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    Book Review: Finding Love in Park City, Utah

    CJ Lancaster is having a “Monday” of a day trying to get an interview she needs for her job at a tabloid. And it wasn’t even her job to start with. Running to catch a flight, it’s cold, and she misses her time slot for her interview. It just seems to be another chapter in a series of difficult times. Sam Lake is acting as bodyguard for his actress sister in law when a reporter tries to flirt her way past him to get an interview. Her charm skills are not the greatest, but he promises to look up her work and get back to her. This is my second…

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    2016 Reading List

    A Lady of Spirit by Shelley Adina The Tethered World by Heather L.L. FitzGerald A Lady of Integrity by Shelley Adina Island Hope by Kimberly Rose Johnson Curio by Evangeline Denmark Gentleman of Means by Shelly Adina Devices Brightly Shining by Shelly Adina Fields of Air by Shelly Adina No Greater Giftby Teresa H Morgan The Hidden Oracleby Rick Riordan Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty Mark of Blood and Alchemy by Evangeline Denmark Sabriel by Garth Nix Lireal by Garth Nix Abhorsen by Garth Nix Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling Finding Love in Big Sky Montana by Angela Ruth Strong Finding Love in Sun Valley, Idaho by Angela…

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    Book Review- The Paradise Protocol

    Aric Lindquist believes she’s alone on an alien planet. A beautiful paradise that keeps on her toes as she tries to survive. Originally arriving as a bio-scientist to study that world, her assistant has disappeared and it appears the organization that had sent her has also abandoned her. Until she is no longer alone. Sean Reese was sent to Empusa III as Aric’s new assistant. Or so that is the story he is telling her. There is very little he is telling her that is the truth, and as he spends more time with her, the more he finds out that what he had been told about her isn’t the…

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    Participation Awards

    I have some words. First, if you cannot make your point without misrepresenting “the other guy” then you need to sit back and re-evaluate your point before you make it. But that is not what I want to talk about today. I want to talk about the Participation Trophy. Some people, when they want to smear those younger than them (especially those in the 18-30ish age bracket) discredit what that they have to say by pointing out that these kids are entitled and therefore what they have to say is irrelevant. “Those entitled millenials”. It’s been said enough that’s considered a fact, and whenever you point out someone who isn’t…

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    Book Review- The Flaming Sword

    I will be completely upfront, I did not care for this book as much as the first. It felt like for the first 3/4ths of the book there had been zero growth from the characters, with the exception of Brady. I really enjoyed seeing him step up and the tension between him just about being his own man and still growing up was really well done. YA and children’s literature are my current favorite genres, but The Flaming Sword was the first time I really had trouble getting through a YA book because I felt like I was too old for it. Maybe this is a sign that it really has…

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    Book Review- The Broken Trail

    The Broken Trail Review I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Christa MacDonald pulls you into her story in the first couple pages and I found myself putting off other responsibilities to read a few more pages. Katherine Grant is very good at her job, but she needs a break. She takes an assignment at a small town school hoping for a change of pace. Instead she finds constant tension with the school director who may or may not be sabotaging her. Mac is a stubborn control freak who is drawn to Katherine from the first time he sees her. Even though he frequently gets burned by her temper. I really appreciated…