There are so many great posts that I get to read during the week that I took a page out of many a bloggers’ book and decided to share a round-up of my favorite ten posts each Friday under the label of recommended reads, a round-up which can either be used to make this evening’s… Read More Ten Recommended Reads: Week of 30 January to 5 February 2016
Each Saturday of the month, this space is given to someone else whose content overlaps mine, be it Borna’s Monthly Book Review, Maeve’s Monthly Movie Review, or a X-Files review courtesy of The M0vie Blog or Apt. 42. But once in awhile a month comes by featuring a fifth Saturday, leaving me wondering what in… Read More Winter Reading: Book Review Round-Up
There are so many great posts that I get to read during the week that I took a page out of many a bloggers’ book and decided to share a round-up of my favorite ten posts each Friday, which can either be used to make this evening’s commute go by quicker, or to accompany tomorrow… Read More Ten Recommended Reads: Week of 22-29 January 2016
Happy Sunday! As you ready yourself for another great week, are you wondering what book to take along with you on your commute? Take a peek at this week’s recommended commute companion! Book Recommendation: ‘Living Oprah’, by Robyn Okrant Review here. Purchase here. Author website here. Synopsis: What happens when a 35-year-old average American woman… Read More Book Recommendation: ‘Living Oprah’, by Robyn Okrant
About the author: Award winning writer and teacher Sally Allen holds a Ph.D. from New York University in English Education, with an emphasis in writing and rhetoric, and a M.A. in English Language and Literature. She teaches writing, literature, and communications, leads book group discussions, and is the founder and editor of Books, Ink at… Read More Book Review: ‘Unlocking Worlds: A Reading Companion for Book Lovers’, by Sally Allen
A as lifelong bookaholic, I quickly learned how to get my fix. Navigating libraries, bookstores, and the internet in search of a good book comes very easily to me, so easily, in fact, that I took it for granted. I realise now that I owe this skill to my wonderful parents and the amazing librarians… Read More Confessions of a Bookaholic: How To Find a Good Read
Happy Sunday! As you ready yourself for another great week, are you wondering what to take along with you on your commute? Take a peek at this week’s recommended commute companion! ‘Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History’, by Rhonda K. Garelick Review here. Purchase here. Author website here. Synopsis: Certain lives are at… Read More Book Recommendation: ‘Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History’, by Rhonda K. Garelick
As previously mentioned, one of the way authors improve their craft is by reading—a lot. Most authors are first and foremost avid readers, and have to deal with the reality of painful necks and shoulders or too heavy suitcases all the time. Since they have been introduced, electronic readers seem to have cause quite a… Read More Ask An Author: Is It About the Reading or the Reader?
Statement T-shirts are a wonderful way of sharing with the world how we feel about certain things, in an in-your-face yet out-of-your-space kind of way. It used to be considered tacky doing so, but never fear: the statement T-shirt has made a huge come-back in all age groups, all the more that they are the… Read More Fashion Review: Novel-T’s Literary Shirts
Readers of this blog have mentioned a couple of times since the Ask an Author feature was launched how they love finding out more about the people who write books that change their lives. They have been sending in questions so many questions that, once we have increased the pool of participating writers, the feature… Read More Ask An Author: The Unique Relationship between Reader and Writer