Being Normal by Stephen Shieber

"Being Normal" is an examination of loneliness, rejection and the idiosyncrasies of living in and against contemporary society. Stephen Shieber brings together the glory of everyday nothingness and elevates it to great drama; where loveless marriage, teen angst, childhood misadventure, lonely Christmases and family dysfunction are the norm. Each character in this stunning debut provides a very different slant on the notion of mundane - a book for anyone who has ever found themselves on the outside, dancing to the beat of their own drum.”

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From Zaftig to Aspie by DJ Kirkby

Growing up in Canada in the 1960’s, DJ Kirby experienced a life that many of us would have taken for granted. Living in and around Canada, Kirby lived with her hippie mother and followed her mother wherever her whims took her.

Living with hippies, Kirby was exposed to a world that was all around us but only few seemed able to see it. She lived with people who “recreated the rules”, who lived their own lives and shaped their own existence.

And what an existence it is.

From a young age, Kirby knew she was different. She had a different way of looking at the world that had nothing to do with her hippie lifestyle and upbringing. She knew inside of herself that she was different than everyone else around her.

But there were no words to describe her condition, no words to explain what she felt inside of her.

Those words, those powerful words that would put her entire life into perspective, would not come until she was forty years old when she was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome.

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Valentines Labyrinth by Jamieson Wolf

It is 270 A.D.Valentine, cleric and sorcerer, is on the run from Emperor Claudius and is in hiding. With his lover Asterius by his side, every day is magic.

But something is wrong. A dark force hunt them. Lady Magnolia is on the hunt for blood. Lady Magnolia has a plan. She will use, Anna, Valentine’s former Priestess, as bait in a trap.

Valentine will have to face his darkest hour yet if the people he loves are to live…

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motorbikes, ducks and crispy sweet apples by Christopher I. King

The book is absolutely amazing. Here’s a bit about the novel itself:

Jimmy was good at internet dating and he enjoyed it that is until he physically met the women. So he’d decided that he wasn’t going to meet up with anymore of his online ‘friends’ but now he’d broken his own rule!

He should have walked away when the alarm bells first sounded in his head. He had plenty of other opportunities to walk away since then, but he couldn’t or wouldn’t and he wasn’t sure why. He’d tried to convince himself it was because he was doing ‘the right thing’! Was that ‘the right thing’ for him or her? And had the need to do it stopped being the fulfillment of a promise and become an obsession?

Now it really didn’t matter anymore. He was well out of his comfort zone, on his own, thousands of miles from home and with blood on his hands!

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What Choices We Made by Sandy Lender

Would the world of Onweald be the same if Enara had acted differently all those years ago? Join Chariss's early ancestor on the shores that become Arcana. Rescue a dragon and flee a screaming horde of edras demons. Step into a fantasy realm where romance and humor meet sword and sorcery—where choices of the past shape the world of a powerful heroine. Step into What Choices We Made

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Black Boxes by Caroline Smailes

Ana Lewis is a woman trapped and ruined by her own expectations. Her intense relationship with fellow student Alex cracks beyond repair when she falls pregnant, and his subsequent withdrawals, both emotional and sexual are hard for her to bear. Eventually, following the births of their children Pip and Davie, Alex leaves Ana to a life of question and blame…

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Choices Meant for Gods by Sandy Lender

Not even the gods noticed when Chariss was born with the mark of The Protector. Now she and her wizard guardian seek shelter from a mad sorcerer in a household not just full of secrets and false hope, but watched by the god who will unwittingly reveal her role in an impending war. When an orphan sets aside a lifetime of running and fear to accept the responsibilities of guarding an arrogant deity, can she face the trials in the prophecies she uncovers? Will Nigel Taiman of her latest refuge dare to use his dragon heritage to bind her to his estate or to help her in her duty?

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