Böcker av Sandi Smith

MARIANNE HAD PLENTY OF TIME ON HER HANDS TO DO NOTHING, so she decided to clean the placemats that she had collected over the past fifty years. Fifty years of a wonderful life together with her husband and best friend, Andrew. Fifty years that should have turned into sixty, but would not even turn into fifty-one.Her wonderful Andrew was dead. Andrew...her friend and caretaker of her soul and mind and being. Loneliness, darkness, and guilt extended their hungry fingers out for Marianne, desperately trying to pull her even further into their world...a world with no escape. How could she live without her Andrew? She had been so sure that she would be the first one to die in this relationship. But now there was a stronger component to her loneliness and darkness that was starting to make its presence known to Marianne. Anger.Anger had been a companion of Marianne's for a very long time, but usually she had the ability to quiet its demand to be set free. This time, though, Marianne was not sure she would be able to control this anger. It was different somehow...stronger. She was afraid and weak. She had lost her faith in God, and she was so angry with Andrew for leaving her behind. Leaving her all alone in this dark, insane world. A world that was in such a hurry to go nowhere. A world that was in such a hurry to destroy everything in its path. Marianne was in its path, but this time she was alone. Sitting at the kitchen table, Marianne closed her eyes, and then she prayed that, today, she would die.

Harold! There goes that spider! See, he is running on the floor! That spider has to go. He cannot live here anymore!!! Oh, no! Beth looks very, very angry. What has A.R. Achnid done now? Well, before A.R. got into big trouble with Beth, he had a lot of wonderful adventures. There are ten different adventures in this book. There is the time he went to the circus and rode on a balloon, and then had some shoo fly pie. Another day, A.R. and Rex (a Great Dane, who is A.R.'s best friend) decided to walk all the way into town, and they had such a wonderful time. Then, A.R. and his family went to New York City for the biggest craft fair ever (which was for spiders only), plus many, many other adventures. Unfortunately, in the tenth story, A.R.'s current living situation is going to need an adjustment. Something changes in the lives of Harold and Beth (the humans) that will make things very difficult for A.R. Come along with A.R. for some fun, and find out what small bundle will cause problems for A.R. and his family. As A.R. says, "Spiders rule!"

A gift of gold? I wonder what this could be. Did Sarah Bella's parents give her gold bars for her future? Did they give her a picture that was as good as gold? Sometimes gold isn't all about money, it is about the things that mean very much to us and how we put that to use. It is about doing something that means a lot to you, even if others laugh at you and think that you are very strange. Sarah Bella had courage to do what she wanted, and, in the end, she was so glad that she did.

This is the story of my dad's ugly chair, and how much it really bothered my mom. Mom tried everything she could think of to try and get rid of this chair, and then one day, she was very successful. Oh, the fun we had with her wonderful idea. Wait until you read about my mom's plan to get rid of Dad's ugly chair.

What would you do if you found a magical birdcage, while walking on the beach one day? Would you wish for diamonds? Maybe you would like to travel to the moon or a distant country. Maybe you would give all of your money to someone else to make their life easier. Let's see how three different people use their magical birdcage, and what effect it has on their lives. It is a special gift, but you must be very, very careful for what you wish.

Do you have a neighbor who likes to put on wonderful shows? Is this neighbor different from anyone else on your street? Are they always coming up with a new and wonderful idea for fun? Well, this neighborhood has the wonderful Ms. Sapphire Rose, and she is a lot of fun to have for a neighbor. Please come along and enjoy the wonderful imaginative shows that Ms. Sapphire Rose loves to put on for her neighbors and friends.

How can one small-minded, angry person destroy the lives of so many people in her path, connecting them all together in a game of destruction and heartbreak? It is possible, but what pushes a person to enjoy inflicting pain to such an extent, leaving a trail of hate, anger, and defeat behind her, which only seems to make her stronger and more satisfied. Ms. Terri Plotski, owner of the Authors' Book Agency, is that person, who, unknowingly, with a single thread of hate, has connected the lives of a small group of people, bringing them together with one single common denominator. Anger. The anger from this small group of people is building, but it has nowhere to go, or does it? Ms. Terri Plotski, owner of Authors' Book Agency, has gone missing.