Discover 10 Beautiful Eclectic Literary Paperbacks by Marguerite Bloem!

Have You Seen These

Most Interesting Works?!

Happy Trails

The Jazz Meister

The Honor Code

Fledgling Season

Song Song Blue

The Way of the Goat

Eventide

Field Notes

The Leaving

The Labyrinth

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The Labyrinth; a beautiful conclusion to Marguerite's tender book; The Leaving; is up! And her book-in-progress; Postludium; will be an illuminating thoughtful conclusion; to her troubling; deeply insightful book on bullying; called The Honor Code. She also has a longing to turn back; to one of the first beautiful books she ever wrote! Which was a biography of her father; and his difficult struggling life; that begins in early Amsterdam prewar.

She plans to serialize that book;

in several small approachable

delicious pieces.

It is a dear tender story. And in a time right now; when America does not seem to welcome; or to celebrate; language, culture, diversity; Marguerite has a longing to celebrate her own beautiful history and heritage again.-She can't wait to begin! Because Marguerite welcomes diversity! She thinks that is what makes a country cooler than cool! And she will always be proud to be a part of that.

And she considers

everyone a brother.🎋

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Some Practicum...

Please note that Marguerite is NOT on Amazon; and she hasn't been for many years. So please do not bother to click those internet links.-Thank you.

But after years of trying to get rid of those search results; she cannot. An inquiry to Google explains; that since Amazon is a powerful trading partner with them; they will always prioritize those links; whether they are current or not. Meaning; it seems clear to her; that Amazon is legitimized to steal your business that way. And she is not done with that investigation yet.

But authors beware; in who you tangle with! It is her name; she thinks. It is her business; she thinks. Not theirs.-Has she got that right?! Yes; she does.🎋

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I'LL LIGHT the fire...

And you place the flowers

in the vase you bought today...

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Here Are Marguerite's
First Six Books!

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Ten fine books; of which;

here are the first six.🎋

Happy Trails

The Jazz Meister

The Honor Code

Fledgling Season

Song Song Blue

The Way of the Goat🎋

Introduction.

Here are several small

shorter beauties for you.🎋

THESE SLENDER volumes feature a beautiful simple original cover foto and design. And a gentle text; that has a delicious rhyme and reason and structure and rhythm and form; that will gently sweep the reader along!

Marguerite likes to call these dear small works novellas perhaps.-For their more gentle simple immediate scope. Or; they can be small collections of more loosely-connected short stories. Or; if they are shorter in pages; or smaller in form; she thinks of them as Story Cards.🎋

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HAPPY TRAILS!

Paperback; 6 x 9; 67 pages.

Nine small linked short stories!🎋

THIS LOVELY slim volume; is a celebration of the beautiful interesting people you can meet; walking the streets of our neighborhoods. And they do not all look like you!

Nor; of course; do they have to. In Marguerite's burg; people not only welcome; but they celebrate diversity. Marguerite has walked the city streets all of her life! And she thinks that is the loveliest way to get somewhere; anywhere.🎋

THE JAZZ MEISTER

Paperback; 6 x 9; 71 pages.

Novella; nine sweet small chapters.🎋

THIS BOOK is written for adults.-But with the gentle innocence; joy and simplicity of a children's book! Because sometimes life is that. It is a celebration of an old revered jazz master; who taught her dear boy jazz.-Oh, mama; the saxophone!

Come watch those kids! As they try to master those sweet charming rough innocent tones.-Of those sassy brassy horns. That boy got so good on sax! But make note; it was his mama who taught him how to read music; and how to count those crazy jazzy notes. Because no one else was teaching those kids that!

"I can't do that!"

His private music teacher said.

But what?! (Begging her

pardon then; but what?!)

Which seemed strange to both of them! And they dropped him pretty quick after that. But that was really fun for her! That boy was so smart; he learned so fast; she loved that!🎋

THE HONOR CODE

Paperback; 6 x 9; 85 pages.

Novella; eight small chapters.🎋

THIS IS quite a serious tome; that Marguerite did not really want to write. But she is unaccustomed to having bullies; as neighbors. Even; quite strangely; grownup ones! Wealthy established grownup ones.

She comes from a more enlightened world. So this; quite necessarily; is a deadly earnest study of societies.-Especially then; women's worlds. And; most notably; bullying. But it is easy to see through glib brainless soulless people like that. Though sadly; a troubled beat goes on.

But people can write about that!

People should write about that.

People should expose that!

People can make it a better world

that way! And marguerite will

always try.🎋

FLEDGLING SEASON

Paperback; 5.5 x 8.5; 43 pages.

In four dear small chapters.🎋

HERE IS a celebration of a dear fleeting friend; who sat on their porch rail one day.-One sweet small fledgling baby crow.-As two mamas; one human; and one crow; faithfully lingered to watch over him. (Well; her boy and her husband were there too!) And so; they each kept a watch.

You do what you have to!🎋

SONG SONG BLUE

Ja, Okay; I Love to Read!

Paperback; 4.25 x 6.875; 29 pages.

A small gentle reverie.🎋

THE NEW administration has put a bug in Marguerite's bonnet! So; some of her subsequent books perhaps; will be to work those bugs out! Here is one of her small gentle story cards.

And perhaps; a dear small

gift book too!

Of the sad sad political song we are singing today. From one democratic mama; whose heart remains true blue.-And; she will sing her beautiful song too!

Give this sweet small book to a friend! Who maybe feels as you do! Singing is always better then.-With five; ten; one hundred; one thousand! Or even then; just two. Do-re-mi; what range are you; what key are you?! Marguerite is joyfully; top to bottom; ever in the key of true blue.🎋

THE WAY OF THE GOAT

Paperback; 6x9; 37 pages.

Two small quirky chapters.🎋

THIS COULD be another

dear small gift book perhaps!

For its dear wonderful quirky nature; and wonderful curiosity. Where Miss Margaux will tell her quite necessary tale.-Of politics; and goats! And it seems; quite inevitably; another gentle resistance then; against the troubling rule of the day. Miss Margaux must throw off!-A common insult flung about; by the ruling politicos of her time; regarding the state of being woke.-But no!

She must assert her true identity here.

They just got a couple of letters wrong!

But Miss Margaux is the GOAT!-Not woke.

But maybe; they would get it by the by.

She will not wait; but maybe.🎋

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Here Are Marguerite's
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And discover Marguerite's

next six books.🎋

THE FIRST FOUR of Marguerite's

second six books are these:

The Leaving;

Eventide;

Field Notes;

and The Labyrinth.🎋

IN MARGUERITE'S FIRST six books; she shared with you a wonderful eclectic selection of modern topics; often; political topics. But here; she would turn back.-To a lovely newer form; of some her treasured old biographical works; that would include her Leni books.-For that dear smart schoolgirl; Leni van Meer; who had such a lovely interesting; if not also; sometimes difficult life to share! But an immigrant life was always cool!

For the delicious double-vision you would own. Growing up; you could see two worlds!-You could see two languages; two cultures; two histories; two worlds. And you would learn a lot from that! You would learn a lot of beautiful things. Though you would also learn a lot of difficult things perhaps. You would see a lot of difficult things; heartbreaking things; as in America today. You would see things you did not want to see.🎋

THESE BOOKS will feature a beautiful simple original cover foto and design. And some very clean poignant writing inside! Marguerite never grows tired of writing these stories! She will call them novellas perhaps.

For their more simple gentle

immediate scope.

A novella is more clean; more pure; than a long messy jumbled winding novel. Where you must tie together the bumblings and anxieties; of several generations; in one long winding; albeit delicious; tome.

And she has written and enjoyed those too. Everything in its own day and time! And in its own irresistible deliciousness. Sometimes too; she will call her books small collections of short stories perhaps.-If their subjects are more loosely related; or their time frames; more loosely linked.-She hopes you enjoy!🎋

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THE LEAVING.

Paperback; 6x9; 83 pages.

Here is a lovely gentle dear small novella.

Of twelve thoughtful chapters; and 83 pages.🎋

AND A LOVELY unintended echo perhaps.-Of Marguerite's just-prior book; Fledgling Season. You will notice a similar aspect of the head and body position; between that dear fledgling crow; and that dear schoolgirl girl; Leni van Meer.-Who had; at that vulnerable time; likewise not yet sufficient wings to fly! Though yet; they suddenly seemed required of her!

But a smart smart brain did not always mean; or ever mean; that the wings were there yet! At seventeen.-No. Not at seventeen.-No. Nonetheless; these are delicious quirky cultural stories. Of a newly immigrant family; who does not yet have the means; nor the sufficient American experience; to know how to divine paths and roads for their six smart hardworking children; in a strange foreign land.🎋

IN THIS GENTLE wise quirky Dutch-immigrant inflected novella; a young innocent high school girl in the early nineteen-seventies; and a top scholar in her big bustling high school; is eased; to put it in a mild way; and for better or worse; out of her family home way too soon.

She has only just turned seventeen!

And she is a truly sheltered innocent girl.

(Well; in a certain sense she is.)

Though not by the trouble

she has seen in that home.

To be followed by The Labyrinth. Which is a brave searching difficult book; in which we will help that girl through. Well; somebody has too!🎋

EVENTIDE.

Paperback; 6x9; 83 pages.

Here is another dear gentle small novella;

of ten thoughtful chapters; and 83 pages.🎋

SHE JUST COULDN'T watch

a world at war anymore.

She just couldn't sleep! Watching a world at war. She could find no peace that way! Watching a world at war. Thinking; if the whole world is watching; and given what the whole world knows of war; shouldn't we be able to stop this war? So she and that dear Leni-girl; finally sat down; to write this dear small gentle tome for you; of what they thought of war. As they did know a thing or two about that! And thank you then; beautiful girl!

For thinking so deeply about that for so long. And then; for remembering too!-The long-ago world your family knew. Because if you have seen war; or if your family has seen war; then you cannot really not see war. You cannot really say you didn't see that war. You cannot really not say anything!🎋

BUT SHE WAS thinking of this as

a book about peace.-Especially

for Christmastime.

She was thinking of this as a book about peace. Because of course; the world needed that. The world needed peace. And abundant dialogue about peace. The other half of her cover was lovely too. In fact; all of her cover art; was simple; honest; personal; subtle or symbolic; enigmatic; meaningful; and beautiful!-By her; well. She and Miss Leni would be so pleased!

And she is; they were; deeply thoughtful wise young people and old ladies. At every age; people could be! You could tell by the peace; and by the curiosity and joy; that lay deep in someone's eyes. You could look at the eyes of a baby. You could see how they laugh. And how their eyes seemed to reflect; the huge wide possibility of the skies.-Of the humans; and the skies. Make no mistake about that.🎋

FIELD NOTES.

Paperback; 6x9; 53 pages.

Here was another dear small collection;
of obliquely linked short stories.🎋

THAT IS; six small stories; in 53 gentle thoughtful pages. That would consider language; culture; connection; humanity.-In a world; and in a sudden political climate; that sadly put a jinx on all of that! But oh, dear! Thought poor Miss Margaux.-Oh; dear. As she tried to tuck the fear away.

And don't worry; she would tell you why. Because she loved to grouse about things like that! About gentle deeply human things. Because we shouldn't lose that; should we?-No. Because immigrants were not bogeymen! For one.

They were; in fact; really cool people! And foreign language was not the language of the devil.-No! Foreign language; of course; was a sort of cool delicious every-varying musical form; art form! But only if you had the ear to listen. And only if you had the human heart; and sufficient human brain; to listen. Which clearly not everyone did!

But just as we treasured and studied bird calls; and whale sounds. And how boring we would be! If we didn't honor human sounds too. If we didn't treasure and study and document and commemorate; human sounds too.🎋

THE LABYRINTH.

Paperback; 6x9; 117 pages.

Here is a lovely gentle dear small novella.

Of thirteen thoughtful chapters; and 117 pages.

THERE WAS ALWAYS an end

to a labyrinth; wasn't there?

Well; of course; there had to be! So let’s help this young impoverished immigrant schoolgirl; bravely work and study her own proud determined way through. And bravo; dear Leni-girl; bravo you! Because there was a LIFE to be lived once you were through! Though that dear Leni-girl; whatever life hit her with? She would make it through. She would make it through.🎋

THIS BOOK offers an excellent hard-won closure; to Leni's story that began in The Leaving.-As every young schoolgirl; of course; at some point; would have to do. (Though perhaps; leave some room for that.) Leave some time for that; some room for that! And with the dream of a holiday perhaps!

And a better life for EVERY girl!🎋

THE STORIES of these books; begun in the middle nineteen-seventies; and ended in the early nineteen-eighties; remain perhaps sadly relevant through any time. As the world is not; and was not; in case you hadn't noticed; always the most welcoming place; for a young woman to wander through all on her own. But you did what had to do!

Wasn't that the story; wasn't

that right? You just bravely did

what you had to do.🎋

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AND IN THE WINTER...

Extra blankets for the cold;

fix the heater getting old.

Says Janis Ian in her beautiful song.

And lay in a book or two! Says yours

truly; Marguerite Bloem.🎋

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Of Marguerite's beautiful books for you.

For a gentle thoughtful rhyme

and reason to her show!

1. Politico.

These are her gentle; directly or
obliquely political offerings so far.

Happy Trails

Song, Song Blue

The Way of the Goat

Eventide

Field Notes

BUT; oh dear;

what a mess we are in!

We will make it through.🎋

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2. The Young Ones; Who

Must Struggle and Grow.

There is perhaps a gentle poignant echo; between dear young Miss Leni; in Marguerite's recent book; The Leaving.-And that dear fledgling crow; in her small slender book; Fledgling Season. Though dear Miss Leni perhaps; had a more difficult row to hoe!-She was brave; she was brave.

Followed by The Labyrinth; of course!

It took a strong girl; to make it through.🎋

HERE; a gentle book list then:

Fledgling Season

The Leaving

The Labyrinth🎋

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3. Regarding

That Dear Leni-Girl.

Here is the start of a lovely collection on that! First; with Marguerite's dear small poignant novella; The Leaving.-That beautifully shares the wonderful quirky nature; of an immigrant upbringing. Which she will always treasure.

To be followed by her brave journey through college; albeit in abject poverty! Which she is proud to have survived! And which she will rightfully call; The Labyrinth. From which she also weaves her earnest; diligent; insightful thesis on war. In her beautiful book; Eventide.🎋

HERE is her lovely

growing collection then:

The Leaving

The Labyrinth;

and Eventide.🎋

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Spinally Speaking...

Besides which to say;

that Marguerite has a very

strong one!🎋

BUT PLEASE NOTE; that her important book; The Honor Code; does have a spine text. But she has decided not to use that with other books.-As often; her spines are simply too slender to place a text optimally! Or other times; it would glaringly interfere; with the sweet simple design; of her beautiful original cover fotographs.-Which consideration would be mainly of significance perhaps; to libraries and bookstores. (Because they need spine text.)

But she is thinking of her work more as niche work; as art books; or small slender gift books.-Not as mass market work. And though she would welcome any sales; from bookstores or libraries; she is not offering wholesale prices on her books. For an independent author; it is simply too much trouble to! But if you are a library or bookstore; she thinks; you could affix your own small beautiful spine tags; very artfully somewhere!

The pleasure would be yours;

and the honor would be all hers!

Or; you could feature her books face forward on a rack somewhere! Or; you could buy several copies of each of her books; and store them in one of those nice magazine shelf boxes! (Though her books are surely not magazines.)

But they could be collected

quite nicely that way!

She thinks that perhaps every high school library and bookstore; and every community college library and bookstore; and every local library; should have such a box!-To host a beautiful growing collection of her work! A sort of party box; almost!🎋

MARGUERITE ALSO intends her sales simply for the individual; and the collectibles and gift market. Because her dear small books are holdable; touchable; readable; treasurable; approachable.-And sharable!

And also regarding gifts; she thinks it is nice; to get a gift sometimes; that is not a gadget; for some daily practical purpose. But sheerly for the enrichment and enjoyment of life! Like a pair of delicious colorful woolly socks perhaps!

Which you could wear while you read her books!-Well. It grows very cold; where Marguerite lives.-A good holiday! From one longtime and hardworking author; and former proud dutch girl; marguerite.🎋

POSTSCRIPT; and for the New Year.

Do what you love; and life is sweet.🎋

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