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Book Review 6
Book Review: Shattered Me by Tahereh Mafi Traci Kenworth Harper, an Imprint of Harper-Collins 2011 Science Fiction 338 pages Hook: I’ve been locked up for 264 days. Juliette has been a prisoner of the Reestablishment, the initiative that was supposed to help the Earth’s dying society. The same people that pulled her out…
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Reading
Reading: How Important is it to Writers? Traci Kenworth The more you read, the better you become as a writer. You’ve heard this before from other authors, people in the industry, etc. But the question is: how important is it? Very. When we read, we open our minds to knowledge, entertainment, and more. Some…
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Another Miss
Another Miss Traci Kenworth Sorry, everyone, I didn’t get a book review in this week again. More life came into play. Between appointments, errands, and Spring Cleaning the book/s got pushed to the side. I will be back soon and plan to make book reviews a regular feature here. Some problems might occur when…
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When Life Gets in the Way…
When Life Gets in the Way Traci Kenworth You’re going along strong, every word is falling into place, every scene playing off of each other when *boom* something in life happens. It can be a car accident, the birth of another/or your first child, or as often happens, health problems. What do you do…
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Book Review 5
Book Review: The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Traci Kenworth 2000 Warner Books Inc., a Time Warner Co. Thriller 449 pages Hook: The valley that had no name ran between barren hills, a long mottled floor of gray and green covered with soldier moss, lichens and carpha grasses. The…
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Kids and Pets in Fiction
Kids and Pets in Fiction Traci Kenworth Does the same old adage that said of films, “Don’t work with children or pets,” apply to fiction? I know of some people who don’t like children to be included in the stories they read. I think basically because usually they turn into “jeopardy” situations or they’re…
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Book Review
Book Review: a shepherd looks at Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller Traci Kenworth A Zondervan Large Print Book 1970 Christian non-fiction Hook sentence: The Lord! “But who is the Lord? What is His character? Does He have adequate credentials to be my Shepherd—my manager—my owner? And if He does—how do I come…
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Does the Race of a Character or the Book’s Author Bother You?
Does the Race of a Character or the book’s Author Bother You? Traci Kenworth I know this is a very delicate topic but in light of the recent ugliness that evaded certain postings about The Hunger Games movie regarding the casting of black actors for the characters of Thresh, Rue, and Cinna, I felt…
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Book Review: Fires of Winter by Roberta Gellis
Book Review: Fires of Winter by Roberta Gellis Traci Kenworth Adult: Historical Romance A Jove Book 1987 For the sake of any young adults that come to this page, I’m going to mellow the language and forego the hook line of the book. Let’s just say, Bruno, the hero is born out…



