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“The Inaugural Meeting of Fairvale Ladies Book Club” – A Book Review and just a tad of jealousy

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Jake, Lucid Dreamer by David Naiman

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 […]

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How Wired for Story by Lisa Cron Makes Your Story Irresistible

Extensive Reading Doesn’t Generate Great Writing What a blow, but […]

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How to Make the Best Use of James Scott Bell’s Writing Blunders Solutions Even If You Can’t Do Them All

27 Fiction Writing Blunders and How Not to Make Them […]

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How to See the Medial Student’s Perspective Even if You Didn’t Attend Medical School – Didn’t Get Frazzled by David Z. Hirsch

Medical Student’s Perspective Rarely does anyone write a novel from […]

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Sally’s Flights of Fancy

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 […]

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Colleen Chesebro Book Review “My Life at Sweetbrier”

Colleen Chesebro, also an author, writes a review that you […]

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Bette Lee Crosby Book Review Inspires Reading

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 […]

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The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler Book Review

A Travel Guidebook for Agoraphobics Macon the hero of The […]

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A+ Book Review: The Glass Castle: A Memoir

The incidents in this book might shock and horrify you. Jeannette Walls chronicles her life in the Glass Castle from age three when her tutu caught on fire as she cooked […]

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Three Excellent Books for Pre-schoolers

Mommy’s Little Monster by Dawn McNiff, illustrated by Kate Willis-Crowley will capture your heart, too. No one can hate these monsters. Tiny Troll’s mom is going to a party without […]

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Books You Must Put Down and Movies That Transport You Out of This World

To be honest, if I’m reading fiction, I can’t put […]

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Reviews and Recommendations

A few weeks ago I read Breathing on Her Own published by Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas written by Rebecca Waters, a friend in a Facebook writers support group. This book […]

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Book Review: The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

Today I spent several hours at Barnes and Noble in Fresno doing market research for both picture books and romance. I’ll describe that experience later. Tonight I want to share […]

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Book Review: Off the Leash by Rupert Fawcett

Hi everyone, Manny here, again. Mom’s still busy. Mom asked me to write a book report for you today on the book Off the Leash: The Secret Life of Dogs […]

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Book Review: Through the Redwood Curtain by Robert Burke

At a Woodlake High School Foundation Dinner I attended recently, […]

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Tuesday Review: Interview with JT Weaver

As I continue to try to find my voice as a blogger, I find myself drawn into the role of book reviewer. As I continue on this pathway, a next […]

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Tuesday Book Review: The Sea and the Silence by Peter Cunningham

First of all, I KNOW it’s late Wednesday, not Tuesday! […]

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Tuesday Review: The Great Gatsby

What more can be said about Gatsby, Than he was, at one time, a has-to-be? When you went to his house, He was never a louse. But his past was […]

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Book Review: Holding Up the Earth by Dianne E. Gray

Hope, aged 14, became an orphan at age six when […]

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Book Review: The Worst Hard Time…

Before I start my book review, which I promised you last week, I want to thank you for responding to my poll yesterday. I will be establishing a posting schedule […]

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A Book Review: Wolf Pear

You all know that I’m a Dianne Gray fan, and I just finished reading her 2010 novel Wolf Pear. The reader has no idea whether or not the two main […]

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Book Review: The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony

This book, The Elephant Whisperer, kept me on the edge […]

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Book Review: A Black Cowboy’s Ride Across America

It’s not every day that a good book about both […]

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Romance in Tulare County

If you’ve been reading my blog recently, you’ll notice that several blogger friends are wanting to get together. Several have suggested that they want to come to Tulare County. I […]

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Book Review: Entertaining an Elephant

Thank you and congratulations to Larry Otter, the 30th “LIKE” on my new Facebook page, GOLD STAR! Thanks to the many others that also pressed “LIKE” Many of you are teachers, […]

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Book Review: The Everything Theory

Dianne Gray became my blogger friend four months and three weeks ago now, and we have rallied blogger chit-chat back and forth between our blogs. As I read her blog […]

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book review

“The Inaugural Meeting of Fairvale Ladies Book Club” – A Book Review and just a tad of jealousy

Jake, Lucid Dreamer by David Naiman

How Wired for Story by Lisa Cron Makes Your Story Irresistible

How to Make the Best Use of James Scott Bell’s Writing Blunders Solutions Even If You Can’t Do Them All

How to See the Medial Student’s Perspective Even if You Didn’t Attend Medical School – Didn’t Get Frazzled by David Z. Hirsch

Sally’s Flights of Fancy

Colleen Chesebro Book Review “My Life at Sweetbrier”

Bette Lee Crosby Book Review Inspires Reading

The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler Book Review

A+ Book Review: The Glass Castle: A Memoir

Three Excellent Books for Pre-schoolers

Books You Must Put Down and Movies That Transport You Out of This World

Reviews and Recommendations

Book Review: The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

Book Review: Off the Leash by Rupert Fawcett

Book Review: Through the Redwood Curtain by Robert Burke

Tuesday Review: Interview with JT Weaver

Tuesday Book Review: The Sea and the Silence by Peter Cunningham

Tuesday Review: The Great Gatsby

Book Review: Holding Up the Earth by Dianne E. Gray

Book Review: The Worst Hard Time…

A Book Review: Wolf Pear

Book Review: A Black Cowboy’s Ride Across America

Romance in Tulare County

Book Review: Entertaining an Elephant