READ WITH US! July Rendezvous With A Writer Featured Authors

July 24, 2024

JULY'S FEATURED AUTHORS' TITLES Include Something For Everyone!!
Echoes of Forgotten Places - Author Helen F. Wand
The Cavalry Trilogy: John Ford and John Wayne, and the Making of Three Classic Westerns - Author Michael F. Blake
The Grandest Garden - Author Gina L. Carroll
The Box M Gang - Author Mark L. Redmond

Each LIVE interview with hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell and their author guests is always engaging and entertaining. The hosts commit to reading each guest's title so they can have a lively and in-depth discussion about the book's backstory, the characters, and the author's writing process. Hosted by LA Talk Radio, each interview is available to watch or listen LIVE or by demand.

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July 4 - Episode #92 - Echoes of Forgotten Places - Author Helen F. Wand
Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell kick-off July with historical fiction author Helen F. Wand. Her most recent title. ECHOES OF FORGOTTEN PLACES, is a Will Rogers Medallion Award Finalist! We found it an engaging read and a fun interview with Helen!

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About The Book
The year is 1897. Julianna Lampert and her eight children depend on the family working the farm—recently cleared soil on land so rugged and windswept it defies their very existence. Join the family’s journey, from grieving their father’s passing and the death of their baby brother, to the arrival of Frank, who strikes a bargain with Julianna, a widow desperate to save her homestead.

Follow the Lampert family and their neighbors into the twentieth century, amidst a tragic drowning, disastrous blizzard, and a fire that demolishes a town—devastations tempered with romance and marriage. All the while, their remote, isolated Pleasant View community is transformed: brought into the modern era by the horseless carriage, telephone, women’s right to vote—and the neighbor’s still.

July 11 - Episode #93 - The Cavalry Trilogy: John Ford, John Wayne, and the Making of Three Classic Westerns - Author Michael F. Blake and True West Film Editor Henry C. Parke

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Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell rendezvous with two Western film experts! Joining us are Michael F. Blake, author of The Cavalry Trilogy: John Ford, John Wayne and the Making of Three Classic Westerns, and Henry C. Parke, Film Editor for True West Magazine. This is a great discussion about the making of Western films including both Henry's and Michael's response to the new Kevin Costner film Horizon: An American Saga. Then we move into an in-depth look at Michael's recently published book -The Cavalry Trilogy: John Ford, John Wayne, and the Making of Three Classic Westerns. Michael takes us deep into the backstories and actual filming of Fort Apache, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, and Rio Grande.

Our recommendation? Do what we did. Read the book. Watch each film with the book at hand. Michael's research and riveting prose will allow you to enjoy these three films in a new, fresh way!

July 18 - Episode #94 - The Grandest Garden - Author Gina L. Carroll

Gardens, Grandmothers, And Great Storytelling!
Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell rendezvous with author Gina L. Carroll. Once we read page one, we couldn't put down this wonderful newly released title, The Grandest Garden. The storyline, the characters, the gardens, and the relationships captured our full attention and wouldn't let us go. What's Bella going to do next? Will she have her first art photography exhibition at the Herman Gallery, as promised, in Midtown Manhattan? And what about the amazing men she meets...Dorian, Drip, Brad and more? What a story!!

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About The Book
Bella Fontaine is on her own. Fresh out of college and with the winnings from her first international photography competition, she decides to leave Los Angeles to forge a new life in New York City. But will she be able to overcome the trauma of her childhood and her break from home to make it as a successful artist and professional photographer in a new city? Or will her secrets catch up with her and keep her from developing the relationships she needs to make her dreams come true? JOIN US!

July 25 -Episode #95 - The Box M Gang - Author Mark L. Redmond
Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell rendezvous with author Mark L. Redmond to talk about his passion for the West and his success creating a series for middle grade readers, We'll be taking an in-depth at the first book of his new series- THE BOX M GANG.

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About The Book
The year is 1875. The Arizona Territory is a wild, sparsely settled place. The Martin family's Box M Ranch is ten miles from their nearest neighbor and twenty miles from Tucson. Ma has been gone for two years, and Pa hasn't been the same since she passed. Something inside him broke when he lost her. Fifteen-year-old Ruth, fourteen-year-old Thad, twelve-year-old Sarah, ten-year-old Bart, and eight-year-old Billy have been doing most of the work to keep the Box M running. Consequently, when Pa passes away, the Martin siblings face little change in their daily routine as far as their chores go. They do, however, face an ominous threat.

Ruth, Thad, and Sarah know they can continue to run the Box M without Pa. They also know if folks discover Pa has passed away, the local lawman will load the Martin siblings into a buckboard and haul them off to the orphanage near Tucson. Ruth is confident she, Thad, and Sarah can protect their secret from the occasional travelers who visit the Box M, but she's concerned about Bart and Billy.

During the next few months, visitors to the Box M include the sheriff, a bounty hunter, cattle rustlers, and a family with five small children. All of them pose a threat to the Martins. Can they keep their secret and remain on the Box M? Saddle up, and let's find out!

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