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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Should I Go to College?

Should I Go to College?

by C.S. Johnson
(a former teacher in the USA)

Book Description:

SHOULD I GO TO COLLEGE?
WHAT ABOUT STUDENT LOAN DEBT?

A Former Teacher’s Guide to Possibly Saving You Thousands of Dollars and Millions of Headaches

If you’re a high school student, chances are you’ve been thinking about where you will go to college. Or if you will go to college at all. I’ve been there. And as a former teacher, I’ve seen thousands of students there, too. So I wrote this book to help you. This book offers sound advice about deciding whether or not you want to go to college, and, if you decide to go, how you can save time and money along the way.

"This is the book about college I wish I had read when I was younger.” – My 30-year-old self

SHOULD I GO TO COLLEGE? WHAT ABOUT STUDENT LOAN DEBT?
•Describes what college is
•Promotes thoughtful self-reflection
•Outlines your options post-high school
•Offers tragically hilarious truths about teaching
•Reaffirms the code of personal responsibility
•Likens student loans to dragons that need to be slain

ALL PROCEEDS OF THIS BOOK GO TOWARD
HELPING STUDENTS PAY OFF THEIR
STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

***AUTHOR'S NOTE***

If you purchase the paperback, the Kindle version is free with your purchase. This makes it easy to read the book yourself, and you'll have a copy if you decide to give it to someone else -- or if you "lend" it to someone who doesn't return it.

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Kindle | Paperback

DON’T JUST MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

BE THE DIFFERENCE:

Giving Back Page

Reviews of C.S. Johnson's Books:
Kingdom of Ash and Soot
Prince of Secrets and Shadows
Night of Blood and Beauty
Beauty's Curse & Beauty's Quest
Across the Floors of Silent Seas

C.S. Johnson Author Interview

About the Author:

C.S. Johnson

C.S. Johnson is the author of several young adult novels, including sci-fi and fantasy adventures such as the Starlight Chronicles series, the Once Upon a Princess saga, and the Divine Space Pirates trilogy. With a gift for sarcasm and an apologetic heart, she currently lives in Atlanta with her family.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

12th Grade Art Exhibit and a Linky

Amanda and Samantha

Today's photos are of the 12th Grade Art Exhibit that showcased their work over the last two years. One of Samantha's elective subjects is Visual Arts. She has one final art theory exam left for the school year and then she'll be finished with art. 12th Grade is nearly over!

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Samantha with her art

Samantha's Art

The art below is from other students. The Art Center offers other subjects too like Photography and Graphic Design. Samantha is depicted in two of the photography works. I also included a piece that Amanda made at her school this year in Grade 4. She drew the rhino freehand.

Samantha

Girl statue outside the Art Center

Amanda's Rhino

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Parade Day and Graduation with a Linky

It was Samantha's Parade Day and High School Graduation last Friday. Parade Day is a unique tradition at her high school for the Grade 12's. The photos above are of her with her best friends. (She's on the left in the first pic and on the right in the second.) She still has final exams to write, but she's finished with her schooling. High School in South Africa begins in Grade 8, so she's been there for the past 4 years of her life. Both guys and girls shed tears in the school hall at the final ceremony as a big part of their lives comes to an end.

No one received a certificate of graduation, because the final exams are only just underway. The students will collect their diplomas from the school office in the new year. University will also start in the new year, so that's why some things are a bit back to front. Samantha's already been provisionally accepted at Stellenbosch University and has been allocated a room in a res that she will share with another girl.

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Samantha is in the middle

Inside the School Hall

Art inside the School Hall

Snacks and Refreshments were served in the Old Hall

Related Posts:

Prom in South Africa

University of Cape Town

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

My Second Chance and a Linky

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My Second Chance

About the Book:

Book Description:

They broke the rules. He broke her heart. Does their love deserve a second chance?

Sixteen-year-old Juliette Cardini has been keeping a secret for months. Before she went to her semester abroad in Paris, she dated her best friend's older brother, Easton Stevens. What had started as a whirlwind romance filled with forbidden meetings, came to a crashing halt when they crossed a line together that neither of them could return from.

Now she's back in Ridgewater and has to face everyone she left behind. But there's one more secret she is afraid for anyone to discover. She's pregnant. And Easton is the father.

But she has a plan: go to her grandma's house for the next few months. Keep the baby a secret. No one will ever have to know. But when Juliette sees signs that Easton might want a second chance, she wonders if keeping everything to herself is the best choice.

Can a relationship built on such a rocky foundation have a chance at a happy ending? And what will Easton do if Juliette's secret comes out?

MY SECOND CHANCE is a standalone novel in The Ridgewater High series, a collection of simmering YA contemporary romances. If you like sweet romance with ballad-worthy chemistry, swoony kisses and endearing characters then you'll love Judy Corry's latest book.

This is a clean romance with a positive message.

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My Review:

My Second Chance is a nitty-gritty novel about a teen's unplanned pregnancy. 16-year-old Juliette has been keeping her secret for months, but a secret that life-altering requires a string of lies. Now she has to deal with all the consequences. Relationships are challenged, including her best friend and ex-boyfriend. Her mother is supportive in her own way, but hardly ever around. Juliette is constantly having to make adult decisions when she is still a kid herself. Because life is messy, things don't always go as planned.

This story deals with real teenage issues. This is not a straightforward HEA. The author explores every possible outcome and leaves the reader guessing until the end.

The writing style flowed so naturally that I felt the girl's anxiety. It could have been me in the story, that's how real it felt! This heartfelt story should be mandatory reading for all teenagers.

Disclosure: I received an ARC of this book. This is my honest and voluntary review.

About the Author:

Judy Corry

Judy Corry has been addicted to love stories for as long as she can remember. She reads and writes YA and Clean Contemporary Romance because she can't get enough of the feeling of falling in love. She graduated from Southern Utah University in an area that has nothing to do with writing. Some of her favorite things are chick flicks, singing, and playing the piano. She believes in swoon-worthy kisses and happily ever afters.

Judy met her soul mate while in high school, and married him a few years later. She and her husband are raising four beautiful and crazy children in Southern Utah.

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To find out more about Judy and
her books visit her website!

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Make My Saturday Sweet #286

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Thursday, August 2, 2018

Starfire by Jenetta Penner

Starfire

The Starfire Wars Book 1

About the Book:

Book Description:

Lies, Love, and Secrets Ignite a Galactic War.

Cassiopeia isn't thrilled with traveling on the first starship to settle on a new earth. But it's not like she has a choice. Her father is the architect of this grand civilization that is meant to be humanity’s salvation. So, staying behind was never an option.

Once she arrives on the lush new planet named Arcadia, Cassi and her family are treated like royalty, but when a terrorist attack strikes and her father is killed, everything falls apart.

A mysterious and gorgeous boy enters her life and Cassi is thrown into a reality she never knew existed. She shares an otherworldly connection with this boy, and soon uncovers secrets about herself and this new planet that were never meant to emerge.

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My Review:

Starfire has it all - a story that many young adult readers will enjoy! It has adventure, romance, magic, aliens, and more! The story moves quickly with interesting characters and a well-developed plot. The romance happens a bit too quickly for my taste, but there's nothing beyond kissing. Since this is the first book in a series, it doesn't have a proper ending. You'll have to stick around to find out what happens next!

More Book Reviews:

Configured (Book 1)

Immersed (Book 2)

About the Author:

Jenetta Penner

Jenetta Penner developed a love of sci-fi at an early age and decided on a whim to read 40 young adult books in the same genre. From that experience, an author was born. Configured is her debut novel. She lives in sunny Southern California with her husband, two daughters and two furbabies. And she may or may not have a slight addiction to cat gifs.

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Disclosure: I received an ARC of this book. This is my honest and voluntary review.

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

The Verdo

The Verdo

by Kimberly J. Smith

About the Book:

Book Description:

Death is so boring. At least that's how fifteen-year-old Callie finds being stuck "in between," until the day she discovers someone has left a newborn baby in the old gypsy wagon (or "verdo" as it's also called) in Wailing Woods. Determined to save the child, she tracks down Laney, the girl who barely survived the same car wreck that took Callie's life three years earlier (and whose mother's recklessness caused the accident in the first place). A mysterious connection between the two girls allows Callie to lead Laney into the spooky forest to save the baby. Laney hopes the newborn will finally help her family heal, but when Callie's grieving parents end up with custody, emotional wounds are deepened. Callie pieces together the mystery connecting the baby, the fleeting psychic powers Laney has had since the accident, and the too-good-to-be-true new guy in town. Could there be a reason Callie hasn't moved on to whatever comes next? Could she be the only one capable of putting things right?

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Barnes and Noble | Goodreads

My Review:

Death is final, but what if you were given the chance to put some things right? Kimberly J. Smith explores this idea in her paranormal and urban fantasy book about a teenager who unexpectedly dies in a car crash. Her name is Callie and she finds herself stuck on earth as a ghost. For a few years, she never bumps into other ghosts and people can't see or hear her. It can get lonely and boring not having anyone to talk to. But things start to change when she hears a newborn baby crying from the verdo, an old gypsy wagon in Wailing Woods.

The Verdo is a great read for teenagers and young adults. The story flows smoothly from character to character. There's mystery around the baby's birth mother and the family that has just moved to town. There's conflict between families and suspense that isn't too dark and scary. One of the underlying messages in the story is the importance of appreciating our families. Another message is that people of different races and backgrounds should all be treated with equal respect.

Related Book Review:
The Dragon Whistler

About the Author

Kimberly J. Smith

Kimberly J. Smith is an advertising creative director with twenty-five years of experience telling brand stories for companies both large and small. Her passion for storytelling extends into children’s literature where she loves to tell tales that are a bit more fantastical. A voracious reader, her favorite stories (both to read and to write) tend to revolve around those that put a magical twist on familiar legends to reveal the imaginary hidden within the folds of reality. Her middle grade books THE DRAGON WHISTLER and SYDNEY WAKEFIELD: INTO THE FARAWAY definitely fall into that category. WAILING WOODS, a young YA paranormal, releases later this year. Her current project is an alternative reality novel for teens called THE SUMMONER’S REBELLION.

Author Website

Disclosure: I received a free digital copy of this book for my honest review.

Monday, May 8, 2017

Meet Your Match

Meet Your Match

a No Match for Love prequel novella

by Lindzee Armstrong

Meet Your Match (No Match for Love Book 2) by [Armstrong, Lindzee]

About the Book:

Title: Meet Your Match | Author: Lindzee Armstrong | Publisher: Snowflake Press | Pages: 117 | Genre: Young Adult Romance

Book Description:

Nothing slows love down like the friend zone.

a No Match for Love prequel novella

Sixteen-year-old Brooke Pierce doesn’t need her mom to tell her all boys are trouble. After watching her dad break up the family for a woman half his age, dating is the last thing on her mind.

On the first day at a new high school Brooke meets Luke, the school flirt with a reputation for heartbreak. He’s interested. She’s not. That only makes him chase her more.

After a shocking revelation from her dad, Brooke and Luke form an unexpected bond, complete with crazy rules to keep them safely in the friend zone. Problem is, that’s the worst place to be when you’re falling in love.

Part of the No Match for Love series, Meet Your Match is a delightfully sweet prequel novella that can be read as a stand-alone. It's sure to delight readers who love Hallmark movies and sweet romance. This series combines complex characters with smart dialogue and a fast-paced plot.

Escape into this delightfully clean romance today!

The No Match for Love series follows the matchmakers and clients of Toujour on their journeys to love. Each story can be read as a stand-alone, so start with whichever book catches your interest the most!

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My Review:

I always enjoy a good love story that makes me smile. This is one of those stories. It's a sweet coming of age novella. Brooke is a 16-year-old girl who recently moved with her mother and started attending a new school not far from her old one. Her parents are separated and seeking counselling. Brooke feels betrayed by her father and doesn't trust boys, especially not self-confident Luke.

Meet Your Match is a quick read with enough things going wrong in the young love department to keep it interesting. The characters are also personable. I recommend it for ages 12 and up.

Current books in the series:

Strike a Match

Meet Your Match

Miss Match

Not Your Match

Mix 'N Match

Mistletoe Match

Match Me If You Can (coming soon!)

About the Author:

Lindzee Armstrong

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Lindzee has always been a romantic, and as such loves chick flicks, ice cream, and chocolate. Reality TV is her not-so-secret obsession. She believes in sigh-worthy kisses and happily ever afters, and loves expressing that through her writing. She met her true love while at college, where she studied history education, and they are now happily married and raising twin boys in the Rocky Mountains.

Disclosure: I received a free digital copy of this book for my honest review.