Shawneda Marks

and the book:

It's in my Blood
SC Creations (December 1, 2009)
***Special thanks to Shawneda Marks for sending me a review copy.***

Shawneda Marks is known as the activist author. She loves to sound the trumpet about important issues. In addition to being a tree hugger and running her charitable organization she loves to weave stories. Her heart and passion surround helping people be wellness walkers. Marks novels address issues in the faith based community while bringing laughter, conversation, revelation and hope. The nonfiction books are written at this time explicitly for women to be encouraged, empowered, beautiful from the inside out and most important whole!

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The Rose Legacy - by Kristen Heitzmann

Carina DiGratia always thought she would marry long time family friend Flavio, until he breaches her trust with none other than her sister. 

She decides to punish him by picking up her roots in Sonoma, and moving to Crystal, Colorado which the advertisements state is the "Diamond of the Rockies".  Carina was leaving a life of privilege behind, and without realizing, moving to a mining town where women only worked in one profession. 

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Let's all take a trip down memory lane, into the hallways of the schools we attended.

How did you relate to the teachers you had through the years?  I believe everyone has at least one teacher that fully stands out in their memory.  For good...or bad reasons.  Teachers are powerful influences in a child's life.

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Then you need to check out How To Never Look Fat Again authored by Charla Krupp (Springboard Press).  It's a valuable tool to learn how to assess your body type and the clothes that will instantly make you look your slimmest.

No one likes dieting, which is why this book is so great, with over 1,000 tips, it will have you going through your closet, removing all those "high fat" clothes and make you confident when you shop to choose the "no fat" clothes, the ones that look best on you, and make you look like you are ten pounds lighter.

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By all the book reviews you see on my site, I'm sure you figured out I love reading.  I also think reading is important. 

Amber has always been a reluctant reader, but I know how important reading is, especially for young brains that are developing.  I've always made her read even when she has not wanted to, and by finding books that interest her, have made it a somewhat (I hope) enjoyable experience.

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Maybe his background in directing and producing films, also makes Michael Landon Jr. is an adept writer.  Or perhaps it's the other way around.  Having directed Hallmark Channel movie like Love Come Softly, it is no surprise that The Silent Gift really does read like a Hallmark Channel movie.  This collaborative effort by him and Cindy Kelley is without a doubt one of the best books I'll read all year.

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Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Jo-Ann Geffen, have put together The Story Behind the Song for Chicken Soup for the Soul, to tell the stories of how 101 songs that hit the top spots on the music billboards, get the lyrics you hear.

Lamont Dozier, a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee and an award-winning creator of the Motown sound, wrote the Foreward to the book.

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What do a covert, non-existent exploration team, insidious alien invaders, and an indestructible monolithic stone door have in common? Find out in Debbie Renner’s fast paced debut novel Odyssey Bourne Force. 

Odyssey Bourne Force is a sci-fi package that opens up the universe through a doorway.  Focusing on and elite team of experienced "off worlders" and one confused 40 year old woman, the book has many similarities to a well known tv show.

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