"Close My Eyes" by Sophie McKenzie

Close My Eyes by Sophie McKenzie  is a story about a woman who eight years after the death of her baby is told that her baby is actually alive and that her husband knows about it.  At first, she passes it off, but when she decides to look into the possibility, she cannot locate her doctor and other people who might have answers are being killed!  Can she turn to her husband?

This book is very good; I enjoyed it!  It moves right along at a quick pace with a shocking ending.  It is well worth your time!
(Gerard's review, 5 stars)

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Runt by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Runt by Nora Raleigh Baskin is a children's book about the trials that middle-aged school kids go through.  I liked how the kids were portrayed and the story line.  It moved along at a good pace. 
(Gerard's review, 3.5 stars)

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The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton Disclafani

The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton Disclafani is the story about a young girl who gets sent away to camp after an incident comes to light.  The camp is a riding camp for girls.  She learns a lot more than just horses.  There is not a lot of action, but I really enjoyed the main character's interaction with her family and the other girls at the camp.  It has a pretty good ending too.  (4 stars)

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Tuesday Teasers--Four for You

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should  Be Reading. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just do the following

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page (well, we cheat and choose specific ones)
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on  that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away!   You don’t  want  to  ruin the  book for others!)
• Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can  add the book to their TBR  Lists  if they  like your teaser.   

Karen's:

"Which do you mean?" and turning round, he looked for a moment at Elizabeth, till catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said, "She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me."

From page 10 of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (classic historical fiction).

So I spoke to the people in the morning.  Then my wife died in the evening.  The next morning I did as I had been commanded.

From Ezekiel 24:18 (International Children's Bible).

Gerard's:

My family was progressive in certain ways, and I'd known to expect this. But still, the thought of either Georgie or Sam finding out made me want to die.

From page 88 of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls by Anton Disclafani. (Historical fiction from 1930s--My review will be up tomorrow.)

She gives her an austere (that is one of our vocabulary words this week) look and Maggie knows that I know that Miss Robinson knows exactly why she wants to move away from me. Maggie wants everyone to laugh.

From page 25 of Runt by Nora Raleigh Baskin (contemporary fiction-childrens).

Happy Reading!

A Chance To Win--Boyhood, Baseball, and the Struggle for Redemption in the Inner City by Jonathan Schuppe

Gerard gave it 5+ stars, Karen gives it 3 stars

A Chance To Win--Boyhood, Baseball, and the Struggle for Redemption in the Inner City by Jonathan Schuppe is inspirational non-fiction based on the real lives of several people living in the ghetto in Newark, New Jersey.  Rodney, a drug dealer who gets shot, paralyzed from the waist down, winds up in a wheelchair and seeks to make a difference in the lives of others by getting kids to play baseball and get off the streets.  I was surprised that parents didn't mind their kids being coached by an ex-con, but guess since many of the parents were ex-cons too or into drugs.  That was my favorite part of the book, when it was about the coaching and ballgames. 

Unfortunately, that was just a small part of it and most was more about the lives of several of the players and their struggles with their family, particularly their fathers.  It was interesting for the most part, but did not care about the part about the mayor and the city.  I would classify this as an inspirational read because the message is not to ever give up, no matter what the circumstances.  I was somewhat disappointed in the ending and found myself plowing through it near the end.  It felt to me like a news article rather than a novel and didn't end as I hoped so was kind of a let down.

My husband liked it much more than I did.  You can read his review here.
(Karen's review, rating 3 stars)

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We received a free copy to review but have not received any compensation. This did not affect our review in any way.