Yesterday was a perfect Sunday morning. While sitting at a sweet little bistro set I picked up at an antique shop, I watched an amazing sunrise as I sipped freshly brewed coffee. I had to be careful not to spill it on my freshly pressed floral summer dress. So perfect. So relaxing. Umm…. You know I’m lying, right? Yes I was in the garden, but no dress, just the faded grey sweatpants that have holes in the inseam. The coffee was good though. I had only warmed it up twice by the time I made it outside to check on the plants. I was delighted to see a little frog jump onto the path on his way to the other side, and pause to decided if it was best to flee or stay very still to avoid me. After a few minutes of me staring at him, he decided it was best to keep moving. Most likely less out of fear and more because he was tired of my hot coffee breath that washed over his entire body every time I told him how cute he was. After a few minutes of pulling a few weeds I came across a teenie tiny preying mantis. It was easily only a few days old. I hadn’t bought any eggs this year, so this was a great surprise to me. It’s time like these, when I see the wildlife enjoying the garden I worked so hard on, that I feel like I have succeed as a gardener. Oh, and the bistro set was from Ikea.
Drive Thru Murder (The New Orleans Go Cup Chronicles Book 3)
by Colleen Mooney
Genre: Humor & Satire | Crime Fiction | Women’s Fiction
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A Murder Scene Where Nothing Is As It Seems
Brandy witnesses a murder at a drive thru joint with the unlikely name of CLUCK IT: CHICKEN BY THE BUCKET. And then it turns out nothing at the scene’s what it seems, or at any rate nobody’s who they seem. Seems CLUCK IT is not just a place to clog your arteries, but also a transgender hangout. And with that discovery, you know you’re in New Orleans.
The local, New Orleans Color Never Stops
Brandy’s complex Irish Channel family develops the kind of problem that is a lot more fun on the page than in real life. What to do when your sister gets pregnant with one of the next-door twins, but she doesn’t know which twin? (Be glad it’s Brandy’s problem, not yours.)
She also finds a mysterious box of valuable jewelry under her closet floor, becomes the unofficial caretaker of the Tarot reader across the street who knows the future but can never predict when she’s going to get so drunk she’s going to fall into her own bushes, and develops a strong suspicion about one of her other neighbors, all the while juggling the two Romeos.
Luckily, Brandy Is Better At Solving Mysteries Than She Is At Wrangling Her Boyfriends
The reader can rest assured she’s eventually, and in fine style, going to weave together the myriad mysterious strands that confound the police (who happen to count Boy Friend # 1 among their ranks) and present them the solution with all the panache of an old-style detective like Hercule Poirot, yet none of the pretension. You can almost hear her wondering, “Did I do that?”
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Father Goriot
by Honoré de Balzac, Ellen Marriage
Genre: Historical Fiction | City Life
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Father Goriot takes place during the Bourbon Restoration, which brought profound changes to French society; the struggle by individuals to secure a higher social status. Set in Paris in 1819, it follows the intertwined lives of three tenants of the Maison Vauquer boarding house: the elderly doting Goriot; a mysterious criminal-in-hiding named Vautrin; and a naive law student named Eugène de Rastignac. Goriot is an elderly retired vermicelli-maker who has bankrupted himself to support his two well-married daughters. Vautrin wants to get his hands on the fortune of an unmarried woman, trying to implicate Rastignac in the murdering of her brother.
Rastignac, who moved to Paris from the south of France, becomes attracted to the upper class and he is willing to use any means to better his situation.
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O.L.D. — A Good Way to Die: A Cold War Action-Adventure
by Christopher Kügler
Genre: Thrillers | Humor & Entertainment | Humor & Satire
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An over-the-top retro thriller highlighting the horror and absurdity of nuclear weapons. But be warned: this novel isn’t afraid to push THE BUTTON.
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Steven Leonard is a wannabe journalist who’s uncovered the existence of the world’s most dangerous secret agent: Hunter Gunne. Knocking on her door, he thinks he’s on the brink of his big break — the story of the decade, a guaranteed Pultizer…
Hunter Gunne is that secret agent, and she is that badass. But decades of saving the world have left her disillusioned and cynical. Living in retired seclusion, an idealistic admirer like Steven is the last thing she expects, let alone wants. But the moment is short-lived when a black-clad team of mercenaries — whom Steven has unknowingly led straight to her — arrives ready for battle…
The O.W.O. is an evil secret society hell-bent on world domination. Their plan is simple: kidnap the president, replace him with an imposter, and start World War III… unless Steven and Hunter can stop them, that is. Together, they race to not only save the world but perhaps find the happiness their lives so desperately lack.
If they fail: kiss humanity goodbye.
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Hope(less) (Judgement Of The Six Book 1)
by Melissa Haag, Allisyn Ma, Ulva Eldridge
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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Freedom is so close Gabby can taste it. After years of meeting single werewolves and successfully dodging the mating bullet, she’s on her way to her last Introduction to say “No, thanks” one final time. As a human, she has no plans to attach herself to a werewolf. But, she didn’t count on meeting Clay.
With a single look, Gabby knows Clay is the one. And, unfortunately, he knows it too. The silent, ruggedly-handsome werewolf is determined to win his mate by any means necessary. Gabby does what any sane girl would do and runs. Not only does Clay follow, but something truly dangerous does as well.
Now, hunted for the secrets she’s spent her whole life protecting, Gabby must turn to the one man she didn’t want for the help she needs. Time is running out to discover who or what wants her, and Gabby’s just starting to realize there’s more at stake than the heart and freedom of one human girl.
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THE MAN OF THE FOREST: A Wild West Adventure
by Zane Grey
Genre: Westerns | Action & Adventure
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“At sunset hour the forest was still, lonely, sweet with tang of fir and spruce, blazing in gold and red and green; and the man who glided on under the great trees seemed to blend with the colors and, disappearing, to have become a part of the wild woodland. Old Baldy, highest of the White Mountains, stood up round and bare, rimmed bright gold in the last glow of the setting sun. Then, as the fire dropped behind the domed peak, a change, a cold and darkening blight, passed down the black spear-pointed slopes over all that mountain world. Milt Dale, man of the forest, halted at the edge of a timbered ridge, to listen and to watch… ” – Zane Grey, “Man of the Forest”
Zane Grey (1872-1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that were a basis for the Western genre in literature and the arts. With his veracity and emotional intensity, he connected with millions of readers worldwide, during peacetime and war, and inspired many Western writers who followed him. Grey was a major force in shaping the myths of the Old West; his books and stories were adapted into other media, such as film and TV productions. He was the author of more than 90 books, some published posthumously and/or based on serials originally published in magazines.
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