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Book: In God We Trust

Author: Heather Hummel Gallagher

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

“In God We Trust” is an amazing story penned by the author Heather Hummel Gallagher. Story starts from the year 1976. 10 years old boy Jack Sampson received a $1 bill from the shop owner. When he saw “In God We Trust” written on the bill, Jack wondered what does it mean. Later, he wrote his name on $1 bill. Jack’s mother Sylvia works at diner since her husband Greg’s death. One special day i.e. 4th of July she received a tip of one hundred dollar from one kind family.

When Sylvia kept that bill in her wallet, Jack pulled it out and wrote his name on $100 bill too. Sylvia paid that $100 bill for car repair and got the change. Years later, when Jack emptied his old study desk, he forgot to remove the $1 bill that he had taped on his desk. Later the bill went in the tithing basket during service.

Both the bills with Jack’s name passes through others hands. Grab a copy of this novel and find out yourself to whom will the bills return at the end? This is a powerful story that hooked my attention from the first page. Storyline is very interesting and I fell in love with Heather’s writing through this book. Cover photo of the book is nice and title is suitable. It’s a highly recommended book.

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Book: The Caged Butterfly

Author: Marian L Thomas

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

“If you don’t believe in your inner beauty, then you ain’t nothing but a caged butterfly.”

“The Caged Butterfly” is a fiction novel penned by the author Marian L Thomas. The story revolves around Mayfield or Taylor family covering four generations. Story started with Addie Mayfield, a colored woman telling her unborn child about his/her history, her love Thomas Gray Livingston, a white male. As the story progressed, we got to know about Addie’s son Timmy Taylor who was born white but was colored actually. Timmy was adopted into a wealthy white family. His adopted mother hated the fact that he comes from colored family. But later, Timmy became the father of a colored daughter Nina. Will Nina be able to love the skin she is in?

This story is powerful. I love author’s writing style and her strong description of story. The way she has handled such a sensitive topic is amazing. The moment I started reading it, I forgot about the world around me and was totally engrossed in the book. Cover photo of the book is nice and the title is suitable according to the contents of the story. I want to highly recommend this novel to my fellow readers.

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Book: Manager’s First Aid Kit

Author: Joan H. Underwood

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

Manager’s First Aid Kit is a practical guide written by author, Senior Professional in HR, Master Trainer Joan H. Underwood. This book will help in conquering Three Most common Managerial challenges:
1) In managing self, author has discussed about Emotional Intelligence, Self Care, self awareness, etc. Self awareness comes when we get feedback from trusted people and we evaluate ourselves. I am glad to know about 5 P’s motto.
2) In Managing Others, we need to build trust, relationships, give and receive feedback.
3) In Managing System & Processes, author has discussed about building high performance team, conducting great meetings, etc.

“There are no time management problems. There are only priority management problems.” —JohnMichaelMorgan.com

I loved the above quote and I totally agree with this. This book is well penned by the author based on her own experiences. Even though, I will be reaching to managerial role in few years but this book has given me great guidance in advance and I will practice the knowledge shared in this book in different areas. Presentation of this book is amazing. Cover is well designed. Self Reflection Exercises will be helpful for readers to become more aware of themselves. I like to strongly recommend this book to aspiring supervisors and managers.

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Book: Blood Bonded

Author: Jonathan T. Salisbury

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

Blood Bonded penned by the author Jonathan T. Salisbury is the first book in The Portal and Key Chronicles series. After murdering Ra’Day who was Maghentum, Eva and her friends escaped from the apartment and left in a car. Just a day before Eva learnt a little about the new other-worldly race when she met Abigail and Brynjar.

Coming to earth is a death sentence for Fae. It’s a one-way ticket for them. But Ceann Olc who is not an average foe shouldn’t be taken lightly. He is after Eva and he must have sent his generals on Earth. Calder has traveled across the realm and is after Eva with his powerful army that includes Muzalim. Eva lost Abigail and now they are on the run. Grab a copy of this book and get to know what Eva will discover in her journey?

Story plot is interesting. Characters are well written and there is much action in the story which hooked my attention from the first page. Cover photo of the book is nice with a suitable title. Pace of the story is fast and I wasn’t bored anytime while reading it. I am looking forward to read next book in the series.

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Book: Blood Bonded

Author: Jonathan T. Salisbury

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

Blood Bonded penned by the author Jonathan T. Salisbury is the first book in The Portal and Key Chronicles series. After murdering Ra’Day who was Maghentum, Eva and her friends escaped from the apartment and left in a car. Just a day before Eva learnt a little about the new other-worldly race when she met Abigail and Brynjar.

Coming to earth is a death sentence for Fae. It’s a one-way ticket for them. But Ceann Olc who is not an average foe shouldn’t be taken lightly. He is after Eva and he must have sent his generals on Earth. Calder has traveled across the realm and is after Eva with his powerful army that includes Muzalim. Eva lost Abigail and now they are on the run. Grab a copy of this book and get to know what Eva will discover in her journey?

Story plot is interesting. Characters are well written and there is much action in the story which hooked my attention from the first page. Cover photo of the book is nice with a suitable title. Pace of the story is fast and I wasn’t bored anytime while reading it. I am looking forward to read next book in the series.

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Book: The Decision

Author: Alyssa Milani

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

The Decision is a novella written by the author Alyssa Milani. It is one of the many stories from her upcoming novel “Asylum of Diction”. Main character of the story is Hardy. She is a journalist and has done a piece on The Ultimatum. This made masked man’s attention fell on Hardy making her and her lived ones a victim of him. To save her son Oliver, she has to make The Decision.

There are three people in front of her. One is Raleigh, Oliver’s father. Another is Mike, her recent fling and third is Tom with whom she had been in relationship for two years. Tom has helped Hardy many times with Oliver. Now, Hardy has to make the decision before time ends. Otherwise, anyone could be picked out of the three guys, Hardy herself or her son Oliver. Will Hardy be able to make this difficult choice?

Title of the book is perfect and cover photo is nice. Alyssa’s stories are unique and intriguing. I love reading novellas and this is one of the best thriller novella that I have read. After reading this, I am really looking forward to read “Asylum of Diction”.

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Book: Poetic Confessions

Author: Arilita Moore Joyner

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Language: English

Rating: 4/5

Poetic Confessions written by Arilita Moore Joyner is a story of a young woman in her mid twenties looking for love as she raises her daughter Christina alone. The protagonist tried different relationships. First she met a handsome, athletic man Kurt who mostly come to Coretta for money or sex. Being a single mother managing finance for raising a daughter itself is difficult and if you get a partner who is sucking money from you, then life gets harder. Another guy is Curtis who met her online on a dating site. Curtis never revealed much details about his life to her and he often stay quiet.

Right next to me as far as I can see.
When trying to figure out what’s wrong with me?
Sister, sister with features like me.
With long brown hair and brown eyes to be

Story is set in the year 2000 and seems like a diary entry. Since it is written in first person, readers could connect well with the story. Language of the book is simple and easy to understand. This book will make the readers connect to the feelings of a protagonist and her longing for a partner. Spending life alone in old days is definitely difficult. Mostly women look for emotional connection in the relationship and not just making love. There are so many poems in this book. The book gets little emotional at times. It’s a worth reading story.

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Book: The Spirit Play

Author: Mig Lopez

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

The Spirit Play is a fictional story written by the author Mig Lopez. In this story, 2000 years ago, Jesus died and he was given renewed life as a gift by his father so he was able to live the life he was meant to live. So, Jesus created a Spirit Play so some can have a chance at an afterlife. Story is set in the town of Limbo that has its own rules and Bronze, silver or gold thorns as currencies. Story plot is intriguing. Spirit Play i.e. the titular story is the first one in the book.

This book also has another story but that is a romantic one. Story features two guys Xavier and Axel. The ground is shaking and what matters for Xavier as the world is about to end is to reach to Axel. Xavier was happy to make it to Axel. Find out yourself what happens in the story further.

Story includes some illustrations that made me to enjoy the book more. This is a unique book and I haven’t read anything like this till now. I am impressed by author’s imagination and the interesting storylines that he has created in this book. All the characters are written nicely. It’s a worth reading book. I strongly recommend this to my fellow readers.

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Book: Secrets Why Was I Born In This Family?

Author: Sandra Walters

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

“Secrets Why Was I Born In This Family?” is a Book written by the author Sandra Walters and illustrated by Pavel Melecky. This book revolves around the life of Shannon Ann Baker. Story shows how she was brought in this world by her mother Caroline. Caroline had hidden her pregnancy from her family because she knew that nobody will support her. But one day when her water bag broke, the truth came out in front of everyone. Caroline’s mom don’t like the father of a yet-to-be-born kid so she developed an unliking towards Shannon.

As years passed, Caroline became habitual to getting intoxicated. This made Shannon and her elder sister Denise furious and sad because of their mother who was irresponsible towards them.

I could understand the feeling Shannon and her sister must have experienced after moving out of their Big Mama’s home into their own home. But that happiness didn’t lasted longer. Story is very emotional. Because of strong descriptions, I had the picture of all the scenes in my head while I was reading it. I like to strongly recommend this book to my fellow readers.

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Book: Hope Strong

Author: Christina Oberon

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Language: English

Rating: 5/5

“TRYING for a baby can be a fun-filled time in your relationship as a couple. There is excitement in the air
and great hope for the future.”

Hope Strong penned down by the author Christina Oberon is an insightful and inspiring book. This book make readers aware about the emotions associated with infertility and provides them hope to overcome such feeling. Author has written this book from her own experience of infertility journey. She has shared how infertility can be very lonely. I totally agree with her when she mentioned that sometimes friends and family can’t provide you the support that a complete stranger who has walked the same path can provide. Someone who has been in our shoes can understand, guide and support us better.

There are different stages in infertility journey: Anger, Anxiety, Denial, Confusion, Envy, Disbelief, Doubt, etc.

This book tells readers how powerful hope is. It helps in carrying us through one of the most challenging times of our life. Even if you are not into your parenthood journey yet, you could read this book as it will provide you much needed hope for other challenging situations in your life. I got my hands on this book when I was feeling little low and this book left me inspired. Author’s writing style is amazing. Book is well presented. Cover of the book is nice and title is perfect. I like to strongly recommend this book to my fellow readers.

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