Book, Kids, and a Funny

For a couple of my blogging buddies, their One Day arrived earlier this week. Therese Fowler's novel Souvenir and Carleen Brice's novel Orange Mint and Honey both came out yesterday. I haven't picked up either book yet, but I will soon and you should too. Support debut authors. Often times their books are better than the latest offering by a perennial best seller. Why? Because lots of times they've had years to perfect and craft the story instead of worrying about cranking out another one.

"[An] accomplished debut...Brice's straightforward prose is dead-on in describing the challenges Shay and her mother face as they reconnect." ~ Publisher's Weekly

"Carleen Brice's Orange Mint and Honey, a new novel about real mama drama, will have you hooked from page one. Taking on the fabled mother-daughter bond, the Denver author confidently strides onto terrain many lesser writers have tripped over--with winning results." ~ Essence magazine

"Souvenir is an unforgettable story, a searing yet redemptive drama that illuminates the possibility of second chances, the naive choices of youth, the tensions within families, and the transforming power of love." ~Random House

“A captivating and heartrending novel of lost love, family secrets and betrayal from a major new talent. Do, for love, what you would not do...” ~HarperCollins UK

"Truly impossible to put down." ~Booklist

A lot of y'all are avid readers always in search of a good book. So the next time you're at your local bookstore pick these up. Or shop from the comfort of your home and order them through Amazon by clicking the links above.

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Through the ages fathers have tried to get their kids to eat things on their plate by saying, "Go ahead. It'll put hair on your chest."

I'm no different, so the other night I tell my two boys, "Eat your steak. It'll put hair on your chest."

The five-year-old chimes in, "Like you Dad?"

I nod.

"Oooh, gross," said the seven-year-old as he pushed his plate away.

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And a joke my wife sent me via email ...

A minister was completing a temperance sermon.
With great emphasis he said,"If I had all
the beer in the world, I'd take it and pour
it into the river."

With even greater emphasis he said, "And if I
had all the wine in the world, I'd take it and
pour it into the river."

And then finally, shaking his fist in the air,
he said, "And if I had all the whiskey in the
world, I'd take it and pour itinto the river."

Sermon complete, he sat down.

The song leader stood very cautiously and
announced with a smile, nearly laughing,
"For our closing song, let us sing Hymn #365,
"Shall We Gather at the River."


Meet y'all at the river.