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Sunday, August 12, 2012

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Book Spotlight: Haskell G. Edwards' IMMIGRATION AND ADAPTATION

Immigration and Adaptation: How Immigrant Families Excel in North America
by Haskell G. Edwards D. Min.

Paperback
Publisher: Langdon Street Press
Price: $16.95 
ISBN: 9781936782239
Pages: 272
Release: September 15, 2011






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Book Summary:
Adaptation is a must. But how does one go about doing this? It takes great planning, finances, and courage to leave one's homeland; but then finding support and comfort or anything of familiarity in a new land presents a whole new set of challenges. The stress is overwhelming. How do you gain the happiness and success you dreamed of attaining in the new land? 

 Immigration and Adaptation is here to help you navigate through these challenges. With the information herein, immigrants coming to North America will be prepared to identify and resolve social, family, and personal challenges with confidence. Mr. Edwards' vast professional experience with diverse immigrant families, as well as his own personal journey and genuinely encouraging approach, not only help immigrant families adapt to new surroundings, but grow stronger together in their journey.

 This book includes:
- A family wellness test
- Step-by-step guidelines
- Real-life examples
- Inspirational stories
- Family, parenting, and spousal exercises
- Illustrations
- Single-parenting advice

 Immigration and Adaptation also includes tips on: building self-confidence, resolving conflicts, tuning communication skills, networking and building social supports, budgeting, parenting, enhancing spousal relationships, helping teenagers adjust, communicating effectively, and more.

 To read the EXCERPT, click HERE









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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

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Guest Author: Justin Ordonez


Let’s Dispense with the Games, I’m Desperate for you to Read my Book.
Dear Reader, 

 Recently at a dinner, Justin attempted to convince a woman to buy his book. 

 Here is how it went.

 “Hello there, my name is Justin Ordoñez and I’m passionate about life. I think knowing your life’s passion is important to feeling positive about the future. I’m positive about the future, and should you decide to read Sykosa, I want you to be positive about it, too. I’m new to the area—this publishing thing—so I’m looking for someone who will not only give Sykosa a shot, but also be chill with who she is. I’m a confident, self-assured person who always appreciates the good reviews, but never stresses over the bad ones, so don’t feel pressure to…”

 Wait, maybe I shouldn’t have said “bad reviews.” It puts the thought in her head, doesn’t it? Let’s try this again. Or should I mention I like to travel? No, that’s ridiculous—everyone likes to travel, it’s all anyone ever says!

 I can recover. Be confident about your writing!

 “What I meant to say was I’ve had nothing but good reviews, everyone loves my writing, they’re hypnotized by it and they can’t believe how brilliant it is!”

 Yikes, I sounded cocky there, didn’t I? That’s what she needs, isn’t it? Another cocky doofus who thinks he knows everything and tries to make it with her at the end of the night, even though she’s obviously kept waiting for the “save me” text from her friend, but can’t get it because the cell phone reception is so bad here. Well, I don’t want to be that guy who does that. I’m not that guy. Alright, I can fix this—the key is self-deprecating humor and admitting something embarrassing.

 Okay, here I go.

 “Recently, I turned thirty, and I discovered I was losing my long hair, but I decided to be proactive and get on the Rogaine—which makes me think, every morning and evening I put it on, of Ed Helms from The Hangover saying, “uuuuu-sing of the Roeeee-gaine, check!”—and it’s totally worked, my hair isn’t falling out anymore, some is growing back and…”

Geez, TMI there, right? I’m so bad at this, we’ve only been at dinner for five minutes and I’ve drank three glasses of water. I already have to go to the bathroom. I’ll have to go several times at this rate. She might conclude I have an enlarged prostate or something. She might assume my virility isn’t strong, that I’m unfit for mating—not that I’m thinking about mating! I mean, not to say I wouldn’t want to mate with her, of course I want to, she’s so beautiful! I just mean I wouldn’t make such an assumption. She’s an independent person and I know we’re going to have a spent a lot of time getting to know each other before we even reach that point. Besides, I’m only trying to sell her my book. That’s all. Okay, I can save this. I just need to subtly suggest how potent I am, and then show her how much I’m wanted, so to create an infuriating jealousy in her.

 That’ll win her back.

 “One thing you should know is I’m a popular dude, and I’m at a point where I can’t be held down. I gots tons of honeys running me down to read Sykosa. This isn’t ego spitting. It’s honesty. Don’t hate the player, hate the game! I gotta play the field. It’s me being honest with you, me showing you respect, when I say—yes—I want you to read Sykosa, but I also want all your friends, your enemies, your coworkers, your church friends, your Zumba classmates, your ex-lovers, your local bar friends, and your entire Facebook friend list to read Sykosa. I even want your mother to read Sykosa. That’s right. I want your mother and you to read it together. Yeah, your Moms and you—reading Sykosa and talking about it and doing it again and again! And I want you to pay me for it. I want you to go to whatever book merchant you prefer, then pay me for Sykosa.”

 Oh, God! I sound like a pervert! And a prostitute! Oh, this is bad. This is so very, very bad, but not like sexy bad, I mean legitimately bad. This isn’t what I’m usually like. Okay, the key here is to be myself, that’s the key.

 It’s okay, I can fix this.

 “My name is Justin Ordoñez. I recently released a book called Sykosa (that's "sy"-as-in-"my" ko-sa). It’s a story about a sixteen year old girl trying to reclaim her identity after an act of violence shatters her life and the lives of her friends. It’s been described as ‘gritty, intense and definitely not a book I'll forget’ and ‘This book really snuck up on me. I would find myself thinking about it when I was driving or doing other things.’ Basically, Sykosa and her friends attend a weekend-long, unchaperoned party at Niko's posh vacation cottage, where Sykosa will confront Niko and her friends over what happened last year. She will also have to deal with her new boyfriend, Tom, and decide if this is the weekend she wants to lose her virginity to him.”

 Whew, that’s it. I finished strong.
I think I might have a shot at getting a reader.
What do you think?

Hey! Justin Ordoñez wrote a book called Sykosa. It’s about a sixteen year old girl who’s trying to reclaim her identity after an act of violence destroys her life and the lives of her friends. You can find out more about Justin at his blog, http://sykosa.wordpress.com. You can also find Sykosa, the novel on Amazon: 


Price: $12.95 paperback, $2.99 ebook
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9780985424312
Publisher: TDS Publishing
Release: March 2012


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Sunday, July 1, 2012

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Book Review: Knee Deep by Jolene Perry

Knee Deep

Author: Jolene Perry
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Tribute Books (May 1, 2012)

Note: I received a review copy of this book free from Tribute Books. The review posted below is based on my personal thoughts while reading the book.

Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 

My thoughts:

 Knee Deep tells the story of Ronnie, a high school student going through a typical dilemma of a teenager - falling in love with two boys at the same time. I know that kind of emotional conflict is common in almost all young adult books or let's just say any romance book, YA or not. Love triangle? Is there any other conflict better that that? I thought I wasn't going to enjoy this one but I was wrong. The book offers something else. While it focuses on the teenage drama of the three characters, it also discusses family, moral and sex issues. 

 Read the synopsis below, if you're a teenager and going through the same dilemma, I think this book can certainly guide you to make the right decision. Mommies, I also encourage you to read this, it would help you better understand your teenagers.  

 About the book:


Shawn is the guy Ronnie Bird promised her life to at the age of fourteen. He's her soul mate. He's more uptight every day, but it's not his fault. His family life is stressful, and she's adding to it. She just needs to be more understanding, and he'll start to be the boy she fell in love with. She won’t give up on someone she’s loved for so long.

Luke is her best friend, and the guy she hangs with to watch girlie movies in her large blanketopias. He's the guy she can confide in before she even goes to her girlfriends, and the guy who she's playing opposite in Romeo and Juliet. Now her chest flutters every time he gets too close. This is new. Is Ronnie falling for him? Or is Juliet? The lines are getting blurry, but leaving one guy for another is not something that a girl like Ronnie does.

Shawn’s outbursts are starting to give her bruises, and Luke’s heart breaks as Ronnie remains torn. While her thoughts and feelings swirl around the lines between friendship and forever, she’s about to lose them both.

About the author:

                                                        

Jolene grew up in Wasilla, Alaska. She graduated from Southern Utah University with a degree in political science and French, which she used to teach math to middle schoolers.

After living in Washington, Utah and Las Vegas, she now resides in Alaska with her husband, and two children. Aside from writing, Jolene sews, plays the guitar, sings when forced, and spends as much time outside as possible.

She is also the author of Night Sky and The Next Door Boys.

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