Hugs from Obama edited by M. Sweeney

October 21, 2018

This post isn’t what I planned for today, but I received this book in the mail yesterday. It’s a quick read. So many of us could use the book M. Sweeney edited, Hugs from Obama: A Photographic Look Back at the Warmth and Wisdom of President Barack...

Midnight Ink

October 20, 2018

Many of you may have already heard from Midnight Ink authors or Terri Bischoff, acquisitions editor at Midnight Ink. The publisher is closing after the spring/summer 2019 season. Staff at Midnight Ink will lose their jobs, and so many authors will have to try to find...

Winners and a Multiple Giveaway

October 19, 2018

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Burning Ridge is going to Dianne C. from Elk Grove Village, IL, G.B. from East Lansing, MI, and Jane T. from West Linn, OR. Karen R. of Katy, TX and Sandie H. of Sarasota, FL won The Cats Came Back. The books went...

What Are You Reading?

October 18, 2018

“On the road again.” I’m actually traveling today and tomorrow, so I won’t be around to discuss books. Instead, I’ll be in the car for about 5 1/2 hours each way. But, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take up the challenge. Let...

I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel

October 17, 2018

One of my book loving friends, Kay, blogs at Kay’s Reading Life. She also comments on this blog on Thursdays when we do “What Are You Reading?” Kay recently suggested a book of essays called I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas...