Review: Rebel Girls Celebrate Pride - Rebel Girls - May 2023 I love reading the Rebel Girls books and even though they are targeted for the younger audience and make me sometimes wish I was younger, so I could enjoy them even more . They are great in giving females some strong role models and even more this particular one which shares females who identify as LGBT+ as back then , those that identified didn't feel accepted and have the role models needed. Rebel Girls Celebrate Pride: 25 Tales of Self-Love and Community" is a remarkable addition to the captivating biography anthologies published by Rebel Girls. Unlike its predecessors, this particular volume stands out as a bite-sized paperback, making it the perfect companion for readers on the go. Its compact size is ideal for slipping into backpacks or pockets, ensuring that the stories of resilience and empowerment found within its pages can be easily accessed and shared. The book's layout is a visual treat, with each pag...

Loving Artemis Janet Mason Publication date: August 16th 2022 Genres: Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance Artemis found the love of her life when she met Linda, but their passionate relationship fizzles when Artemis lands herself on the other side of the law. Pulling the pieces of her life together, Artemis rekindles her relationship with Linda, and together they raise a daughter. Meanwhile, Grace, running from her past, starts a life with Thalia. At a pride parade, Grace spots someone who reminds her of Artemis, who she was briefly involved with in her youth. Old feelings are rekindled. A lifetime of rejection, abandonment, and fleeing rears its head. Now she must come to terms with her past, put her relationship with Artemis to rest–or risk losing everything. Artemis and Grace embark on a journey of revolution, love, and marriage and discover that love finds us when we least expect it. ——————- Janet Mason is an award-winning creative writer, teacher, marketing professional, an...

    Review: The Tomato Patch - Book #1 The Amish of Ephrata Series - July 2012 It's been a long time since I read an Amish fiction story, I read a lot of them around 2010-2013 and then my Amish fiction reading went dark. Of course, in my mission to clear my old kindle books, I stumbled upon Sarah Price's The Tomato Patch. The Tomato Patch is a YA novel that features the taboo topic of Bullying within the Amish community and how jealousy can turn someone's spirit dark and ugly.  The book features two girls Susie and Priscilla. Priscilla is such a sweet character who you can tell loves her family, gardening, and helping out when needed. Susie, on the other hand, is boastful and loves being the best and the attention she receives from it and woe anyone who tries to take it from her. When a charity auction with the Mennonites comes to town, Priscilla's brother Jonas nominated her to share her tomatoes and vegetables as an auction item. In the past Susie...

Review: Pride - Book #2 The Elite Seven Series - J.D Hollyfield - February 2019 Remember Evie Blackwell from the Greed by Amo Jones story? Pride represents Evie's older brother Mason Blackwell. Remember their foster mother, the one who got Evie sent to "The Captain." She is also the same one who sent Mason to jail for a couple of years and then when he was released; she handed him a pass into St. Augustine. He thought he would finally be free of her evil ways, but turns out she is not only the Dean's new wife but also the school's guidance counselor and the one who controls this year picking of The Elite Seven. She has always had a thing for Mason and has chosen him to represent Pride, which is everything Mason has embodied as himself since he has no-one in the world to rely on except himself. Now that Mason has been reunited with his sister and Micah. The pair of them will do everything they can to save themselves, even if it means doing the...