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Am I Pretty? by Lindsey Jensen Berke

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Am I Pretty? by Lindsey Jensen Berke My rating: 4 of 5 stars Am I Pretty? is a wonderful book for small children to read themselves or have read to them. With easy to understand words and sentences. The message is also very important for children and even adults, you are great just the way you are and if people can't accept you for who you are then perhaps you should find others who will. It is especially good for young girl to read, showing them that there is more to them then just looks. That they can be strong, kind, smart and independent. View all my reviews

#booktour #review Those Children Are Ours by David Burnett

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Those Children Are Ours by David   Burnett My rating: 4 of 5 stars It's been twelve years since Jennie has seen her two daughters, walking out on them and her husband in a drunken fit of rage. Now after all this time she wants them back in her life, she wants to know them and them her. Jennie at the time of her marriage was unstable, drinking and sleeping around. Being neglectful of her children, caring only about herself. After befriending a preacher who frequented the bar/restaurant in which she was working started to take a long on hard look at herself and began to make the change to her life. Sobering up, going back to school and getting her masters. Attending church, giving up on men and seeking help for her issues. So many years have gone by will her daughters even want to see her? How will they react? Those Children Are Ours is a very touchy book, with many triggers that could upset its reader. We have a main character that you feel for, yet you can hate at the

REVIEW: Light by Adrienne Woods (Dream Casters 1)

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Light by Adrienne Woods My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was given an uncorrected e-copy for review. My copy contained spelling errors, which hopefully were fixed in the published versions. Before I start I would like to take a moment to say how lovely the cover art is. It is absolutely gorgeous. The story opens up with a couple who's destines were not to be together. He a light dream caster and she a dark. The dream casters are not like the Sandman we learn about as children, yes they can can conjure up dreams and things out of sand, light is golden brown while dark is black and brings shadows and nightmares. " She was his nightmare, and a nightmare he was prepared to die for." It was a love story that was never meant to be. From this union we have a child, Chastity. Chastity thought she was a normal girl she had know idea that she was the daughter of a shadow and light caster. Up until the day she felt the sands in her own hand she had never heard of casters or

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

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The Magicians by Lev Grossman My rating: 3 of 5 stars I strongly hoped I would fall in love with this book, as I had heard it was like Harry Potter only more adult. I will give it a hat tilt, it did have some comparisons. We have a magical school, a school sport (no flying brooms mind you.) It even had different "houses", so to speak. These being the groups you wind up in after your discipline is figured out. What I hadn't heard about The Magicians was the Narnia aspect of it. Because Fillroy = Narnia. So like I was saying, my hopes were high. But sadly love did not come to me. That feeling of warmth and tingles failed to make an appearance. I did however like and enjoy aspects of the book. I was turned off at times, one of these times was all the swearing. I can't say all but some of it. Don't get me wrong I've read many a tale with cursing, heck I can swear like a sailor myself at times. My point is that it didn't feel right. The flow, it fe