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Title: Talent

Author: B. Lynn Goodwin

Genre: YA

Publisher: Eternal Press

Publication Date: November 1 2015

Paperback:  284 pages (also available in ebook format)

Synopsis:

Fifteen-and-half-year-old Sandee Mason wants to find her talent, get her driver's license, and stop

living in the shadow of her big brother, Bri, who disappeared while serving in Afghanistan.

She discovers that real life doesn’t have a script as she deals with loss, the manipulation of Bri’s

best friend, her burning ambition to find her talent and figure out what happened to Bri, and

unexpected bits of joy that pop up when she least expects them.

About the Author:

B. Lynn Goodwin is the owner of Writer Advice, http://www. writeradvice.com, and the author of

You Want Me to Do WHAT? Journaling for Caregivers. She’s been published in local and regional

newspapers, plus numerous magazines, anthologies, and online journals. A former drama and

English teacher, she now conducts writing workshops, writes book reviews, edits, coaches writers,

and is currently working on a second book about Sandee Mason’s adventures and a memoir about

getting married for the first time at age 62 to a two-time widower who she met

on…gulp…Craigslist. She lives with her husband, Richard, and her dog, Eddie McPuppers, in

Northern California.

Author's Websites:                

B. Lynn Goodwin’s website:

http://www.writeradvice.com/

http://blynngoodwin.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/blynn.goodwin

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lgood67334

Book Blast

The Edge Of Nowhere by C.H. Armstrong is being released today! I have included links to the book and the Authors Synopsis.

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AUTHOR’S SYNOPSIS

Victoria Hastings Harrison Greene knows her family despises her.  She’s even heard her grandchildren snigger behind her back about the “Immaculate Conception of David” – her fifth child, conceived between husbands.  But Victoria refuses to die before revealing the secrets she’s held locked away for more than 50 years; the secrets only whispered about in family folklore that has made her the feared matriarch of her family.

Widowed with nine children, Victoria will do anything to provide for her children – even murder, and without remorse.  Each day brings greater challenges:  poverty, homelessness, death, starvation, degradation and disease.  Some challenges will require despicable acts to overcome. But at what cost?  Can her family understand the decisions she’s made to secure their futures?

Storm Of Fury

Storm of Fury

Written by Andrew Wood

Genre Fantasy

The story began with a hook luring the reader in along with information about what was going on while moving on the story which is good because a book that stops and just spills information without keeping the plot going makes it boring in some parts. The main character Kaven is an interesting person after flunking school he moved on to the  army.  While on leave for a few days he gets sent away on a mission to deliver a message. At least, that is what he thinks he's doing.  Kaven along with three others are sent into the Storm of Fury a storm created by their God as a punishment. During this mission, they go through trials and learn things they never even thought would be possible.

My Thoughts

I really enjoyed this book it took me off to another place and made me care for these characters the plot was well thought out and the character development was great! You can definitely see that they all have something to bring to the table and it definitely made this story amazing! I loved how the story unraveled also the way it made almost everything not what it  seemed to be. while being descriptive it made me feel like I was in the story!  I was sad and amazed by the end of this book, it is definitely a worthy read for all fantasy readers!

Age I would say 13and up however if younger readers would like to try it have your parents read it first!

It is a 525-page book

Fantasy and Fiction lovers would enjoy this book! Although I would encourage all readers to try this book!

https://www.inkshares.com/projects/storm-of-fury

IMPERVIOUS by Heather Letto

Impervious
is a book about a dystopian future where everything is a virtual. this story follows a rebel who fends for herself looking for a way out while falling in love This book is about a future where almost everything is virtual and how a rebel deals with losing her brother, surviving falling in love and trying to figure out where the exit to this trap that they are in. Fran is an interesting character although I did get confused at some points the plot was good, her thoughts were scattered but went together with the story unlike most books where the main character would get off topic and ruin some stuff this actually went with the plot. I definitely did not get bored and got into the story the moment I started it. While the ending to me seemed a bit wobbly it overall ended nicely and did not disappoint.
I would recommend this to ages 10 and up
I would say maybe a 4.9 only because I think the description and the story didn't match up till the end as I mentioned earlier I got confused on some parts but like I said this book was worth the read.
Impervious (The Ascension Series) (Volume 1)
Description
The residents of Impervious survived the War of Annihilation. And though the city is chock-full of pleasures to tantalize and entertain, a beast lurks in its corners. The Beast—a mysterious and terminal illness—has killed off most of Generations One, Two and Three. And as Gen-Four prepares to take the stage a provocative, yet questionable, new method to avoid an untimely death becomes a cultural rage. Fran is counter-cultural, living off the grid in true Rebel fashion. Her life is far from opulent as she scurries through dark tunnels, searching for hot meals and ditching the holographic security team. Yet, it’s a healthy trade-off. Unaccountability means the Council can’t steal her sliver of hope in the Epoch. She grasps painfully onto this splintered sliver, until a new hope is born. Through a miraculous discovery. Yet the Beast remains hot on her tail.

Girlfriend Trouble

Girlfriend Trouble Mikey and Lian both feel out of place and are relentlessly bullied. Mikey is an ordinary boy in high school, however, after his parents’ divorce and dealing with the fact that everyone besides his best friend doesn’t like him, he has these dreams about a girl who calls out to him. The female protagonist, Lian, stutters because of her parents’ death and lives with an adopted mom. She is terrified of the first day of school. At school she is mocked for her stutter. On top of that, a teacher believes she needs to go to a special needs school. Soon after, she meets Mikey a boy who stands up for her. Lian opposes the head cheerleader’s confrontations influencing the bully to right her wrongs. Mikey’s dream is culminated in the last chapters when his dreaming becomes a reality. Opinion This book was interesting in most stories you have a shy girl falls in love with a popular boy or the other way around. however in this book its about a boy who is in the middle of a parent's divorce and believes he will never find a girlfriend cause of his ugliness. A girl who stutters and is put down because of it. together they fall in love and teach a bully a few things. I think it was a different point of view to romance books. I enjoyed it. The characters i think developed well with the story and neither the story nor the characters seem to make everything go slow.

Chosen by Cheryl J. Rodriguez.

Chosen

Book One in the White Stone Trilogy

by Cheryl J. Rodriguez

Trouble has come into the lives of those living in a large farming community. There are those who seek absolute control over the farmers, those who believe in being free to make their own decisions about their lives and their work. This trouble begins with the theft of the town’s food supply and the murder of the town’s pastor. Ethel is a young girl, a mushroom hunter who ends up getting swept into the struggle. She and her friends Grace and Truman stumble on the tragic scene of the murdered pastor and travel to the center of their town to investigate rumors of rioting.

After saving their Queen’s life they begin a quest to get to the bottom of the trouble that appears to be infecting other towns. A mysterious man by the name of Reechangle makes promises of safety to those who will just follow him, but at what price does that safety come? Ethel, Grace and Truman become fugitives as they learn more about Reechangle and his agenda for the people of their town.

My opinion

Chosen is a good book, but I didn’t get pulled into the story right away. I think that Ethel took awhile before she was able to fight back which is good because it shows she had struggles with becoming the character she is in the end. It seemed that Ethel was the only character that went through significant change. Perhaps the sequels will focus more on the other two characters. This was a very interesting book and I look forward to reading the sequels.

Define Trying By Bronsen Hawkins

Breslin deals with drama in his own family after the death of his father while trying to deal with the drama at his high school. He falls in love with Daisy, a bookworm who is the captain of the school’s dance team. He is pulled through lies and manipulation brought on by the head cheerleader. Breslin is confused when he sees his girlfriend kissing the head cheerleader’s boyfriend. Having a girlfriend becomes even more stressful when he is beaten up by Daisy’s ex-boyfriend.

Plot: The plot contained conflict as well as twists and turns that I was not expecting.

Characters: The characters were interesting and had elements of depth. Breslin’s character was affected by his father’s death and that played out in his actions. He also had thoughts that were entertaining to read.

The lack of quotation marks in parts of the book was distracting but overall it was a good read.