Liesbet has been a blogging friend of mine for quite a while and I have enjoyed reading her posts and having her comment on my posts as well. My hat’s […]
Presumed Innocent By Scott Turow Book 1987 Movie 1990 Classic book, Presumed Innocent is worth a read or a reread. Why do you read? Pure pleasure? Are you writing a […]
Laugh Out Loud Funny Book Three sisters, triplets, constantly in one scrape or another, turn 34 and nearly kill each other at their birthday party. The stranger’s description starts calmly […]
Ordinary Magic Promises I Kept to my Mother Through Life, Illness, and a Very Long Walk Cameron Powell describes the delicious as well as the sadder moments that comprise life […]
Writing Tips from a Twelve Point Five-Year-Old Author Introducing My Editor Again In my last post, you learned that when you are looking for editors, to help pick the right […]
Want a Book That Boys Want to Read? Attention Parents and Teachers! Boys struggle to read fiction, believe it or not. Give them a book about animals, cars, boats, anything […]
On Reviews When to Write a Three-Star Review Always Write proudly hosts Kevin Cooper for the third of his series on writing the three-star review. How do you handle reviewing average […]
How Do You Survive Quadruple Losses ? Displacement, Anne Stormont’s romance plus, featured quadruple losses. Authors often weigh their characters down with problems. But real people may be overcome trying […]
How do you get over being single even though you’re thirty-two and almost a spinster? Young and single, you’re caught up in life’s routines, and suddenly you realize you’ve become […]
Sally’s Flights of Fancy Soar You Away from Worries These are just the kinds of tales I can read for hours. Relax, escape and read. If you’d rather buy the […]
Life is uncontrollable at times. Erin’s husband had long since married the woman Erin found in her bed with him. When a coworker asked about a growth on her neck, […]
My friend Norah Colvin wrote this beautiful interview. It’s always great when you catch someone doing such a great job you wish you had done it. That’s how I felt […]
Confessions of a Media Manipulator Trust me; you haven’t read a book like this one before. However, Tim Ferriss disagrees with me. “Holiday is part Machiavelli, part Ogilvy, and all […]
By Bette Lee Crosby Review by Michelle Clements James BOOK SYNOPSIS An uplifting tale of trust, love, and friendship from a USA Today Bestselling Author of Women’s Fiction… Papa wasn’t […]
Frontier Preacher Survives the Wild West – Barely! Preacher Survives With Help from God The first week Hollis arrived in Gillette, Wyoming, his final destination, he almost starved and froze […]
How Do You Choose a Great Book to Read? It’s hard. Do you listen to what friends or bloggers say about books? For most people walking around a bookstore, physical […]
Librarians & Teachers Encourage Reading Newer Intermediate Level Books Looking for newer intermediate level books for your students? Teachers can easily get stuck in a rut, relying on old favorites. […]
Yes, Book Reviewers Can Make History Happen Before you read You Read But Do You Leave Reviews? that Chris, The Story Reading Ape wrote, I want to tell you a story […]
Marian Beaman’s A+ Review An English and creative writing professor at Hope College, Janzen takes her readers on a romp into new territory. With chapter headings like Lady Problems, The […]
Book Review Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant This award-winner is one of three to be nominated for a Pulitzer Award. A Functional Book about a Dysfunctional Family Memory is not […]
Writing a Top Book Review Takes Practice After five years of writing reviews, I’ve learned about what it takes to write a top book review. I get compliments, but my […]
How can something painful be an easy read? Is that even possible, an easy read memoir? Almost by definition, a remarkable memoir must have a conflict or opposition that makes […]
