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Welcome readers , Here on The Phantom Paragrapher we love to celebrate author's works and especially promote the works of Indie Authors which as reader's will know I have featured quite a few on my site. Today readers marks a special day for one of those authors who a year ago I reviewed her book " I Loved You First" and now readers we are here to celebrate it's first anniversary.   The Link to my Original Post can be found here : http://thephantomparagrapher.blogspot.co.nz/2011/09/vbt-i-loved-you-first-reena-jacobs.html Review: I Loved You First - Reena Jacobs - July 2011 Wanting to check out a really good LGBTQ novel ? One that is aimed at Teenagers and in both African and Caucasian Viewpoints ? I Loved You First tells the story of two college students Seth Richards and Alex Carmichael. One is gay and the other straight , One male and the other female , One Black and one White. Alex and Seth have been friends forever and now reaching ...

Today on The Phantom Paragrapher, we have a Guest Post written from Kate Sorenson of Coupon Cravings. 3 Frugal Ways to Store and Make Your Photographs Timeless Great memories are priceless, and your photographs document those memories for you. Photos are precious to most people for just this reason. They can remind you of a time forgotten, and allow you to share the past with those who weren’t there, like your children.  Of course, you want to keep your photographs safe, and have ways to display them that will bring enjoyment to those fortunate enough to view them. But with all the digital photographs you take, printing them can become pricey and storing those files can be difficult. You need a cost-effective way to take care of your photos. Here are three ideas for storing and sharing your timeless treasures. 1.               Create a photo book online for yourself or your loved ones . Ma...

Are you looking for an amazing book to read ? One that will tug at your heartstrings ? From the author who brought you Pay it forward and When I found you , I bring to you one of her newer releases. Review: Don't Let Me Go - Catherine Ryan Hyde - September 2011 Grace Johnson , was just a ten year old girl wanting help but didn't know how to ask. As each day passed , Grace would sit outside as her mother Eileen was loaded on drugs. She sat out on the steps of her apartment building every day until one day , one of the neighbours - who suffered from Agoraphobia decided to talk to this little girl. He discovered who she was and what the matter was and soon enough , this little girl pulled the whole apartment building and it's tenants together as they shared one thing in common - Grace. When things start to get really tough, Grace comes up with an idea - that in order for her mother to get clean and mean it this time, she has to lose the one thing she cares ...

On the lookout for a new dystopian novel ? Do you love novels set in two different time periods ? Synopsis: Yesterday - CK Kelly Martin - September 2012 THEN: The year 2035 The formation of the UNA, the high threat of eco-terrorism, the mammoth rates of unemployment and subsequent escape into a world of virtual reality are things any student can read about in their 21st century textbooks and part of the normal background noise to Freya Kallas’s life. Until that world starts to crumble. NOW: It’s 1985. Freya Kallas has just moved across the world and into a new life. On the outside, she fits in at her new high school, but Freya feels nothing but removed. Her mother blames it on the grief over her father’s death, but how does that explain the headaches and why do her memories feel so foggy?  When Freya lays eyes on Garren Lowe, she can’t get him out of her head. She’s sure that she knows him, despite his insistence that they’ve never met. As Freya follows her instin...

Are you a parent ? Looking for a parenting guide that could help you ? Do you have a child with a disability ? Review: Different Dream Parenting - Jolene Philo- November 2011 Are you a new parent ? Finding it difficult to raise your child ? Does your child have a disability ? Well, look no further with Jolene Philo's new book "Different Dream Parenting" which discusses all the up's and down's and the how-to's when raising a child with a disability. Looking back, I'm sure if a book like this was released when my sister and brother were born it would have saved a whole lot of troubles for my parents as having siblings with disabilities were bad enough, raising them is a whole new level and I am proud of parents as they managed and though when you have someone with a disability - being physical or even mentally , it is a continual process in the parenting - it never really stops.  Jolene Philo's guide takes you from the first steps of diagn...

Looking for a new teen book to read ? Ever been stuck in a rut and not sure what to do with your life ? Review: The Summer my Life Began - Shannon Greenland - May 2012 Have you ever had your whole life planned out for you ? Right from birth to adulthood , somebody dictating who you were going to be , what grades you had to get etc. Elizabeth Margaret has , she has a bank account earmarked for Harvard where she will study Law and then work for her father's firm and this summer she has an Internship lined up in a law firm. However for Em as her sister calls her , she doesn't dream of being a lawyer , yet all she wants to do is go to Culinary school and became a sous chef.  So when on the day of Em's graduation she receives a letter and an invite from her mysterious Aunt Tilly inviting her to stay with her for the summer , she accepts despite her parent's and grandmother's protests. It really will be the summer where Em's life begins as she meets a...

Are you a Stephanie Plum fan ? Have you read or seen the movie "One for the Money" ? A 2012 goal of mine was to read and make my way through the Janet Evanovich series and here I am halfway through the year and halfway through the series as I finish and bring you the review for Book #9 . Review: To the Nines - Book #9 Stephanie Plum Series - Janet Evanovich - June 2004 It seems that with the Bond Enforcement agency, new types of bonds are appearing from Custody Bonds in Book #8 and now in #9 Visa Bonds. Vinnie's client Samuel Singh has been missing for five days and this case doesn't look good as due to the first of it's kind - Vinnie's agency has been getting alot of press and now if they can't produce the client - it could turn things for the worst. Desperate to find him, Vinnie pairs up Ranger and Stephanie in the hopes that one of them will bring him back. It seems that something fishy is going on at the place where Samuel Singh...