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Review: Carrot by Vanita Oelschlager
[amazon_link id=”0981971490″ target=”_blank” ]Carrot[/amazon_link] is written by Vanita Oelschlager and illustrated by Kristin Blackwood. Published by VanitaBooks LLC. Dreams are okay, but sometimes reality is even better. Learn to accept what you have in your life through the eyes of an orange tabby cat named Carrot. Cute kitty adventure illustrations are teamed up with a rhyming…
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Lawless Now on DVD
“A Solid Outlaw Adventure.” ~ Peter Travers, Rolling Stone ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT and THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY PRESENT THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED EPIC OUTLAW TALE [amazon_link id=”B009369Z8A” target=”_blank” ]LAWLESS ON BLU-RAY™ AND DVD[/amazon_link] Based On A True Story From Matt Bondurant’s Novel The Wettest County In The World, This Gripping Tale of Brotherhood, Bootlegging, and Murder. Anchor Bay Entertainment…
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A Tale of Two Mommies
A Tale of Two Mommies is written by Vanita Oelschlager and illustrated by Mike Blanc. Published by Vanita Books. This little book teaches kids it’s okay to have two mommies that love you. You get the same support and love from your parents no matter who they are. All net profits for this book will…
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Review of Song for Papa Crow
[amazon_link id=”0764341316″ target=”_blank” ]Song for Papa Crow[/amazon_link] is written and illustrated by Marit Menzin. Published by Schiffer Publishing. This is a nicely illustrated story of self acceptance. Little crow wants to fit in and be liked but none of the song birds like his singing. After meeting a mockingbird that gave him a magic seed little…
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Review of Squirrel Rescue
Squirrel Rescue is written by Jennifer Keats Curtis and illustrated by Laura Jaques. Published by Schiffer Publishing. This is a fun little story of two boys that find and rescue a baby squirrel that has fallen out of its nest while the boys were outside playing a game. Not only does this book show kindness…
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Review: Another 365 Days
Another 365 Days is a year in the life of Clemmie Atkins that takes you on a rollercoaster ride that is teenage love and angst (sometimes the same thing). I have been devouring YA LGBTQ (boy that’s a lot of letters) books for the past year and this is one that rises to the top…
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Geek for Tots
Win Toys For Helping Tots with Geeks for Tots! Geeks for Tots is back once again to promote giving this holiday season. Geeks for Tots is a contest that encourages donations to the Toys for Tots. There are far too many kids that won’t get gifts this holiday season and the Toys for Tots program…
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Frankenweenie is Coming to DVD & Blu-Ray
If you were like me and missed the movie in the theater (I am still kicking myself over that), you will be happy to hear that the arrival of this zombie doggy at your door is only weeks away. Disney & Tim Burton have announced the Blu-ray & DVD release of the film on January…
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Tis the Season….Scam Season That Is
Got a text message today telling me I won a $1000 Target gift card. YAY (if it were real). First off I never entered a contest secondly I knew this had to be a scam. So first thing I did when I hit the office was Google the phone number it came from — 323-636-8891. First…
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Mrs. Butterworth by K Hoffman
This is an ode to the gagged Mrs. Butterworth bottle I had in my bedroom back in the eighties. Mrs. Butterworth why won’t you talk? And why won’t you move or walk? I just want to converse Nothing odd or perverse You sit here on my table I am sure that you are able But…
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Just Some Silliness….
Voyeur I go into the bathroom And I can’t see That the tidy bowl man Is watching me [not sure who the Ty-D Bowl Man is? He was a company mascot in the 70s.] Nuclear Wrist Watch Watch wrist general use Is what the back said. I wore it every day And now…
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The Sticky Fingers of Time
A writer, Tucker Harding, is hired to cover an article on the hydrogen-bomb test, Nevada, 1952. While there, radiation mutates her code/soul, spawning in her the ability to travel through time by force of will. Not long after she is murdered by a woman from the future, Ofelia, intent on securing her own ability to…
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