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Hello Everyone,
Hope All is Well.I RE-Joined the other Day, I Have one Recording
from Last Year My Way.
This is one of My Originals I Wrote,and Sang a few Years Ago
about Keeping, Finding Loved Ones.
Please Tell me what you think.
Al T
Comment by Ca
Al nice to see u back ....Hope u r well now mdf .........Listenin here .........
Comment by Ca
We can all relate to this mf
Comment by Ca
well so far wow
Comment by Ca
OMG that was truly beautiful.............Brought a tear to my eye .....Amazin song and an amazin sing on it ......Really loved this !!!!!!!!!!!!!********************** n Hugs Ca XXX
Comment by Blossom65GOLD
I am so glad I stopped by for a listen...this was amazing!
Comment by amama1GOLD
Thanks for stopping by.
Appreciate the complement.
Al T
Comment by kristi3374
Wow I am so honored that you listened to my song! You sang this so beautifully! Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent with us!!! LOVE THIS!!!
Comment by amama1GOLD
Thanks for stopping By.
I will stay in touch.
Al T
Comment by MargieWearsPinkGOLD
Hi Al
This is really Beautiful, sad yet so very pretty
I Lovvvved this, this is simply Beautiful.
Comment by Carolinagirl09GOLD
Always think before you speak. Then say what you mean and mean what you say!
I really like this one sounding fabulous ...... This is beautiful.....Enjoyed my listen....*********'s
Comment by LavetaGOLD
welcome back my friend.........
Comment by LavetaGOLD
just beautiful singing,,,,and if your playing that piano...
its top shelf all the way..................
Comment by LavetaGOLD
real deep feelings...
I write poems...I know........hugs veta
Comment by sharbearGOLD
This is just BEAUTIFUL, Al!!! Looking forward to listening to more from you!!!!
******STARS****** from NY coming your way, mf!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting, too!
What a wonderful talent you have!!!! I'm flagging you!
((((HUGS)))) Shari
Comment by KinukaraokePATRON
Al, this is soooo nice! I love your voice and the piano accompaniment is wonderful.
Will you be publishing this song? You should...this is lovely.
Comment by _RaE_GOLD
Hiya Al! here listenin' m/f ..........
Comment by _RaE_GOLD
...This really sounds amazingggggggg!!! I am lovin' this!..........
Comment by _RaE_GOLD
...I lost my dad(my best friend and fishing partner) In December 09...I miss him so...this hits hime.....
Comment by _RaE_GOLD
...This was absolutely beautifullllllllllllll!!!! Loved this!!! Thank you for sharing this with me love It! ************* You are so talented m/f {{hugs}} ~Debbie~
Comment by tillie426GOLD
I think winter is on it's way...But first let there be a long fall!!!!!!!
Al, that was lovely...Thanks for sharing your talent
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Com Truise — Hyperlips
Ever wanted to sever all earthly ties and ship off to an alternate 80s-verse where flying cars and sentient arcade machines run rampant? Com Truise has you covered. Along with Dylan Ettinger, James Ferraro, and others, Truise (né Seth Haley) occupies a growing niche of artists blending retro synth-pop with visions of a Total Recall-style sci-fi landscape. While we got a taste of Haley's lofty ambitions on last year's stellar Cyanide Sisters, Galactic Melt blows them up full scale, making for the best virtual vacation you could ask for. Album cut "Hyperlips" whirrs to life with the sound of warbled, droid-like vocals, morphing from a burbling soundscape into a groove-steeped dance jam. Synths fire like rayguns, drumbeats rain from the cosmos, and the track soon fades into the neon-lit ether.
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Will Wendy ever find an answers to her questions about her existence and why she doesn't fit in? Her mother claims that she was switched at birth and Wendy herself admits that she doesn't fit in. Only a man named Finn can unlock her past and open the door to answer her questions about her strange powers and a world she never imagined of. Switch is the self discovery of a girl and her unnatural powers which she doesn't have an answer to.
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Amanda Hocking is an American author. Her genre of interest is paranormal romance young-adult fiction. Hocking has authored series of books like My Blood Approves series, Trylle Trilogy and The Hollows.
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Teens: Half Have Seen Domestic Violence
But most would never tell their moms if it happened to them, our poll found.
When Radio Disney sensation Chris Brown allegedly assaulted his girlfriend Rihanna, we were disturbed. These were our kids' role models, after all. How would this affect our children? To find out, we went straight to the source. Momlogic.com surveyed nearly 500 teens and young adults on Facebook about the Chris Brown-Rihanna situation, and what we found was shocking.
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i find it strange that people have only recently reconsidering accepting chris and rihanna as their roles models.
I agree with Stephanie. When the story came out, my first thought was "Who?" I then realized I remembered Rhiana from a make-up commercial. I'm not a fan of their music style.
In high school my best friend (of 32 years now)& I were 10 feet away, along with several others) as a 16 year old boy put his hands around his girlfriend's neck. The only one who stepped up to say anything was a girl. The boy slapped her. This boy beat the crap out of the girlfriend often. One of her black eyes she blaimed on a car accident to her parents. At school, she told us her father did it, which bought him a visit from the dept. of children's services.
I could have kicked my friend in the seat of her pants when she dated this same boy right after high school. Of course, his ex-girlfriend was to blame for the violence because she asked for it. My friend was to blame for the time he beat her unconscious after confronting him at his home,where he had another girlfriend visiting. After she dropped the assault charges, I went 2 years without speaking to her.
The high school girlfriend was stupid enough to choose him to be her 3rd husband and have a child with him. Before their divorce was final, she was shot and killed by a police officer as my best friend looked on. The abuser had been following her around town one night, tapping her bumper every chance he got. That was the end of the officer's career because what he thought was a gun was actually a cell phone.
Abusers don't just ruin the lives of their victims and themselves.
Sorry but the media need to start reporting both sides of this story.
Chris has not had a chance to say a single word and as a mother of a teenage boy I have witnessed girls punching their boyfriends and laughing about it. Rihanna admitted to hitting Chris on several occasions and Chris has never ever retaliated.
I have also met a woman who shamelessly told me she set her boyfriend up for dumping her and he went straight to jail after she told the cops he beat her up. She had beaten herself up and framed him. There are some sick women out there too.
Let Chris have his day in court, it's enough mud slinging.
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Tyler Perry's 'Temptation' lags and limps
By Kate Erbland, Special to MSN Movies
If nothing else, filmmaker Tyler Perry has proved himself adept at moving between highly disparate genres, with his most recognizable feature films falling into two very different categories: his silly "Madea" franchise and serious fare like his "Why Did I Get Married?" films. His latest, "Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor," is his most dramatic film yet, a bizarrely over-the-top sermon that exists in a world devoid of shades of gray. Based on his own play, "Temptation" stars Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Judith, a small-town girl who has made her way to the big city to pursue her dream of becoming a marriage counselor. Her chosen career path is a strange one, as the 20-something has known her husband, Brice (Lance Gross), for the majority of her life, and the pair appears to be blissfully happy. What wisdom could Judith possibly impart on couples in trouble? Turns out, not very much.
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Fresh out of graduate school, Judith takes a job at a millionaire matchmaker agency run by Janice (Vanessa Williams, with a laughably fake French accent), a high-end operation that Judith can't stand, despite only working there for less than a month. The normally sweet Judith's displeasure in her workplace in palatable -- Perry has crammed his leading lady with all manner of personality attributes, none of which seem to match up with each other -- though it's hard to blame her when she's stuck working around people like Kim Kardashian's shockingly rude Ava. Through a number of highly unnecessary plot contrivances, social media mogul Harley (Robbie Jones) comes to the agency (not for a match, no, of course not. Why would someone like Harley have a problem getting a date? Oh, just you wait) and the two begin working with each other on a computer program that matches romantic compatibility (it makes even less sense within the context of the film).
It's obvious where this is going from the start, but Perry's film lags and limps along its two-hour runtime before finally going whole hog on one of the most dizzyingly weird final acts in recent cinematic history. Perry's cautionary tale is delivered in the most ham-fisted way possible, hell-bent on imparting on its audience that any acts of infidelity will lead to alcoholism, drug addiction, career disaster and far worse. His actors deliver hefty pieces of exposition via stilted conversation, and absolutely no one feels like a real person or a believable character. It doesn't help that Perry has attempted to build in mystery and intrigue to his "Temptation," and while a number of his plotted "twists" reveal themselves far in advance, the whole enterprise is actually at the mercy of a jaw-dropper of a secret that will leave audiences reeling and wondering if maybe, just maybe, the rest of the film was worth enduring just for that final gasp.
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The DesteFashionCollection is a novel approach to evaluating and interpreting fashion conceived by the DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art.
Each year the Foundation commissions artists to select five articles of clothing or accessories created that year. Inspired by their selections, the artists/curators create an original work—the goal is to draw parallels between the actual objects and the artist/curator's interpretations, which will lead the viewer to a deeper understanding of how fashion can be perceived by the experienced eye.
2012 edition by
Athina Rachel Tsangari
Athina has curated an haute couture "capsule" for the DesteFashionCollection 2012, selecting works by young, avant-garde designers who boldly challenge the boundaries of fashion as wearable sculpture.
The curated pieces feature in both her film and projection installation, THE CAPSULE, re-agitating the ongoing, essential dialogue between cinema, fashion, and the fine arts.
fashion designers
Sandra Backlund, Bordelle, Ying Gao, Cat Potter, Isabelle Vigier,
Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, Athina Rachel Tsangari & Vassilia Rozana
A distinguished international all-female cast of seven also is participating, including Ariane Labed, winner of the Coppa Volpi for Best Actress at the 2010 Venice Film Festival for Tsangari's "Attenberg", Clémence Poésy, known for her roles in the "Harry Potter" series and Danny Boyle's "127 hours", and Isolda Dychauk, the lead in Sokurov's "Faust".
project conception
Dakis Joannou, Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak (M/M Paris)
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Dakis Joannou, Maria Joannou
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Dennis Freedman
project coordinator
Alexia Antsakli
About the DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art
The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art is a non-profit institution based in Athens, Greece. The Foundation was established in Geneva in 1983 by collector Dakis Joannou, together with curators Adelina von Fürstenberg and Efi Strousa. Ever since, DESTE has been organizing exhibitions and has been supporting projects and publications internationally. Through an exhibition program that promotes emerging as well as established artists, the DESTE Foundation aims to broaden the audience for contemporary art, to enhance opportunities for young artists and to explore the connections between contemporary art and culture. The flexibility of DESTE's exhibition schedule enables the Foundation to respond to what is current in the art world and to embark on interesting projects on short notice. DESTE's program also extends to curatorial projects and special events that explore the connections between art and fashion, music, film, architecture, design, and contemporary culture.


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Keller Williams Realty teamed up with Hasgoe Cleaning Systems on Thursday to give back to the community.
RED Day stands for Renew, Energize and Donate, and that's their goal. They were at the east side Walmart and hosted a blood drive for the red cross as well as taking food donations for Bread of Life Ministry.
People who donated were entered to win prizes that were on display. Keller Williams associates nation wide and in Canada took part in the event.
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Living Christmas Trees: The Best For the West
Although we find Christmas tree alternatives intriguing here on AT, there is nothing quite as satisfying as a fresh Christmas tree to cheer up your home. If you have the yard space and inclination, you can select a living tree and lessen your environmental impact of this holiday season. Here are some trees that will thrive out West.
Sunset Magazine put together a guide for selecting the proper Christmas tree for your "zone".
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Say you don't want a Christmas tree in your yard after the season is over? You might consider getting a living Christmas tree and then gifting it to a friend with ample land when you are through with it. If you are lucky enough to live around Portland, Oregon you can rent a living Christmas tree from The Original Living Christmas Tree Company. For $80 you can have a tree delivered to your home mid-December and picked up on January 2nd. I'd imagine there are other tree renal services elsewhere. If you know of any please post them in the comments!
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i don't know about that. we have a little 3 foot tall artificial pink feather tree that definitely livens and cheers up our space.
Adopt a Christmas Tree (http://www.adoptachristmastree.com/) provides a similar service in San Diego, and Friends of the Urban Forest (http://www.fuf.net/) in San Francisco have potted Christmas trees that can be replanted after the holidays.
Christmas Trees are a CROP. The trees are planted to be harvested, and most tree farmers actually plant MORE trees each year than they sell (three to one on average). I fail to understand how buying a live tree will "lessen your environmental impact". Cut trees are renewable and recyclable. Sure, you could buy a potted tree. It's a nice idea, but in reality it will most likely die. Only about one in ten make it. If you really, really want to do something good for your environment wait until spring and plant a species of tree that you know will tolerate your conditions, and take care of it. I'm sorry for the rant...just want to dispel the myth that tree farmers are great big globe-warming meanies.
I snagged an adorable Norfolk Pine for $15 at Lowe's that looks great in my living room and, despite it's small size, holds a ton of light, shatterproof ornaments. I plan to transplant it to a larger pot after Christmas and keep it on my deck after the holidays.
I'm tempted to get a traditional live Christmas tree next year since I live in south Louisiana and trees set out on the curb after Christmas are recycled to create barrier walls to help restore wetlands, which in turn help protect the coast from erosion and lessen the impact of hurricanes.
If they live, in most residential environments they will grow to become an enormous eyesore, especially if planted as "foundation" shrubs. These are species that for the most part belong in the deep forest or on a large farms or estates, where there is plenty of room for them to do their thing. Moreover, many are natives of cool northern forest or mountain environments and in milder, more polluted climates or at low elevations will suffer from fungal and insect infestations.
Thank you, Monarda. You are my favorite perennial:)
Christmas trees are not only a crop, they also create wildlife habitat, improve the water table, and take carbon out of the air. Almost every tree cut will be replanted the next year. And as far as artificial trees, it takes 28 years of using them to offset the carbon impact of cutting a natural tree.
What about the environmental impact of shipping trees to parts of the country where they can't be grown? Living in Oregon as I do, I wouldn't think twice about getting a tree... but if I lived in Las Vegas or Arizona I might worry about how far my tree had to travel.
My husband insists on getting a real tree every year. I'm not so opposed to the idea now that we've done it a few times, but part of me can't understand the concept of spending money on something to enjoy for four weeks and then chop up for firewood. But they do look and smell much prettier than a fake tree.
Well, lifeinthefortress, you could just buy the firewood.
And does that rule apply to cut flowers, or do you like it when hubby brings those home? ;)
We tried the Living Tree thing when I was a kid in Central California...
...after a couple years we planted it in the yard and everything - whereupon, of course, it promptly died.
Growing up in Sydney we used to do a long drive into the mountains to get no.3. Now living in the colder south I look back at those childhod photos and cringe. They have to be the most ugliest Xmas tree I have ever seen. We now get a traditional fur tree for Xmas from a local farm and it is the most gorgeous thing. I can't believe we used to drive so long to get the Black Pine. I guess my dad just wanted us to have a real tree :)
When we lived further north we had to buy a tree in a pot because no one sold Christmas trees. I liked it but I love the experience of going and picking out or tree yearly.
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I bought a mini tree in a pot at Trader Joe's three or four years ago. I bring it inside every year for the Christmas season, then take it back outside, where it is happiest, in January. It's grown some since I bought it, and I've transplanted it to a larger pot, but it's still pretty small (about 3 ft., I think). It works great for me, as I don't have room for a large tree anyway. And you can't beat the price!
1 for what tmoore and jbunk said.
that would be plus 1. apparently plus signs disappear upon posting.
We just bought a "Dwarf Alberta Spruce" from our local Lowes for $7. It's about 24 inches tall and I hope it will survive in a larger pot out on our balcony.


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My cousin, Jenny (alias), 20, was diagnosed with chikungunya early this week. I thought it was a made-up disease, so when she texted me about it, I replied with "What LOL (laugh-out-loud)." Unfortunately, there was nothing funny about chikungunya. As bizarre as the name sounded, the worldwide web confirmed that chikungunya was indeed a disease – one that afflicted Tacloban and some parts of Leyte these past two weeks.
According to the World Health Organization, chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes – Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. A person bitten by an infected mosquito suffers from joint pain and swelling, which explains how the disease acquired its name. Chikungunya is a verb in Kamikonde language, which means "to become contorted" – an allusion to the patient's "stooped" posture. The symptoms include high fever (40°C/ 104°F), joint pain, joint swelling, rash, headache, muscle pain, nausea, and fatigue. They appear 4-7 days after the person has been bitten by the infected mosquito, and last for 2-3 days. The virus remains in the human system for 5-7 days and mosquitoes feeding on an infected person during this period can also become infected. Because of similarity in manifestations, chikungunya is often mistaken for dengue fever.
"Huli ka na sa balita ate (You're last to know)," Jenny answered when I asked her how long she has known about chikungunya. Reports of chikungunya has increased over the past two weeks such that chikungunya, a disease previously unknown to most residents, has become a household topic in Tacloban and nearby municipalities.
But am I the last to know? Since I do not have television at home, I rely on other people to prompt me when to hit the web for what news. I am usually not the first to hear about important updates, but seldom am I the last, especially when it comes to Tacloban/Leyte news. After my conversation with Jenny, I called up my Tacloban/Leyte-friends currently based in Manila and, like me, it was their first time to hear about it. We knew about the alarming rate of dengue fever and measles, but we did not know about chikungunya.
I checked the net for any published articles about chikungunya in Eastern Visayas, here are what I managed to pull out:
- The Department of Health in Eastern Visayas through its Epidemiology Unit is closely monitoring chikungunya, along with two other infectious diseases, measles and dengue fever. Reports suggest that cases of both dengue and chikungunya have not reached an epidemic level. While the article provided statistics on dengue and measles, no number was mentioned to suggest the number of reported cases for chikungunya. - Philippine Information Agency (PIA) – Feb 22, 2014
- Just like dengue, which is also a mosquito-borne disease, Chikugunya is best addressed when mosquito breeding sites in the household and immediate vicinity are eliminated. Other settings include schools, hospital, and workplaces. – World Health Organization
- This is not the first time Philippines reported cases of chikungunya. The DOH has recorded incidence of chikungunya in other parts of the country over the years. Increased reports is usually observed after strong typhoons, or generally during rainy months. Some locations include Bataan, villages in Western Visayas, Aurora, Zamboanga del Norte, Samar, Romblon, Agusan del Norte, and Antique. Closer to home, in early 2013, there was an outbreak of chikungunya in Palo, Leyte.
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How many have been diagnosed with chikungunya in Eastern Visayas?
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Has there been any confirmation of an epidemic from the Department of Health (DOH)?
No. In an article released by PIA two weeks ago, the DOH acknowledges that chikungunya, along with dengue and measles, are the infectious diseases with most number of cases, but it also clearly states that reports have not yet reached epidemic levels. DOH has "intensified its vector control measures like fumigation in many areas and community campaigns on self-protection methods as well as measles immunization especially to children to prevent an outbreak." - Read more.
How big is an outbreak when chikungunya is not addressed?
Other countries have reported confirmed cases ranging from 197 to 1,500,000.
2007: Migration of infected people introduced the infection in a coastal village in Italy. This outbreak (197 cases) confirmed that mosquito-borne outbreaks by Ae. albopictus are plausible in Europe.
2006: Outbreak in India, more than 1 500 000 cases of chikungunya were reported with Ae. aegypti implicated as the vector.
2005-2006: More than 272 000 people were infected during an outbreak of Chikungunya in the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion and Mauritius where Ae. albopictus was the presumed vector.
Chikungunya was first identified in Tanzania in the early 1952 and has caused periodic outbreaks in Asia and Africa since the 1960s.
How is chikungunya treated?
There is no specific treatment for the disease but analgesics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication may be used to reduce the pain and swelling. Aspirin should be avoided.
What can be done for prevention and control?
There is no vaccine against this virus, so preventive measures depend entirely on avoiding mosquito bites which occur mainly during the daytime, and eliminating mosquito breeding sites.
Please click on the links below to visit WHO page: Environmental management, chemical control, biological control.
Note from me: With no electricity, residents of Haiyan-hit Eastern Visayas still have little to no access to broadcast news. Residents are usually dependent on families located outside the region to prompt them about important news, ranging from politics, health, and resources for Haiyan-help. I am publishing this article with the intent of putting chikungunya on the reader's radar. Let us encourage families in Eastern Visayas to put in place controls that would protect them from infected mosquitoes and actively remove mosquitoes breeding grounds in households.
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In the year prior to moving to the United States, one of Nick' swimmers, Lisa Flood, qualified for the 1992 Canadian Olympic Team in the 100 BR placing fourteenth overall. Nick attended the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games as Lisa's personal coach. Lisa also won the 200 BR at NCAA Division 1 Championships, medalled at the Pan American Games, and competed in her second Olympics in 1996 placing twelfth overall in the 100 BR.
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Make easy Christmas dessert recipes casserole-style with Christmas recipes from this handy collection, Christmas Dessert Recipes: 7 Christmas Dessert Casseroles. The collection has all sorts of desserts you'll want to enjoy during the holiday season, such as brownies, casserole cookies, bars, and more.
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Brownies in a Cast Iron Skillet - This recipe is one of those easy Christmas dessert recipes that is a comforting chocolaty treat you can enjoy all winter long. This hot brownie recipe would also be great served a la mode or with fruit.
Gingerbread 7 Layer Bars - This Christmas dessert recipe is filled with Christmas flavor. The gingerbread Oreo crust is topped with white chocolate and cinnamon chips, pecans, and marshmallows. Family members won't be able to resist, and neither will you.
Grandma's Hello Dollies - Ditch Christmas cookies and try one of the best cookie bars around. Say "hello" to these awesome Hello Dollies. You'll have a hard time saying "goodbye" to these squares even after the holiday is over - so make them again!
Peppermint Brownie Mug Cakes - Easy Christmas dessert recipes are handy in a pinch, and this recipe is certainly easy! It cooks in less than 2 minutes, and it has classic Christmas flavors: peppermint and chocolate.
Christmas Casserole Cookies - You likely haven't had a stupendous Christmas casserole cookie until you've tried this one. Made with dates, nuts, coconut and more, you can't go wrong with Christmas dessert recipes like this one.
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Kiss and Sell by Brittany Geragotellis
I was in a bit of a reading slump. The kind of slump where you dont want to even pick up a book and try to read. Well I finally forced myself to start Kiss and Sell, and then here was this sweet little book reviving my love of reading again. The entire time I was reading this I saw a made-for-tv movie of it in my head and let me tell you it would be fabulous! It's smart and sassy; the kind of story that leaves you with the warm and fuzzies and maybe, just maybe, a little nostalgic for your own first kiss.
I loved Arielle Sawyer's from the very beginning and watching her grow into self-confidence was a delight. While putting a first kiss up for sale on Ebay sounds odd and unsafe, if you suspend reality enough to get past that this book gives you so much more. Who doesn't remember their first kiss or more appropriately the time before their first kiss when all you wanted to do was check that box off the bucket list? Also, Arielle has some kick ass friends and a disturbling cool and smart mother. There are mean girls, swoon worthy boys, and an empowering story of taking your life and fate into your own hands and growing into your confidence. Now that's a story I can get behind. I highly recommend giving Kiss and Sell a try—-you just might fall in love all over again.
Overall: A
Kiss and Sell is out now, you can get yours here.
Synopsis: Arielle Sawyer is freaking out because she's the last in her class to be kissed. Frustrated and wanting to get it over with, she and her friends decide to sell her first kiss on eBay! Suddenly, this former wallflower finds herself the focus of everyone's attention. But as her popularity grows and her friendships start to weaken, Arielle begins to wonder why she put the post up in the first place. In the end there will be a winner, but will Arielle's first kiss end up being everything she's ever dreamed of?
About the Author: Brittany Geragotelis, a former Olympic-bound gymnast and magazine editor, is a self-professed pop culture junkie turned author. Her paranormal action book, LIFE'S A WITCH, received 19 million reads on the writing site Wattpad before being sold to Simon & Schuster in 2012. Both LIFE'S A WITCH and the prequel WHAT THE SPELL (which appeared in an episode of "Glee") debuted in 2013. The third book in the series, THE WITCH IS BACK, will be published Jan 2014. Brittany recently moved to Los Angeles with her husband Matt, and her two cats, Murray and Cohen. Visit her at www.thebookslayer.com.
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#i read
#young adult
#ya lit
#young adult fiction
#kiss and sell
#brittany geragotellis
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Cover Spell by T.A. Foster
November 2013
Find it on Goodreads : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18586516-cover-spell
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I'm happy to be part of the release day Blog Blitz for Cover Spell! Below you'll find a synopsis of the book, some info about the author and an awesome giveaway to enter! For a limited time as well book 1 Time Spell will be only 99 cents!
Book Summary:
Trying her best to mend a broken heart, Ivy Grace travels to hot and sultry New Orleans, the set of her latest novel turned movie. There, she does her best to focus on polishing up the screenplay when the film's lead actress goes missing. Throw in a budding romance with the movie's heartthrob and the reappearance of an old flame, and Ivy's strength, resolve, and heart are put to the test as she works to solve the mysterious kidnapping.
The undercover witch, who craves a regular life, learns she will need more than her Time Spell to fight the evil plaguing New Orleans. New spells, new adventure, and new love take Ivy on a whirlwind journey of magic that unlocks more questions than answers.
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About the Author:
T.A. Foster is a Southern girl whose heart and spirit are connected to the beach. She grew up catching rays and chasing waves along the North Carolina Outer Banks and now resides in the state with her adventurous pilot husband, two children and two canine kiddos.
Her long love affair with books started at an early age, and as soon as she was able, she transformed imaginative stories into words on paper. Time Spell is T.A.'s debut novel, and the first in a series about a very adventurous, clever, and magical girl named Ivy.
T.A. has an undergraduate degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a graduate degree in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University. When she's not chasing her two-legged and four-legged children or trying to escape for date night, you can find her reading, writing or planning her next beach trip. Follow T.A. at the following:
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Crash Into You (Pushing the Limits #3)- Katie McGarry
McGarry is a genius when it comes to broken characters. An actual genius. Her characters are consistently believable walking the razor's edge between dark and light, innocence and experience. Crash Into You's Rachel and Isaiah find in each other both someone who understands, who loves with out conditions or constraints, and who reflects their own internal struggles. Point and counterpoint, a mix of other and same. It's mindboggling to me that each Pushing the Limits novel not only showcases compelling characters but does so with an authentic narrative which balances between a harsh reality and hopeful optimistim. I loved this story just as I suspect I'll love the next one too. Crash Into You is definitely worth the read and the emotional rollercoaster.
Crash Into You is out November 26th from Harlequin Teen. Pre-order your copy here! Want to read the first two? Pushing the Limits and Dare You To are out now!
ARC provided gratis by Harlequin Teen
#i read
#harlequin teen
#katie mcgarry
#pushing the limits
#crash into you
The Great Panty Caper- Tawna Fenske
Want some mystery? Want some romance? Want some adventure? The Great Panty Caper has them all! A short novella, The Great Panty Caper continues where the Shultz sisters left off in Getting Dumped Parts 1 and 2. As always, there's sexy men, interesting plot choices that YOU the reader get to choose and of course a good old fashioned mystery to solve. JJ is still torn between two boys and well we're all still getting over Lori's last boyfriend debacle. O.o. Add some more fashion, some new characters and a new setting and BAM—more Shultz sister hi-jinks ensue.
I loved The Great Panty Caper for it's light-hearted humor and portrayal of sisterly love. That being said….I WANT MORE. I always do.
The Great Panty Caper is out from Coliloquy publishes on October 8th!
eArc provided gratis by Coliloquy publishers
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In honor of The Great Panty Caper coming out October 8th, here's one from the V.V. archives.
Getting Dumped Part 2- Tawna Fenske
Getting Dumped Part 2 picks up right where Part 1 left off and BOY was that a cliffhanger. I have to say I'm quite pleased with the plot arc of the book and here we solve not one but 2 mysteries. There's something absurdly delightful about characters who fancy themselves detectives and throw themselves headfirst into danger and mayhem to solve a crime. It's indulgent and escapist and totally unlike reality (where at least I'd run screaming in the other direction). It's wonderful! The relationship between the sisters is particularly enjoyable and I find the constant food references hilarious if not hunger inducing. I was slightly miffed at the end that she hasn't chosen at man yet, but that's mostly for a reader's benefit so we can choose who she pursues in the course of the future books in the series. And given the ending of part 2, we can be fairly certain there are more adventures in our future. I know I'll be choosing a certain sexy Brit at all the active fiction choice points. AHEM. But in short, Getting Dumped (pt 1 and 2) is a perfect read for an easy sunny beach day.
Overall A-
Getting Dumped Parts 1 and 2 are out now from Coliloquy! Get your copies here.
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In honor of The Great Panty Caper out October 8th, here's one from the archives—Getting Dumped- the first Schultz sister mystery!
Getting Dumped is the second "active fiction" book I've read from Coliloquy and I have to say I love the format. The choices I made as a reader were much more important here and reflective of my personal opinions on plot then they were in Witch's Brew. That being said, Fenske has given the reader three interesting leads to choose from:
Collin, the smexy Brit.
Pete, the protective movie star.
Daniel, the asshole ex.
Did I give away my feelings there? Probably. Fenske also writes a very accurate sister relationship. In fact, the plot line was new and compelling too—a job move from corporate to the dump. Who knew I could be so invested in that? There's a bit of good old Nancy Drew to the storyline as well.
None of this compares however to the major cliffhanger ending that could kill you. No seriously it could. I might be writing this from the afterlife.Overall: A-
Getting Dumped is available for Kindle Users. Get your copy here.
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#tawna fenske
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V is for Virgin- Kelly Oram
While the title may throw you off, V is for Virgin isn't a preachy story about abstinence. Not really. It's a story about taking ownership of your life and decisions, about not giving in to peer pressure, and about the changes that one person can bring to the world. It has a great message especially for women to stand up for themselves and their needs. It also raises interesting questions about fame and paparazzi and living in a world where anything you do can be the next Internet sensation. The chemistry with rock star Kyle Hamilton and Valerie is electric and their banter is hilarious. My only pet peeve was the ending—-it was unrealistically happy in my opinion. All of these characters were married by like age 20, who does that anymore? No one in New York that's for damn sure. And frankly I feel like it undermined the women empowerment that it built earlier in the story. You end the whole thing with all these women getting married or being in relationships? Wow, how very unsubversive to patriachial culture. It's just weird. Apart from the overly happy ending, it was a good read, thought provoking and inspiring.
Overall: A-
V is for Virgin is out now. Get your copy here!
#i read
#young adult
#ya lit
#young adult fiction
#v is for vigin
#kelly oram
The Avery Shaw Experiment- Kelly Oram
The Avery Shaw Experiment was one of those perfect, light summer reads. No seriously, it's so adorable I can't even stand it. I loved the alternative viewpoints between Avery and Grayson. The idea of getting over a heartbreak using the stages of grief and a little scientific method was a great plot concept. It was laugh out loud funny from page 1 and by the end it just gave me that feel good feeling sigh. You know what I mean, the one where you exhale and you realize you're smiling so hard it hurts and you feel relaxed and just joyful. I love that feeling and maybe that's part of why I loved this book so hard. But I know that it was so phenomenal that I immediately went and bought every other book that Kelly Oram has written, and that's an unusual buying pattern for me which really speaks to how fantastic this book is. So if you're looking for a light, easy, contemporary that will leave you feeling good about life look no further than The Avery Shaw Experiment.
The Avery Shaw Experiment is out now and is a STEAL at only 99 cents! Get your copy here!
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#young adult fiction
#ya lit
#young adult
#the avery shaw experiment
#kelly oram
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Dare You To- Katie McGarry
Dare You To continues McGarry's success in deep gritty contemporaries. I loved exploring and learning more about Beth, a character we've met previously in McGarry's first book, Pushing the Limits. In this book we get baseball and dares, love and self-confidence, and an exploration of relationships in all their various forms. True to her hallmark style, romance isn't the only plot here and the character development rivals that of Simone Elkeles. Tough issues, tough characters and tough decisions seem to be a hallmark of McGarry's writing. Be prepared to face the gamut of human emotions reading this book, including some pretty serious violence, but don't worry too much you'll get a reasonable happy ending.
Overall: A+
Dare You To is out now from Harlequin Teen. Get your copy here!
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All I Need- Susanne Colasanti
I think I may need a dentist visit after this book, because it was so sweet it rotted my teeth. Okay, okay, while I'm snarky and cynical, I did enjoy All I Need which is fundamentally about true love. I have some issues with the end, but if we let that go the rest was exactly what I signed up for—-a summer read—light and easy, quick paced and sweet. Young love in the summer always seems to be a good fit for this time of the year. I like that Colasanti brings realism to her idealistic characters; there is struggle, real world pressures and work in this relationship. While Seth and Skye do seem made for each other, it doesn't come easily. The subplots of college life and high school friendships hit the nail on the head as well. The 80s music throughout is also a plus in my book too. And finally in the plus column, it's a short book, one you can easily finish in a single sitting (or a single hour if you're me). All in all, All I Need continues Colasanti's tradition of delivering solid, sweet contemporaries to readers.
All I Need is out now from Viking, an imprint of Penguin. Get your copy here!
ARC given to me by Erica at The Book Cellar! Thanks E!
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#young adult
#ya lit
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I'm so excited to take part in the cover reveal for Nichole Chase's The Accidental Assassin (see above)! I love the cover—it's a bit Breakfast at Tiffany's with guns and it reminds a lot of her Suddenly Royal cover which I also loved. I'm a huge fan of Nichole's and I seriously CANNOT WAIT to get my hands on this book. I'll kill for it. (Okay, that was a terrible play on the assassin thing). Anyway check out the synopsis and the exciting news Nichole has to share with us below about her Suddenly Royal series (YES SERIES!!! SQUEEEE!).
Ava McKenzie is a creature of habit. Life is passing her by and she has nothing to show for it. She's had the same job since she started college, she orders the same dish every time she goes to her favorite restaurant, and she only reads books from authors she knows. There is nothing new or surprising in her life… until her best friend marries a man from London. When her newlywed friend asks her to house-sit in England while she honeymoons, Ava jumps at the chance. This could be the very thing she needs to shake up her life. Ava throws herself headfirst into her new lifestyle; she wants to try everything, go everywhere, and never get stuck in a rut again. Of course, offing a man in a car garage hadn't been one of the things on her list to try.
Owen Walker spends every day in a new place with a new mission. As one of the most renowned assassins in the world, he has his choice of marks—and he's never failed to complete a task. When a new hit takes him back to his hometown, he looks forward to spending time somewhere familiar. What he isn't expecting is to help an attractive, confused American woman find out how she's ended up on a hit man's list.
As Ava and Owen dodge bullets, will they be able to escape their undeniable attraction to each other? Or will all that chemistry blow up in a shower of hot and dangerous sparks?
BIG News about SUDDENLY ROYAL from Nichole Chase:
For those of you that have been following me for the last two months, you know that life has gotten a bit crazy. Crazy good! And I have even more good news. I've accepted a three book publishing deal with Avon Publishing of HarperCollins. With their help we will be bringing Suddenly Royal, The Royal Agenda, and the untitled third book to stores and bookstores near you! I'm very excited about working with Tessa Woodward and the people of Avon. I can't wait to see what we do together.
Nichole Chase is a daydreamer. No, really, just ask any of the math teachers that had the misfortune of seeing her name appear on their class schedule.For years she has had story lines and characters begging for attention, but she resolutely pushed them aside to focus on more normal (read, boring) jobs.
Well, no longer! She is currently heeding the voices in her head and frantically writing their stories. Ms. Chase is the author of the Dark Betrayal Trilogy, Flukes, and Suddenly Royal (including several short stories).
Nichole resides in South Georgia with her husband, energetic daughter, dog, tortoise, and two cats. When not devouring novels by the dozens, you may find her writing, painting, crafting, or chasing her daughter around the house while making monster noises.
Be sure to follow Nichole on your platform of choice:
Website: www.nicholechase.com
Blog: http://www.nicholechase.BlogSpot.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/NicholeChase
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/author.nicholechase
Goodreads Author: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5074162.Nichole_Chase
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WIth summer at our door it's the perfect time to read about skinny dipping right? I'm so happy to be taking part in The Hazards of Skinny Dipping blog tour! Below we have a great Ten Things You Didn't Know about Reed post from Alyssa herself. Be sure to click the link and enter the rafflecopter to win your own copy too!
10 Things You Don't Know About Reed
1) His room is a total mess, but he tries to keep his truck clean. Juliet gets on his back about that difference.
2) He's only been skinny dipping once, and it didn't last long. What happened afterward was much more enjoyable then the dip in the pool.
3) He's from the north, but never wants to leave the south. When he first moved to Charleston, he wouldn't have believed it.
4) He really likes to cook. He probably got the interest from his Uncle Al, and he still doesn't understand why Al doesn't open a place that serves decent food.
5) He can function well on very little sleep. He's the opposite of Juliet who gets cranky if she doesn't get enough.
6) His favorite movies are action flicks, but he still wants to keep the Halloween horror movie tradition alive.
7) He's a history major and kind of wants to become a professor. He just isn't sure yet.
8) His favorite part about Juliet is her smile. He swears she has a special one that she only uses for him.
9) He has a newfound love of pizza sauce. It brings back good memories.
10) He's going to convince Juliet to become a regular on his paintball team.
This isn't a deep book about first loves or self-discovery. If you want a book like that, I'd be happy to recommend one, but I don't have that kind of story to tell. Instead my story is about rash decisions and finding out that your dream guy is bad in bed. It's the story of when I finally went skinny dipping, and how my life was never the same again. Oh, and it's also the story of my freshman year of college and realizing Mr. Right might have been there all along.
Author Bio:
Alyssa Rose Ivy is a New Adult and Young Adult author who loves to weave stories with romance and a southern setting. Although raised in the New York area, she fell in love with the South after moving to New Orleans for college. After years as a perpetual student, she turned back to her creative side and decided to write. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two young children, and she can usually be found with a cup of coffee in her hand. Follow Alyssa on Twitter, Goodreads, Pinterest and her website.
Enter to win the Hazards Beach Bag giveaway including a tote bag, shot glass, drink koozies and of course the book!
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Exposing Alix- Inara Scott
Sometimes a girl just wants to read a steamy romance and Exposing Alix is a perfect book to fill that want. It checks off every box—-chemistry between the protagonists, depth to the plot and the characters that moves beyond just romance, asking the big questions about love, life, death and what is real and what is not. Inara does an amazing job of balancing vulnerability and a dark past of both her characters with a hopeful and optimistic romance storyline. Alix is ADORABLE while Ryker is a strong masculine lead without being a dominating asshole (as seems to be all the rage these days, blech). All in all, Exposing Alix was a perfect lazy Sunday indulgent read.
Exposing Alix is out now, get your copy here.
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I'm so excited to be participating in the Release Day Launch for Suddenly Royal by Nichole Chase. Below you'll find a synopsis, an author bio, and a link to enter the massive giveaway! But first up, my review. xoxo V.V.
My Review:
You know how sometimes you just have these moods where nothing you pick up can keep your interest. Suddenly Royal is broke that streak for me. A generation of The Princess Diaries readers has grown up and this is the book for them.
From the beginning, I was charmed with Samantha and her saucy down to earth personality. Suddenly Royal manages to be sweet, sexy, and poignant. The romance story line is everything you'd want it to be (no spoilers!) and is perfectly balanced by the heartbreak and guilt of the dad's portion of the plot (no spoilers!). I *literally* laughed and cried with this book, a true feat in my opinion. Frankly, every expectation I had for Suddenly Royal was exceeded. It will be a book that I return to and reread for sure if only to spend more time in Lilaria and with the smexy Prince Alex. With summer around the corner, I cannot think of a better beachy, fun, easy read to take with you to the surf, the sun and the sand.
Get your copy here or enter to win one below!
Samantha Rousseau is used to getting her hands dirty. Working toward a master's degree in wildlife biology while helping take care of her sick father, she has no time for celebrity gossip, designer clothes, or lazy vacations. So when a duchess from the small country of Lilaria invites her to dinner, Samantha assumes it's to discuss a donation for the program. The truth will change the course of her life in ways she never dreamed.
Alex D'Lynsal is trying to keep his name clean. As crown prince of Lilaria, he's had his share of scandalous headlines, but the latest pictures have sent him packing to America and forced him to swear off women—especially women in the public eye. That is, until he meets Samantha Rousseau. She's stubborn, feisty, and incredibly sexy. Not to mention heiress to an estate in his country, which makes her everyone's front-page news.
While Sam tries to navigate the new world of politics and wealth, she will also have to dodge her growing feelings for Alex. Giving in to them means more than just falling in love; it would mean accepting the weight of an entire country on her shoulders.
Nichole Chase is a daydreamer. No, really, just ask any of the math teachers that had the misfortune of seeing her name appear on their class schedule.
For years she has had story lines and characters begging for attention, but she resolutely pushed them aside to focus on more normal (read, boring) jobs.
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also taught how to give immediate and positive feedback for behaviors they want to encourage, and how to ignore or immediately redirect behaviors they want to discourage.
• The Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA study) is helping to inform long-term treatment decisions. For example, MTA researchers found that medication works best when treatment is regularly monitored by the prescribing doctor and the dose is adjusted based on the child's needs. As children with ADHD mature, treatment decisions should adapt to the demands of adolescence and take into account long-term academic and behavioral problems commonly associated with ADHD.
• ADHD likely stems from interactions between genes and environmental or non-genetic factors. Several genes have been implicated in the risk for developing ADHD. One study showed that brain areas controlling attention were thinnest in children with ADHD who carried a particular version of a gene associated with brain development. However, these brain areas normalized in thickness during the teen years, coinciding with clinical improvement. Although this particular gene version increased risk for ADHD, it also predicted better clinical outcomes and higher IQ than two other versions of the same gene in youth with ADHD.
• Other research is focused on neurofeedback, an activity in which a person receives information about the frequency of his or her EEG brain waves while undergoing a task such as playing a video game. The person can then be trained to bring these frequencies into a range associated with healthy brain function, which theoretically can
lead to improved behavior.
• ADHD symptoms may decline for some children as they grow up, but others may face continuing problems. A recent study found that adults with untreated ADHD have higher than average rates of divorce, unemployment, substance abuse, and disability. Also, while many adults with ADHD receive treatment for other mental disorders or substance abuse, a smaller proportion receive treatment for their ADHD symptoms.
• More studies are needed to assess the effects of ADHD over the lifespan and to find better ways to diagnose and treat ADHD in adults, with a special focus on improving functioning.