Historical Fiction Reviewed by Goodreads Booklover

Wings by Pete Abela (http://peteabela.com/)

Genre: Historical Fiction

ISBN: 978-0-9872606-6-6

 

 Reviewed by: Andy Angel on Goodreads

 

This multi-generation novel of a Grandfather and Grandson and how flying shaped their lives deserves to be the smash of the summer.

It tells of Walt (the Grandfather) and his life in Lancashire, England on the lead up to, and during WW2 and Scott (the Grandson) in modern day Australia.

 

Both stories have their own style and resonance of their time. Walt's tale is especially sweet and well told, capturing the true feel of pre war England to such an extent that you aren't just reading it, you are sharing with Walt as he tears through the streets on his bike and as he courts his young lady.

As the stories intertwine Walt grows older and these changes are also well written and add to the story overall.

I don't want to add too much, at risk of spoilers but must say, the very last scene is such a lovely one - the author should be very proud.

I really can't recommend this book highly enough

Five Stars.

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                                                             by Cami Ann Hofstadter

I so enjoyed this story. It warmed my heart! 

Rowena Beatty

This truly is an inspiring tale. As a dog owner I can relate to the joy of being reunited with a beloved pet.

Anne Knorr

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What Would I Do If I Wasn’t Afraid

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Maureen McNemar

I loved this story. …very believable. It is truly a miracle that in rushing back from nearly a thousand miles away, Aussie’s owner would chance upon a jogger who had seen him. For the animal to return to place from which he ran in fear was another. This is a blessed place and must be filled with love.

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Ann’s  Leap of Words left this reader/writer breathless by the exquisite combination of her story and her ability to tell it. This episode, and its participants were not new to me,

but the intimacy of the emotions, the in-your-face conflicts of loyalty, devotion, and love versus self preservation and inner peace made me suffer it anew, all the while rejoicing in the power of this woman’s triumph. That she was blessed and possibly rewarded with a soul mate after many sacrifices for another human being should make a believer out of all who doubt. Thank you Ann Green Hofstadter.

Madelyn Lorber

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 …such an important lesson to teach everyone,…keep your word. Don’t make promises that you will not keep.

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 … when I saw the members of your family blocked out…it struck me deeply to SEE that barrier we have been trying to penetrate in its physical form…”    

Denise DeSio, Author

Beautiful inspirational story… If more people like you, wrote their true story of abuse… maybe the subject would finally be more out in the open...You are an inspiration to us all. Thank you!

 Rose Withering, Author

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 A Father’s Day Gift

by Jenna Ludwig Cowles

Jenna Ludwig Cowles writes a charming, bittersweet memoir of her beloved father. She tells how close father and daughter are, until Jenna decides to leave college and marry someone beneath her father’s standards for his child. During a wonderful life with her husband and children, she and her father reconcile and their childhood closeness returns. When death takes both her father and husband within the same year, Jenna is devastated. While ruminating upon her father’s loss the following Father’s Day, she comes upon something special from her father . . . a wonderful keepsake and perfect Father’s Day Gift.

Micki Pelisse

Tales2Inspire™ author of: A Magical Meditation Garden

What an amazing story of love and loss and the spiritual connection that links us beyond death. As a hospice nurse of over 15yrs I find it very inspirational, and will use it for encouragement in my grief counseling with my families I continue to care for in the bereavement stage of my work.

Elizabeth Fish, Hospice Nurse

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Time Machine Troopers

By Hal Colebatch
Sequel to H. G. Wells' The Time Machine.

Genre: Science fiction

ISBN: 978-1-4475-6091-3

Originally reviewed on Amazon

5 stars out of 5

Publisher: Acashic (2011)

Review

by Joy V. Smith

Time Machine Troopers by Hal Colebatch

I enjoyed Time Machine Troopers. It took up where H. G. Wells' book, The Time Mchine, left off. Actually, it delved deeper into the hero's mind as he worked his way through the despair of losing Weena and deciding to do something about the Morlocks and the Eloi. Choosing a companion was an interesting process as he considered such possibilites as Churchill, General Gordon, and even Wells. Major-General Baden-Powell, the Hero of Mafeking, was perfect. (He accomplished a lot later in his life also.) And deciding what supplies, including weapons, to take--being limited in space--was challenging. Baden-Powell helped a lot with that--and other things.

This story is a rousing adventure, while at the same time taking a look at history and choices with fascinating background and literary references. Fighting Morlocks and training Eloi wasn't easy. It's a good thing he had back-up. And some assumptions he had made turned out to be wrong... I can't say more and spoil your enjoyment of the story, but it is imaginative, well-written, full of twists and turns and setbacks and the carnage of war. Highly recommended. This is a classic. And one of the best sequels to any story I've ever read.

Check it out at:

 

Amazon.com: Time Machine Troopers (9781447560913): Hal Colebatch: Books

Joy V. Smith loves and writes science fiction. Some of her stories are collected in her latest e-book, The Doorway and Other Stories, available from Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SV1FB2 . However, her upcoming novel, Detour Trail, is a story of the settling of the western frontier.

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Sara Brooke's New Horror Novel Called Gripping

Title - Still Lake

Author -  Sara Brooke
Website link - www.sarabrooke.com
Genre - Horror
ASIN: B0086608EI
Available for Kindle

Reviewed by Mallory originally for Mallory Heart's Reviews

With a gripping reader's hook as powerful as a grappling hook-violent, graphic, and enticing-this novel is taut, well-plotted, and well-characterised. The backstory is interwoven subtly, never detracting nor distracting from the "current" events of the novel: rather, it adds to the escalating suspense and the reader will be wondering, "what's happening now?" I was enraptured and raced through the pages, simply to find out the answers to that question! At the end, also, I was left pondering: what if these events could occur in actuality? That's not an unlikely possibility, and it is one that makes this novel very "current" and very frightening.

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MS Management from Personal Experience

Title: Managing MS

Subtitle: Straight Talk From a Thirty-One-Year-Survivor

By Debbie Petrina

www.DebbieMS.com

Publisher: iUniverse, 12/28/2011

Genre: Self-help/Motivational/Inspirational

ISBN: 978-1-46207-051-0 Hardcover $24.95

978-1-46207-052-7 Softcover $14.95

978-1-46207-050-3 eBook & $7.99

Order online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iUniverse; www.DebbieMS.com

Review by Sharon Baldacci, Author of A Sundog Moment www.sharonbaldacci.com

When I was asked to review Debbie Petrina’s new book, Managing MS: Straight Talk From a Thirty-One-Year Survivor, I had to chuckle. I too have lived with this illness just as long and didn’t think it was possible to learn anything new.

Boy, was I wrong. This small, easy to read book is a wealth of matter-of- fact information interspersed with her memories that add credibility. I learned more about spasticity here than I knew and also the word `clonus’ that describes exactly what my weaker leg does sometimes. She adds practical tips for dealing with so many of the symptoms, and side effects of medications. The chapters are broken down into advice for the newly diagnosed, symptoms, grieving, heat, and what you can do about the variety of problems that come with MS. There are chapters about dealing with people (and how they deal with us) as well as what she calls the elephant in the closet - suicide.

She also makes it clear that it is the person with MS that is in charge of all decision-making, not the doctors. The doctors are there to give all the information needed for decision-making. She explains clearly why and how she made difficult decisions for her and her family and how it has worked out all for the best. She strongly encourages everyone to do the same. This is an empowering book that doesn’t sugar coat anything but makes the endless details manageable - from her 31-one years of experience. I felt like I was learning from an old friend over a cup of tea.

This should be required reading for doctors, health professionals, MS patients and their families.

About the Author: 

 

During the years Debbie Petrina lived with MS, she has spoken to thousands of persons affected by MS as a 15-year volunteer with the National MS Society and on her own. Currently she resides in Glendale, AZ with her husband of 34 years, Dennis, and her faithful companion Bear. An avid reader, volunteer, and swimmer, Debbie’s ability to effectively manage her MS enables her to enjoy travelling with her husband and Bear in their accessible RV. Debbie continues to build her website with videos, blog articles, and other information to offer help/solutions for persons dealing with MS.

~Sharon Baldacci, the reviewer, is author of A Sundog Moment.

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ERICA KOSAL A Plain Manila Gift

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World of Ink Book Tour Features Religious Memoir

Title: In All Things
Subtitle: Giving Thanks When Hope Seems Lost

By Laura Smith
Publisher: Halo Publishing, Int
Genre: Memoir/Inspirational/Religious
ISBN: 978-1612440408
Price: $12.99 print
$4.99 eBook
Signed copy available at Halo Publishing
Also available on Amazon

Reviewed by World of Ink Network (VS Grenier)

About the Book: In All Thing: Giving Thanks When Hope Seems Lost is Smith’s spiritual journey through, divorce, single parenting, raising a bipolar child, desiring a baby so desperately and then after being told it wasn’t possible, becoming pregnant and then losing her miracle through miscarriage. Smith shares the most intimate and painful moments through those experiences and the amazing vision the Lord gave her when she was at the deepest part of despair, which she says instantly healed her broken heart and gave Smith hope and a purpose to live again. It’s about a faith so strong it caused instant healing and allowed Smith to be hopeful in all things life throws at her.

 

Experience an incredible journey that will make you laugh out loud and cry tears of joy and sorrow. Learn how one miraculous encounter with God created an unshakeable faith that would later give Laura Smith the strength to face the near death of her oldest daughter. Her book is touching and Smith opening shares about a faith so strong it caused instant healing and allowed her to be hopeful in all things life throws at her.

Get a YouTube sneak peek of the book. 

One moment in HEAVEN

A life time of THANKSGIVING

An encounter for HEALING

About the Author:

Laura Smith works as a medical coding and reimbursement specialist in Northern Minnesota. She spent her youth on a small dairy farm in Northeast Minnesota. She was married two weeks after her high school graduation. Three years and two children later, she was facing divorce and single parenthood. She moved to a college town in north central MN where she hoped to earn a degree and make a life for her and her two young daughters. There she met and married the love of her life. Together they embarked on a life together as a ready-made family facing all the challenges that comes with it. They had no idea that the life experiences they walked through early on and one life altering event would prepare them for the ultimate challenge, the possible death of their daughter.

Halo Publishing and the World of Ink Network will be touring author Laura Smith’s, In All Things: Giving Thanks When Hope Seems Lost published by Halo Publishing Int. throughout the month of June. You can find out more about Laura Smiths’s World of Ink Author/Book Tour at http://tinyurl.com/77nwvdt

You can also follow any other events and upcoming books on Laura Smith’s Facebook and Twitter pages.

https://www.facebook.com/InAllThings

https://twitter.com/#!/LauraMStorrs

~Submitted by VS Grenier - Founder, Stories for Children Publishing, LLC
http://storiesforchildrenpublishing.com . She is an award-winning author and editor (http://vsgrenier.com) and owns  World of Ink Author/Book Tours(http://worldofinknetwork.com). She also edits SFC Newsletter for Writers, named a 101 Best Websites for Writers by Writer's Digest. http://storiesforchildrenpublishing.com
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