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Joy Lynn Goddard ReviewsTales2inspire ~ The Diamond Collection - Series V
REVIEW FOR: Tales2Inspire ~ The Diamond Collection - Series V
SUBTITLE: Stories of Turning the Page
SERIES TITLE: Tales2Inspire
AUTHOR: Anthology of contest winning inspiring stories
AUTHOR'S WEBSITE: https://www.tales2inpsire.com
GENRE: Inspirational, non-fiction personal stories
AGE / INTEREST LEVEL: 15 +
PAGE COUNT: 236
PUBLISHER: Independently Published
REVIEWED BY: JOY LYNN GODDARD
A True Inspirational Gem
As a voracious reader and a novelist, I look for two elements in a book before investing time in it. It must have emotion—a story that moves me long after I’ve finished the last page—and it must teach me something. In the Moonstone Collection Books 1 & 2, I found both traits in every story. The stories were honest and raw because the authors weren’t afraid to speak the truth, their vulnerabilities on display. Even if I were hard-hearted (which I’m not, honestly), it would be difficult not to stand up and cheer for them. In “Happily Ever After,” I was gobsmacked by the abuse writer Donna Peczak suffered as a child at the hands of her parents and applauded when she pulled herself up.
I don’t know whom I admired more in “Setting my Lifeline Free,” writer Ellen Lenox Smith or the service dog who saved her life. Both taught me about the indomitable spirit.Love and laughter weave throughout the pages of both books. Although there is sadness underpinning “The Last Laugh,” I laughed out loud when author Ronnie Padwa Pelie described her elderly mother driving a motorized shopping cart. I couldn’t help but remember my own elderly mother’s experience with her motorized scooter. In the last stages of her life, she rammed her electric scooter through a plate-glass window (didn’t get a scratch) and then blamed the scooter for the accident!
As a former teacher, I also identified with author Laura Coy’s “A Blessing in Disguise.” She left a teaching career she loved to put her life back on track. Many words wandered through my thoughts when reading these stories—real, poignant, bitter-sweet, happy, inspirational, and . . . But the word that climbed to the top was strength. Each author showed the strength to turn the page in his or her life and make it better!
Many words wandered through my thoughts when reading these stories—real, poignant, bitter-sweet, happy, inspirational, and . . . But the word that climbed to the top was strength.
Each author showed the strength to turn the page in his or her life and make it better!
And behind each writer was their champion—Lois W. Stern—an accomplished writer who for more than a decade has embodied the spirit of writers helping writers. Kudos to her and all the authors in this collection of stories—a true inspirational gem.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
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Monday, July 1, 2019
Author and Reviewer Alert! Free Review Resource
This is a regular service offered by Lois W. Stern that helps authors find interested reviewers for their books and helps reviewers find fun, published work to review. Watch for more of them along with hints for getting reviews. Scroll down to see both a new book offering and Lois's first How-To-Get-Great-Reviews Hint!
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You can get the book listed below FREE
in exchange for an honest Amazon posted review.
TITLE: Super Spoons to the Rescue: A Math Measuring Story
NUMBER OF PAGES: 58 Pages
DESCRIPTION: This is a math story about spoon superheroes who help people measure ingredients for things like chocolate cakes. When their town is hit by a tornado, they help dispense the exact amount of medicines needed. They fly to the rescue as requested. This book also has worksheets and activity cards.
AUTHOR'S NAME: Carolyn Wilhelm
Illustrator: Oxana Cerra
Illustrator: Oxana Cerra
E-MAIL: cwilhelm@thewiseowlfactory.com
FORMAT:3 PDFs, 3 of PAPERBACK BOOKS (people can have both)
To get your copy of "Super Spoons" for review:
- Email the author directly using her address above.
- Commit to writing a review within 30 days.
- Post your review on Amazon.
- Give the author permission to post it on this New Book Review blog, credited to you with a link to your website or social network, of course.
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Lois W. Stern, Creator of Tales2Inspire®
LOIS'S HINT #1 FOR GETTING REVIEWS:
You can make writing reviews for others' books work for the marketing of your own book. Do not worry. It is ethical. It is all part of traditional Publishing standards."
Page 245 of Carolyn Howard-Johnson's How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally
Carolyn reminds us to include a byline and credit line or tag line as part of the review.
For example, I end each Amazon review I post with the words:
Lois W. Stern, Creator of Tales2Inspire®
MORE ABOUT THE GUEST BLOGGER AND HER TALES2INSPIRE PROJECT
Lois W. Stern's Tales2Inspire was a kernel of an idea that started in 2012 and has grown to proportions even she didn’t dare to envision. Her innate curiosity about potentially fascinating human interest stories was the spark that ignited this idea. But it was the confused state of traditional publishing that propelled her forward. Tales2Inspire delivers exactly what it promises as both an ‘Authors Helping Authors’ project and a contest. Winners get their stories published in print, as e-books, and some even in video formats that their names, headshot photos, and mini-autobiographies. Then she spreads the word about the winners and their stories on her blogs, social media and monthly newsletter. FREE to enter, this is a great competition for talented newbies and seasoned authors alike. Learn more about her an her projects here:
Tales2Inspire website: http://www.tales2inspire.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/tales2inspire2
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/tales2inspire
LinkedIn profile: http://tinyurl.com/odtw2wt
Get a FREE Tales2Inspire Sampler book at: www.tales2inspire.com/gift
Tales2Inspire trailer: https://youtu.be/FuDgXkYMHvo
Blog: http:://www.tales2inspire/blog
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