Daily Archives: March 19, 2019

Perfectly Imperfect: Break Through the Shame, Silence, and Self-Doubt by Erica Wilkerson

Permission granted! The time has come for you to show up for yourself, to be as great to yourself as you are to others. This is a journey of self-love, finding the authentic self.

Three simple steps Be, Know, and Do will guide you back to who you were before life drowned you out and you became last on the list. You will be given actionable self-care guidelines and daily affirmations to reinforce a new mindset. You will be taken on an emotional rollercoaster ride in order to feel like yourself again. Most of all you will walk away feeling empowered.

Also included is a special bonus exercise that will help you discover new ways to show yourself some love.

The Time of Our Singing: A Novel by Richard Powers

A magnificent, multifaceted novel about a supremely gifted — and divided — family, set against the backdrop of postwar America

On Easter day, 1939, at Marian Anderson’s epochal concert on the Washington Mall, David Strom, a German Jewish émigré scientist, meets Delia Daley, a young Philadelphia Negro studying to be a singer. Their mutual love of music draws them together, and–against all odds and better judgment–they marry. They vow to raise their children beyond time, beyond identity, steeped in song. But their three children must survive America’s brutal here and now. Jonah, Joseph, and Ruth grow up during the Civil Rights era, come of age in the violent 1960s, and live out adulthood in the racially retrenched late century. Jonah, the eldest, “whose voice could make heads of state repent,” follows a life in his parents’ beloved classical music. Ruth, the youngest, chooses a militant activism and repudiates the white culture her brother represents. Joseph, the middle child and the narrator of this generational tale, struggles to remain connected to them both.

The Time of Our Singing is a story of self-invention, allegiance, race, cultural ownership, the compromised power of music, and the tangled loops of time that rewrite all belonging.

Oranges for Christmas: A Berlin Wall Escape Novel by Margarita Morris

The war is over but the fight for freedom has only just begun.

Berlin. August 1961. The Cold War. When the Berlin Wall brutally divides East from West, Sabine is separated from her beloved brother, Dieter. Escape to the West is the only option if the family is to be reunited. But the Wall is guarded by soldiers operating a shoot to kill policy. And Sabine finds herself at the mercy of the Stasi and their brutal interrogation techniques. She must fight to escape. She must fight to survive.

Separated from his family by the Berlin Wall, Dieter teams up with a rebel group determined to rescue their loved ones from East Berlin. They have a plan. But it’s a dangerous mission, beset with difficulties at every turn. Who can they really trust? Who is friend or foe?

Add THIS to Your Plate! : Mastering the Essentials in Cooking, Nutrition, and Fitness for the New and Seasoned Mom by Danielle Formaro

Moms are constantly piling new things to their plates; if not in their minds, then literally on our plates–hence the dreaded mommy weight gain! As their to-do lists continue to grow, they always (somehow) find a way to add even MORE to their smorgasbord of STUFF. It just never ends.

Once upon a time, it was enough that women ran the household and raised the children–now they have added so much more to their plates. Women now have more roles than a French bakery!
Juggling it all can be tough, but if you have the right recipe for success, you will be able to juggle it all. Add THIS To Your Plate offers the new mom solutions on how to handle it all.

It provides over 100 healthy recipes , half dedicated to baby and the other half dedicated to the rest of the family. The baby recipes start at ages 4-6 months and continue to grow in age until baby reaches age one. Recipes for the baby’s plate start with baby’s first cereals, purees, mixed purees, and then end with exciting and flavorful chunky style meals. Once the recipes reach 12 months of age, baby can then enjoy the next 50 recipes created for the whole family. Family recipes are classic recipes we have all grown up to love, but lightened up to add more nutritional value and also aid in weight management.
All recipes have a nutrition based or fun fact to creating for some interesting conversation starters during meal time.

Add THIS To Your Plate also educates new moms on kitchen basics, covering basic tools and appliances, pots and pans, and even common culinary jargon. Mom will also learn the importance of cooking with the appropriate oils, how to take meat temperatures for a perfect roast, and how to follow important safety tips in the kitchen.

Along with learning how be a chef successful chef in her own kitchen, mom will also have the opportunity to do a giver herself a little attention by reading useful topics on effective time management, personal development, nutrition, meal prepping and planning, and weight loss. She will even be provided with sample meals plans to assist her even further.

Add THIS To Your Plate is a one stop shop for new mom’s overwhelmed with where to begin in this new journey called Motherhood. In no time the inexperienced cook will become a chef, and the frazzled new mom will feel confident as she jumps back into the saddle again. Meal plans and how to calculate your caloric baseline for weight loss and maintenance in also included!

The Angel of Avondale Abbeyby Nadine Millard

James Harrington has always done what was right, what was good, earning himself the title of Angel of Avondale. His life has followed the exact course it should, with nothing ever getting in his way. That is, until a mysterious letter from Vienna arrives and turns his world upside down.

Senna Baker never thought she’d find herself running for her life, heading for a place she’d never even heard of, let alone seen. But she’s run out of options and now the only person who can help her is the Marquess of Avondale.

James and Senna find themselves in circumstance they never could have imagined. And with a niece to protect, it’s vital that they get to the bottom of the mystery they’ve become embroiled in. Fighting an unknown enemy is hard enough. But for the Angel of Avondale, fighting the devilish attraction to his unexpected guest is proving almost impossible.

Olympiansby Justin Barlow

What happens when you give a man a little taste of power? He monopolizes it or destroys it. Two years after the end of the Patriots, John Flask is now known as Zeus, he heads the Olympian team. A team of advanced humans who have exceeded human limitations. A complete transformation from the timid, unsure of himself John Flask of two years ago. Five Branches are under attack from unknown individuals who seem to have a personal vendetta against Five Branches and the Olympians. The Olympian program has now been perfected and is highly sought after by a power-drunk general who wants the secrets to creating super soldiers thereby granting him and his nation, military superiority. However, things are not as they seem. There is a force in the background pulling strings in their favor to seek out revenge against Five Branches.

John Flask and his fellow Olympians are tasked with putting an end to the new threat, as the fate, and the secrecy of Five Branches hangs on the success of the Olympians. While dealing with this new threat, revelations are made, and an unresolved past comes visiting.

Lies, Betrayal, pride, dealing with mistakes and family are at the center of book two in the John Flask series.

The thrill, chase, suspense, and surprise along with a twist will captivate and hold you till the end.

There is a war going on, and only the gods hold the power to secure victory.

Capture Me by Anna Zaires

He’s my enemy… and my assignment.

One night–that’s all it should be. One night of raw, primal passion.

When his plane goes down, it should be the end. Instead, it’s just the beginning.

I betrayed Lucas Kent, and now he’ll make me pay.