{"id":394,"date":"2018-12-31T12:07:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=394"},"modified":"2018-12-31T12:07:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:07:16","slug":"texas-reads-archiveglenn-dromgoole-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=394","title":{"rendered":"Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

1.3.16\u00a0\u00a0 Step-mom offers hope to blended families<\/h1>\n

Kristie Carpenter, author of<\/span> The Blended Family Mom,<\/span> has written a follow-up book, Blended Mom Moments: Weekly Inspiration and Encouragement for You and Your Blended Family<\/span> (Tate Publishing, $14.99 paperback).<\/p>\n

The 52 short essays (two to four pages each) deal with practical day-to-day matters facing\u00a0 step-mothers. \u201cEach of these blended mom moments,\u201d Carpenter writes, \u201cgrew out of experiences in a real-life blended family, one far from perfect and one that continues to grow in love and action.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carpenter cites scriptural references in each piece, such as this one titled \u201cBack to the Basics of Love.\u201d: \u201cIf you want to know about flowers,\u201d she writes, \u201cyou go talk to a florist. If you want to learn about cars, you could get to know a mechanic. If you want to find out everything there is to learn about love, refer to 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more at her web site, theblendedfamilymom.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Horatio Hammer:<\/span> Keith Pantalion,<\/span> who teaches sixth grade math in Allen, sent me a copy of his rollicking tale, Horatio Hammer and the Pearl of Providence,<\/span> intended for boys in the fourth to seventh grade (CreateSpace, $9.99 paperback, also an e-book). To give you a flavor for the book: \u201cWhen Horatio Hammer\u2019s head is plunged into a restroom toilet and flushed, he is transported to another world and must fight his way back home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more at facebook.com\/horatio.hammer<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span>Hispanic Authors:<\/span> Arte P\u00fablico Press, based at the University of Houston, is a major publisher of contemporary U.S. Hispanic authors. Its imprint, Pi\u00f1ata Books, publishes titles for children and young adults.<\/p>\n

New from the press is a collection of tweny-nine essays by Carmen Boullosa<\/span> with the provocative title When Mexico Recaptures Texas<\/span><\/a><\/span> ($17.95 paperback). The essays are presented in Spanish, with English translations, and deal primarily with the violent history in the border region.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span>Rolando Hinojosa\u2019s<\/span> Fair Gentlemen of Belken County,<\/span><\/a><\/span> the fourth book in his Klail City Death Trip Series, is available in a new bilingual edition ($17.95 paperback). It was published initially in 1986. Hinojosa is a National Book Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement honoree.<\/p>\n

San Antonio author Xavier Garza<\/span> has written The Donkey Lady Fights La Llorona and Other Stories,<\/span><\/a><\/span> a collection of creepy tales about witches, ghosts and other spooky characters, intended for young readers 8-12 (Pi\u00f1ata Books, $9.95 paperback).<\/p>\n

Read about more Arte P\u00fablico titles at artepublicopress.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Glenn Dromgoole<\/span> is co-author, with Carlton Stowers, of 101 Essential Texas Books<\/span><\/a><\/span> Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

>> <\/span>Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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