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by Sandy Brewer 

I said earlier that I seldom read self-help or inspiration, but I opened this book when it came across my desk and I couldn’t put it down.  Part memoir, part inspiration, and completely enthralling, Pursuit of Light is not an easy read.  Chronicling the story of an excruciating case of child abuse, it sees the reader through to the point where the child becomes the adult and takes charge of first her sense of self and then her life, challenging the reader to do the same.  But along with the challenge are real, practical, useful tools for doing so.  We all have some baggage.  A powerful book, Pursuit of Light will help readers catalog that baggage, keep what is useful, discard the rest, and find and use their own unique light to move forward in life.  This is a book well worth reading. - Antoinette Kuritz, Host of Writers Roundtable Radio Show

CHASING WINDMILLS

by Catherine Ryan Hyde 

An acclaimed writer and an award-winning short story writer whose novel, Paying It Forward, put the term into a movie and into our language, Catherine Ryan Hyde’s voice excels when she is writing for young adults.  As in her powerful young adult novel, Becoming Chloe, in Chasing Windmills Ryan-Hyde puts her adolescent characters in jeopardy.  A modern-day re-imagining of West Side Story, Chasing Windmills is not only a poignant love story but also a sweeping tale of secrets, coming-of-age, and family ties.  This is a wonderful book for the young adult in your family to read and for you to read along with them and discuss. Available in a couple of weeks, it is available now by pre-order on on-line bookstores. - Antoinette Kuritz, Host of Writers Roundtable Radio Show

by Lisa Lutz

A lot of books are funny, and some books make us care about the characters and the outcome.  When you put the two together, you get a wildly entertaining book that is really worth reading - and Lisa Lutz does just that.  Isabel “Izzy” Spellman is one of those characters readers can’t get enough of - so it’s a good thing Lutz has created a series in which she can shine.  With the first book in the series already sold to Hollywood and in production, this series should be a long one for readers to enjoy! - Antoinette Kuritz, Host of Writers Roundtable Radio Show

by Maria de los Santos

We have all read those books that pass from friend to friend - and that we put our names in just to make certain we get back.  Those books we keep on our shelves knowing we will read them again some time.  Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos is one of those books.  The characters are so real that we recognize them - and by the end of the book, we know them as friends.  The stories within the story thread together into a beautiful tapestry.  And yet, the book is an easy read - as entertaining as it is meaningful.  If you were to pick up one book this month to just enjoy, make it this one.  It is available for pre-order from the internet booksellers and should hit the stores in just a few weeks. - Antoinette Kuritz, Host of Writers Roundtable Radio Show

by Amy Sutherland

I don’t read a lot of inspiration/relationship/self-help books - I prefer fiction, biography, and history.  But I love Shamu, so I opened this to take a look. And it is fun.  There is nothing esoteric about Amy Sutherland’s book.  Just lots of fun facts, fascinating insights, hilarious anecdotes, and practical tips.  Want to learn how to improve your relationships?  The premise of this book is that we should take tips from animal trainers.  They get what they want from the animals with whom they have relationships - so why shouldn’t their tactics and techniques work for us with our relationships - particularly those with our significant others.  This is a quick, easy, entertaining read filled with lots of real nuggets - bits of valuable insights and information. - Antoinette Kuritz, Host of Writers Roundtable Radio Show

by Edward Humes

Subtitled Evolution, education, religion, and the battle for America’s Soul, this book takes you behind the scenes of the recent war on evolution in Dover, Pennsylvania, when the town’s school board decision to confront the controversy head-on thrust its students, and then the entire community, onto the front lines of America’s culture wars.  Told from all sides of the issue, it is the true story of an epic court case on the teaching of intelligent design and what happens when science and religion collide. Whatever your stand on the subject, you will find the reporter perspective of this book enlightening.  It is a great book for book groups or for families with teens to read together to spark discussion. - Antoinette Kuritz, Host of Writers Roundtable Radio Show

by Lisa Jackson

Lisa Jackson’s books evoke fear.  They take normal people and place them in terrifying, abnormal circumstances.  And her newest novel, Absolute Fear, the sequel to her NY Times bestseller, Shiver, is no different!

Eve may have lost her memory, but she retained just enough to remember a horrifying glimpse of her lover Cole Dennis’s face as a gunshot plunged her into darkness.  And her memories help to walk on murder charges just as a new series of murders begins.

How is Eve tied to this new spate of murders?  And how are these murders tied to her past?  Jackson unerringly takes the reader on a terrifying trail that leads to the confluence of the past and present as only Jackson can write it!  Keep the lights on and have someone else in the house with you when you read this one! - Antoinette Kuritz, Host of Writers Roundtable Radio Show

by Wendy Corsi Staub

Calla’s mother’s death in a freak accident tears the high-school junior’s world apart.  Suddenly her father is off to California on sabbatical and she is spending the end of the summer with the grandmother she barely knows in her mother’s home town of Lily Dale - a town full of psychics, including her grandmother.  As Calla learns about her mother, she also learns about herself.  How will she deal with her mother’s past and her future? How will she deal with the gifts passed down to her from her grandmother?  And what repercussions with those gifts bring?  I read this book in an afternoon and loved it - and I’m eagerly awaiting the sequel!  This is a great new paranormal series for young adults for NY Times bestselling suspense-thriller author Wendy Corsi Staub. - Antoinette Kuritz, Host of Writers Roundtable Radio Show