tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87992287715170129422024-03-05T14:57:54.683-08:00Books by ZabelBooks written by Vivian Zabel (aka Vivian Gilbert Zabel, V. Gilbert Zabel) and friendsVivian Zabelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129178812565073972noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799228771517012942.post-18965565012418365432011-12-12T11:37:00.000-08:002011-12-12T11:49:13.388-08:00From a close friend and fellow author<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcPtsXmLX-x0aOUrWSNf92_lM4R3C_56JgTMYDv8CjJGpXhAUS6kcFOb5iIunkq7WMFhorrJ3xa3vDUOG4wfxxNeGxrC5bRjHkrgCC799to8Y039HSVCs8aOJfYlPcag5RIydFmBpBtI/s1600/front+cover.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcPtsXmLX-x0aOUrWSNf92_lM4R3C_56JgTMYDv8CjJGpXhAUS6kcFOb5iIunkq7WMFhorrJ3xa3vDUOG4wfxxNeGxrC5bRjHkrgCC799to8Y039HSVCs8aOJfYlPcag5RIydFmBpBtI/s1600/front+cover.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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Holly Jahangiri and I have been friends for about ten years, maybe longer. She and I released a collection of our short stories, <a href="http://novelspot.net/node/1714" target="_blank"><i>Hidden Lies and Other Stories</i></a>, and everyone who reads the book can't look at a freezer the same again. <br />
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Holly interviewed me a while back, and I would like to share the interview with everyone who knows me: <a href="http://thenextgoal.com/2011/10/interview-with-author-and-publisher-vivian-zabel/" target="_blank">Interview with Author and Publisher Vivian Zabel</a>. Of course anyone who would post the link would help her in the blog competition finals.<br />
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<i>Hidden Lies and Other Stories</i> can be found on the collections page <a href="http://4rvpublishingcatalog.yolasite.com/collections.php" target="_blank">4RV Bookstore</a> . Vivian Zabelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129178812565073972noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799228771517012942.post-69334990792814863492008-04-13T18:06:00.000-07:002008-12-10T18:35:03.528-08:00Case of the Missing Coach<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWmcB3837M2BYHtZz19jNcUifr9LatliQKJJKRuxCi5dKkz_9hjsuhh2R35kqBOMOQYv0vbmT9C8nTRXGEXQYhPeG_qyXpti-1_2FBr83mf0g6hgXMe5oBCSUkeqti4-cieZv9_fMMtY/s1600-h/FinalFrontCoverCaseCoach.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWmcB3837M2BYHtZz19jNcUifr9LatliQKJJKRuxCi5dKkz_9hjsuhh2R35kqBOMOQYv0vbmT9C8nTRXGEXQYhPeG_qyXpti-1_2FBr83mf0g6hgXMe5oBCSUkeqti4-cieZv9_fMMtY/s200/FinalFrontCoverCaseCoach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188901731618337170" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">Review for <i style="">Case of the Missing Coach</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="read-body-fixed">Author: V. Gilbert Zabel </span><br /><span class="read-body-fixed">Pages: 143 </span><br /><span class="read-body-fixed">Genre: Young Adult </span><br /><span class="read-body-fixed">Publisher: 4RV Publishing LLC, 2007 </span><br /><span class="read-body-fixed">ISBN: 978-0-9797513-1-8 </span><br /><span class="read-body-fixed">Review by: SG Cardin </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="read-body-fixed">The Jonesville Chargers are a youth baseball team from <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place>. As the story opens, they are competing in the regional tournament. As they start to win at the regional tournament for the National Championship, they receive threatening notes and messages. <span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="read-body-fixed">When the Chargers reach the national tournament, the threats come true when their head coach is kidnapped. The team bonds together to try to find the missing coach and continue their winning ways, if possible.</span><br /><br /><span class="read-body-fixed">The plot moves fast, and all the characters are likable. The author includes a list of </span><br /><span class="read-body-fixed">coaches and players in the beginning which I thought was very helpful, as when I became confused at times, I was able to flip to the list to sort out who the characters </span><br /><span class="read-body-fixed">were. The author uses black and white pictures of boys playing baseball to frame the </span><br /><span class="read-body-fixed">chapters which was appealing. Her enthusiasm for the sport and for young adult writing </span><br /><span class="read-body-fixed">shines through.</span></p> <br />~ SG CardinVivian Zabelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129178812565073972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799228771517012942.post-36320554477082185572008-04-13T14:16:00.001-07:002008-04-13T14:47:38.755-07:00Titles of Books<p style="visibility: visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widget-2e.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" style="width: 426px; height: 320px;" height="320" width="426"><param name="movie" value="http://widget-2e.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="salign" value="l"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="flashvars" value="cy=ms&il=1&channel=2377900603260465710&site=widget-2e.slide.com"></object></p><p><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=2377900603260465710&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-2e.slide.com/p1/2377900603260465710/ms_t028_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=2377900603260465710&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-2e.slide.com/p2/2377900603260465710/ms_t028_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Want to Try One of These Great Books?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Click on<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4rvpublishingllc.com/">4RV Publishing </a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> then <a href="http://www.4rvpublishingllc.com/Books.html">Books</a> and <a href="http://www.4rvpublishingllc.com/Store.html">Store</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Or for individual books from Amazon.com<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Other-Stories-Vivian-Gilbert/dp/141163103X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208122874&sr=8-1">Hidden Lies and Other Stories</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Earth-Lifes-Perspective-Poetry/dp/1411644476/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208122955&sr=1-5">Walking the Earth: Life's Perspectives in Poetry</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Base-Stealers-Club-Gilbert-Zabel/dp/1847282202/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208123053&sr=1-1">The Base Stealers Club </a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">(baseball and mystery for young adults)</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Case-Missing-Coach-Gilbert-Zabel/dp/0979751314/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208123178&sr=1-1">Case of the Missing Coach</a><br />(sequel to The Base Stealers Club)<br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p>Vivian Zabelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129178812565073972noreply@blogger.com0