Tough Mudder (A ten mile 20 obstacle torture event) is just 52 days away. I somehow need to turn from a sluggy turtle into a faster sluggy turtle. Don’t get me wrong, I still exercise a bit, but it doesn’t involve running. I was given the greatest advice to bike or use a stationary bike to build up the muscles to get my sluggy tushy up the hill, and I have been doing that, but I can feel it in my bones that I am still going to be slow. I think it is just who I am. Like a sloth. I am a sloth. I don’t know if it was a good idea to count the days until the event. I think I did it to scare me into pushing myself harder. Actually it just made me want cake more.

City of Beads: Tubby Dubonnet Series #2 (A Hard-Boiled but Humorous New Orleans Mystery) (The Tubby Dubonnet Series)
Tony Dunbar
4.2 Stars (526 Reviews)
Genre: Mystery | Crime Fiction | Thrillers

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TUBBY’S CURE FOR BOREDOM: RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

The SECOND deliciously sneaky mystery in Anthony- and Edgar-nominated Tony Dunbar’s Tubby Dubonnet series. “Dunbar catches the rich, dark spirit of New Orleans better than anyone.” -Publishers Weekly

New Orleans lawyer Tubby Dubonnet is bored. He wants to bill enough hours to pay his alimony and keep his daughter in college, with enough left over for an occasional drink and a good meal, but he longs for something different and exciting. Sure, researching licensing law for the new casino will keep trout meunière on the table, but what could be more tedious? (Unless, of course, the client turns out to be connected.) Meanwhile, there’s the estate of an old friend who controls some dock leases on the wharf. And he agrees to help his daughter’s environmental group stop illegal dumping in the river. Ho-hum, thinks our hero. But suddenly all three cases begin to converge in an entirely ominous way-the toxic dumping, the dock leases, and the too-good-to-be-true casino job. How is that possible? Could it be Tubby’s been set up as the fall guy in a Mob effort to expand its gambling empire? NOW it’s exciting — he’s running for his life!

Excerpt: Not far from Mike’s, on a little side street, the Thompsons were having a family barbecue. They had the TV on the front porch tuned in to the Saints game. The home team was playing arch rival Atlanta, which always got the fans keyed up to an emotional high. Thomas and Kip Thompson were outside watching the game and keeping a grill lit in the tiny front yard, which was separated from the sidewalk by a low iron picket fence. The day was special because they were celebrating Thomas’s recruitment to play baseball for the University of Southwestern Louisiana. The recruiter had promised he was going to be offered a scholarship. They had smoked sausage and hamburgers fired up on the grill and an ice chest full of Old Milwaukee beer and Cokes. Their aunt was inside making her gumbo, soupy green and full of chicken, sausage, garlic, okra, and onions. It smelled so rich and fine that the old men in the neighborhood were starting to pass by to say hello. Their sister Tania, whose house this was, had a half-gallon bottle of Canadian Club and some ice in the living room for anybody who dropped in. “Hurry up, Auntie,” Kip called. “We’re dying of hunger.” “Don’t rush me,” came a deep voice from inside. “It takes a long time to make things just right.” “You better get you one of these before they’re all gone.” Kip waved his beer can at his younger brother. “Naw, you can do all the drinking for me,” Thomas said. He was in training and so high on the possibilities stretching out before him that Kip, his beer, and even Kip’s shiny Cadillac taxi parked by the curb held no temptations at all. Kip drove a cab for a living. That was his story, and that’s what Thomas believed. It was halftime. All the guests were inside sampling the gumbo and mixing drinks from the big bottle. Tania poured some potato chips into a plastic bowl to carry outside to her brothers. A nothing-special sky-blue car, maybe an old Ford Galaxie, drove slowly past the house. Kip looked toward it, then jerked around to look at his brother. “Thomas!” he yelled. Anything else he planned to say got lost in the noise of an automatic pistol firing. Errant lead pellets broke the front windows of the house and sent the old men and women jumping for the floor, splashing gumbo and sweet cocktails over the walls and each other. But several found their target and perforated Kip’s chest and face, knocking him backward onto the porch and into his sister’s arms. She threw the potato chips into the front yard and fell on top of him. Thomas took a bullet in the knee. The nothing-special car didn’t even speed up. It just made the corner and rolled on. First there were the wails of the women, then the sirens came.

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Lily (Song of the River Book 1)
Diane T. Ashley
4.5 Stars (138 Reviews)
Genre: Religious & Inspirational Fiction | Religion & Spirituality | Historical Fiction

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Cruise down the Mississippi with Natchez belle Lily Anderson. Needing to provide for herself and her sisters, Lily is desperately trying to make a go of a riverboat venture with co-owner Blake Matthews. But they fail to find anything to agree upon. Blake is enamored of the feisty Lily. Attempts to woo her may be lost to the devious Jean Luc Champney. Will the siren song of the river evolve into a serenade or a somber lament?

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Discovery of the Saiph (The Saiph Series Book 1)
PP Corcoran
4.3 Stars (99 Reviews)
Genre: Science Fiction

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Epic space battles, discovery of new alien cultures and desperate missions behind enemy lines. A must for military SF fans.

In the not too distant future humans can travel to the stars. Almost instantaneously. The Marco Polo captained by David Catney is the first of its kind to lead mankind to Proxima Centauri outside Earth’s Solar System. Unexpectedly the ship’s scientists detect power readings, they confirm they are artificial, obviously alien and emanate from Planet III… a wasteland that suffered a devastating nuclear bombardment many thousands of years before. Archaeologists discover an alien library deep underground and are astonished to unlock its secrets with human DNA.They determine a race called the Saiph have left a database to guide human survival against a merciless and previously unencountered enemy called the ‘Others’. Now that humans have found the Saiph, the Others will surely find them.

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A Feral Darkness
Doranna Durgin
4.5 Stars (82 Reviews)
Genre: Fantasy | Contemporary Fiction

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“The mystery and fantasy slowly draw together, bonded by supreme characterization, to make for a story which is almost impossible to put down.” –Reviewers Bookwatch

As a child, dog-loving Brenna Fallon naívely invokes an ancient Celtic deity to save her beloved hound–and inadvertently anchors the new-found power at a spring on her family’s farm. She doesn’t know she’s also left an opening for a far more malevolent force. Years later, thanks to the actions of several angry young men, Brenna discovers the terrible potential of that gateway. With a devastating plague unfolding abruptly around her, she must depend on her wits, a stranger she doesn’t trust, and a mysterious stray dog who becomes more than just a faithful companion as she struggles to drive back the threat of a modern Black Death. Welded by a desperate sacrifice, woman, man, and dog face the feral darkness together.

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Upcycling Crafts Boxset Vol 1: The Top 4 Best Selling Upcycling Books With 197 Crafts!
Kitty Moore
4.3 Stars (70 Reviews)
Genre: Arts & Photography | Crafts, Hobbies & Home

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Upcycling Crafts: Discover 197 Crafts That Reuse Old Clothes, Furniture, Linens & More! FREE BONUS FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY: If you download this book TODAY, you will receive a FREE DOWNLOAD of Kitty Moore’s best selling book, DIY Crafts: The 100 Most Popular Crafts & Projects That Make Your Life Easier. You will ALSO get FREE ACCESS to Kitty’s Premium Image Gallery, which contains images of all the crafts featured in ALL of her books! The free access links are inside the book.

From the Best Selling Arts & Crafts writer, Kitty Moore, comes her new Upcycling Crafts Boxset Vol 1: The Top 4 Best Selling Upcycling Books With 197 Crafts! This boxset includes: 1) Upcycling Crafts: 100 Upcycling Projects That Reuse Old Clothes 2) Upcycling: 33 Ways To Reuse Broken House Hold Items 3) Upcycling: 31 Crafts To Decorate Your Living Space: Refresh Your Home 4) Upcycling: 33 Ways To Reuse Old Glass Jars, Mason Jars, & Wine Bottles For Home Decorations & Much More! This boxset gives you a wide variety of upcycling crafts that allow you to update your home, wardrobe, and decorations. Do you love upcycling crafts, but have run out of new and creative ideas? THEN THIS BOXSET IS FOR YOU This boxset provides you with 197 upcycling crafts along with step-by-step directions and full list of materials! Some Of The Crafts You Will Find In This Boxset Include: Indigo Tie-Dye Jeans Lace Scarf From Old Table Cloth & Sheets One Shoulder T-Shirt Floor Rug With Old Sheets Garden Tool Bucket Caddy Cloth Flowers T-Shirt Quilt Christmas Wreath Adult Socks Into Toddler Pants T-Shirt Into Toddler Dress Vintage Fork Magnet Bamboo Scent Diffuser Rolling Pin Towel Holder Spoon Mirror Mercury Glass Counter Piece Wine Bottle Chandelier Jack Daniels Soap Dispenser Glass Jar Garden Edge No Sew Shades Garden Rake Wine Glass Holder Balloon Lace Chandelier Quick And Easy Photo .

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