This Week's Featured Books!

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  1. I WAS IN LOVE WITH A SHORT MAN ONCE: And Other Tales from a Crazy Southern Irish Gal by Kimberly J Dalferes, Humor

Have you ever wondered if the life of the woman standing next to you in the check-out line is as weird as yours? Could it be possible that you are trapped in a bizarre reality show, where the object of the game is to get the crazy lady to flip-out; just one more time? If so, then this book confirms that you are in good company. I Was In Love With a Short Man Once is a story collection written from the perspective of a crazy, southern, Irish, gal.

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2. TESLA by Mark Lingane, Steampunk

Set a millennia in the future, nuclear war has wiped out much of civilization in the northern hemisphere. The planet has slowly been getting hotter and water is becoming a rare resource. Out of the ruins of a civilization that has collapsed in on itself, have arisen a new breed of people - those with the power to control magnetism.


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3. ADAPTATION by G. C. Huxley, Fiction

The battle to live in sync with the environment may not be with the planet… A tale of love and other human achievements. Set in an imminently possible future, cultures collide when two teenagers of a Rural Tribe are forced to deal with the arrival of Kali, a City Raider. Can she help their home avoid inevitable disaster, or is she bringing it upon them all? Any apocalypse is irrelevant when compared to those that you love, and adaptation is eternal.

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4. THRILL by Wendy Potocki, Horror

SOME RIDES SHOULD NEVER BE TAKEN ... Kyle Evans is a teenager who wants to be somebody. To achieve his goal, he joins a gang called Hell's Bells. While he thinks he's arrived, he only finds danger. The club is obsessed with finding thrills and taking chances, but Kyle’s unaware that there’s a price to pay. Up for a dare, he accepts a challenge that lands him on the wrong side of the supernatural.

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This Week's Featured Books - YA Edition!

Thanks to everyone for being part of Making Connections YA Edition! Here are the featured books for this week. Follow the link to get a copy of the book to review.
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1. FLUTE OF THE WIND QUEEN (Outlander Leander #1) by Eisah, Science Fiction

Leander is an energetic young man who wants to become a treasure hunter. When his dad is deployed he sees it as an opportunity to go on his first adventure; which unfortunately leads him straight into enemy territory. All ambition and no skill or experience, he stumbles his way around enemy camps to find the famous relic the Wind Queen left behind.

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2. ANDY VENTURE AND THE BIG BLOB OF SLIME by Collin Berry, Children's Fiction

When one of Andy Venture's lab experiments goes horribly wrong, a giant slime creature is created that threatens the entire city...and its citizens. Andy must use his brilliant mind and incredible inventions to stop his own creation before it's too late. Can this fourth grader figure out a way to save the people of his city from certain destruction? Or will the big blob of slime take over?

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3. WATER (Elements of Power #2) by Heather James, Fantasy  
Water pooled around my feet, rising at an alarming rate. I stared - panicked - at the palms of my hands, willing the water gushing out of them to stop as miraculously as it had begun. I only sneezed! Jasmine is struggling to control her new powers, causing floods and fires with an accidental flick of her wrist. In a desperate attempt to master at least one aspect of them, she travels to the Brizan Realm, where she comes closer to discovering the truth about her parents than ever before. But not everyone wants their secrets revealed.

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4. WHITE HEART (Merrydian's Gate #1) by A.E. Wright, Fantasy

When Violet Knight finished her ordinary day’s work, she could never have imagined the strange island she found herself on that very same night. Falinn Galdur is an island where magic, mystical creatures and supernatural beings exist, hidden from the world Violet knows. It is an island only accessible through a mystic portal no ordinary person could have opened but Violet is no ordinary person.

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This Week's Featured Books!

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1. SACRED LIGHT SPIRIT EAGLE: My Visionary Life and Near Death Experience by Cristael Ann Bengtson

At the age of seventeen, after enduring a series of complex legal and personal battles that threatened to destroy her family, Cristael Ann Bengtson had a brilliant vision of the great Eye of God. This was the beginning of a lifetime of visionary experiences that supported and strengthened Cristael on a life journey that ranged from a challenging career as an elementary classroom teacher, to becoming a trained lyric coloratura soprano, to working as an extra on Hollywood movie and television sets. That great intelligent Eye of Light brought Cristael serenity and guidance as she went through a divorce, raised two sons as a single mom, and took care of her own mother during her final illness. Then, in December of 1998, Cristael had a glorious and ineffable near death experience, which brought her healing and a long-term renewal of body, mind, and spirit. Ranging from the solitude of the mountains of New Mexico to the glamorous sets of Hollywood, brimming with love, sorrow, loss, and laughter, Sacred Light Spirit Eagle paints a vivid portrait of two worlds, the finite and the infinite, as seen through the eyes of a visionary. This warm and wise memoir shares a rich understanding of the true nature of death from the point of view of a near-death experiencer.

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2. 21 HOURS by Dustin Stevens

Felix "O" O'Connor is an ex-con from central Ohio that has spent the seven years since being released from prison working on a ranch in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming. Rarely does he venture out into the world and never does it come looking for him. Both of those things change when his twin sister Alexa "Lex" Borden calls from Columbus, Ohio to ask for his help.

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3. FALLEN EMBERS by C.S. Marks

Who could have foreseen he would ever encounter the one who would change his life forever?  But He Does.  How much of a man's world, how much of his life will he risk to possess everything he has ever wanted?  From the creator of the beloved World of Alterra comes a tale of passion and determination, of sacrifice and courage.  Rain has found a foe he cannot overcome with sword or strategy.  Now he must battle an enemy none can defeat.  Now he will battle Fate itself.

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4. DREAM by Robbi Sommers Bryant

Veronica Armatti, a hairdresser and infatuation addict, has managed to strike the perfect balance between her daily existence and her overpowering desires. Veronica's husband, Joe, tolerates her addiction as long as he doesn't know the details. Veronica decides to get her latest fix with Andrew, an artist she meets at a grocery store. Andrew inducts Veronica into a mysterious and hypnotic dream world, where the powerful Devan entices her into his tribe of shape shifters, and where dreams and reality mingle in a deadly, intricate dance of survival.

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This Week's Featured Books! - YA Edition

Thanks to everyone for being part of Making Connections YA Edition! Here are the featured books for this week. Follow the link to get a copy of the book to review.

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1.  JUST A GAME by Dustin Stevens

Huntsville, Ohio is the kind of place young boys dream of growing up. A small town where football players are the top of the social hierarchy and heroes are held in high esteem long after their final game is played. For the past three years, Clay Hendricks has realized that dream unlike few others.

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2.  LIFE (The Kemla Saga, #1) by Cassandra Webb

Kemla is a teenager living in the Summer’s Mountains.  She’s quick witted, not shy of action and smart however life outside the protective circle where she lives is all but beyond her reach. Then one day she’s kidnapped by slave traders, helped by magic and learns to trust. All the while she’s trying to avoid her past.

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3. CHRYSALIS by Michelle Cornwell-Jordan

After the war between Man and the Supernatural. The world settled back into a harmonious rhythm. Man and Preternatural existing side by side, building a society that was technologically advanced and beneficial to both kinds. Ruled by ThunderKins (Children of the Sun). But there was dissatisfaction in several of the Divisions. Some did not accept the rule of ThunderKin. The Thunderkin heir was targeted for destruction, believing this would cause the Thunderkin rule to be overthrown. So Chaos was birth and Chaos had a name….Ayda.            

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4.  THE ADVENTURE TOURNAMENT (The Adventurers #1) by Nicholas Andrews

With the kingdom of Bolognia under attack by independent forces of random malcontents, it's time to send out the army to deal with these troublemakers, right? No, first there's money to be made! Send out the adventurers, those rogues who wander the countryside in search of fame and treasure, and take up all the good seats at the local pubs. Then, organize brackets, stage it for the public's entertainment, offer a prize and call it The Adventure Tournament.

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