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Book Details: Book Title: The Fear of Being Eaten: A Biography of the Heart Author: Ronald J. Wichers Category: Adult Fiction, 264 pages Genre: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Biographical Publisher: Mindstir Media Release date: April 26, 2017 Tour dates: June 25 to July 20, 2018 Content Rating: PG-13 + M ​Book Description: What if you married a man who didn’t care about you? What if there was a child in the neighborhood for whom you developed a special fondness but was nine when you were nineteen and twenty when you were thirty with two children and a husband who still didn’t care? And what if you were a boy whose only happy memories were a few soft words uttered now and again by a beautiful neighbor ten years your senior and whose voice and face and figure, back-lighted by the golden light of the setting sun, were all that would sustain you when your life was threatened every minute of every day in the mire of a squalid war nobody wanted? This is the st...

Name of Book: Secrets of the Island Author: Linda Hughes ISBN: 978-1-947309-39-5 Publisher: Deeds Publishing Type of book: Mackinac Island history, secrets, family lore, ancestry quest, WW2, grandfather and grandchildren relationship, shell shock, friendships, healing, pregnancy, love Year it was published: 2018 Summary: Generations of secrets have left the Sullivan family in a mire of deceit. When Red Cross nurse Harriet escapes the trauma of WWII and sequesters herself in her grandfather's cottage on Mackinac Island in Lake Huron, she has no inkling about her ancestry. But when one strange and shocking clue after another surfaces; disclosing lies, corruption, madness, and murder; family members realize that not only do they not know their forebears, they don't know who they are themselves. Who's a member of this clan and who is not? This family tree has more branches and brambles than anyone imagined, and it's up to Harriet and her loved ones to ...

Although it seems I have accomplished little in the month of June, but I feel that my accomplishments were very major tasks into moving forward. This month a lot of book spotlights and perhaps only one book tour, as I can see. Hopefully I can motivate myself to continue to write reviews for books I've already read...and catch up on two from last month; one I have read, another, not just yet, although I'm getting closer. Also this month I am planning on focusing more on contemporary reads rather than historical fiction, and my contemporary reads will be a bit...odd to say the least. Enjoy the month! Spotlight and Book Tour The Fear of Being Eaten; A Biography of the Heart by Ronald J. Wichers (Spotlight, July 3rd, 2018) Signs in the rearview mirror: leaving a toxic relationship behind- Kelly Smith(Spotlight, July 5th, 2018) The Underground River by Martha Conway (July 6th, 2018) The New Adventures of A.R. Achnid (Spotlight, July 9th, 2018) The ...

The pisces- Melissa Broder SR: July 6th, 2018 FR: July 13th, 2018 A House Divided-Pearl S Buck SR: March 11th, 2016 FR: N/A Guy- Jowita Bydlowska SR: July 2nd, 2018 FR: July 6th, 2018 The underground river- MARTHA CONWAY SR: June 15th 2018 FR: July 6th, 2018 Trouble the water- JACQUELINE FRIEDLAND SR: June 4th, 2018 FR: July 1st, 2018 Rainbirds by Claire Goenawan SR: July 6th, 2018 FR: Summer hours at the robbers library- Sue HALPERN SR: July 13th,2018 FR: July 29th, 2018 The secrets of the island- Linda Hughes SR: June 14th, 2018 FR: July 2nd, 2018 Speak no evil- UZODINMA IWEALA SR: July 5th, 2018 FR: July 12th, 2018 The second sister-Claire Kendal SR: July 29th, 2018 FR: If you leave me- CRYSTAL HANA KIM SR: July 29th, 2018 FR: Boy on the beach-R.D Maddox SR: July 20th, 2018 FR: July 29th, 2018 The neighbors- Hannah Mary McKinnon SR: June 19th, 2018 FR: July 6th, 2018 American stranger- David Plante SR: July 1st, 2018 FR: July 5th, 2018 Eagl...

Diverse Reads on my Blog #18 I have a question: what kind of world would you want to leave for your children? I know it sounds something people use when they are worried about the physical state of the earth; but I've been thinking a lot: the world I refer to is of the historical narratives that get passed down from one generation to another. We inherited the historical narratives that emphasize winners over losers, and are these narratives okay with us? These narratives also shut out different voices, different experiences from ours, and is it okay that our descendants will look at us the way we see our ancestors? Think really hard about the question. Blast from the Past Getting Physical by Jade Lee When savvy business student Zoe crosses paths with sexy international businessman Stephen--a Tantric master--she's about to get a transcendent learning experience  The sex is incredible, mind-blowing, life changing Unfortunately, it also comes with a time limit. Becaus...

Name of Book: DOOM, GLOOM AND the PURSUIT of the sun Author:  ANTOINE f. GNINTEDEM ISBN: 978-1-9834-2127-3 Publisher: Self published Type of book: Cameroon,  Africa, America, education, talent, government, corruption, favors, relationships, 1970s to 2000s, family, ambitions, Mississippi, teaching, degrees, college Year it was published: 2018 Summary: The town is famous in the region for its chronic stillness…Consequently, every ambitious person who grows up there eventually leaves in search of better opportunities. Life in Mbengwi, Cameroon, is not easy for Austin—or for anyone else. While growing up, he bears witness to the worst parts of life and the cruelties of human nature. These things keep his homeland trapped in a cycle of misery and suffering. In a country overrun by poverty, death, unrest, and corruption, he sees no future for himself. The only way to escape the cycle is to flee to a place Austin believes to be free of all these troubles, a plac...