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October 31, 2023
#Spotlight Wayne, the Nerd From Arizona by Wayne Rankin
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Wayne is a good kid but has always had a hard time making friends. His dad is an air force master sergeant. He travels a lot, even overseas. Now, Wayne is in a new school and feels unsure of himself. He has pimples on his forehead, crooked teeth, and mended glasses.
Wayne, the nerd, has to deal with his appearance and the challenge of being a wanderer. However, he is not alone; there are others just like him!
Join Wayne on his adventure from Luke AFB Phoenix, Arizona, to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and see his transformation from an ugly caterpillar to an amazing and beautiful butterfly!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Wayne Rankin is an Air Force Service Disabled Veteran, and was a Lockheed Martin Deputy Site Manager for the 3rd Space Surveillance Squadron at Misawa Japan. He was the 73rd Space Group, Chief of Logistics providing support to geographical separated units overseeing operations of the Air Force Space Command’s $360M, Space Surveillance projects. He was a Shipley Associates Proposal Manager for ITT Systems Division, Lockheed Martin, URS, Lear Siegler, ACS State-Local Solutions and GTE Government Systems. While at ACS State-Local Solutions with a win rate of 80% .He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate from Colorado Christian University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Management well as a Master of Arts degree in Procurement and Acquisition Management and Human Resources Development from Webster University…
Contact Link
Website: https://www.waynethenerdfromarizona.com/
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Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wayne-Nerd-Arizona-Rankin-ebook/dp/B0BLBK99XP/
October 30, 2023
The Hidden Treasure: Secrets of Cleopatra's Gold by Hep Aldridge #giveaway #spotlight #bookseries #CountdowntoHalloween2023 #ActionAdventure
History,mystery, danger and treasure...
Egyptbeckons the Risky Business team to a heart pounding new adventure.
Cleopatra:Rich, powerful, seductive, cunning. She is perhaps the mosthistorically recognized ancient Egyptian ruler, but to this day,Cleopatra’s tomb has yet to be found.
Inthis adventure, Colten Burnett’s Risky Business team takes on thedaunting and dangerous challenge of recovering stolen statues thatmay hold the secrets to the famous pharaoh’s life, death andfortune.
Criss-crossingthe middle East, the adventurous team of highly skilled men and womenencounter antiquity smugglers and dealers, looters and evenotherworldly beings as they race to uncover one of history’s mostenigmatic mysteries.
**Don'tmiss the rest of the series!**
SunkenTreasure, Lost Worlds
TheRisky Business Chronicles Book 1
SunkenTreasure, Lost Worlds: Revelations
TheRisky Business Chronicles Book 2
SunkenTreasure, Lost Worlds: Encounter
TheRisky Business Chronicles Book 3
BuriedTreasure,Lost Worlds: A Search For Aztec Treasure
TheRisky Business Chronicles Book 4
HepAldridge is a certified scuba diver, cave diver amateurarchaeologist, and retired college administrator whose main area ofinterest in Pre-Columbian cultures of the Americas has expanded tomysteries of ancient civilizations worldwide. He has led or been partof archaeological expeditions to Mexico and Honduras,making discoveries that have been reported in National GeographicMagazine. Hep’s related interest in space and “things unknown”was fueled by his time living in New Mexico as a teenager when hebegan to question the many strange and unexplained things he saw inthe the night sky in the mid 60’s. Some years later, chancemeetings in Florida with well-known treasure hunters, Art McKee andKip Wagner developed his interest in salvage operations forlost undersea treasure. The combination of these interests led to thegenesis of the Risky Business Chronicles, a series of books which nowspans five distinct sagas with a recurring memorable cast ofcharacters. Hep is an Air Force veteran and resides on Florida’sSpace Coast.
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October 28, 2023
Tales of Ale and Chainmail by Multi-Authors #anthology #spotlight #giveaway #CountdowntoHalloween2023
Eightmagical objects. Eight adventurers. Eight stories.
Volume1
AFantasy Anthology
withstories by
DaveDeickman, Kate Longstone, Jonathan Maloney, Alan Kent,
ThomasD Moore, Ashley Bravington, Crystal Roles, Lucina Nyx
Thesimplest of choices are often the most necessary.
Eightmagical objects. Eight adventurers. Eight stories.
Acrossthe world of the Western Shield, long hidden artefacts are found bythose who adventure into the forgotten corners of history. From theboiling volcanoes of Holfursland, to the booming industrial port ofHelvenica, to the dwarven city of Ironvale, the adventurers are drawntogether to tell their stories, and how they came into possession oftheir particular item, in the Glass Dagger Corner Club.
Featuringstories from Dave Deickman, Kate Longstone, Jonathan Maloney, AlanKent, Thomas D Moore, Ashley Bravington, Crystal Roles, and LucinaNyx, Tales of Ale and Chainmail (Vol 1) explores the dungeons,temples, and societies of the Western Shield world in pursuit ofknowledge, answers, and lost family members.
Startedin 2021, SkyNation Publishing is based in Brisbane,Australia. Specialising in fantasy fiction, SNP revels in bringing achange to traditional publishing, through different mediums, andpartnering with other small businesses to add an extra spark to theirtitle releases.
Underthe sunny Queensland skies, the team works diligently to bring younot just good stories - but also, a new way of exploring the realmscreated by authors from around the world!
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October 22, 2023
It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schultz #review #snoopy #countdowntoHalloween2023
Seriously, who does not like Snoopy and the gang? If you know me at all, I love Snoopy! This book is one of my favorites based on the cartoon. The funny thing to me is I have never reviewed the book before. The copy I picked up is the 35th anniversary.
One of the best things about this book is Linus mistaking Snoopy for the Great Pumpkin. Yet, I love his sincerity that such a being exist and his hope for it. I also love that even though his sister thinks he is an idiot, she eventually feels for her brother.
Isn't that what hope is about?
As always, the author did a great job drawing all the characters that I have come to know and love over the years. Snoopy will always remain my favorite with the Halloween one being at one of the top best.
I of course have to give this book 5 GreatPumpkins, if nothing else, for Linus!
Disclosure:Although I picked this copy up from my local library, I also own a copy for my own collection. The views expressed here are 100% my own and may differ from yours. ~Michelle, Reading Authors Network
October 18, 2023
Timothy Gets Stuck by Mark Lawrence #bookseries #spotlight #CountdowntoHalloween #childrensbooks
Date Published: August 29, 2023
Publisher: Tellwell Talent
Tales of Timothy Tip Truck is a series of short, fun stories that are based on real-life experiences by the author. They relate to the workings of trucks and earthmoving machinery as told to his two young boys at the time. The stories combine fun with learning some old-fashioned values including honesty, respect, caring for animals and those less fortunate, friendship, manners and the environment.
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Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Timothy-Gets-Stuck-Mark-Lawrence/dp/0228888328/
October 12, 2023
Jeoffry's Halloween by Mary Bryant Bailey #review #countdowntohalloween2023 #animals
What a wonderful story told from the perspective of the farmer's cat. He follows semi-spooky characters who have found themselves in the woods out back. The book is all done in poetic style and done so well that what seems to be a picture book could very well be a book for the emergent reader. I seriously loved the story so much! I could picture the details in my mind.
The illustrations are bold and every single page is done in oranges and browns of every hue possible. Touches of greens add to already lovely pictures.
This is a book that should be on all shelves to add to the Halloween season.
I give this book 5 pumpkins!
Disclosure: I picked up this book from my local library. The views here are 100% my own and may differ from yours. ~Michelle, Reading Authors Network
October 11, 2023
THe Bones of Fred McFee by Eve Bunting #Review #countdowntohalloween2023 #picturebooks
Here I go again with yet another Halloween book by author, Eve Bunting. I truly love her story telling and this one tells the tale of a plastic skeleton hung in a tree. Or is it alive? Hmm?
The story is fantastically laid out as two kids put the skeleton in their tree but things start happening and disappearing. Could it be? AH, but I won't tell you that my readers or the twist at the end. Read it yourself to know. Bwa ha ha ha!
The illustrations are awesome as usual with blues, blacks, yellows, whites, and some oranges all mixed together to form spooky pages. These same pages are drawn in large proportion to give an even spookier feel but to also allow children to point out specific things for each. Children are also given the opportunity to look for Fred McFee as he is not always in plain sight.
Awesome book and a winner to me. I give it 5 pumpkins!
Disclosure: I picked up a copy of this book at my local library. The views here are 100% my own and may differ from yours. ~Michelle, Reading Authors Network
October 10, 2023
Pumpkin Heads by Wendell Minor #review #CountdowntoHalloween2023
When I picked up this book, the title humored me. I was thinking about the trend that has happened the last couple of years of people photographing themselves with pumpkins on their heads. I am very wrong!
If you have a little one that loves the pumpkin patch or Halloween, then this is the book for them. This mostly picture book has very few words. It takes the "reader" on a little ride and shows different pumpkins in all of their glorious designs. Here you will see pumpkins on hay rides or peeking out of a haunted house.
Although, my reaction to it initially was wrong, it is still cute. I am sure really young kids would love talking and pointing at each page. Mostly that is the whole point of this book.
I can only give it though, 2 pumpkins and that is probably being generous. I think the author could have done much better in the writing part of the book.
Disclosure: I picked this book up from my local library. The views expressed here are 100% my own and may differ from yours. ~Michelle, Reading Authors Network
October 8, 2023
Head Case by Bonnie Traymore #giveaway #spotlight #CountdowntoHalloween2023 #thriller
Aworkplace rivalry. An isolated campus. A tragic death.
"Traymoremasterfully created a sinister, atmospheric setting that perfectlysuited the plot."
Readers'Favorite, 5 stars
Aworkplace rivalry. An isolated campus. A tragic death.
Nevermake a major life decision in the wake of emotional turmoil. CassieRomano learned this the hard way, leaving sunny San Diego for ateaching position at a private school in the Catskill Mountains inupstate New York after a painful break-up left her heart-broken andin need of a change.
It all seemed so perfect in June when shecame to interview. But now it’s December, and she’s stranded ontop of a mountain surrounded by snow, ice, and acres of wilderness,lonelier than ever and bored out of her mind.
When a fellowteacher turns up dead and Cassie receives a cryptic letter from her afew days later, it’s clear to Cassie that something strange isgoing on at Falcon Ridge Academy. Everyone seems to be writing thedeath off as a tragic accident, but she’s not so sure.
Cassiehas secrets of her own, though, so she’s initially reluctant to getinvolved. Torn between the urge to protect herself and the desire toinvestigate further, she decides on the latter.
Andthe consequences could be deadly.
BonnieTraymore is an author, educator, and consultant. A world traveler,she loves to include vivid settings in her novels. She is also anaccomplished non-fiction writer, historian, and educator with adoctorate in United States History. She has taught at top independentschools in Honolulu, Silicon Valley, and New York City for over 20years, and she has taught history courses at Columbia University andthe University of Hawaii. Originally from the New York City area, sheresides in Honolulu with her husband but frequents the Hudson Valleyand New York City areas.
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October 7, 2023
Mortice-Justice Mort Style by AJ Wilton #Giveaway #spotlight #thriller #CountdowntoHalloween2023 #bookseries
Crime / Thriller Fiction
Date Published: 10-01-2023
Publisher: Shawline Publishing
In this thrilling sequel to You Killed My Wife, Mort’s hunt for his wife’s killer takes a huge U-turn, forcing Mort and Pig to question everything they thought they knew…
They face unsolved data theft, an armed militia, a school bullying ring and the trauma of a victim of domestic violence…Never wavering in their pursuit of justice, for Mort and Pig their search will culminate in a lethal battle spread across suburban Brisbane.
With their unique skills learnt from the Australian army, combined with their unique computer hacking skills, Mort and Pig venture through many dangerous paths, creating an action thriller full of intrigue and suspense for readers to delve into and enjoy!
About the Author
A J Wilton is an Australian small businessman with two thriving businesses who turned to writing through the quieter times brought on by Covid. He describes himself as a ‘Hobby Author’ fitting this into his already time-poor days. To date he has written two novels in his series about Mort and Pig in what is planned to be a series of five.
He lives in the Gold Coast hinterland in Queensland. He and his wife, both inveterate travellers, look forward to exploring somewhere new, with A J able to indulge his other hobby of landscape photography. He has three adult children and three grandchildren.
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