he is. Hannah doesn’t do casual. But maybe just this once. . .
Drew Callahan is happy to help Hannah find all the fun she’s been missing. But as much as he’s shared with her, he’s kept one very big secret. And learning the truth, now that she’s back home again, has made Hannah more wary than ever. Drew knows that she’s right for him. But how can he convince her to let down her guard enough to explore what they could have together?
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Criminal Decision
Jill Kramer
Genre: Family Life | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Gina Seymour wages a one-woman battle against a corrupt family court as she tries to protect her 3-year-old daughter from sexual abuse. But the judge, allied with the wealthy and powerful pedophile, threatens to place the little girl in the very hands of her molester. The only way Gina can protect her daughter is to break the law and take her on the run.
Inspired by actual cases covered by award-winning journalist Jill Kramer, CRIMINAL DECISION exposes the tragic failings of family courts throughout the nation which mistakenly place thousands of children in the homes of their abusers.
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Taking the Highway
M.H. Mead
Genre: Science Fiction
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When hitchhiking becomes the profession that saves the city, who will save the hitchhikers?
Detroit is thriving, once again on the move. The key to this motion may be the fourths, professional hitchhikers who round out incomplete carpools, allowing the car entrance to the superfast, computer-controlled highways.
The city needs fourths. Fourths need the work. It’s an easy way to earn some extra cash. Or to end up dead.
Someone is killing fourths and the only one who can stop the killer is jaded homicide detective Andre LaCroix, who moonlights as a fourth himself.
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The Mike Black Saga; No More Tears In The End
Roy Glenn
Genre: United States
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Following the death of Freeze, Mike Black and Bobby Ray are back in control of their organization. It seems like old times. But even though times are good, Black has begun to think that maybe it’s time to get out of the game before he loses somebody else close to him. He hasn’t taken his eye off the man he believes arranged the brutal murder of his wife. His sleepless nights can only end when everybody involved in her death suffers the same fate.
The police say that the death of Tatiana Phillips was just part of a robbery gone wrong, probably drug related. End of story. Whether or not that’s true, the Phillips family still wants to know who killed her. As a favor to the family, Nick Simmons agrees to look into the senseless murder. His investigation leads him to Lorraine Robinson, a ride or die chick who’s involved in everything… and it’s all bad.
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Next Life in the Afternoon: A Journey Through Thailand
Carl Weaver
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs | Travel
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This is the story of what happens when the author’s plans to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Thailand are derailed after he has arrived in the country. Next Life in the Afternoon is spiritual, funny, at times irreverent, and full of personal lessons learned along the way.
From Next Life in the Afternoon:
“I’m squatting naked on a concrete floor in the predawn coolness of Udon Thani, pouring water from a washbasin onto my head to rinse off the bar soap I used as shampoo. My hair is long and stringy. I had counted on it being shaved off by now, so I had let it grow out a bit leading up to the trip. It’s about fifty-five degrees, and I am trying to be as quiet as possible so as not to wake the monks and my traveling companions. The splish-splosh of water is punctuated by my sharp, pronounced inhaling, a result of being doused with such breathtakingly cool water. My toes tingle against the cold floor, and I am momentarily brought back to Boston, where my trip began. It seems to be a different planet, almost, although the air and water hold a familiar chill.
“A week into the trip, I still haven’t acclimated to everything, and I am stuck somewhere between amazement and culture shock. My mind tries to escape like the cool sudsy water that pools at my feet. The sun is nearly on the horizon, and the temple is coming alive with slow-moving footsteps along the rainy paths outside. I should get going. The morning alms rounds have begun, and I hear familiar voices muffled outside the door. I can’t make out many words, but hear one that is familiar: Farang. A half-derogatory Thai word for ‘foreigner’ and the name I have in this country that keeps me at arm’s length.”
What’s with the name?
“Next life in the afternoon” is a translation of the Thai idiom “Chat na bai bai.” It’s a lightly humorous expression of frustration in plans not working out as intended. This seemed to me to be an apt title, since I was not able to become a monk. It also ties in the concept of reincarnation, which is key in Buddhist belief and thus Thai culture.
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Scooter & Cupcake
Mary Anne Lipousky-Butikas
Genre: Children’s eBooks | Children’s Fiction
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Celebrate the joy of friendship and the satisfaction it brings with this delightful book about two best friends. Told in rhyme with cheerful, bright illustrations, Scooter & Cupcake take young readers on a lively, fast-paced journey of friendship and camaraderie. These two inseparable piggy pals share everything: possessions and activities as well as helping in times of need. Scooter & Cupcake is a great building block for young readers.
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Homemade Jelly and Jam Recipes – 35 Recipes To Make Delicious Jams and Jellies from Scratch (Hillbilly Housewife Cookbooks)
Hillbilly Housewife
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
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Homemade Jelly and Jam Recipes is a collection of 35 tried and true family recipes for jellies, jams, fruit butters and marmalades from the Hillbilly Housewife.
Made from fresh fruit and ingredients that YOU control these recipes not only taste better than store bought they also allow you the chance to create some hand-me-down recipes of your own. Don’t worry if you’ve never made homemade jellies and jam before because you’ll find information on jelly/jam making basics along with helpful tips and an FAQ section. Want to get started right away?No problem! The freezer jam recipes are easy to make and you don’t need any special equipment.
Here are just a few of the recipes you’ll find inside:
- Strawberry Freezer Jam
- Grape Jelly
- Apple Jelly Made From Peels and Cores
- Red Currant Jelly
- Hot Pepper Jelly
- Peach Butter
- Apple Butter
- Orange Lemon Marmalade
- Fig Jam
- Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
- Apricot Jam
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