Southernism of the Week: Like a frog on a busy road with a busted jumper: apprehensive – From You All Spoken Here by Roy Wilder:

Does anyone else get a little PTSD seeing the back-to-school pictures? Keep summer going by saving plenty of time for reading – or go on some adventures! Here’s Doug at Big Bear.

Coming soon! Felony Melanie and the Prank War: The Teenage Adventures of Felony Melanie book 3! We’re hoping for a September 9 launch. The cover is still in progress, but here's a peek.

What’s it about, you ask?: This week, everyone in town is looking forward to the big football game against Greenville, Pigeon Creek’s hated rivals. Jake is more excited than most – as the new quarterback, he’s poised for stardom. But the lead up to the game becomes as exciting as the game itself when pranksters from Greenville steal Pigeon Creek’s pig mascot.

Then Jake’s playbook goes missing, which could get him kicked off the team. Could the pranksters have stolen it as well? Melanie, Jake, and their friends embark on an undercover mission to recover the stolen mascot and find Jake’s playbook before the team is disgraced in front of the whole town. Visit the Amazon series page for the first two Felony Melanie: Sweet Home Alabama romantic comedy novels or find the links to other ebook retailers.

Kris’s voice recognition mistake of the day: “The door opened with a creek.” That would dampen the mood!

Meanwhile, Kris’s phone voice recognition suggested someone gave "a bath with glands." Any thoughts on what that was intended to be? (see below)

Do you have trouble relaxing? Let the expert teach you how! Bear Bear the ferret accepts snuggles and salmon oil as compensation.

... "a bath with glands" was supposed to be “a baffled glance.”

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Books on our radar

Cisco Bandits: A Gwynn Reznick Mystery (Gwynn Reznick Mystery Thriller Series Book 2), by Inge-Lise Goss: "Newly trained and ready to rock her first assignment, Gwynn Reznick goes undercover, posing as an accountant for the Prudell Energy Company. After fending off the unwanted advances of a company executive, she stumbles on a murder scene staged to look as an accident. Then she learns another employee died in a suspicious oil well accident and a large quantity of oil is missing from the Cisco field. This book is a wild ride of action, adventure and mystery all rolled into one fast-paced story." $3.99 or free in KU.

A New Home: A Hartfield Chronicles Prequel, by Ashleigh Stevens: "My parents want me to live at a school two hours from home. I don't want to go, but they're not giving me a choice. I have to leave behind my best friends to build a new life at my new school. Will I be able to build a new family? Or will homesickness get the better of me?" A young adult novel for 99 cents or free in KU.

Beast Be Gone, by A L Billington: 'Terry Pratchett meets Ghostbusters in an RPG world.' "Creatures in your basement? Undead spooking your castle? Infestation of goblins? Beast Be Gone will clear out those pesky pests and save your health and business - (no dragons)." Free with newsletter signup.

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