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Free eBook: The Everything Potluck Cookbook

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Download the Everything Potluck Cookbook as an eBook for free from Amazon.

I organize monthly potlucks at work, so I am always happy when I find new cookbooks with new potluck dish ideas!

Click here to download your book now.

Come on…don’t copy- get your own material. . . . → Read More: Free eBook: The Everything Potluck Cookbook

Get To Know Your Kid by Shana Connell Noyes {Review}

 

Have you been feeling disconnected from your child? As though you have no idea what they are saying, thinking, feeling? Get To Know Your Kid by Shana Connell Noyes “gives parents the opportunity to capture the innocence, the wisdom and the joy of childhood in one easy step.”

As a teacher, I’ve heard parents say that they . . . → Read More: Get To Know Your Kid by Shana Connell Noyes {Review}

Husband and Wife by Leah Steward {Review}

About this book: (Taken from Amazon.com)

“When novelist Nathan Bennett confesses to his wife, Sarah, right before a friend’s wedding that he slept with another woman (his novel is titled Infidelity), Sarah’s concerns shift from whether the dress she plans to wear to the wedding makes her look fat to what she will do about her future and . . . → Read More: Husband and Wife by Leah Steward {Review}

What Happened To Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

My review of Sarah Dessen’s book What Happened to Goodbye is featured over at BlogHer.com.

Here’s a little snippet:

What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen follows Mclean Sweet and her dad Gus, who have moved a total of four times since the divorce. Each time, Mclean has the opportunity to reinvent herself into someone new; first Eliza, . . . → Read More: What Happened To Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

Go the F*@! to Sleep {Review}

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I should preface this review by saying that this book, a parody, is not a children’s book. It’s a grown-up book… with illustrations.

First of all, why didn’t I think of this?! Seriously. I could have written this book because this? . . . → Read More: Go the F*@! to Sleep {Review}

Request a Free Copy of Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm

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Scholastic is giving away copies of Mia Hamm’s book Winners Never Quit. You have to answer a few questions to “see if you qualify” and if you do you will be taken to a form to enter your mailing information.

*Hint, if you want to qualify, just answer yes to everything.

Click here . . . → Read More: Request a Free Copy of Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm

The 17 Day Diet Book Review

“The 17 Day Diet helps you eliminate the two biggest obstacles in weight loss – plateau and boredom – and lose weight fast.”

The 17 Day Diet Essentials is a weight loss guide not unlike many other weight loss guides. Basically, Dr. Mike Moreno tells you what we already know it takes to lose weight: . . . → Read More: The 17 Day Diet Book Review

The Juno Company – The Day the Music Stopped 3D interactive eBook for iPhone review

“[The Juno Company's] CDs, DVDs and books feature a cast of lovable characters that interact with your child, along with original music composed for and performed by live orchestral musicians.”

The Day the Music Stopped is an interactive 3D eBook app for iPods, iPhones and iPads brought to you by The Juno Company. It . . . → Read More: The Juno Company – The Day the Music Stopped 3D interactive eBook for iPhone review

Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy {Review}

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About This Book: Taken from the Press Release

“Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy (published by Good Books), available in May 2011 at retailers nationwide, is a clear, comprehensive, must-have manual for moms and dads in the making.

This volume, edited by two fertility and pregnancy doctors who are also active parents, offers the unique expertise . . . → Read More: Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy {Review}

Here, Home, Hope by Kaira Rouda {Review}

About This Book:

“Here, Home, Hope by author Kaira Rouda is the fictional story of one woman’s courageous journey through midlife crisis and personal reinvention – all told with a sense of heart and humor.

Kelly Mills Johnson becomes restless in her thirty-ninth year. An appetite for more forces her to take stock of her ordinary middle-American . . . → Read More: Here, Home, Hope by Kaira Rouda {Review}