Giveaway: Win a copy of For What He Could Become in the Rain, Rain, Go Away Giveaway Hop!

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Into each life a little rain must fall or so they say. That is certainly true of Bill Williams, the hero of James A. Misko's For What He Could Become. In fact, a lot of rain falls in Bill's life. After a bear hunt goes wrong, he leaves home and goes on a series of adventure  which including working on a riverboat, and building a highway and finally ends up fighting  in World War II. When he finally makes it home from the war, the girl he loves is married to his brother so he leaves home again. At this point his life is pretty much a thunderstorm as everything falls apart and he descends into alcoholism and homelessness. However, after the rain, the sun eventually always shines again, and it does for Bill too as an unlikely series of events give him the chance  to hopefully makes his life right again.  

This is the fourth giveaway in our series of giveaways in tribute to the late Square One Publishing author, James A. Misko. For more about the book, see our previous post  Tips for Tuesday - Books: For What He Could Become. Enter to win a copy of the book below.

Giveaway Dates 4/14 - 4/28

Giveaway Open to Ages 18+ US 

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Tips for Tuesday - Game: Betcha Can't & Books: Black Broadway

We may have been given complimentary copies of one or more of the books and/or other products mentioned below for review purposes. Any and all opinions expressed here are our own.

Game: Betcha Can't

Me- Today I am recommending Betcha Can't. Betcha Can't is a really enjoyable game. It is very similar to the game You Bet Your Wife on Ellen's Game of Games. If you are unfamiliar with You Bet Your Wife, it is a game in which husband's bet how many things in a particular category their wives can name. They keep trying to top each other until one person challenges the other. Then,  the wife of the person who was challenged has to name the number of things in the category her husband said she can name. Betcha Can't is even better though because you bet for yourself and if you can't complete the number of things you claimed in your bet that you could, you don't get dipped into food like the wives do in You Bet Your Wife. Although, it can be fun to watch other people get dipped into food,  playing Betcha Can't yourself is even more fun. It is very fast paced and fun game.

Books: Black Broadway

Mom - Today I am recommending Black Broadway by Stewart F. Lane. This book is a really interesting look at the history of African Americans on the great white way. It covers from the Nineteenth Century when Black people could barely come to the theater let alone appear on stage and when they did it wasn't usually in a very flattering manner through the current century when Black people are making huge contributions in all aspects of theater including acting, directing, playwriting and more. Numerous influential figures in the theatrical world are discussed in detail in the book including some that may be less familiar to current Broadway fans and some that may only be familiar to current Broadway fans if they are over a certain age as well as some that will be familiar even to today's young fans. They includes Bert Williams, Diahann Carroll, Debbie Allen, August Wilson, Audra McDonald and more. Numerous shows are discussed in detail as well including (the original) Shuffle Along, No Place to Be Somebody, The Wiz, all of August Wilson's plays and more. Other famous people and events of each time period are discussed in footnotes on each page which helps to set what was going on in the theater world in the context of what was happening outside of the theater at the same time. All in all this is a very engrossing book that can be enjoyed by anyone, but especially anyone who is interested in history especially black history, civil rights history and/ or Broadway history.

And that's our view. Tune in tomorrow for What-To-Do Wednesday.

Stay home, stay safe, stay healthy!

Ten (Plus) Cartoons We Love or Loved

Me - Cartoons, we love or loved

1- Looney Tunes - The best cartoon ever! How can you not love classic characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, and the Road Runner?

 

2 - Tom and Jerry - It is so funny the way Jerry the little mouse is always besting Tom the big cat.

3- The Flintstones - It is fun to imagine what life would have been like if caveman were more like us.

4- Sabrina the Teenage Witch - The original series not the later ones. I like magic and it is fun to see what it would be like to be a teenager and have magic. The later Sabrina cartoons were very stupid but I did like the live series with Melissa Joan Hart

5.The Smurfs - The original movie, is better than the TV series but the sequels are not although the cartoon is kind of fun too.

 Mom - Here are five more cartoons we love or loved

6. Madeline-  Although the TV series was not on very long and I never really watched it when it was, this is one of the few series my daughters and I all could watch over and over again. The stories are cute, the songs are fun and although it is hard to believe anyone could be quite as good-hearted as the character of Madeline, she makes a good role model.

7.Clifford/Clifford's Puppy Days -  We loved the Clifford books, and we loved the Clifford TV series. The original Clifford series in particular was one of my older daughter's early favorite shows. This was another show where kids could learn a lot of good lessons in a fun way.

8. The Jetsons - It was fun to think about what live would be like in the future and now it is fun to think about how close live has or hasn't come to what live was like in the Jetsons.

9. Phineas and Ferb - While there may be other cartoons that feature as many or more fun cultural references as Phineas and Ferb, this one unlike those others is suitable for kids and adults. This is a show that families can enjoy watching together.

10, Josie and the Pussycats, Scooby Doo, and Underdog - These shows I watched and loved as a kid. I am not really sure why. I think part of the attraction was their  great theme songs which stick in my head even today.

What cartoons did you or do you love?

Tune in tomorrow for Tips for Tuesday.

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