{"id":104,"date":"2011-08-18T16:24:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T21:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/?p=104"},"modified":"2011-08-18T16:31:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T21:31:12","slug":"check-it-out-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/2011\/08\/18\/check-it-out-august-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Check It Out. . .August 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I long for bing cherries all winter.\u00a0\u00a0Then it&#8217;s sweet corn,\u00a0cherry tomatoes and cucumbers.\u00a0 It won&#8217;t be long and I&#8217;ll probably be longing for warmer weather.\u00a0 But, on one thing I&#8217;m consistent.\u00a0 I&#8217;m\u00a0always\u00a0looking forward to the new books by my favorite authors.<\/p>\n<p>Karen Harper is one of those.\u00a0 In<em> The Hiding Place <\/em>she writes about Tara Kinsale.\u00a0 After spending nine months in a coma, Tara awakes to devastating news.\u00a0\u00a0Her husband has divorced her for another woman. Her best friend, Alexis, has been murdered, leaving Tara as guardian to her daughter, Claire.\u00a0\u00a0 Forced to start over, Tara focuses on reopening her P.I. firm and caring for Claire.\u00a0 But soon her world is shattered again when Nick MacMahon, Claire&#8217;s uncle, returns from military service in Afghanistan to take guardianship of his niece.\u00a0 Working with Nick, a man haunted by his own past, Tara begins to investigate the missing months of her life.\u00a0 Can they keep Claire safe?\u00a0 What happened those many months ago?\u00a0 Find out by reading this intriguing novel.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best books I&#8217;ve ever read was written by Joyce Meyer called <em>Any Minute.<\/em>\u00a0 Sarah Harper is driven to achieve success no matter what the cost.\u00a0 She wants to do good and not hurt the people she loves-especially her husband and children-but her desire to succeed in her career too often leaves little time for family.\u00a0 One cold, rainy, autumn morning, all of that changes when Sarah&#8217;s car plunges off a bridge and into a river.\u00a0 &#8220;The Lincoln&#8217;s nose struck cold water at full velocity.\u00a0 Metal sheered off.\u00a0 She tasted blood. \u00a0Adrenaline shot through her.\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;m in trouble&#8221;, she thought.\u00a0 When she tried to scream for help, nothing came.\u00a0 She tried to kick herself free.\u00a0 One last time she tried to unfasten the seat belt on her own, holding her breath.\u00a0 She was losing her bearings fast.\u00a0 I&#8217;m in trouble.\u00a0 Her last thought.&#8221;\u00a0 As rescuers search desperately for her body, Sarah&#8217;s spirit is still very much alive.\u00a0 What she discovers transforms everything about Sarah&#8217;s view of life-past, present, and future.\u00a0 And the unsuspecting world around her will never be the same again.<\/p>\n<p>Married off at a tender age to a harsh, older widower, Lydia Gray can&#8217;t help but feel a measure of relief when an accident claims his life.\u00a0 What happens next, however, is a surprise to everyone.\u00a0 Through an unforeseen fluke, Lydia finds herself the sole recipient of her late husband&#8217;s fortune.\u00a0 But instead of granting her security, strife ensues as her adult stepchildren battle to regain the inheritance for themselves.\u00a0 Lydia longs to wash her hands of the situation and determines to join her aunt in peaceful Sitka, Alaska, putting financial decisions in the hands of her lawyer.\u00a0 Enjoy this historical fiction, <em>Dawn&#8217;s Prelude, <\/em>in the Alaska Series by Tracie Peterson.\u00a0\u00a0Lydia is bound to her past as never before. . . but what more must she sacrifice?\u00a0\u00a0 Find out &#8211;\u00a0come in and Check It Out. . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I long for bing cherries all winter.\u00a0\u00a0Then it&#8217;s sweet corn,\u00a0cherry tomatoes and cucumbers.\u00a0 It won&#8217;t be long and I&#8217;ll probably be longing for warmer weather.\u00a0 But, on one thing I&#8217;m consistent.\u00a0 I&#8217;m\u00a0always\u00a0looking forward to the new books by my favorite authors. Karen Harper is one of those.\u00a0 In The Hiding &#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/2011\/08\/18\/check-it-out-august-2011\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}