Sassy Pants Learns to Take Responsibility - Book 4 in the Sassy Pants Series - Just in Time for Christmas, by Carol a. Brown

Learning to take responsibility for choices and actions is a tough thing to learn. It is also developmentally foundational—a life skill! Sassy Pants Learns to take responsibility; she models and reinforces this essential lesson in delightfully funny ways. She takes on tasks she not sure she can handle and forgets what she knows…and then remembers when Mom gives her “the look.” Excellent addition for early readers: children, grandchildren, or your local library. Children and adults alike enjoy Sassy Pants capers! Join Sassy Pants as she learns, in a humorous way, that what seems to be a small thing can quickly grow beyond what we could imagine!

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“Look Inside”

SORRY MAMA

Soon, Sassy Pants was walking back and forth in front of the pig barn. Her tummy felt like it was tied in a knot. It was still early in the morning. Birds were singing but the butterflies and big buzzy black flies weren’t awake, yet. Except she hardly noticed any of that. Instead, she was thinking about what she had to do.

Last year, there was a bumper crop of piggies—too many for her mama to take care of—so Sassy Pants was sent to live in the big house, where Farmer White's children could take care of her. She loved living there so much she began to think she was a people, not a pig. When she finally grew big enough to go back to the pigpen, she did not want to go. She felt like she didn't belong there. So, whenever she saw a chance to escape, she took it. And every time she escaped she would get into lots of trouble.

On the days when she couldn't escape, she would make lots of trouble in the pigpen. In fact, she became the barnyard bully! She was sassy, too, but she didn't care. Not even a bit. Which is why Farmer White had to teach her a lesson the hard way. After that, she didn't make trouble anymore. Not for anyone. Oh, she made some mistakes once in a while, but that isn't the same thing.

After Sassy Pants learned her hard lesson, she was a transformed pig. A good pig. Except by that time there wasn't anyone left on the farm who wanted to be her friend. Not even one. 

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Carol A. Brown

“I began telling stories when I had enough brothers to make an audience!” (Carol has four brothers and one sister!) She and her husband reside in Juneau, Alaska. They have two daughters on the west coast and five grandchildren. Carol was raised in a farming community in Iowa. She enjoys reading, nature and music, playing the piano, knitting, crocheting, painting and telling stories! As a retired educator, “I dedicate myself to knitting sweaters and spinning yarns!”

New Release by Nike N. Chillemi - Acts of Malice - Enjoy this Interview of Nike by Lorilyn Roberts

Q:  What is the key theme and/or message in the book? Is it inspirational, ethical, a matter of justice, or something else?

A: In ACTS OF MALICE there are two murders. The story is driven by the murders, the search for the killers, and the need for justice for the victims. The characters are either trying to stay out of the crosshairs of the killers, trying to find the killer or both. Closely related to this is the subtheme about the widows and family left behind, and how they mourn and struggle in the wake of these devastating, senseless murders And, there is a strong inspirational, Christian message. Still, it's the search for the killers and the desire for justice that pushes the story forward. That's why I say that I write from a Christian Worldview, rather than saying I write Christian fiction because what I actually write are classic murder mysteries. Many of the most important characters in my mystery novels happen to be Christians.

Q:  Villains can be hard to write. How did you write yours?

A:  I find most villains disturbing, even the ones I create. That's why I don't get into their mindset too much. I show them in social situations where they've got their public face on. Of course, I do give an inkling of their interior being so that when it turns out at the end that they are the killer, it's believable. I have put down and stopped reading thrillers by authors that delight and revel in the demonic mindset of the psychopathic killer.

Q:  What comes first, plot or characters? How do you develop one or both?

A:  The murder and its motive come first. Then the main characters drive the story and the plot forward. It becomes a question of what would they do next to find the killer(s) and to survive the killer(s).

Two fun bullet questions:

Q. What is your fav thing to eat? Least fav?

A:  Since Thanksgiving is coming up my fav dinner thing to eat is the turkey with gravy and cranberry sauce. My least fav is the traditional green bean casserole of frozen or canned French cut green beans topped with canned onion rings and canned cream of mushroom soup. Then it's baked. Ugh. I even wrote a blog article about my dislike of green bean casserole.

Q:  Do you have a library membership? Do you use it?

A: Yes, I do. I used it for ACTS OF MALICE. I went to my local library and looked up Caracas, Venezuela in the large atlas-type books. This is where my first victim was murdered. I wanted to see the streets in large color photos and get a feel for the city. I needed to understand the layout of the city and how the city was surrounded by mountains.

ACTS OF MALICE in a nutshell…

A taut and compelling classic murder mystery with a national security underlying theme. Interpersonal relationships, greed, dry humor. Uplifting.

Lavender Raines gets the 'doorbell ring' no wife ever wants to get. Her husband has been brutally murdered, and the FBI is more secretive than helpful. The problem is, his body was found in Caracas when she thought his business trip had taken him to New Orleans.

Mackenzie just opened a second beach resort-town restaurant, this one in Ribault Beach, Florida…but now the clandestine national security organization that from-time-to-time sends him on covert missions wants him to find Lavender's husband's killers.

Forces from within the "Deep State" have shaped circumstances that will alter the course of both their lives. Then a local man is murdered. Lavender and Mackey are polar opposites. He is emotionally shut down about his life, but protective of others. She is a pillar of strength in her family, but distrusting of Mackey and guarded around him. Can they find common ground amidst this treachery and turmoil?

Short Bio:

Nike N. Chillemi writes classic murder mysteries/detective novels. It's been said she writes literature that reads like pulp fiction. Plenty of action, a dash of grit, wry humor as her characters navigate through situations and relationships, and there's as an uplifting message. There's usually a national security/public safety underlying theme to her work. She likes her bad guys really bad, her good guys smarter and better. Her newest endeavor is ACTS OF MALICE

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Nike's blog.  https://nikechillemi.com/

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Twitter:  @NikeNChillemi

Four in the Garden by Rick Hocker and Narrated by Nicholas Messina - Highly Recommended, Book Review by Lorilyn Roberts

I listened to "Four in the Garden" by Rick Hocker (Author), and Nicholas Messina (narrator) as an audiobook, which provided a whole different experience for me.  

The narrator was excellent, and I really enjoyed the plotline. The symbolism was very well done, and as someone who enjoys allegory, I found "Four in the Garden" intriguing and captivating.

The message is profound and biblically-based. I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys novels similar to Pilgrim's Progress or CS Lewis' Narnia Series or Space Trilogy. 

This book is appropriate for teens and adults. "Four in the Garden" is one of those books I'll be thinking about for a while as it's one of the best stories I've come across in a while. Highly recommended.

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