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“You would’a smelled them,” says Harris, repeating the words back at his brother. “That’s exactly why you shouldn’t be runnin’ off on your own. You smelled Ma and nearly took her hand off!” “She would’a deserved it,” snaps Levi, a growl chasing after the words. “And we both know it.”

hey : )

Levi, start being normal challenge : )

(he can't be)

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Interview: Prey for Sunday

Prey for Sunday is a Hard Rock/ Metal band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 2018. Founded by Guitarist/Songwriter Neal Grusky, Lead Singer/Songwriter Tony Persico, and Bassist Shad.

Neal and Tony worked with Producer/Songwriter Peter Strzelecki to write and record the first Prey For Sunday album. Realizing the immediate chemistry they shared a vision; a need to create a unique, memorable sound that would go on to become Prey for Sunday – Music that’s made to stand the test of time. They pride themselves in creating musically dynamic songs, with meaningful, melodic, and “like it is” lyrical content.

The collective members of “Prey For Sunday” have been involved in bands that have released over 7 albums worldwide, participated in world tours, received extensive radio play, magazine exposure, and featured in three books. As well as having sold CD’s, and music streams that have exceeded over 100,000 plays/streams thus far.

Prey For Sunday works as a band that dedicates themselves to their fans and the pursuit of meaningful successful songs, With music and songwriting as one of its strongest assets, the band continues to improve, evolve, and commit themselves to the music that moves weary hearts.

Anything you would like to share from merch, upcoming songs, album

We would like to let people know that the http://www.preyforsunday.com is now up

All the Merch, and CDs are now available now.  We have just now released our first single  with the video on YouTube for “Don’t Let It end” also we are also preparing to shoot a video for our 2nd single “Broken Hearted Man” soon. 

  How do you describe your music to people.

We describe our music as modern hard rock. Much in the same vein as Shinedown, 3 Days Grace, Theory of a Deadman, and Halestorm.. While we don’t sound like any of thee bands at all, we have our sound. We just it somewhere in this vein of music.

  Do you get nervous before a performance. 

We get as nervous as anyone would. After all we are not superhuman lol. Truth is ,once  we step onstage  we forget all about it, and feels great and we have a ton of fun. 

  Do you have a website. eg: Facebook, twitter,, etc. Do you use Bandcamp, sound cloud or Spotify

Yes, we have websites pages at Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube. We do have our music up on SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music,, and all other fine music streaming platforms. We are very easy to find. 

  Do yo think its important for the fans and critics to find your music, and write about you too. 

Yes, absolutely. We try to make put presence anywhere we can. As a new band with a lot of great new songs, we are anxious for people to find and enjoy our music. 

  What is your claim to fame

My claim to fame is my previous band Takara. we released 6 really great albums. I worked with Jeff Scott Soto, and Bob Daisley from Ozzy Osbourne’s band on the Takara albums.  To this day many people still tell me how much these albums meant to them.

  What are your immediate goals

Our short to long term goals is to continue to make, and release music. Tony my singer are very prolific. We write really high quality songs much easier than I’ve been used to, So we are excited about our future. 

  Are you looking for an independent  or major label deal. 

we are looking for a deal that the label is devoted furthering our career. and shares the same vision as we do.

  How do you sell your cd, and audio files. 

We make our music available everywhere. On  our website we sell cd’s. We have our music available via all fine streaming platforms, from Spotify, Amazon, Pandora, CD Baby, Apple Music, Pretty much everywhere I’d say

  What kind of recording process did you use. Who producec it

We use a Pro Tools studio which the producer Peter Strelecki owns. the real trick for us, is our musical chemistry. We are extremely created as a group.

    Hard Rock/ Metal band Prey for Sunday released their new single “Don’t Let It End” to all digital platforms today! The single is off of their new self-titled EP that is now available! https://www.preyforsunday.com/

Prey For Sunday – DONT LET IT END (OFFICIAL VIDEO) can be seen here:

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“Accountability breeds response-ability.” – Stephen Covey

If you have been following this weekly blog, thank you! This week’s challenge is to determine if you have been successful at adopting some of the habits I have suggested or any other habits you have decided to adopt. The best way to become consistent is to track our consistency.

“What gets measured gets managed.” – Peter Drucker

What gets measured gets managed, simply means that examining an activity forces us to pay more attention to it. The simple act of measuring and recording forces us to make more thoughtful choices and decisions. Budget experts have found that daily logging expenses can help people cut their spending by making them more mindful of how they spend their money.

The same is true for logging our food. A 2009 weight loss study found that participants who were asked to log their food naturally began to identify patterns, which made them want to do a better job of planning their meals ahead of time; this, in turn, led to healthier food choices. The group that kept food logs lost twice as much weight as the other study participants that did not log their foods. [i]

MyFitnessPal released an astonishing statistic that 88% of people who logged their food for seven days lost weight.[ii] The more you track, the greater your likelihood of reaching your goals. Your progress must be measurable to achieve it, and the act of measuring will automatically modify your behavior.

“If you want it, measure it. If you can’t measure it, forget it.” Peter Drucker.

Activity trackers work on the same concept of what gets measured gets managed. Monitoring your daily activity will automatically cause you to modify your behavior and become more active daily. You will start taking the stairs more often and parking your car further away from building entrances. Each time you hit your daily goal, it generates another small win. Small wins will help you stay motivated.

I think a simple notepad is one of the most powerful self-improvement tools in existence when used to log activity. Logging the activity creates awareness. Awareness is the first step in changing behavior. It is the first step toward transformation. When you log an activity, you become more mindful of your decisions, big and small.

Often it is the small, seemingly insignificant decisions that are sabotaging our success. Eating that cookie in the break room, losing valuable time by allowing yourself to become distracted while working on something important, skipping a workout, or staying up late watching TV instead of getting a good night’s sleep. Anyone of these decisions by themselves isn’t devastating, but their accumulative effects are. Whatever it is you want to improve, your time management, your leadership, your relationships, your business, your eating patterns, your exercise consistency, or your spending can be tracked. Be relentless. Track everything related to the behavior you want to improve. Awareness is the first step toward transformation. Bad habits are the result of neglect. Mindfulness prevents us from mindlessly doing things that are sabotaging us.

 I am a firm believer in Peter Drucker’s management principle “What gets measured gets managed.” Anyone that has ever kept a financial spending log or food log knows that they changed their spending or eating behavior when they kept a record of the activity. When we monitor an activity, we naturally become more mindful of our choices. We automatically modify our behavior and make better decisions. It is so simple to understand, I am always amazed how many people don’t use it to improve their personal or professional performance.

If you really want to change a behavior track it for at least a week, a month would be even better, two months optimal. If you want to improve your performance, you must track your performance. If you cannot track it, you will not achieve it. Everything and anything you want to improve can be measured. You might think some things can’t be measured, like building employee loyalty, but I would argue it can.

If a leader wants to build loyalty in their organization, they could decide that twice a week they are going to visit two employees whose managers say they have been doing a great job and paying them a compliment for their excellent work. She could then inquire as to how they are doing and ask if there are any resources they need, including training, to help them be even more effective. Tracking her consistency would be the lead indicators, and quarterly feedback from culture surveys would be the lag indicator. Loyalty is a two-way street. Showing employees that the leadership values their contribution, and is committed to their professional development is how you earn loyalty.

Awareness is the first step in transformation. If we are serious about improving any area of our life, we need some method of tracking the behavior. You could use habit-forming apps like Strides, Streaks, Fabulous, and Toodledo, help you track and develop new habits. The Strides app allows you to create instant habits by programming action triggers. You can program multiple reminders for each task, and the app tracks your consistency.

Maintaining a checklist is a simple, very effective method of tracking consistency. Sabina Nawaz wrote a great article on the subject for the Harvard Business Review, Break Bad Habits with a Simple Checklist.[iii] The author suggests you make a list of daily habits you need to abandon and the new ones you need to adopt to move your career forward. The list you create must be actionable. If you are overly critical, you will create a daily habit of showing appreciation; paying someone a compliment each day for their good work. Recognizing what people do well, instead of fault finding.

Many people have an irrational dislike for checklists, but their effectiveness is undeniable. The New York Times Best Seller, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, demonstrates the effectiveness of checklists. The author was inspired to write the book based on the amazing effectiveness a 5-point checklist had on reducing death rates in Intensive Care Units (ICU’s).[iv]

The checklist addressed one of the most preventable causes of death in ICUs, central-line-associated bloodstream infections. The checklist reduced infection rates by 66% and is estimated to have saved 1,500 lives in its first three months of implementation during the Michigan Keystone: ICU Project.[v]

What was on this amazingly effective checklist? The checklist included: washing of hands; cleaning the patient’s skin with chlorhexidine antiseptic; putting sterile drapes over the entire patient; wearing a sterile mask, hat, gown, and gloves; and putting a sterile dressing over the catheter site once the line is in.

Many doctors resisted the checklist. They felt it was just another form to complete, and that it would prevent them from spending more time attending to the patient. Some felt the list insulted their intelligence since the items were so rudimentary. Nurses had to be empowered to enforce the checklist because doctors were often the ones omitting a step. Even after the results were announced some still thought it was not necessary, but when asked whether they would want the checklist used if they were having an operation, 93 percent said yes!

I have developed two checklists you can use to help track your consistency. I hope you will accept this week’s challenge and measure your consistency. We become what we consistently do. To be better, we have to consistently do better.

The Habit Score Card (pdf)

The Habit Score Card

The Habit Score Card (Example)

Habit Score Card (pdf)

Habit Score Card (Excel)

  “We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do.” – Aristotle

  “We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day.” Richard G. Scott

Until next week, good luck!

We become what we CONSISTENTLY DO. Change your habits, change your life! 

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[i] Lora E. Burke, PhD, MPH, FAHA, FAAN, Jing Wang, PhD, MPH, RN, Graduate Student Researcher, and Mary Ann Sevick, ScD, RN, Research Scientist, “Self-Monitoring in Weight Loss: A Systematic Review of the Literature,” J Am Diet Assoc. 2011 Jan; 111(1): 92–102. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.10.008.

[ii] Mike Lee, “MyFitnessPal Works if You Use It,” MyFitnessPal, November 17, 2014.

[iii] Sabina Nawaz, “Break Bad Habits with a Simple Checklist,” Harvard Business Review, February 10, 2017.

[iv] Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, Picador; Reprint edition (January 4, 2011)

[v] Sandeep Jauhar, “One Thing After Another,” The New York Times, January 22, 2010.

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27 Nonfiction Books By Women Everyone Should Read This Year

New year, new books. At least, thatswhat we wrote back in December, when we were just starting to add titles to our 2017 reading lists.

Now that were nine days into the new year, our to-read list has only grown. And while our first book preview was filled with all the fiction you could handle, we wanted to take a moment to talk about the incredible wave of nonfiction were expecting this year, too.

Particularly, were talking about nonfiction from women authors because a single year that includes memoir and essay collection releases from the likes of Roxane Gay,Patricia Lockwood, Joan Didion, Yiyun Li, Mary Gaitskill,Samantha Irbyand Camille Paglia is worth celebrating.

Behold: 27 nonfiction books by womeneveryone should read this year.

JANUARY

Scribner

Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation by Kyo Maclear

For many of us working full time in urban environments, the prospect of studying mushrooms or catching fireflies seems like a faraway fantasy. In 2012, writer Kyo Maclear was inspired by a musician she met who had fallen in love with birds one of those rare natural spectacles readily available in cityscapes. The author spent the year devoted to the winged things, observing them and documenting the changes she underwent along the way. Birds Art Life chronicles her journey, exploring the many shapes passion can take, and the many spaces natural beauty can occupy. Priscilla Frank

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreJan. 3.

Simon Schuster

Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living by Manjula Martin

Earlier this year, Merritt Tierce, author of critically acclaimed 2011 novel Love Me Back,surprised readers with an essay detailing what shes been up to since the buzz about her book quieted. I promptly went broke, she stated in Marie Claire. Now, shes delivering mail. Its not a tragic anomaly, but a new reality for writers including those who have achieved some sort of objective success is confronting laughably low pay. So, whats a writer to do? Manjula Martin, founder of WhoPaysWriters.com, edited a collection of essays by the likes of Jonathan Franzen, Emily Gould and Alexander Chee, doling out practical advice. Maddie Crum

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreJan. 3.

St Martins Press

The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady by Veronica Chambers

Whenever I think about Michelle Obama, I think, When I grow up, I want to be just like her. I want to be that intelligent, confident and comfortable in my own skin, author Roxane Gay, one of the 16 writers included in this timely homage to forever first lady Michelle Obama, proclaims. With a preface from Ava DuVernay and more essays from people like Phillipa Soo of Hamilton, this is a good book to help ease your way through the end of the Obama presidency. Katherine Brooks

Available onAmazon or at your local bookstoreJan. 10.

Simon Schuster

How to Murder Your Life: A Memoir by Cat Marnell

In an oddly perfect bit of timing, Cat Marnell whose singular, manic style of beauty writing on the womens site xoJane led to a certain brand of internet infamy returns for public judgment with her long-awaited memoir just as that same site rings its death knell. Marnell wrote openly about her high-flying New York lifestyle, addiction and rehab stays, subject matter that attracted both fans and critics alike. Her memoir promises more relentless excavating of her lifes darker parts and glossy magazine juiciness. Jillian Capewell

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreJan. 31.

FEBRUARY

Grand Central Publishing

All The Lives I Want by Alana Massey

The title of Alana Masseys essay collection comes from a Sylvia Plath quote that reads, in part, I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. Masseys meditation on our cultural fascination with the iconic, prematurely deceased writer is a standout of her upcoming collection, in which she probes the lives of famous and infamous women and incorporates her own experiences to arrive at sharp insights on celebrity fascination and personal examination. JC

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreFeb. 7.

Farrar Straus and Giroux

This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression by Daphne Merkin

It is an affliction that often starts young and goes unheeded, younger than would seem possible, as if in exiting the womb I was enveloped in a gray and itchy wool blanket instead of a soft, pastel-colored bunting, Daphne Merkin wrote in a 2009 piece for The New York Times Magazine. Merkin brings her longstanding affliction depression to life through her remarkably honest and visceral descriptions of the mental health condition that still remains largely cloaked in silence. In the essay collection, Merkin revisits childhood memories, therapist visits, hospitalizations and more, yielding an intimate portrait of life as a woman and a writer living with depression. PF

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreFeb. 7.

Random House

Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Li

Novelist Yiyun Li turns to nonfiction in 2017 with this literary autobiography. A love letter to her authorial influences, a memoir of her youth in China and her writing career in America, Dear Friend explores how language and literature help us shape who we are and what we hope to be. If youre not convinced, check out the excerpt recently published in The New Yorker, which poignantly unravels her relationships to Chinese and English and why she chose to renounce one for the other. Claire Fallon

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreFeb. 21.

Bloomsbury USA

Abandon Me by Melissa Febos

The best memoirs, like the best novels, dont lean on a fantastical life story but on the unforgettable prose of a born storyteller. Abandon Me is the second memoir of Melissa Febos; her first, Whip Smart, shed light on her experiences as a professional dominatrix. In her latest, Febos excavates the legacy left by her birth father, whom she didnt know, and her close bonds with her mother and her adoptive father, a sea captain. Intermingled with this reexamination of her childhood and ancestry is a love story the aching, erotic saga of her affair with a married woman. Searing and eye-opening at every turn, this memoir will be a must-read. CF

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreFeb. 21.

Farrar Straus and Giroux

Flneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and Londonby Lauren Elkin

A flneur is defined as one who wanders aimlessly. However, for most of cultural history, this someone was presumed to be male. Cultural critic Lauren Elkin challenges this assumption by celebrating the women throughout history who have dared to move throughout urban spaces on foot. Elgin explores the personal and political implications of a woman moving through a city alone: who she looks at, who looks at her, and what happens when she makes her primary place outside the home. Elkin intersperses her own personal experiences wandering through Paris with the many flneuses who came before and the types of self-transformations that can only occur on foot. PF

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreFeb. 28.

MARCH

Abrams ComicArts

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui

In The Best We Could Do, Thi Bui tells the story of her familys departure from South Vietnam to the United States in the 1970s, providing a Vietnamese perspective on a war that rocked the cultures of both countries.Pulitzer Prizewinning author Viet Thanh Nguyen described it as a book to break your heart and heal it. Bonus: The entire memoir is illustrated. KB

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreMarch 7.

Knopf

South and West by Joan Didion

Joan Didion, the great author of books like Slouching Towards Bethlehem andThe Year of Magical Thinking, is a lifelong notebook addict. She uses them to record overheard conversations between strangers and her own banal observations, to jot thoughts about interviews and potential new works. This collection of never-before-seen bits from her notebooks includes musings on the Patty Hearst trial of 1976, a road trip with her late husband, a ladies brunch at the Mississippi Broadcasters Convention, a meeting with Walker Percy, and much more. As HuffPost writer Maddie Crum wrote last year, If youd like to keep on nodding terms with the person Didion used to be, you can read South and West. KB

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreMarch 7.

Random House

The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy

Right now, you could summon almost any material good youd like 50 delicious tacos, a new book, a yearly supply of cat food and have it at your door within seconds. You can even secure a potential hookup while sitting alone in your apartment. We take these comforts for granted, and sometimes forget that not everything in life is conveniently bendable to our whims. Thats the premise of New Yorker writer Ariel Levys new memoir, which posits that we cant have it all. We still cant have children past a certain age; its still tricky to maintain a healthy relationship while still seeing other people. What you can have is this book thats both personal and urgent. MC

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreMarch 14.

Haymarket Books

The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit

Writer, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit is the mind behindMen Explain Things to Me, hailed as the antidote to mansplaining.The Mother of All Questions has been ambiguously described as the formers follow-up, involving as you might have guessed new essays on feminism. All we can say at this point is that Solnit knows how to write an intriguing book title. KB

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreMarch 14.

Pantheon

Free Women Free Men by Camille Paglia

Since the 1989 release of her first essay collection, Sexual Personae, CamillePaglia has continued to confound categorizations as a feminist who thinks womens studies is a comfy, chummy morass of unchallenged groupthink, an art historian who thinks Star Wars is the best artwork of all time, and a lesbian who doesnt get along with lesbians. Free Women Free Men is a compilation of Paglias best, and most incendiary, previously published essays, guiding readers through her singular perspectives on culture, sex and femininity. At times infuriating, at times glittering, Paglias prose is always biting and relentless. Its more effective, however, when praising Madonnas sexuality than defending date rape. PF

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreMarch 14.

Ballantine Books

How to be a Bawse by Lilly Singh

Lilly Singh produces a popular YouTube channel, so perhaps it was only a matter of time before the actress and comedian wrote a book. Described as the definitive guide to being a bawse: a person who exudes confidence, reaches goals, gets hurt efficiently, and smiles genuinely because he or she has fought through it all and made it out the other side, the book will likely reflect aspects of Singhs#GirlLove initiative. KB

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreMarch 28.

APRIL

Pantheon

Somebody With a Little Hammer by Mary Gaitskill

The author of Bad Behavior, Veronica, and Two Girls Fat, and Thin made a name with herself with her stories that explore power dynamics between men and women. She writes, also, about beauty standards, performance and the pressure women feel to compete with one another. Occasionally, shes applied these thoughts to nonfiction essays, on everything from Bjork to Gillian Flynn. Finally, theyve been collected, and fan girls everywhere are squee-ing. MC

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreApril 4.

Harper Perennial

Sunshine State by Sarah Gerard

Sarah Gerard was a shining voice in fiction with her experimental, reeling debut Binary Star, about a teaching student struggling with anorexia and her toxic boyfriend while on a road trip. Now, readers are treated to Gerards insight and emotional probing into nonfiction matters in an essay collection focusing on the place where she was raised Floridas Gulf coast. JC

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreApril 11.

FSG Originals

Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays by Durga Chew-Bose

The title of Durga Chew-Boses upcoming essay collection Too Much and Not the Moodcomes from one of Virginia Woolfs journals, referring to the endless editing and tweaking writers self-inflict to make their voices pleasing and meaningful to readers. For young women, who, as Chew-Bose has written, are used to self-editing from the day were little girls, the task appears especially eternal. In her essay collection, partly inspired by Maggie Nelsons balance of the personal and the theoretical, Chew-Bose explores what it means to be a writer as a young woman of color today. PF

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreApril 11.

Pantheon

Imagine Wanting Only This by Kristen Radtke

In her debut book, Kristen Radtke undulates between public and deeply personal observations. Her story begins when she attends her uncles funeral near a dilapidated mining town; from there, she sets out to explore abandoned places while contemplating a heart disease many members of her family have suffered from. Loss echoes throughout its illustrated pages, threading disparate corners of the globe together into a touching narrative. MC

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreApril 18.

Farrar Straus and Giroux

American Originality: Essays by Louise Glck

Louise Glck is known as a brilliant poet, but in the course of her long and storied career, shes also turned her hand to prose. Her first collection of essays, published in the early 90s, won a PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction so theres every reason to expect good things from her upcoming essays on contemporary poetry. CF

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreApril 18.

Farrar Straus and Giroux

A Grace Paley Reader: Stories, Essays, and Poetry edited by Kevin Bowen and Nora Paley

There probably isnt a better teaser for this book than the short and succinct statement that appears on Amazon the summary describes it as an essential book for all Grace Paley fans. The late Paley, born in 1922, is known widely for her short stories, essays and poetry, so for those interested in acquainting themselves with a literary legend, this is the reader for you. And it doesnt hurt that it kicks off with a introduction by George Saunders. KB

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreApril 18.

MAY

Picador

One Day Well All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays by Scaachi Koul

This is Scaachi Kouls debut essay collection, centered on her experience growing up as the daughter of Indian immigrants and a woman of color in the West. On Twitter, she urged readers to preorder my book and laugh yourself into an early grave. If youre looking for equal doses of humor and outrage in 2017, we suggest you check this out. KB

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreMay 2.

Riverhead Books

Priestdaddy: A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood

Patricia Lockwoods rule-breaking, creative poetry hints that shell offer a memoir bursting with rule-breaking, creative prose. Priestdaddy, like much of her poetry, tackles issues like religion, gender norms, class and, above all, her relationship with her eccentric, deeply Catholic family. As the title indicates, her father is a Catholic priest skirting the celibacy mandate, it seems, by seeking the priesthood only after marrying and starting a family. Funny and gorgeously written, with scenes so witty and zany they could be lifted from a Broadway show, Priestdaddy will be one of the major prose debuts of the year. CF

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreMay 2.

Vintage

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby

Samantha Irby is the kind of essayist who can make readers cry with laughter and tear up with emotion within pages. It only takes a few moments reading her blog, Bitches Gotta Eat, to understand how compelling her voice is one that earned fans with the 2013 collection Meaty and surely will again with this years offering, which promises both madcap and life-affirming tellings that cover Irbys pitch for herself as the Bachelorette, a trip to Nashville to scatter her estranged fathers ashes, and more. JC

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreMay 30.

JUNE

Sarah Crichton Books

Can I Borrow That?: Essays by Jenny Allen

You might know Jenny Allens work from the humorists show I Got Sick Then I Got Better, an emotional and witty one-woman show about grappling with an ovarian cancer diagnosis and subsequent recovery. If not, allow the writers new essay collection to introduce you to her singular voice, which her publisher describes like a female Dave Barry. In the book, Allen touches on middle age, living with a serious illness, and more quotidian experiences like being a houseguest and attempting a craft project. JC

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreJune 6.

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Firsts: How My Twenties Helped Me to Redefine Realness by Janet Mock

Author and activist Janet Mock wroteRedefining Realness in 2014, outlining her path from a poor, multiracial, trans kid in Hawaii to one the most influential people on the Internet. We dont even know yet what the book cover looks like, but we do know thatFirsts will focus on Mocks 20-something years, recounting her stint as a stripper, her first-generation college experience, her move to New York, and her start in journalism. KB

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreJune 6.

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Hunger by Roxane Gay

This is a big year for Bad Feminist author Roxane Gay. Her book Difficult Women, a collection of short stories about women of all origins and aspirations, came out earlier this month. While were poring over that, were also anxiously awaiting Hunger,subtitled A Memoir of (My) Body and described by HarperCollins as a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.

I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe, she writes. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere … I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe. KB

Available on Amazon or at your local bookstoreJune 13.

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The thought of flying with a little one is scary so here are our tips on making it a little easier.

We’ve asked families with kids of varying ages for their tips and tricks: * Georgia took her first flight at 3 weeks old and has been to South Africa, Turks & Caicos, Spain and France a couple of times. * Martha’s parents have definitely not let having a baby stop her travelling, they travelled long haul numerous times in her first year. Bali, West Coast of USA and Malaysia just to name a few. * Freddie is now 9 and a seasoned flyer having been to both East and West Coast of USA, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and all over Europe.

For mums (and some dads), the holiday starts long before even getting to the airport. Packing…. What to take, and how to get it all in a suitcase. A few tips on packing. Make sure you are aware of your luggage allowance, some airlines include 20kgs while others 23kgs. Some airlines like Emirates offer a very generous 30kgs. If you know how much you have its easier to be ruthless and only pack what is needed. Do research and find out what you can buy in destination. Do they sell the same brand of nappies / formula etc where you’re going as those are the things that take up a lot of space / weight and if they can be purchased abroad, its one less thing you need to worry about. Dont forget to pack a few for the arrival day (or if you’re delayed) to make things less stressful on arrival.

This may sound silly but start making a list as soon as you think of something and add to it whenever you think of something else. This way when you finally start packing you wont forget anything. Have your kids carry some of their own things. Freddie loved his Skiphop wheelie with his toys in. There are also other great options like Trunki, Bed Box etc, depending on your little ones age.

For your hand luggage, make sure you have a bag for the overhead storage with toys, change of clothes etc but keep a small carry bag under the seat in front of you with essentials so that you don’t have to keep getting your bag down. We recently reviewed the StorkSak cabin carry-on.  It’s large, on wheels and has a removable organiser that can be hung up and used without unpacking ! Genius.

Ok, so you’re packed… now its time to get to the airport. The thought of being at the airport with loads of time to spare is daunting as you are just adding time onto your journey. It is recommended to get to the airpot 3 hours prior to departure and in my experience when travelling with a baby, get there 3 hours before. Airport meet and greet parking is definitely helpful as you just drive up, hand your keys over and they park and keep your car for your return. Dont forget to take your car seat out if you’ll be using it on the other end.

You’re now at the airport and have checked in your bags, car seat, buggy etc. Dont forget a luggage protector for your car seat/buggy if you’re checking it in. Whilst we’re on the topic of buggy’s – have you seen the new collapsable strollers that can be taken on board? We reviewed the Babyzen Yoyo and the Mountain Buggy Nano a while back and they are excellent. There are a few different options in the market now ranging between £130 and £350.

Another great option is a baby carrier / sling. If you want to check your buggy / stroller in, this option is perfect. One of the main benefits of a carrier is you have your hands free. You will still have to remove your baby and sling before going through security.

Getting through security is the bit that will hold you up.  You are allowed to take any amount of baby food/milk needed for the journey which can often be above the 100ml liquid allowance. This means it all needs to be searched and scanned separately.  For older kids this can be  quite a fun time as they enjoy seeing their bag on the x-ray machine and having to walk through the scanner. Some airports will allow you to fast track if you are travelling with a little one, so its always worth asking.

Once you’re through security, you can breathe a sigh of relief. You’re almost there.

Now to find something to keep your little one busy until boarding. Some airports have dedicated Family Facilities which are worth looking into before you travel. Heathrow airport have stay and play areas which are great for tiring your little ones out before boarding. Airport lounges are also a good idea to get out of the busy terminal and relax with a complimentary drink and snack. Giving your little one a good meal before the flight is a great idea, just incase they dont like what they’re serving on board.

children’s play structure in Terminal 2 departure lounge on the first day of operation of the new Queens’s Terminal, Heathrow Airport, Hillingdon, London, England, United Kingdom

Its finally time to board ! Yay, for toddlers and older kids, this is exciting – the time has finally come. If you’re travelling with babies / toddlers you are able to board the plane first to give you time to get settled.

If you are travelling with a baby, you can reserve the bulk head seats which are at the front of the cabin and have a bassinet if your baby is still small and light enough. Each airline has different weight limits so check before booking. This is great as you dont have to keep your little one on your lap for the entire flight. I would recommend reserving these seats at the time of booking as they are subject to availability.

Please remember that during turbulence (or any time the seatbelt sign is illuminated), you have to put your little ones back on your lap and secure the infant seatbelt. This normally happens just as they’ve finally fallen asleep too! If they aren’t using the bassinet you also have extra legroom which is definitely needed.

For older children that have their own seat, there are some great products out there that extend the seat and make flying a bit more comfortable for them. If you’re on a day flight, try and reserve them a window seat so that they have something to distract them, even if its only for 5 minutes. Dont forget to pre order your children a special kids meal. This can be done upto 48 hours prior to departure directly with your airline / travel agent or online.

There is a debate between the mums i’ve asked regaring what they feel is better, a day flight or a night flight. I think it depends on your children, their ages and sleeping patterns. I personally would recomment night flights all the way as Georgia sleeps well on the plane, even when lying on me. A friend who has a 5 and 7 year old swears by day flights. You know your child and what is going to work best for them.

Toys, Activities, Games and Books – the more the merrier! Kids get bored quickly so having a few new toys / activities that you can introduce when they start getting bored is great. Sticker books are a great idea too. We tried out the Keep ’em Quiet travel pack which is excellent. If they are old enough to use headphones a fully loaded tablet with their favourite films on is a winner ! Most airlines have a childrens section but if not, you can buy a case for your tablet with a valcro strap that fits perfectly over the tray table. It also works around the headrest in the car ! I got mine from Amazon.

Take off and landing can be a stressful for parents because we’re worried about our little ones ears. Breast feeding or drinking out of a bottle / sucking on a dummy can help babies whilst sucking on or chewing a sweet can help with older ones. If your little one uses a dummy – definitely get a dummy clip, and pack a spare incase it goes missing. Its amazing how things can just disappear down the side of the seats on a plane.

The best advice I can give you, is to make flying an adventure – the older your children get the more they will love flying and having a baby shouldn’t mean you need to stop travelling. We live in a day and age where there are SO many gadgets out there that make flying and travelling with a little one easy, enjoy it and your little one will too.

Now sit back, relax and remember, once the flight is over, you have this to look forward to….

Flying with a little one made easy… or should I say, easier! The thought of flying with a little one is scary so here are our tips on making it a little easier.

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Just because I wear a hijab doesn't mean I don't care about my hair

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Just because I wear a hijab doesn't mean I don't care about my hair

GLAMOUR’s new columnist, 21-year-old Somalian-born beauty blogger and Instagram star, Hani Sidow, is breaking taboos about being a beauty-loving Hijab wearer, helping inspire other women on Muslim beauty, fashion and modesty. In her second column for GLAMOUR, she explains why wearing a hijab is no barrier to beauty and reveals her favourite hair products.

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“Being a hijabi, it’s safe to say I’ve heard some of the strangest questions ever.

These musings range from: ‘Do you wear it to sleep’ and ‘what is your hair like underneath?’, to the odd boy asking: ‘can I see just a little bit of your hair?’.

I’ve been wearing my hijab for several years now and, to me personally, it’s not a barrier but something I can have two identities with. Underneath my hijab, my hair has tight curls and is actually pretty long when I straighten it. It starts to feel like two faces: you have a public identity with your hijab and a more private identity with your hair in front of your family and female friends.

Because our hair is completely covered up by our hijabs, it’s hardly surprising that people are curious about what’s underneath. I’ve decided to answer the most-asked questions I receive about my hijab and hair for my GLAMOUR readers.”

When do you wear the hijab?

First thing’s first: we definitely don’t wear our hijab to sleep – except when I was in Somalia recently and would sleep in it because the sound of mosquitos terrify me! Usually, our hijab is worn outside and in front of men who are not ‘halal’ for us. As soon as I get home, the first thing I do is remove my hijab. I’m sure a lot of hijabis can relate to this immediate desire to take it off – not because it’s uncomfortable or anything, but just out of instinct. It’s almost as if a voice in your head screams: “come through inner me” and your private identity comes out.

What is your hair like underneath?

As an East African girl, my hair is quite curly and has a lot of shrinkage when it’s curly, reaching only my shoulders. Sometimes it does get a little dry after wearing my hijab for long hours and I start to feel my scalp screaming for a massage by the time I remove it. As most other hijabis do, I keep my hair in protective styling underneath my scarves. Sometimes I soak my roots in coconut oil and wear an underpiece with my hijab to stop the oil from transferring, but this really helps stop my hair from getting dry.

What is your haircare routine?

People tend to forget that hijabis have hair too. However, I hadn’t come across many posts discussing haircare for those wearing a hijab until recently. Instagrammer @nillydahlia shared a book with me on Instagram titled A Muslimah’s Guide to Healthy Hijab Hair by Jennifer Ogunyemi (available on Amazon). This was exactly the kind of guide I was looking for.

My haircare routine usually consists of shampooing using the OGX Argan oilrange, which I discovered from ‘Love Halsaa’ on YouTube as she used it as part of her curly hair routine. I then deep condition my hair and leave it wrapped in a plastic shopping bag for around 30 minutes. Once I wash my conditioner out, I use a tangle teaser to brush my hair out to avoid any tangles. It is important to let your hair air dry and not wrap it up whilst it’s still damp as this will cause problems under your hijab.

I always look for haircare recommendations on YouTube and just type my hair type into the search box. Although, I’ve noticed that there isn’t much advice on offer, so I’m not exactly sure which products would work best for nourishing my hair after wearing a headscarf all day. The OGX shampoo and conditioner range has definitely been my favourite – especially the Argan oil of Morocco edition, which has given my curls more definition and has helped keep the strength of my hair.

Stay tuned for my next column in a fortnight!”

Four Muslim women reveal why they choose to wear – or not wear – the hijab in today’s society

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YES ! We get to have Gina Wynn’s Newest release What You Wish For. Part 1

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Title: What you wish for

Author: Gina Wynn

Genre: Romantic, Woman Fiction

Release Date: May 12

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When Maggie Forrester wakes up naked in bed with her boss, iceman Will Brian, she's sure it must be a dream. Or a feverish hallucination at the very least. But magic takes over when she begins to experience an impossible other life—complete with an alternate husband—and she's forced to confront the reality of the man she loves versus the man she's fallen in love with.

After secrets she believed long buried surface, both of Maggie's realities are threatened. As the truth of her past comes to light, she must decide which man she truly loves and which life she wants to live—if the choice is even hers to make. Sometimes, true love is even worth wishing for.

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Chapter 1 Part 1

His knee rested against the back of my leg. A possessive arm wrapped over my waist, and a forehead nestled against my hair. Jake must have arrived home earlier than he expected from the stag weekend and melded to me during the night. We lay skin against skin, and I relaxed into his hold as warmth and familiarity seeped from him. The bubble of safety only my husband could provide surrounded me.

A smile tugged the corner of my lips as naughty thoughts of pleasure yet-to- come flashed through my head. I didn’t even bother to open my eyes as I wriggled around to return his hug, being sure to inject enough movement to bounce him awake. His chest rose and fell against my cheek with his every breath, and his heartbeat thudded in my ear. Home was where that heart was.

“Good morning, Maggie.” His melted chocolate voice, still drowsy with sleep, tickled my neck.

Not Jake.

Panic jolted me as my eyes flew open, and I launched over the side of the bed, failing in my attempt to look away as I did so. With the long glance I took by mistake, I’d require brain bleach to scrub him from my mind. I huddled out of his line of sight with my stare—strong enough to have burnt a hole through the man—firmly fixed on unfamiliar carpet.

Bloody hell. My boss. All of him. In the bed I’d exited at warp speed.

I risked another quick glance in his direction. He lay propped on his side, dark hair tousled, smiling at me in a new lazy way. Bloody, bloody hell. I repeat, my boss. My boss, Will Brian.

Never Will Brian, always Mr. Brian. I corrected myself to the office formality he insisted on as I tried to look at him without seeing anything but his face. Holy chest skin, Batman. Well-defined muscular temptation in flesh form. Mr. Brian with really sexy bedhead. Bloody hell, again.

The horror crawling through me shut down all rational thought, narrowing my entire focus to the bedroom. His bedroom?

One room. Me. Him.

Nothing else.

The devil had woken up with frostbite. It was the only possible explanation to my world going mad. I inhaled a shaky breath, my brain stuck on one thought. Mr. Brian. Surely, I harboured zero attraction to him? Especially as he favoured issuing orders to me in a snappy coffee-breath voice in our usual day-to-day routine. Waking in his arms was quite the quantum leap from our normal yes, Mr. Brian, of course, Mr. Brian, I’ll hold all your calls, Mr. Brian relationship.

I closed my eyes against the view, although it didn’t help me ignore him. His image had seared itself to the inside of my eyelids, and no girl wanted a permanent reminder of her boss.

Really. No attraction, whatsoever. None at all. Because I’d never noticed his tight, firm... Never mind. Or the way he walked as

I followed him along the corridor at work. Okay. So, I’d taken a non-existent—or maybe ever-so-slight—inappropriate boss fantasy right to sleeping in bed with the man. I’d come a long way.

I’d have said my wisdom was on the line, except ending up in his bed rated way worse than unwise. Spelling Mr. Brian as Mr. Brain on company documents was unwise—and stupid. Filing January invoices in December was unwise—and, according to Mr. Brian, worse than stupid. This...this verged on being very, very bad—and so much more than stupid. Unforgiveable, if I forced myself to be honest.

Note to self: Career suicide—never the way to ask for a pay increase.

“What, no ‘good morning, Will’?” He chuckled, and I didn’t know if my sudden goose bumps came from extreme lack of blankets or the unnervingly attractive sound of his amusement.

His laughter, somehow hauntingly familiar and comforting, wrapped me in unexpected safety. He never laughed at the office or, if he did, he went somewhere private to do it. Either way, he never seemed to find anything funny about working.

In our office.With me at his professional beck and call. The fact I relaxed a little in his presence must have been the result of my

aspirations to find my inner Zen one day. I channelled Yoda and did imaginary breathing exercises, then clamped down on my bubble of hysteria before it rose any

further up my throat. Relaxation, inner calm, and enlightenment? Not likely. I flashed a quick grimace, hoping to trigger the off-switch to my inner-monologue.

“Um. Hi...Will.” My voice came out part mumble, part squeak, as I crouched by the bed, still refusing to look at him as I referred to my always-formal boss by his first name in the most ridiculous of situations.

“Did I scare you?”

I dared a hasty glance, and he arched an eyebrow in amusement. Heat rushed through me, then cold horror as fresh awareness dawned. My buttocks rested on my calves as I squatted. My nipples hardened in the cool air as I huddled outside the covers. I was naked.

The situation couldn’t get worse.

Trying my best for nonchalance, I grasped the closest corner of the duvet and inched it towards me, intent on hiding as much flesh as possible. I released a slow, shallow breath as each fractional movement concealed more of my awkward form.

“Hey!” With laughter in his tone, he snagged the high thread-count covers back to his side of the bed. “You’re making me cold!”

I risked another peek over at him before searing afresh at his identical extreme lack of clothes. Naked...in bed. Oh God, naked in bed with my naked boss. No memory of getting there. And I’d started to grow cold again, too.

Note to self: Things could always get worse. Always.

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From a magical land of castles and kings (Okay, it’s England), Gina doesn’t feel as old as she looks, owns three children who can’t be tamed, and writes in spare – usually stolen – time. She sometimes bakes—not always with quite the desired results, and has found the only solution to keeping the characters in her head quiet is to placate them with lots of other lovely books and worlds. She has been published by Decadent Publishing, who currently have two of her books, both of which are romance titles – “Her Dollmaker’s Desire” and “Her Undercover Christmas”.

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