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Shawn L. Bird

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One summer day, 10 year old Shawn met a teen-aged musician who lived across the alley. He made her giggle and glow. His melodies made her dizzy. She dreamed. She imagined. She wrote a lot of poetry.

One day many years later, Grace appeared upon Shawn's keyboard, wanting to tell her story. Shawn recognised many familiar feelings from her own musical first love, and as Grace's narrative unfolded and the people involved in her tale were revealed, Shawn knew it was a story that she had been born to tell: a story of love, music, and myth that transcend time and place.

Shawn is an author and high school teacher living in the beautiful Shuswap Lake region of British Columbia, Canada with her brilliant, musical husband. She is a former exchange stu...more


My review of I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder, in verse. Of course. . A verse novel is like dessert. Not double chocolate fudge cake or creme brulee. More like lime jello or custard. You want to love it because it’s dessert, but somehow it doesn’t quite satisfy. There’s a lack of [...] read more »
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Published on June 01, 2012 16:14
Average rating: 4.17 · 24 ratings · 12 reviews · 3 distinct works
Grace Awakening
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Grace Awakening Dreams and ...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012
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Grace Awakening Power
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012
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My review of I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder, in verse. Of course. . A verse novel is like dessert. Not double chocolate fudge cake or... read more »
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Wicked Musical Tie-in Edition by Gregory Maguire
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Okay. That's it. I've tried to get into this. I know the musical is supposed to be fantastic. I am half way through, but every time I try to read it, I end up putting it down and finding chores to do instead. That is bad. I hate housework. I love rea...more
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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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Everything Was Good-bye by Gurjinder Basran
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Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
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The Soloist by Mark Salzman
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Three Views Of Crystal Water by Katherine Govier
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
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Stiff by Mary Roach
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More of Shawn's books…
“You are the common denominator in all your life experience. (Book 2- Awakening Power)”
Shawn L. Bird, Grace Awakening

“Good characters make you feel like you have new friends, don’t they? You have to re-read the books just to visit with them again. Grace Awakening. Book one: Awakening Dreams”
Shawn L. Bird, Grace Awakening

“Like ancient honey, a first love remains ever incorruptible despite the passage of time. Though the boy may no longer exist, the memory of him is always pure and sweet. (Book 2, Awakening Power)”
Shawn L. Bird, Grace Awakening

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Creative Reviews: Greek myth and first love - 5 free e-pub to reviewers 5 46 Oct 01, 2011 07:10pm  
“I am Switzerland. I refuse to be affected by territorial disputes between mythical creatures.”
Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
George Orwell

“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.”
George Orwell, 1984

“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
George Orwell

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
George Orwell

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