tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969706797064477592024-02-02T12:58:14.695-05:00BOBBI'S BOOK NOOKAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.comBlogger362125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-2577504167837023182018-09-13T21:59:00.003-04:002018-09-13T21:59:00.311-04:00List of Trixie Belden Books1. The Secret of the Mansion (1948) <br />2. The Red Trailer Mystery (1950) <br />3. The Gatehouse Mystery (1951) <br />4. The Mysterious Visitor (1954) <br />5. The Mystery Off Glen Road (1956) <br />6. The Mystery in Arizona (1958) <br />7. The Mysterious Code (1961) <br />8. The Black Jacket Mystery (1961) <br />9. The Happy Valley Mystery (1962) <br />10. The Marshland Mystery (1962) <br />11. The Mystery at Bob-White Cave (1963) <br />12. The Mystery of the Blinking Eye (1963) <br />13. The Mystery on Cobbett's Island (1964) <br />14. The Mystery of the Emeralds (1965) <br />15. The Mystery on the Mississippi (1965) <br />16. The Mystery of the Missing Heiress (1970) <br />17. The Mystery of the Uninvited Guest (1977) <br />18. The Mystery of the Phantom Grasshopper (1977) <br />19. The Secret of the Unseen Treasure (1977) <br />20. The Mystery off Old Telegraph Road (1978) <br />21. The Mystery of the Castaway Children (1978) <br />22. The Mystery on Mead's Mountain (1978) <br />23. The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace (1979) <br />24. The Mystery at Saratoga (1979) <br />25. The Sasquatch Mystery (1979) <br />26. The Mystery of the Headless Horseman (1979) <br />27. The Mystery of the Ghostly Galleon (1979) <br />28. The Hudson River Mystery (1979) <br />29.The Mystery of the Velvet Gown (1980) <br />30. The Mystery of the Midnight Marauder (1980) <br />31. The Mystery at Maypenny's (1980) <br />32. The Mystery of the Whispering Witch (1980) <br />33. The Mystery of the Vanishing Victim (1980) <br />34. The Mystery of the Missing Millionaire (1980) <br />35. The Mystery of the Memorial Day Fire (1984) <br />36. The Mystery of the Antique Doll (1984) <br />37. The Pet Show Mystery (1985) <br />38. The Indian Burial Ground Mystery (1985) <br />39. The Mystery of the Galloping Ghost (1986)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-38157728497979361572013-01-20T11:45:00.002-05:002013-01-20T11:46:17.807-05:00Butter in the Morning<br />
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Butter in the Morning by Georgia Green Stamper<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Publisher:</b> Wind
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This collection of essays is at once heartwarming and
nostalgic. Georgia Green Stamper is able to capture that down-home country
feeling of her childhood and life and pass it on to the reader. The section ‘Where
I’m From’ gives a snippet of country life with the stories ‘The Past is Never
Dead’ where she talks about her MawMaw and PawPaw Green, to ‘My Hat’ where the
topic is the wide-brim felt hat she wore to her Freshman Tea.<o:p></o:p></div>
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‘You Might As Well Laugh Mother Always Said’ is a collection
of humorous essays with topics like ‘Rhubarb,’ ‘Causal Dress,’ and ‘Demi Moore
Stew.’ ‘To Everything There Is A Season’ takes the reader from ‘The Garbage
Collectors’ to ‘Memorial Day’ to ‘The Thanksgiving Blizzard of 1950.’ <o:p></o:p></div>
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But my favorite section of the book is the book titled, ‘Butter
in the Morning.’ ‘Mother’ is a touching story of her mother and the rock-hard
maple dresser. ‘Go Big Blue’ is a
Kentuckians dream talking about Big Blue Madness. And my favorite essay of the
book is ‘A Tale of Two Autumns’ when she describes the autumn of 1976, one of
the most memorable autumns in my own life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is the perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter’s
day, or to take with you when you only have a few minutes to read. The short
chapters make it easy reading and you can skip around from story to story
because they are in no particular order.
This book is good enough to enjoy every day and is one to treasure.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-73664367610851928082013-01-11T13:03:00.000-05:002013-01-11T13:10:53.840-05:00Hannah the Hedgehog Goes To Heaven<br />
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<li style="margin: 0.5em 0em;"><b>Publisher:</b> Tate Publishing (March 20, 2012)</li>
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Hannah the Hedgehog is Lily's best friend. But Hannah hasn't been feeling well lately. Lily learns that it may be time for her pet to die, but she's grateful for the time she got to spend with Hannah. This was a heart-warming book about coping with the sadness of death and moving on. The loss of a pet can often be a child's first real experience with death. It's hard to know how to cope and as a parent, it can be hard to know what to say or how to explain what's going on to a child. On the other side, Hannah was sad to leave her friend, but looking down from heaven, she knows Lily will be okay too!<br />
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Moore's new book "Hannah the Hedgehog Goes to Heaven/Lily Loses her Best Friend" is designed to help. It's a flip book! One side is Lily's story and the other side of the book tells the same story from Hannah the Hedgehog's point-of-view, showing how she understands her situation and how much she cares for Lily. This is a beautiful little book that is full of color and descriptions of the friendship between a little girl and her pet Hedgehog. When Hannah the Hedgehog gets sick and eventually dies, the little girl Lily is trying to understand what is happening and why.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-83634678911546250432012-04-21T04:16:00.002-04:002012-04-21T04:25:07.838-04:00Jude the Dude<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhSBbutMAN5ltgAOZxoeP8y3IzBV2ORHSvXWeGHdocHdZgeh8dfoq9WmhKu491Ma7fBm4lPt89teTInwKFOw390zdKF9LJ3eYuKaJoVgZ9MOYpAiqTbum88s97zkbi__SqpwxKHC1iZik/s1600/575437_10100123880399963_48208606_39584937_1408256775_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="306" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhSBbutMAN5ltgAOZxoeP8y3IzBV2ORHSvXWeGHdocHdZgeh8dfoq9WmhKu491Ma7fBm4lPt89teTInwKFOw390zdKF9LJ3eYuKaJoVgZ9MOYpAiqTbum88s97zkbi__SqpwxKHC1iZik/s320/575437_10100123880399963_48208606_39584937_1408256775_n.jpeg" /></a></div>Jude the Dude written and illustrated by Debra G. Watts
•Published: 3/27/2012
•Format: Perfect Bound Softcover
•Pages: 36
•Size: 8.5x8.5
•ISBN: 978-1-46916-958-3
How do you deal with bullies? Just leave it to Jude the Dude. Jude works in the Jukebox Soda Pop Shop with his family June, Julian, Julie and little brother Junior. He and his buddies get into some hot water with a gang of bullies and Jude needs to step in before things get too out of hand. See what happens when Jude the Dude takes control.
In a society where bullying is reaching epidemic proportions, Debra Watts has given the younger generation an alternative to bullying. Her illustrations are bold and colorful with a whimsical undertone. Jude the Dude is an inspiration for children who are currently being bullied. Jude the Dude stands his ground and Judas Junk slowly calms down. Written in a 1950s lingo, this book will resonate with grandparents reading to their grandchildren. Sling words from the 1950s are listed at the back of the book. There is also a message to a bullied young person at the end of the book:
1.Refuse to be a victim!!
2.Believing the bully only empowers the bully,
3.Arguing with a bully is exactly what he or she wants,
4.The responsible and mature thing to do is tell an adult if you are being bullied.
Debra G. Watts is a retired educator who lives just outside of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. She has authored a teaching guide entitled "Listening Guides to America's Greatest Musicals" through J. Weston Walch Publishers and has just recently published "CARter CAR and his Wild and CARazy Birthday" through Xlibris. She is currently a University Coordinator mentoring practicum and student teachers for the university of the Cumberlands.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-79470018694493105112012-04-04T17:23:00.002-04:002012-04-04T17:28:37.174-04:00Death By Bridle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5I-ZGXeUGv7nfflhWiLBLJRZjC-_erpVJNM4-qb3G1yNnMSouT0fgEtIWKjhDpf_DeGKtL3CG9xmEAGazIuZJ1PK6WQbI-vALibwfJNKrkx8OlUCv_ZLhb12v7mPGAYV6iFxqBHE9Ybg/s1600/1467517356.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="187" width="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5I-ZGXeUGv7nfflhWiLBLJRZjC-_erpVJNM4-qb3G1yNnMSouT0fgEtIWKjhDpf_DeGKtL3CG9xmEAGazIuZJ1PK6WQbI-vALibwfJNKrkx8OlUCv_ZLhb12v7mPGAYV6iFxqBHE9Ybg/s320/1467517356.jpeg" /></a></div><b>Death by Bridle</b> (A Josiah Reynolds Mystery) by <b>Abigail Keam<br />
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• Publisher: Worker Bee Press (March 22, 2012) <br />
• Language: English <br />
• ISBN-10: 1467517356 <br />
• ISBN-13: 978-1467517355 <br />
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<i><blockquote>Josiah is back on the trail of a murderer. Arthur Aaron Greene III is one of Kentucky s most prominent horse men but he is found hanging from the rafters in a horse barn with stones in his pockets and a bucket of water under his feet. The only witness is a nine year old boy who can’t seem to remember exactly what happened. Relentless in her pursuit of the killer, Josiah stumbles into decades of lies and deception that include her dear friend, Lady Elsmere. Josiah discovers that she must go back to 1962 if she is to find out the truth at all, while making the rounds of quirky characters that can only be found in the lush Bluegrass horse country. Fighting an unknown enemy in the glamorous world of Thoroughbreds, oak-cured bourbon, and antebellum mansions, Josiah struggles to uncover the truth in a land that keeps its secrets well.<br />
</blockquote></i>Abigail Keam has once again given us a clever mystery for feisty, middle-aged character Josiah Reynolds. This quick read, although presenting a new mystery, also picks up on the storylines from her previous two novels, Death by a Honeybee and Death by Drowning.<br />
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I love Josiah because she is a real woman and reminds me of myself, with all her faults, aches and pains. She is a great role model for the “imperfect” women who love to read. The supporting cast of characters is well developed, each rich with his or her own eccentricities, from the flamboyant Franklin to the handsome Matt to the cranky Lady Elsmere. <br />
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Kentucky Author Abigail Keam is also an excellent beekeeper from the Bluegrass Region, having won sixteen honey awards at the Kentucky State Fair. In her spare time, she started writing books and is quickly becoming well-known outside of Kentucky.<br />
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Mrs. Keam has written a fun, exciting and humorous book. She throws in locally known areas like the Lexington Farmers’ Market and Al’s Bar. Ms. Keam writing is more like lyrical prose, leaving the readers wanting to know more of Josiah's life and clamoring for the next book.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-46829646187673933552012-01-13T16:14:00.000-05:002012-01-13T16:14:38.674-05:00Battle Scars Anthology<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0d5VW6J-mXWA5eOFFvgIN8YXv3uFzl3LLO9l9mp6Ob_mN9Mp085vG8a8Kw9tCGW97i68rsHTA_mrlAUWnZ65hkui9HJWGz-QQmVF0SDsmQ8XK7WXE48BQAmWP1MlRyq5y_udLNDPZQHVU/s1600/41Zrab25IvL__BO2%252C204%252C203%252C200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click%252CTopRight%252C35%252C-76_AA300_SH20_AA278_PIkin4%252CBottomRight%252C-34%252C22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0d5VW6J-mXWA5eOFFvgIN8YXv3uFzl3LLO9l9mp6Ob_mN9Mp085vG8a8Kw9tCGW97i68rsHTA_mrlAUWnZ65hkui9HJWGz-QQmVF0SDsmQ8XK7WXE48BQAmWP1MlRyq5y_udLNDPZQHVU/s320/41Zrab25IvL__BO2%252C204%252C203%252C200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click%252CTopRight%252C35%252C-76_AA300_SH20_AA278_PIkin4%252CBottomRight%252C-34%252C22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpeg" /></a></div>I am happy to announce, I have had a poem printed in the <b>Battle Scars<br />
Anthology</b> edited by Jerome Brooke<br />
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<b>Format:</b> Kindle Edition <br />
<b>File Size:</b> 70 KB <br />
<b>Sold by:</b> Amazon Digital Services <br />
<b>Language:</b> English <br />
<b>ASIN:</b> B006WWGTIM <br />
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Isles - Astarte - Zylophone<br />
Monograph<br />
GoodSamaritan Press<br />
2012<br />
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Eugenia Fain - Ron Koppelberger - Bobbi Rightmyer<br />
Gordana Culibrk - Christina Murphy <br />
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Copyright 2012 GoodSamaritan Press<br />
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<b>Weaving a New Eden by Sherry Chandler<br />
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• <b>Paperback:</b> 108 pages <br />
• <b>Publisher:</b> Wind Publications (March 15, 2011) <br />
• <b>Language:</b> English <br />
• <b>ISBN-10:</b> 193613828X <br />
• <b>ISBN-13:</b> 978-1936138289 <br />
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Sherry Chandler is a high caliber poet and author of two chapbooks: <b>Dance the Black-Eyed Girl</b> is #13 in the New Women’s Voices series from Finishing Line Press and <b>My Will and Testament Is on the Desk</b> is #4 in FootHills Publishing’s Poets on Peace Series. <b>Weaving a New Eden</b> is her first full-length book of poetry.<br />
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<b>Weaving a New Eden</b> takes us back to the beginnings of Kentucky, back to 1774 with Daniel and Rebecca Boone. I have lived my entire life in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, home of the first permanent settlement West of the Alleghany Mountains, founded by James Harrod, but visited by Daniel and Rebecca Boone and their family. The poems in this powerful book interrelate with the female heritage of Chandler and the frontier life faced by Rebecca Boone.<br />
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One of my favorite poems is “No More” because it reminds me of the death of my mother. Although my mother was 65 and Chandler’s was 91, the similarities of their deaths haunted me. Watching a parent, especially a mother, take a last breath is always hard, even if it comes at the end of a long illness. While many relatives may rush to claim treasures after the funeral, the last lines of this poem reverberated through me because it is similar to what I did when my own mother died: <br />
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<i>“Last chance,”<br />
he says,<br />
“to claim what you want.”<br />
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I break a branch,<br />
a blossom<br />
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“The Grandmother Acrostics” is a legacy of recollections from the women of Chandler’s past: Lettice, born ca 1774, who kept a Kentucky tavern; Lydia Simpson ca 1799, whose father kept a public house; Ambie W. True, October 1870, had seven children; Katherine B. Keith, September 1917, born weighing 14 pounds; and Chandler, February 1945, <i>“dancing the figure of the Black-Eyed Girl.”<br />
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“Jemima Boone Speaks of Abduction, Boonesborough, July 1776” is a lyrical look at the torment Miss Boone at the hand of the Cherokees, Shawnees, who <br />
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<i>“knew me for Boone’s child. We have done pretty well for Old Boone this time.”<br />
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“Rebecca Boone Speaks of Fidelity” starts out as, <br />
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<i>“You should have staid home and got it yourself.”<br />
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What woman hasn’t thought this thought at one time in their lives?<br />
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At the end of this lovely book of historical poetry is a note section, letting the reader know about some of the research Chandler gathered in order to put this book together. This book is well-worth the read, especially, put not limited to, the women of Kentucky. History woven into poetry is a magical thing.<br />
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Sherry Chandler’s poem “Relics” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by qarrtsiluni in 2010. She won the Betty Gabehart Award from the Kentucky Women Writers Conference the Legacies Award from the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, the Kudzu poetry prize for 2006, and the Joy Bale Boone Prize for 2006. In 2005, she received a scholarship to attend the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, in 2007, she received a scholarship to attend the West Chester Poetry Conference where she studied with Molly Peacock, and in 2009 she received the Katherine Osborne Scholarship to attend the Wildacres Writers Workshop. She has received professional development funding (2005, 2009) and Professional Assistance Awards (1989, 2007, 2009) from the Kentucky Arts Council, and an Artist Enrichment Grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women (2008).<br />
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</b></a>by Kim Michele Richardson<br />
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<b>Paperback:</b> 218 pages <br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Behler Publications; Second Edition edition (October 2010) <br />
<b>Language:</b> English <br />
<b>ISBN-10:</b> 1933016914 <br />
<b>ISBN-13:</b> 978-1933016917<br />
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<blockquote><i>"The Unbreakable Child is an act of courage, a book that insists on the primacy of justice, no matter how long the delay. Kim Michele Richardson, an author determined to give traumatic memories a rightful meaning, is one indestructible woman." —Jason Berry, author, Vows of Silence<br />
</blockquote></i>In a story of incredible cruelty and injustice, Kim and her three older sisters were taken from their neglectful mother by the Commonwealth of Kentucky when Kim was a toddler and placed at the St. Thomas/St. Vincent Orphanage The beatings began almost immediately and lasted until the girls’ mother regained custody again. By this time Kim and her sisters had endured nine years of systematic abuse at the hands of the cruel nuns.<br />
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It is sometimes hard to read the unimaginable abuse the children suffered in the care of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Kim’s honesty will drew you in and her truthfulness oozes from many of the horrific pages. Her voice speaks clear in this page-turner, touching every emotion leaving you drained from the pain and the joy, from the crying and the laughter.<br />
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Ms. Richardson also appalauds the courage of one man, William McMurry, the blistering, but empathetic attorney who uncovered and effectively brought to justice, the methodical concealment of decades of orphan abuses. Although you would think this story of cruel and inhuman practices was evil without end, it is an accolade to the flexibility of the human spirit and a victory to see Kim and her sisters overcome their situation with determination and resolution.<br />
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<blockquote><b>BIO:</b> <a href="http://www.theunbreakablechild.com/"><b>Kim Michele Richardson</a></b> spent over nine years in the care of the <a href="www.scnfamily.org/"><b>Sisters of Charity of Nazareth</b></a> in her native Kentucky in the 1960’s. That grim experience and her subsequent legal action against the nuns are the subjects of her book, The Unbreakable Child. <br />
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As the Kentucky spokesperson for <a href="www.snapnetwork.org"><b>SNAP</b></a>, The <b>Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests</b>, Kim is a go-to contact for news media for the endemic clergy abuse crisis and has appeared on national radio, news print, TV news channels, and on PBS stations.<br />
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Kim mentors teen and adult writing workshops and has initiated student reading groups and has also implemented and designed successful programs to help homeless shelters - programs that taught students about giving back to their communities.<br />
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Kim has been an active community worker doing volunteer work for Habitat for Humanity and a local shelter for the homeless, as well as helping younger students with reading and writing. She works closely with abuse victims and survivors of all types of abuse. Kim is also a contributor to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-michele-richardson"><b>The Huffington Post</b></a>, writing about societal issues.<br />
</blockquote>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-73880413775155411332011-10-25T08:03:00.002-04:002011-10-25T08:05:15.554-04:00Bag of BonesThe True Book Addict at <a href="http://castlemacabre.blogspot.com/2011/10/announcingstephen-kings-bag-of-bones.html">Castle Macabre</a> blog is hosting:<br />
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One of my favorite Stephen King books, Bag of Bones, has been made into a television mini-series, set to air on December 11 and 12 on A&E (in the U.S.). In honor of this momentous event, I have decided to host a read-a-long!<br />
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Here's how it will work:<br />
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Each week we will read approximately 125 pages (give or take), beginning on Sunday and posting thoughts/discussion on Saturday. Now, I know weekends are busy so if you're a couple of days late posting, that's absolutely no problem (if you don't have a blog, feel free to post your thoughts in the comments). Please stop by and leave the link to your post in the comments. Also, feel free to comment on my post. I have been known to run behind on read-a-longs so don't worry about being dropped from the list. I understand that life gets in the way. Incidentally, since I am hosting, I will make my best effort to NOT fall behind. Any questions, leave me a comment or email me at truebookaddictATgmailDOTcom.<br />
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Here is the schedule:<br />
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November 13-19--Chapter 1 - 9 <br />
November 20-26--Chapter 10 - 15 <br />
November 27-December 3--Chapter 16 - 21 <br />
December 4-10--Chapter 22 - End <br />
If you would like to sign-up, please leave a comment with your blog link.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-70275749740941215122011-10-02T10:50:00.003-04:002011-10-02T10:55:48.197-04:00CARter CAR and His Wild and CARazy Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTZKHkU0T9SCluSP2b4mlFR-vUnbVhJ0podyPtE_RbSKABwmDgSqs5UahszUeG2L9vI0vd7JwhwdrCFgUgOD14xcj5Sn0zfZRs8K5u5Dr43tnef3bMu58tNbOARcZKLoQnmEi0PSFUAZh/s1600/101777-WATT-thumbnail.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="135" width="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTZKHkU0T9SCluSP2b4mlFR-vUnbVhJ0podyPtE_RbSKABwmDgSqs5UahszUeG2L9vI0vd7JwhwdrCFgUgOD14xcj5Sn0zfZRs8K5u5Dr43tnef3bMu58tNbOARcZKLoQnmEi0PSFUAZh/s320/101777-WATT-thumbnail.gif" /></a></div><a href="http://www2.xlibris.com/Bookstore/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=101777"><b>CARter CAR and His Wild and CARazy Birthday</b></a> written and illustrated by <a href="http://www2.xlibris.com/Bookstore/author.aspx?authorid=77418&bookid=101777"><b>Debra G. Watts</b></a><br />
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Pages : 36<br />
Book Format :Square 8.5 x 8.5<br />
Subject :JUVENILE FICTION / Fiction / Childrens Book<br />
ISBN10: 1-4628-4864-8 (Picture Book) <br />
ISBN13: 978-1-4628-4864-5 (Picture Book) <br />
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<i><blockquote>Today is CARter CAR's birthday and he is very excited. He and his friends CARissa, CARmen, CARina, CARly, CARlton, CARlos, CARson, CARol, and CARey celectrate a little too CARazy throughout the day. See how his party gets a bit out of control.</blockquote></i><br />
This is a wonderful children's book written by local author Debra G. Watts. Debra wrote the book for her nephew, Carter, and she has also illustrated the book named after him. Children will love the brightly colored pictures and the amusing escapades of Carter and his friends.<br />
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Debra G. Watts is a retired educator who presently resides in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. She has authored a teaching guide entitled "Listening Guides of America's Greatest Musicals" and she is currently a University Coordinator mentoring practicum and student teachers for the University of the Cumberlands.<br />
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You can contact Debra at noteworthy.watts@yahoo.com. The book is published from Xlibris and is available by contacting Debra directly or contacting Xlibris at 1-888-795-4274 ext 7879.<br />
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I think this quirky little book is perfect for the little boy or girls who still love to play with cars. It would make a wonderful Christmas gift or stocking stuffer.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-88128640725467993402011-09-06T18:33:00.000-04:002011-09-16T18:35:52.779-04:00The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjrNdu7_Gi0vPwW2xeJ2NU1PILhoGSnNkZNMOJhnDn11aG71hyphenhyphenMLSzkbTCO1fLF09Dp3bSOZH_qDY7Q8rtXmJKC_pgeCxgIOCvgsbjE5AjzJISR8ZztdKbFxACZ-MtqeH77JOYZ3iqRA6/s1600/the_girl_who_circumnavigated_fairyland_in_a_ship_of_her_own_making-70060.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjrNdu7_Gi0vPwW2xeJ2NU1PILhoGSnNkZNMOJhnDn11aG71hyphenhyphenMLSzkbTCO1fLF09Dp3bSOZH_qDY7Q8rtXmJKC_pgeCxgIOCvgsbjE5AjzJISR8ZztdKbFxACZ-MtqeH77JOYZ3iqRA6/s320/the_girl_who_circumnavigated_fairyland_in_a_ship_of_her_own_making-70060.jpeg" /></a></div><b>The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Circumnavigated-Fairyland-Ship-Making/dp/0312649614"></a></b> by <b>Catherynne M. Valente<br />
<a href="http://www.catherynnemvalente.com/"></a></b><br />
• Reading level: Young Adult<br />
• Hardcover: 256 pages <br />
• Publisher: Feiwel & Friends <br />
• Language: English <br />
• ISBN-10: 0312649614 <br />
• ISBN-13: 978-0312649616<br />
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<i>Bibliophilic wyverns, enchanted woods, an evil Marquess, a magical talisman, dwarven customs agents, djinns, velocipedes--and that doesn't even take into account what's in the title of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. A fantastical tale that's somewhere between Lewis Carroll and Terry Pratchett, Cathrynne Valente's book follows twelve-year-old September, a girl from Omaha, Nebraska, who finds herself whisked away by a fast-talking gentleman called the Green Wind to the world of Fairyland where she has to retrieve a witch's spoon from the fickle Marquess. Still, Cathrynne Valente's imaginative cast of characters and spirited prose turn what could be a standard heroine-on-a-quest story into something on par with the best (and weirdest) classics. --Darryl Campbell<br />
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Precocious and bored, 12 year old September – and no smarty, she was not born in September – is whisked off by the Green Wind into Fairyland. She is cleared through customs – whoever heard of customs in Fairyland? – and is left to fend for herself. This charming and whimsical book is full of imagination and sass, making it hard to put down, even if I am 49 years old.<br />
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Being a lover of Young Adult fiction, this book will finally take you away from the vampires, werewolves and zombies that seem to be creeping up all around us. September is a vicious child with a wild imagination, but she is not fool-hearty and takes her time in making decisions. She is not a quitter and she never gives up. <br />
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Valente’s writing just flows off the page and I was lapping up every luscious word. She has a way of telling a story that puts her in the category with Neil Gaiman, J. K. Rowling, Brandon Mull and James Dasher. I can’t wait until my granddaughter is old enough so she will sit still for chapter book reading. She is going to love it. <br />
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I recommend this book highly, especially to the middle-school crowd. Elementary and middle school teachers are going to love this book and librarians are already giving it rave review. The book was written with an obvious sequel in mind, which I can’t wait to read, and I hope it turns into a series and not just a trilogy. September is a girl I want to learn more and more about and Valente will show it to all those who read.<br />
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<a href="http://accents-publishing.com/authors.html"><i>Thom Ward</i><br />
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<a href="http://accents-publishing.com/books.html"><b>Accents Publishing</b></a><br />
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<b>Paperback:</b> 60 pages <br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Accents Publishing (September 1, 2011) <br />
<b>Language:</b> English <br />
<b>ISBN-10:</b> 1936628031 <br />
<b>ISBN-13:</b> 978-1936628032<br />
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Accents Publishing launches its Full-Length World Poetry Series with a daring new collection of poetry by award-winning author Thom Ward, complete with original cover art by acclaimed artist DeLoss McGraw.<br />
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From reading the very first poem, the reader realizes Ward has an overabundance of imagination and brilliance. His words rush in and out like the high and low tides slapping against the beach.<br />
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In <i>Goldfinch, Cockroach</i>:<br />
<blockquote><i>Once in a while my soul exits this body, <br />
Goes shopping for another house of flesh.</i><br />
</blockquote>Reminds me of times when my soul is tired of grieving and goes in search of something more cheery.<br />
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In <i>Actually, However</i>:<br />
<blockquote><i>He fell, and fell hard, like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East River….</i><br />
</blockquote>This poem brought back visions of The Sopranos, the hit HBO television series.<br />
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My favorite part of this book is the section on the <i>Howhatwhywherewhen Bone</i>, a collection of 13 poems all having to do with how, what, why, where, and when. In the <i>Contraband of the Howhatwhywherewhen Bone</i>:<br />
<blockquote><i>crosses all borders<br />
and disappears<br />
into marrow intelligence<br />
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what is to say<br />
bone understands</i> </blockquote>Thom Ward is sole proprietor of Thom Ward's Poetry Editing and Proofreading Services (thombward@gmail.com). Ward's poetry collections include Small Boat with Oars of Different Size (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2000) and Various Orbits (Carnegie Mellon, 2004). Ward's poetry chapbook, Tumblekid, winner of the 1998 Devil's Millhopper poetry contest, was published by the University of South Carolina-Aiken in 2000. His collection of prose poems, The Matter of the Casket, was published by CustomWords in 2007. Ward teaches creative writing workshops at high schools and colleges around the country, tutors individual poetry students, and edits poetry manuscripts. He is a faculty and advisory board member at Wilkes University's Graduate Creative Writing program in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Thom Ward lives in western New York with his girlfriend Jennifer and their cat Phantom.<br />
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<i><blockquote>"Like Virgil's before him, Frederick Smock's eclogues give us the sense of an earned peace in the clear voice of a man at home in the world. These poems are richly allusive, elemental moments of experience and insight. The Deer at Gethsemani is a well-made house of poetry, and it is a true pleasure to spend time in its rooms." - Greg Pape, Author of American Flamingo</blockquote></i> <br />
Eclogues are a set of pastoral poems, made most famous by the Roman Virgil, who wrote the Aeneid, one of the greatest epic poems in human history. <br />
In Smock's poem <i>VI Cave Hill</i>, both lyrical and rhyming:<br />
<blockquote> <i>Come to the window, look out and see<br />
the road that leads down to the cemetery …<br />
The swans are lovely and mean.<br />
The peacocks beautiful and vain …</i></blockquote><i>V</i>reads:<br />
<blockquote><i>The geese have returned again to campus,<br />
to the roof of the library where they make their nest,<br />
where they can look out over Beargrass Creek<br />
and the elms of Creason Park.</i></blockquote><i>XXII</i> is:<br />
<blockquote><i>The lamps turned on at four<br />
in the afternoon barely glow,<br />
but as the sun goes down<br />
these rooms slowly fill with light</i>.</blockquote>On the surface, these eclogues may seem simple little poems, but delving into the hidden meanings is a strong and powerful undercurrent of lyrical reality.<br />
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Frederick Smock is associate professor of English at Bellarmine University, where he received the 2005 Wyatt Faculty Award. He has published four previous collections of poems with Larkspur Press. He is also the author of Craft-talk: On Writing Poems, and Pax Intrantibus: A Meditation on the Poetry of Thomas Merton. His poems have appeared in The Antioch Review, The Hudson Review, The Louisville Review, The Merton Journal (UK), Poetry East, Trajectory, and other journals.<br />
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</b><a href="http://accents-publishing.com/">Accents Publishing<br />
</a>Winged Series<br />
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• Paperback: 24 pages <br />
• Publisher: Accents Publishing (February 15, 2011) <br />
• Language: English <br />
• ISBN-10: 0984411895 <br />
• ISBN-13: 978-0984411894 <br />
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<blockquote><i>"From the coldness of the Nebraska winter to the heat of a lover's bed, Dan Nowak takes the reader on a compelling lyric journey. He shares intimate moments with his audience, crafting his words so that we feel the scratchiness of the seldom worn suit, the skinned knuckles from the loading bays, and the sweat of a lover's skin. There are poems here to savor and reread and then reread again." - P. Andrew Miller, Author of The Legend of The Turquoise Knight</i></blockquote>Dan Nowak's first book, <i>Recycle Suburbia</i>, won the 2007 Quercus Review Poetry Series Award. He also has a chapbook, Burning the Arson Dictionary: Poems for Thomas McGrath published by RockSaw Press. Dan is co-founder and co-editor of Imaginary Friend Press and an editor for New Sins Press. Dan lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and enjoys that Lakefront Brewery is less than a mile from his home.<br />
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The poem <i>“Dead Center”</i> is full of vivid imagery and works hard to pull you in with potent words.<br />
<blockquote><i>We drink down Nebraska<br />
In giant starry cups. The dirt<br />
Falls down our throats past<br />
Our primes …</i></blockquote><i>“I Come From Hands”</i> is a list poem that will leave you breathless and raw.<br />
<blockquote><i>… that refused guns in the house<br />
that packed gunpowder in hungry cannons<br />
that felt a limp and died<br />
that believe more in cutting grass than Jesus …</i></blockquote>Another poem that made me look at my life differently was <i>“Worth,”</i> will make you reexamine your life as a factory worker.<br />
<blockquote><i>Sometimes I try to write something smart, something that sounds<br />
Like I’m worth<br />
The seventy thousand dollars my brain and bill collectors placed<br />
My price tag at,<br />
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But then remember I’m a factory-rat sin. I belong in the stall, <br />
next to the man …</i></blockquote>This slim blook of outstanding poetry is a must read for anyone who loves poetry.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-53930067468716093742011-08-30T16:18:00.000-04:002011-08-30T16:18:29.375-04:00Bee-Coursing Box<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bee-coursing-Box-Matthew-Haughton/dp/0984411860"><b>Bee-Coursing Box</b></a> by <a href="http://www.stilljournal.net/matthew-haughton-poetry.php"><b>Matthew Haughton</b></a><br />
<a href="http://accents-publishing.com/"><b>Accents Publishing</b><br />
</a>Winged Series - The Winged Series features selections from the Accents Poetry Chapbook contests<br />
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•<b>Paperback:</b> 32 pages<br />
•<b>Publisher:</b> Accents Publishing<br />
•<b>Language:</b> English<br />
•<b>ISBN-10:</b> 0984411863<br />
•<b>ISB-13:</b> 978-0984411860<br />
<blockquote><i>"Matthew Haughton's debut collection honors and extends Kentucky's great literary heritage, which stretches from Greenup to Bowling Green, the 18th century to now. In poems that dare 'pray there's a heaven for snakes,' and dare see a man 'growing like a sycamore out of the untamed earth,' he adds his worthy voice to the chorus." - Frederick Smock, Author of Guest House</blockquote></i><br />
This is Matthew Haughton’s debut collection of poetry, written with honest and powerful poems. His well-crafted work is tight and straight from the heart.<br />
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The title poem <i>“Bee-coursing Box”</i> follows a man as he returns to a bee tree year after year. This could be an author returning to a piece of work again and again trying to get it right.<br />
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<blockquote><i>I mark the tree and return<br />
Year after year<br />
We grow old<br />
together<br />
Deep into his second life.</blockquote></i><br />
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<i>“Deer Tongue: A Conversation about Tobacco”</i>reminds me of my times spent in the tobacco fields when I was young.<br />
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<blockquote><i>Crushed leaves<br />
Make smoke,<br />
The senses snap …</blockquote></i> <br />
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I also enjoy <i>“Tracking Seeds”</i> part <i>ii Whirlybirds:</i><br />
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<blockquote><i>Little pink<br />
fans<br />
spill from<br />
the tree<br />
limbs …</blockquote></i> <br />
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I can vividly see these little whirlybirds flying through the air during the early parts of summer, twirling and swirling.<br />
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Haughton writes honestly from nature’s backyard and this is a book worth reading for anyone who is serious about poetry.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-54161376023650991772011-08-30T09:57:00.002-04:002011-08-30T10:06:43.559-04:00Fading into Bolivia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LGB8JxB6WpU78jiUH8yEp-WLbImvN-xngzLAg3YTbI2UVl7uOVtu8DZcPGRkyqtPjKaf0wumxbeArznN8V0uuInr9GktzViRTx6pivDz-2oPFPyPTYOky0Eh1rpAfVkM1vRVyGwcg_21/s1600/41Pz5%252BX5%252BeL__SL500_AA300_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LGB8JxB6WpU78jiUH8yEp-WLbImvN-xngzLAg3YTbI2UVl7uOVtu8DZcPGRkyqtPjKaf0wumxbeArznN8V0uuInr9GktzViRTx6pivDz-2oPFPyPTYOky0Eh1rpAfVkM1vRVyGwcg_21/s320/41Pz5%252BX5%252BeL__SL500_AA300_.jpg" /></a></div><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fading-Into-Bolivia-Richard-Taylor/dp/1936628058/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314712385&sr=1-1">Fading Into Bolivia</a></b> <br />
<a href="http://www.transy.edu/news/arch_story.htm?id=529&obj=index">Richard Taylor <br />
</a>* <b>Paperback:</b> 30 pages <br />
* <b>Publisher:</b> Accents Publishing <br />
* <b>Language:</b> English <br />
* <b>ISBN-10:</b> 1936628058 <br />
* <b>ISBN-13:</b> 978-1936628056 <br />
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<i>Richard Taylor is a professor of English and currently serves as Kenan Visiting Writer at Transylvania University. A former Kentucky poet laureate, he is the author of six collections of poetry, two novels, and several books of non-fiction, mostly relating to Kentucky history. A former dean and teacher in the Governor's Scholars Program, he was selected as Distinguished Professor at Kentucky State University in 1992. He has won two creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and an Al Smith Creative Writing Award from the Kentucky Arts Council. He and his wife Lizz own Poor Richard's Books in Frankfort, Kentucky.<blockquote></blockquote></i> <br />
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Dr. Richard Taylor has been a writing force in Kentucky for many years and his latest collection of poetry will also stand the strength of time. With minimal, but powerful words, Taylor weaves a poetic journey through a variety of lyrical and narrative poetry. <br />
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Writing Slump contains the title of this newest book of poetry: <br />
<i>"... In an act of unwitting collaboration <br />
That describes her state and mine, <br />
My mother calls to say, "Some days <br />
I feel I'm fading into Bolivia." <br />
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If you do not know Dr. Richard Taylor, you will learn very quickly he is a college professor from his poem <i>"Grading:"</i> <br />
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<blockquote><i>"Reading term papers ... <br />
I trudge an endless trail of print, <br />
Switchbacking down and across" <br />
Page after page after page."</i></blockquote><br />
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In <i>"For a Newfoundland Drowned in a Farm Pond,"</i> Taylor mourns the loss of a family pet: <br />
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<i><blockquote>"... Missed at feeding time ... <br />
Three days later, I came upon her <br />
Bloated in a siege of flies ... <br />
The pond dried up ... the place <br />
Where I buried Boo Boo."</blockquote></i> <br />
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Richard is a professor English and currently serves as Kenan Visiting Writer at Transylvania University. A former Kentucky Poet Laureate, he is the author of six collections of poetry, two novels, and several books of non-fiction, mostly relating to Kentucky history. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-42286654626806244962011-08-28T05:25:00.000-04:002011-08-27T17:32:54.178-04:00How Swallowtails Became Dragons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgvUZqJ8uFh1HXZyDM809wYALTuZ6kuYyAIP7kXEWjTmHc9f86iTFdzdO0LSHLdW0jGnhED_ghFZj0HlVYT2AQk09vPfwCtcY2MwfQQzmDqJolNQlnBPmfBfOMeuhYQAaXgwzejVuFteP/s1600/51qAxh4i62L__SS500_.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgvUZqJ8uFh1HXZyDM809wYALTuZ6kuYyAIP7kXEWjTmHc9f86iTFdzdO0LSHLdW0jGnhED_ghFZj0HlVYT2AQk09vPfwCtcY2MwfQQzmDqJolNQlnBPmfBfOMeuhYQAaXgwzejVuFteP/s320/51qAxh4i62L__SS500_.jpeg" width="320px" /></a></div><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Swallowtails-Become-Dragons-Bianca-Spriggs/dp/1936628015/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314479180&sr=1-1">How Swallowtails Become Dragons</a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Swallowtails-Become-Dragons-Bianca-Spriggs/dp/1936628015/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314478178&sr=1-1"></a></b> by <a href="http://www.biancaspriggs.com/">Bianca Spriggs<br />
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<b>Accents Publishing<br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.accents-publishing.com/"></a></b><br />
Winged Series<br />
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• Paperback: 24 pages <br />
• Publisher: Accents Publishing <br />
• Language: English <br />
• ISBN-10: 1936628015 <br />
• ISBN-13: 978-1936628018 <br />
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<blockquote><i>How Swallowtails Become Dragons is one of the Accents Publishing Winged Series, featuring entries from the 2010 poetry chapbook competition. Pushcart Prize winner and National Book Award Finalist Patricia Smith calls Bianca's work "an aggressive signature that is deftly crafted, insightful and often achingly lyrical." Having lived most of her life in Kentucky, Bianca s poems reflect the trials and triumphs of growing up as a woman of color in a border state.</i><br />
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Bianca Spriggs has proved to be a major activest for Affrilchian poetry. She is a force of nature, carefully finding just the right words to talk to the heart.<br />
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<i>Black Market</i> reflects on one of America’s weakness from the past – slavery:<br />
<blockquote><i>When I was sold this time<br />
My new Massa don’t check to see<br />
How many teeth been rotted out my mouth</i><br />
This powerful poem sheds a new meaning on the debate of who is human and who is not. We are all human beings, cut from the same cloth, with the only difference being our color. I love my country, but it does make me sick to my stomach thing about the way slaves were treated. I feel ashamed at the atrocities slaves endured at their master’s hand. <br />
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In <i>Werewolf</i>, you can literally see the changing from man to beast:<br />
<blockquote>At the climax of a lunar cycle<br />
A poem stirs,<br />
Dark tempest in my chest … <br />
… It cracks my rips to get out<i></i></blockquote>I can smell the blood, I can hear the creature devouring its pry, and see the teeth. The moon is high in the sky and the lunar cycle brings on a different kind of terror.<br />
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In the poem <i>After Loving a Pretty Man</i>, the line, <i>“I’m not so easy to exchange for another,”</i> lets the reader know a man must be cheating; but now she’s on her own two feet and won’t go down easily.<br />
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This collection of poems is brutally honest, shining the light on subjects most people we are not ready to admit to.<br />
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Bianca is an Affrilachian poet and a Cave Canem Fellow. She is a freelance instructor of composition, literature and creative writing. Her work has been published in numerous magazines and anthologies.<br />
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<a href="http://www.accents-publishing.com/authors.html"></a></b><br />
<b>Accents Publishing<br />
<a href="http://www.accents-publishing.com/index-1.html"></a></b><br />
Winged Series<br />
<br />
• Paperback: 29 pages <br />
• Publisher: Accents Publishing <br />
• Language: English <br />
• ISBN-10: 1936628007 <br />
• ISBN-13: 978-1936628001<br />
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Numbered Bones is Bobby Steve Bakers debut chapbook of poetry, and one of Accents Publishing's Winged Series, which features entries from the 2010 poetry chapbook contest. <br />
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Because of the subject matter of this think chapbook, I could relate to the medically filled poems. This may be Bobby’s first book of poetry, but I think we will soon be seeing more. <br />
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The poem, <i>On Purpose</i>, has a line that I love:<br />
<blockquote>Distant, growling thunder wakes me<br />
from the sleep of nothingness…</blockquote><i>There is No Medicine for What I’ve Got</i> is such a serious poem that it borderlines on the horrific side, but I had to read it again and again because it spoke to my heart.<br />
<blockquote><i>Deep cuts, through deep cuts<br />
bright red in the water of the bath …<br />
… The deep swallow.</i><br />
</blockquote>I also liked <i>747 Starboard Window</i>:<br />
<blockquote><i>… But I am high above the earth with sacred<br />
soda, gin turned ceremonial with rind-thin twists of lime,<br />
watching my sun un-set.</i></blockquote>For a man who is a cosmetic surgeon, the chapbook made my numbered bones ache. Bobby made me squirm and hurt as the words hammered on. For a first collection of poetry, it was written with powerful words and painful truths. Excellent!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-8498452622076669872011-08-27T13:28:00.002-04:002011-08-27T13:34:34.734-04:00Bloom on a Split Board<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bloom-Split-Board-Nana-Lampton/dp/0984411887/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314465056&sr=1-1"><b>Bloom on a Split Board</b></a> by Nana Lampton<br />
<a href="http://www.accents-publishing.com/"><b>Accents Publishing</b></a><br />
<b>Spalding Series<br />
</b><br />
• Paperback <br />
• Publisher: Accents Publishing <br />
• Language: English <br />
• ISBN-10: 0984411887 <br />
• ISBN-13: 978-0984411887 <br />
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<i>This is Nana Lampton's third book of poetry. It is part of the Accents Publishing Spalding Series, which features poetry chapbooks by graduates of the Spalding University MFA in writing program.</i><br />
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Nana Lampton has produced a lovely chapbook of nature poetry. With her vivid descriptions and lyrical rhythm pull you right into the poem. An excellent example of this is in her poem, “Rosa Multa Flora:”<br />
<blockquote><i>Wild roses drape the fence in May, <br />
blooming as they climb …<br />
</blockquote>Also in Dark Energy:<br />
<blockquote><i>Your inner light,<br />
burning stars from midnight-black<br />
eyelets shining through<br />
</i></blockquote>One of my favorite poems is Sycamore:<br />
<blockquote><i>… Hollowed out, its mottled tower leans<br />
Over the river’s rapids and quiet pools.<br />
</i></blockquote>These poems ring true and resonate the natural tones of the earth. Nana’s other works are: <i>Snowy Owl Gathers in Her Trove</i> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Sun-Her-Eye/dp/0977386112/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314465536&sr=1-1"><i>Moon with Sun in Her Eye</i></a> .<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-59458300614152995232011-08-24T00:43:00.002-04:002011-08-24T00:48:37.956-04:00Original Ruse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMwvvGiwYBfCmQIXWfpPXZdRd-g8KGB2aXuvYNhk0dro388ujykwToKC4z5vfCAHlPav9Sqm2B3rhlmkVfUSrjmiEyi-Qqvq3EpLCA-N4iX0WOTjUqgacHCGei4GuhuT6O265S0QvJcdY/s1600/Original+Ruse.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMwvvGiwYBfCmQIXWfpPXZdRd-g8KGB2aXuvYNhk0dro388ujykwToKC4z5vfCAHlPav9Sqm2B3rhlmkVfUSrjmiEyi-Qqvq3EpLCA-N4iX0WOTjUqgacHCGei4GuhuT6O265S0QvJcdY/s320/Original+Ruse.jpeg" /></a></div><b>Original Ruse<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/barbara.sabol">Barbara Sabol<br />
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<b>Paperback<br />
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<b>Publisher:</b> Accents Publishing <br />
<b>Language:</b> English<br />
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<b>ISBN-10:</b> 0984411879<br />
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<b>ISBN-13:</b> 978-0984411870<br />
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<b>Part of the Winged Series<br />
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<i>Barbara Sabol's poetry and prose has appeared in Public-Republic, Blood Lotus, Poets 350, the Tupelo Press Poetry Project, Tributaries, and on the Akron Art Museum's website. She has an MFA from Spalding University. Barbara is a long-practicing speech therapist, living in northeastern Ohio with her partner and dogs.<br />
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This small chapbook of poetry is excellently executed with vivid powerful words. Until I read "Original Ruse," I had never heard of Barbara Sabol, but I will be on the lookout for more of her work.<br />
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To give you an example, “Winter” is one of my favorite poems in the book. She has used such rich words to describe how the coldness of winter seeps into your bones.<br />
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<blockquote><i>“Winter is a country<br />
<br />
That settles<br />
<br />
In your limbs, stir<br />
<br />
The joints …”</i><br />
</blockquote>Just reading this, I can feel the cold of winter stiffening my joints. The imagery is perfect.<br />
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“Hula Girls” is another favorite that made me laugh out loud.<br />
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<blockquote><i>“The saleswoman assured me it was fashionable revealing<br />
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Just a hint of thigh, white as twice-whipped potatoes …”<br />
</i><br />
</blockquote>Her words are prodigious and stout and her lyrical and narrative approach to poems can’t help but make you thing about the world around you. "Original Ruse" was printed and released by Accents Publishing, “…an independent press for brilliant voices.”<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-27775270140888546082011-08-11T02:26:00.000-04:002011-08-11T02:27:13.360-04:00A Blurb on World News<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5Jr10Kx1e1wfdrv2SgG-oS_I_XRJRMVbSbyQqTneTN-BsH15zpIpXNPdSxLKQxNFrM32MgQskTYq3q0ZNMPHAQjohw8_ziRbIALNHaijV5gxOwti579zCG7xBYSov1AA3Dj4dIX8Wajv/s1600/Harrodsburg+%2528Images+of+America.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 223px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639479440109008450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5Jr10Kx1e1wfdrv2SgG-oS_I_XRJRMVbSbyQqTneTN-BsH15zpIpXNPdSxLKQxNFrM32MgQskTYq3q0ZNMPHAQjohw8_ziRbIALNHaijV5gxOwti579zCG7xBYSov1AA3Dj4dIX8Wajv/s320/Harrodsburg+%2528Images+of+America.jpg" /></a> From the <a href="http://article.wn.com/view/2011/07/18/Images_of_America_Harrodsburg/">World News</a> website:
<br /><blockquote>"Soon to be released from Arcadia Publishing is Images of America: Harrodsburg, written by Harrodsburg’s Bobbi Dawn Rightmyer (writer) and Anna Armstrong.(photography). The book will be released the week of August 8th, but is already up for pre-order on several different websites: Amazon Barnes and Noble Arcadia
<br />As of this moment, we are not sure when the book launch and signing will be, but we will keep you up-to-date. The book will also be for sell in several local
<br />business, as well as Lexington and surrounding areas."</blockquote></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-14007003602654020152011-08-09T09:41:00.002-04:002011-08-09T09:47:55.893-04:00Featured in Danville AdvocateI would like to give a big shout out to Jennifer Brummett at the Danville Advocate for doing such a nice job with the release of our new book. All information in this article is copyright Danville Advocate and Jennifer Brummett.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8c3AZvd4A4tK3Uz5i_zEtOS9k7JR5M5GpzOgX0Gxr9XwvJZ6hBBz-bqebVh31BBCZKkcs9XyKB9nf5KPb4SlGQLL2vbbRbfNEOh429y7x4AhK0iC_W6Q-2-0fccRcJic1l4lQtiwg7e7/s1600/bobbi_anna.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8c3AZvd4A4tK3Uz5i_zEtOS9k7JR5M5GpzOgX0Gxr9XwvJZ6hBBz-bqebVh31BBCZKkcs9XyKB9nf5KPb4SlGQLL2vbbRbfNEOh429y7x4AhK0iC_W6Q-2-0fccRcJic1l4lQtiwg7e7/s320/bobbi_anna.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638846796370547986" /></a><blockquote>Bobbi Dawn Rightmyer and Anna Armstrong traveled a circuitous route to get to the publication of their first book together, “Images of America: Harrodsburg.” The pictorial history of Harrodsburg will be released Monday from Arcadia Publishing, which is based out of Mount Pleasant, S.C., outside of Charleston.
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<br />Rightmyer’s daughter was friends with the acquisitions editor for Arcadia Publishing, who approached Rightmyer for a book about Owen County. Rightmyer said she didn’t know anything about Owen County but she knew Harrodsburg. That started her on the path to developing a book about Harrodsburg.
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<br />Rightmyer said she’d known Armstrong all her life and was aware of her extensive collection of photos of Harrodsburg that date from the 1930s, with some older ones, as well. She sent an e-mail to Armstrong — an e-mail Armstrong never received. So Rightmyer went ahead and signed a contract with Arcadia to do the historical book, figuring she’d get photos from the local historical society. “I signed the contract with no idea of how to write a history book,” Rightmyer explained. In the meantime, Armstrong had been in contact with Arcadia about a postcard she was interested in creating.
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<br />“I have a huge archive of photos from my father (Andrew Armstrong), my aunt (Jesta Bell Armstrong Matherly, who also was an artist) and my work,” Armstrong said. She found out about Rightmyer’s work on a book about Harrodsburg, and wondered what she was using for the photographic element, since her own collection of Harrodsburg photos is unparalleled. Rightmyer said she was thrilled when Armstrong called, and the two got together to discuss the book, which was when they figured out Rightmyer’s e-mail hadn’t made it to its recipient.
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<br />“I decided to offer the photographs in order for the book to happen,” Armstrong said. She also had experience with writing historical descriptions, as she’d provided the text for a number of historical markers. Rightmyer said she found that experience invaluable, as she considers herself to be more of a “long writer,” focusing more on essays and longer written works.
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<br />Armstrong described “Images of America: Harrodsburg” as a “show-andtell” type of a book. The co-authors indicated such a work was needed in Harrodsburg, since the city lacked a recent, updated history-type book. Armstrong said the tome will be a good companion for people who are touring the city.
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<br />“It’s one of the first things I look for (when visiting a new place),” Rightmyer added. “It gives me an idea of where I’m at and what I’m doing.”
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<br />She added she hopes “Images of America: Harrodsburg” will inspire others “to get this history out there.”
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<br />Armstrong said the postcard pictorial history of Harrodsburg and Mercer County should be released about this time next year. The vintage postcards she will use will date through the 1960s.</blockquote>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-11616414568861401842011-08-07T12:47:00.001-04:002011-08-07T12:48:41.082-04:00Taming Clancy by Dori<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFS7VOe83ZT2Qx1W_PQjida3pDpB9gBCD8V0YlMalSWVbe52TUHZbOLmorVlQP_JeAcN6Ie7el82nZdvas8KTSw3ttYHBZincN0j741eE-DJ6GMKtIx-p0n0xQK5d7qQXtJCyT1T2fuF64/s1600/117866609.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 201px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFS7VOe83ZT2Qx1W_PQjida3pDpB9gBCD8V0YlMalSWVbe52TUHZbOLmorVlQP_JeAcN6Ie7el82nZdvas8KTSw3ttYHBZincN0j741eE-DJ6GMKtIx-p0n0xQK5d7qQXtJCyT1T2fuF64/s320/117866609.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638155881872475842" /></a><strong>Taming Clancy by Dori</strong><br /><br /><strong>Perfect Paperback, Kindle and Nook</strong><br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> <strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/WeisigerBooks">Weisiger Publishing</a></strong><strong>Language:</strong> English<br /><strong>ISBN-10:</strong> 0615399215<br /><strong>ISBN-13:</strong> 978-0615399218<br /><br />This debut novel by <strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/WhatSheWrote?sk=info">Dori</a></strong> validates her as an up and coming part of the next generation of new authors from Kentucky. Although many of us remember the awkwardness of our adolescent years, Dori gives us an exquisite look at youth and its explosive passions.<br /><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/TamingClancy">"Taming Clancy"</a></strong> takes place in Bethlehem, Kentucky in 1979. Hollison Hope Fairchild is haunted by the memories of her mother and the misunderstandings of why her mother did not love her. During the winter of 1979, in her hometown of Bethlehem, Kentucky, Holly lives through her 17th year with sheer determination and the help of best friends, Fern, and her twin brother, Alex Troublefield.<br /><br />Thomas, her father and an expert gardener, was becoming more withdrawn after the death of his wife, Susanna, Holly’s mother. Worried about the emotional state of his only child, he invites Caleb (Jay-Jay), Susanna’s brother, to come and stay with them over Christmas holiday. Holly is upset because she doesn’t know who this person is and she certainly doesn’t want him invading their lives during the holidays.<br /><br />Caleb and Holly get along like quarreling siblings vying for all the attention. He picks on her endlessly and Holly hates every minute of it. Already in a major depressive state, agony and fear over her mother fill her up and begins to spew out on her family and friends, making everyone miserable.<br /><br />Abigail, Fern and Alex’s cousin, is the little scene stealer in this book. Her independence and innocence bubble off the page. Her only problem is a monster living in her closet, a girl monster named Clancy who scares Abby at night on a regular basis. Holly seems to do the best job and she loves the child with her whole heart.<br /><br />It is when Holly discovers a journal written by her mother that the story takes a different turn. Reading and learning about her mother gave her a sense of peace and sadness, especially when she learns her mother lived with a life-threatening illness all her life.<br /><br />This book is a beautiful work of literature, even though marketed as a Young Adult novel. Dori’s style of writing pulls you into the story and holds you on a bumpy ride until you reach the end. Although I didn’t understand the title of the book, even with all the mentions of Clancy, all is revealed in the end. <br /><br />I am looking forward to more work by this inspiring young writer. She lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky and attends a university in Virginia.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-58202473740988180482011-08-02T23:06:00.000-04:002011-08-07T23:07:54.132-04:00Blood Red Road (Dustlands #1)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvwKJa75tAdEkVasa75G1_b7cy-hFQ1rFtfVeMNR_bdi1BlqG9GlmJ6z0k35L9QC4upLD_lB7NxKQHdIDrE3j6i1rdqf4Y97B-1iRr6kMVMmtI_xq65_SGX111vKAXGxg5o5LMVSb_g5k/s1600/blood-red-road.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvwKJa75tAdEkVasa75G1_b7cy-hFQ1rFtfVeMNR_bdi1BlqG9GlmJ6z0k35L9QC4upLD_lB7NxKQHdIDrE3j6i1rdqf4Y97B-1iRr6kMVMmtI_xq65_SGX111vKAXGxg5o5LMVSb_g5k/s320/blood-red-road.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638311112121464898" /></a><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Red-Road-Moira-Young/dp/1442429984/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0">Blood Red Road (Dustlands #1)</a></strong> <br /><br /><strong><a href="http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Moira-Young/81668379">Moira Young</a></strong><br /><br /><strong>Reading level:</strong> Young Adult<br /><strong>Hardcover:</strong> 464 pages <br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> <strong><a href="http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/margaret-k-mcelderry-books">Margaret K. McElderry</a></strong> <br /><strong>Language:</strong> English <br /><strong>ISBN-10:</strong> 1442429984 <br /><strong>ISBN-13:</strong> 978-1442429987<br /><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.nancyfarmerwebsite.com/house-of-scorpion.html">Nancy Farmer</a>, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/House-Scorpion-Nancy-Farmer/dp/0689852223">The House of the Scorpion</a>:</strong> <blockquote><em>“I absolutely loved Blood Red Road. What a great read! Moira Young goes over the top with a most engaging heroine. Saba is a crusty, foul-tempered warrior woman who must be covered in scar tissue by the end of the book, but men still follow her around like starving wolves. The dialogue is fast and often humorous, the pace never lets up. No situation is so bad that it can't get worse in the next couple of pages. I especially liked the awakening of the hellwurms as they emerge to feed. Well done, Ms. Young!”</em></blockquote><br />This dystopian novel, by Moira Young, is her first novel and she hits the ball out of the park. The pace of this book is intense. It has a lyrical, minimalist style of writing, with no quotation marks throughout the book. The book is written in first person from Saba’s point of view and the lack of quotations marks is very easy to get adjusted to. The book is full of violent action and an epic love story.<br /><br />Saba and her twin brother Lugh have spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland subjected to constant sandstorms. Along with the twins are a younger sister, Emmi, and their father. A tsunami sandstorm arrives in Silverlake along with four cloaked horsemen. Their father was killed in the raid and Lugh was captured for, as yet unknown reason.<br /><br />Saba sets out on an epic quest to get him back. After leaving Emmi with a friend three days ride from their home, Saba must backtrack and then head out alone on her quest. She is introduced to the unpleasantness of the desolate world outside of Silverlake.<br /><br />We know that Saba is strong in the beginning of the book, but she is always in the shadow of her brother. The twins have an unusually strong bond, which gives Saba the strength to go rescue her brother. Saba is stubborn and hard headed, making her the quintessence heroine in this series of books. She faces everything head-on with the same strength and stubbornness, but she learns and grows because of the other people she meets along her journey.<br /><br />It goes without saying that Saba is an unbeatable survivor, a ferocious fighter and had the power to take down a corrupt society trying to rule what is left of the world. She teams up with a daredevil named Jack and a gang of girl rebels called the Free Hawks, in order to help change the course of her own civilization. <br /><br />I will give no spoilers to the end of this book because it is much too good not to read yourself. At 450 pages, this book is the first in the Dustlands series and I think it will keep young adults – and even adults like me – eagerly awaiting the next book in the series.<br /> <br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bosbono-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1442429984&ref=qf_sp_asin_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396970679706447759.post-56588833380665836432011-08-01T09:41:00.000-04:002011-08-03T17:33:02.544-04:00UFO: Unidentified Feathered Object<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxrzrwVTXam-yiIiSygB_MCW1ABzPMLaR4AVZXRhXirRgWFE2qAAeUFAqyLyEAi9_8Uv1NnB3DbX2qXMFyDAgfVeHskSksIGuT96qN0PYzXWvztABAIdVjpN2xG4_bZAk_S5K6wBC-cYD/s1600/516mRLvdr%252BL__SL500_AA300_.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxrzrwVTXam-yiIiSygB_MCW1ABzPMLaR4AVZXRhXirRgWFE2qAAeUFAqyLyEAi9_8Uv1NnB3DbX2qXMFyDAgfVeHskSksIGuT96qN0PYzXWvztABAIdVjpN2xG4_bZAk_S5K6wBC-cYD/s320/516mRLvdr%252BL__SL500_AA300_.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635515507784147074" /></a><strong><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/UFO-Unidentified-Feathered-Marie-Mitchell/dp/0983263930">UFO: Unidentified Feathered Object</a></em></strong> <strong><br /><a href="http://www.cas.eku.edu/news/professors-author-book-teens-tweens">Marie Mitchell and Mason Smith</a></strong> (Author)<br /><strong><a href="http://www.rldesign.org">Ryan Lanigan</a></strong> (Illustrator)<br /><br /><strong>Reading level:</strong> Ages 9-12<br /><strong>Paperback:</strong> 144 pages <br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> <strong><a href="http://www.clarkpublishing.com/clarkpub.asp">The Clark Group</a></strong><br /><strong>Language:</strong> English <br /><strong>ISBN-10:</strong> 0983263930 <br /><strong>ISBN-13:</strong> 978-0983263937<br /><br /><strong>Product Description:</strong> <em><blockquote>Tim Dixon wants to be home playing video games like most teens. Instead, he's paddling a boat, through the swamp, at night, searching for a bird that's been extinct for years. Tim's cousin, Abby, insists they prove that a Cape May Woodpecker is still alive, and living in their small Kentucky county. Felix Wilson recently spotted the distinctive bird-right where a road is to be built. But Felix has also witnessed UFOs: the flying saucer kind. Still, the publicity has attracted a shady businessman, bizarre birdwatchers, and a whacky weatherman, not to mention a scary Bog Monster-and aliens. Surrounded by such chaos, can the cousins locate the cagey bird before bulldozers level its home?</blockquote></em><br /><br />I think the concept for this book makes it a fun read, but also educational. Children will enjoy reading or hearing about the Cape May bird, but it will make them think about the extinction of animals in their own areas. <br /><br />Tim Dixon and his cousin, Abby Thomas, have lived next-door to each other all their lives. Their mothers were sisters and they didn’t want to be split up, so Tim and Abby grew up more like brother and sister instead of cousins, especially being the same age.<br /><br />Felix Wilson an amateur bird watcher, but the town people think he is crazy because he believes in UFO – like in alien - outer space life. Felix comes back from a boating adventure in the Slough yelling about his sighting of the Cap May Woodpecker. The problem with this statement was the Cape May had been extinct since 1937, but that didn’t stop hundreds of bird watchers from running to Buckner County, Kentucky. All these birders had one thing in common – adding the Cape May Woodpecker to their live-list of birds seen and identified.<br /><br />The Cape May Woodpecker is a very large woodpecker with a red topknot, nearly all white wings, black tail feathers and a long black bill. Before extinction it was considered the largest woodpecker at 20 inches long. It has a distinct call – kik-kik-kik-kik. In order to confirm the sighting, Dr. Goldie Finch, the State Ornithologist (bird expert) is sent to Buckner County, but unfortunately she cannot confirm the presence of the Cap May with only one sighting from an unstable man.<br /><br />The race is on to find evidence of the Cap May before a road is built through the Slough, completely destroying the bird’s habitat. It all comes down the Tim and Abby’s grandmother, who has suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for one year. She was an avid sketcher and would sketch anything in sight. The children find a sketch of the Cap May and shorthand notes describing what the grandmother saw.<br />Will this be enough to halt construction on the road? Or will the supposedly extinct Cape May be lost again, never to come back?<br /><br /><strong>UFO – Unidentified Feathered Object</strong> is a fast read and very educational when it comes to teaching extinction to middle school students. I will be anxious to read the next book in the series and I plan on finding the first books of the series. According to the authors: <em>"This is the newest book in the series. Teachers will find the "green" aspects of the book provide many teaching moments. The book discusses loss of wetland habitat, species loss and extinction, and some of the techniques of birding."</em> <br /><br /><strong>Info about authors:</strong> <blockquote><em>"Marie Mitchell of Richmond, Kentucky, has two series of books available for young readers of middle school age. The first series currently has three books: "The Lost Dispatch" about a Civil War re-enactment in Perryville, KY; "48 Hours," about a family that takes part in the national "48-Hour Film Project," and finally, "UFO: Unidentified Feathered Object," about a long-extinct bird spotted in Kentucky. These were written with her husband, Mason Smith. The second series both are historical novels for young readers set at the Shaker Village in Kentucky in the 1830s, "The Road to Pleasant Hill," and "'Tis A Gift." These were written with her sister Rebecca Mitchell Turney."</em></blockquote>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15334812243182354729noreply@blogger.com0