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THE HUNGER GAMES is a story of survival filled with action and the promise of excitement and intrigue. Already a wildly popular book, readers will tell you that what truly sets this series apart are the unique characters.

Susan Mallery, author of Barefoot Season: A Blackberry Island Novel

Michelle Sanderson may appear to be a strong, independent woman, but on the inside, she’s still the wounded girl who fled home years ago. A young army vet, Michelle returns to the quaint Blackberry Island Inn to claim her inheritance and recover from the perils of war. Instead, she finds the owner’s suite occupied by the last person she wants to see.

March 2012

The Oscars may be over, but have no fear! The big screen is more packed than ever this month, with everything from wild adventures through fantasy worlds to family dysfunction. No matter what your mood, you’re sure to find something to satisfy your cinematic craving.

March 8, 2012

Today's featured title is WIDE OPEN by Deborah Coates. Enter by Friday, March 9th at noon ET for your chance to win a copy.

When Sergeant Hallie Michaels comes back from South Dakota from Afghanistan on 10 days' compassionate leave, her sister Dell's ghost is waiting at the airport for her. The sheriff says that Dell's death was a suicide, but Hallie doesn't believe it. Friends and family, mourning Dell's loss, think Hallie's letting her grief interfere with her judgment.

The one person who seems willing to listen is the deputy sheriff, Boyd Davies, who shows up everywhere and helps when he doesn't have to.

Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel

In this thrilling sequel to AIRBORN, Matt Cruse --- now a student at the Paris Airship Academy --- spots a ghost ship that has been missing for the last 40 years. Along with the help of some friends he meets along the way, he attempts to reach it before it falls into the hands of pirates who will stop at nothing to get at its mythical loot.

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

Matt Cruse works as a cabin boy on a luxury airship that carries wealthy passengers from city to city, hundreds of feet above land and ocean. One day, he meets a dying balloonist who rants about mysterious and beautiful creatures soaring through the air, above an uncharted island. It is not until Matt meets the man's granddaughter a year later that he discovers that the man's seemingly crazy ravings may be true, and that the sky is, in fact, populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates and other unimaginable beings.

There are two words --- two special and terrifying words --- that should be familiar to most new cooks in their twenties.  Are you ready for this? Say it with me: Kitchen. Disaster.  No, this is not an exercise in negative mantras or de-motivational speaking.  Let me explain.