Daily Archives: January 14, 2020

Potluck by A J Colher

Jesse Minkin is a study-mad Harvard hopeful. Anything that could possibly distract him from this goal is just petty teenage drama to him, including romance. His two best friends since childhood–the popular jock and the intimidating bad boy–have created the perfect shield for him, behind which he can safely practice his nerdy ways without harassment from bullies. However, when he meets the openly gay target of a violent hate crime, Jesse begins to see beyond his textbooks; perhaps there’s educational merit in petty teenage drama after all, and not all learning leads to Harvard.

(contains mature language and references to drug use)

Lowcountry Punch by Benjamin Blackmore

They call him The Pretender. He’s one of the best undercover agents in the DEA.

But breaking into high-society Charleston might just kill him.

After his fiancé leaves him on Christmas Eve, DEA Agent T.A. Reddick leaves Miami for Charleston, SC, hoping a return to his southern roots will heal a wounded heart and the guilt of killing a friend.

The sleepy and sultry city of Charleston is filled with echoes of the Old South: genteel playboys, society debutantes, and quiet cobblestone streets.

But as Reddick will soon discover, there’s danger lurking under her charming veneer. When a movie star’s death shines a national spotlight on the port city’s cocaine trade, the man they call The Pretender must risk his life in a massive undercover operation that threatens to expose some of the most powerful players of high-society Charleston.

The Girl That Vanished (Emma Griffin FBI Mystery Book Book 2) by A.J. Rivers

Ring…Ring…

One call from her past was all it took to change everything.

A ten-year-old girl has vanished on her way home from camp.
And things took a turn for the worse when another child, a child that Emma knows, goes missing.

Disappearances, death, and tragedies has followed Emma Griffin throughout her childhood.
Her obsession with finding out the truth behind her past was what led her to join the FBI.

It’s been months since the horror of Feather Nest.
After the shocking revelation of the last case, FBI agent Emma Griffin decides to take a much-needed vacation.
But a phone call from Sheriff Sam Johnson, a man from her past, completely derails her plans.
A young girl has disappeared, and another child has gone missing.
With the number count slowly climbing.
Emma must now put her plans on hold, go back to her hometown and face some ghosts from her past.
When a mysterious package appears on her birthday.
Emma can’t shake the feeling that someone is monitoring her every movement.
Someone is getting too close for comfort.
The question is who?

In the close-knit town of Sherwood, the truth is never as it seems.

The Raw Truth: A Pimp Daughter’s Diary by Venus Opal Reese

From the means streets of Baltimore to Stanford Ph.D., to Black Woman Millionaire, The Raw Truth: A Pimp’s Daughter’s Diary is a relentlessly honest and emotionally intimate account of Dr. Venus Opal Reese’s spiritual healing from a traumatic childhood to salvation and personal power. Inspiring, disturbing, and as “real” as it gets, enter a world very few survive. Ruthlessly authentic, sensually erotic, and viscerally explicit, this story is a road map to guide you, if you’re ready, from socially acceptable acts of self-hate to self-making, self-love, to ultimately self-respect.

Creativity is Everything: Rethinking Technology, Schools & Humanity by Sean Thompson

Creativity really is everything.

Want to get more out of life? Embrace creativity.
Want to inspire others? Embrace creativity.
Want to make the world a better place? You guessed it.

In an age where it can feel as though true satisfaction and accomplishment are in short supply, this book has been lovingly crafted to share the insights and experiences of a father, educator and self-proclaimed frustrated-artist-at-heart to inspire and educate through a tale that doesn’t take a long time to share but covers the whole span of human history.

“The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul.” (Dieter F. Uchtdorf)

This is a book written for everyone. You should read it to develop a fuller understanding of this often overlooked (if not outright forgotten and completely misunderstood!) human necessity. You should read it because it’s uplifting, informative and funny. You should read it for the inspiration to get up and find or rekindle your passion. It’s always there, waiting to be picked up, stretched, used and loved.

Why should you read creativity is Everything?

To better understand the role of creativity in life
To get up to speed on how it has evolved throughout history
To learn how you can lead a more satisfying life by engaging your creativity
To share with friends and family to help them do the same

In short, Creativity is Everything, brings you up to speed. It is a lightning fast ride full of exhilarating insights leading to clearer understanding of some of the most important issues surrounding education, creativity and innovation in our digital world and in the schools that help bring forth our future. It is a guidebook to what we could be doing better, based on where we are and how we got here. It answers some fundamental questions about why we need to change while offering some ideas as to how we go about it.

This book will make you think about old things in new ways and encourage you to develop new ideas of your own. It will entertain you along the way. It is a remix. I am just the conductor and arranger of these ideas in a new format.

Get yourself comfortable. We’re going for a ride.