EBook Review: STAND UP: a memoir of disease, family, faith and hope by Ken Cruickshank

( S ) hare...

( T ) hink

( A ) bout

( N ) eeding

( D ) ignity...

( U ) pend

( P ) essimism...

STAND UP,  be seen.

Not ashamed, or embarrassed.

Life has, many phases.

Others better, or worse.

Surprises good, and bad.

Take them, as come.

Live for, each day.

Give it, your best.

EBook Review: FIRST SURVIVOR: The Impossible Childhood Cancer Breakthrough by Unger, Mark

( F ) ind

( I ) t

( R ) elevant...

( S ) tart

( T ) aking

( S ) teps...

( U ) derstanding

( R ) equired...

( V ) isualize

( I ) nquiring

( V ) ictory...

( O ) vercome 

( R ) esistance

FIRST SURVIVOR, take note.

Wasn't easy, not expected.

Against odds, still persisted.

Much pain, kept going.

Read story, won't regret.

I'm glad, I did.

EBook Review: MOUNT ST. HELENS by David A. Anderson

MOUNT ST. HELENS...

Each picture, with a narrative, 

brings the pre-explosion history

to light.

EBook Review: ANGRY OPTIMIST The Life and Times of Jon Stewart by Lisa Rogak

ANGRY OPTIMIST...

Life has its challenges.

We can meet with humor,

and challenge it back.

Here someone does.

EBook Review: DOES THE NOISE IN MY HEAD BOTHER YOU? by Stephen Tyler

DOES THE NOISE IN MY HEAD BOTHER YOU?

Time comes with a price, willing to pay?

An era of newly discovered creativity, with a kick.

To what extent, this story a revelation.

 

EBook Review: THE SURVIVORS by Adam P. Frankel

THE SURVIVORS...

Families have history.

Trauma known by most.

Then comes genocide.

Shared or not, still felt.

In some form, passed on.

Add on to that, another situation.

May lose identity, become confused.

Work through it, so may heal.

An intense true story, worth reading.

EBook Review: SOMEWHERE NORTH OF WHERE I WAS by Nicole Spence

 SOMEWHERE NORTH OF WHERE I WAS...

Many have been here, may still be.

May those who read this find needed absolution.

May all live life in the present and move forward.

Reading this book is worth every moment.

EBook Review: YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME by Bonnie McFarlane

YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME.. 

Says it in one easy statement.

Humor gets one through life, literally.

The comedian does it before our very eyes.

This book also takes us backstage.

 

EBook Review: OLD FRIENDS by Tracy Kidder

OLD FRIENDS...

Has so many meanings.

How we meet and keep them varies too.

No matter what, help keep us going.

In a unique setting, so often feared.

Brings to us light and possibilities.

 

EBook Review: SLIPPERY BEAST by Ellen Ruppel Shell

 SLIPPERY BEAST...

Starts out so tiny.

Goes through so many stages.

Found in so many places.

Exact birth place unknown.

Generic name...   EEL

EBook Review: SORRY I'M LATE, I DIDN'T WANT TO COME by Jessica Pan

SORRY I'M LATE, I DIDN'T WANT TO COME...

Introvert or extrovert, which are you?

Pick up this book and discover how we relate.

Take something scary and step into it, with guidance.

See how to change, grow, or stay the same by choice.

 

EBook Review: FIELD NOTES by Sarah Jewel

FIELD NOTES...

Sometimes we are brought back to yesterday.

Usually comes as unsuspected, surprise.

May discover soul planned all along.

Jump in and journey with Sarah.

A trip worth taking.

EBook Review: JOEL by Joel Sonnenberg with Gregg Lewis

JOEL...

Right off I say, read it!

This story is about a miracle,

AND

the hardship experiences, along with 

interacting with people and emotions.  

EBook Review: GIRL by Alona Frankel

GIRL...

Ah, to get two in one

is usually a plus.

However, this is one time

when didn't request.

Oh the details she remembers.

Go back in time and

experience with her.

EBook Review: UNRULY by La Rule

UNRULY...

Many start life without benefits.

As grow, jump into the "established norm".

Breaking rules while trying to "break out".

If successful, hard to not be pulled back.

This story walks us through it all.

See where it takes you too!

EBook Review: CHANGE If I can, you can by Travis Angry

CHANGE

IF I CAN, YOU CAN...

Growing up with rules,

expectations and comparisons.

Some of us seem to fall short.

Read this story and see how

we can help ourselves and others.

 

EBook Review: THE END OF THE HOLOCAUST by Alvin H Rosenfeld

THE END OF THE HOLOCAUST...

Can something so intense, be minimized?

Can something so unique, be scandalized?

"The Holocaust" is one specific event.

Read how others outside the experience, 

use "it" for their own benefit, and in the process

revictimize the survivors, and a specific race...

The Jews.

EBook Review: PAVEMENT FOR MY PILLOW... by Chris Kitch

PAVEMENT FOR MY PILLOW...

Choices, choices, choices.

Question:  In control or not?

Answer:  Both and neither.

Confused:  Read this story.

 

EBook Review: HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT by Beatrice Sonders

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT...

One girl, on her own.

The times, most inhumane.

To survive, her miracle.

 

EBook Review: "IT'S THE PICTURES THAT GOT SMALL" by Charles BRACKETT

"IT'S THE PICTURES THAT GOT SMALL"...

Looking behind the scenes is quite something.

Relationships are quite something, some volatile.

Through Brackett's diary, we get to experience

his interpretation of the life he lived.

Oh the many, many hours he worked, and the

Hollywood persona all around!