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Reel Life Starring Us

In bookstores September 2011, Real Life Starring Us by Lisa Greenwald pairs up two very different girls on a school project and takes the reader on a fun ride as they learn to work together and encounter a celebrity all in the name of the school’s anniversary bash.

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B is for Baking: 50 Yummy Dishes to Make Together Cookbook

This is a perfect cookbook for use with little ones in the kitchen!  The recipes are easy to make, don’t take long to cook and your kids will be able to help and you won’t sweat about letting them!

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Shadow in Serenity

Shadow in Serenity is a re-written and re-titled novel by New York Bestselling author, Terri Blackstock which she first released when she was writing general-market romance books.

Carny Sullivan grew up in the zany world of a traveling carnival.

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The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe – Giveaway

I get in a lot of reading time when we go on vacation, and so I was able to thoroughly enjoy this new Tor/Forge Book: The Hum and the Shiver (October 2011), the first in a new series from Alex Bledsoe, when we cruised to Alaska in August.  It captured my attention early on in the book.  It takes place in the present, but has a hint of magic that keeps you pressing for more.

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Darth Paper Strikes Back – Review

“Not such a long time ago, in a middle school not so far, far away…”

This is how the back cover of Darth Paper Strikes Back begins, and leads into the exciting tale that sequels The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

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FIRST Wild Card Tour: The Amazing Fitness Adventure for Your Kids

The Amazing Fitness Adventure for Your Kids equips parents with the tools they need to help their children become healthier and happier. It’s also an inspirational guide to the ultimate rewards that come from sharing a healthy lifestyle together—stronger and healthier kids and more closely knit families.

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FIRST Wild Card Tour: My So Called Life as a Proverbs 31 Wife

Sara Horn, a busy writer and mother, deemed the Proverbs 31 wife to be an impossible ideal. Or is it? This surprising, heartfelt personal account of Sara’s one-year experiment reveals how even a domestically-challenged woman can embrace God’s purpose and encourages readers to pursue God’s amazing plan for their lives.

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eBook Fling – Kindle and Nook Lending Site

If you’ve jumped on the bandwagon of electronic books, then you might notice one thing that is lacking in them….the small economy of being able to borrow books for them.  There are ways to borrow them from your local library in ePub or PDF, but if your library is like mine, the selection isn’t large.

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I Love Meatballs

Meatballs!  I ’em.

I made the most delicious meatballs for dinner courtesy of a recipe from the new book by Rick Rodgers that is being published and released on October 4, 2011, by Andrews McMeel called incidentally “I Love Meatballs“.  Tasty!  I’m not one for following recipes but this one I did for the Cheese Meatballs.

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40 Love: Book Giveaway

It is that time of year again when Tennis is heating up the TV screens and hearts around the US Open.  So the new book 40 Love by New York Times bestselling novelist Madeleine Wickham, is right on time.

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