I was looking for something new to read, and my friend let me borrow a Nora Roberts book she had borrowed from her mom. (We’ve shared more books between her family and mine than I can probably count. Gotta love…
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Reading something different
There are definitely times when I really enjoy reading books that are different. I recently read a blog post about reading books outside of your comfort zone. It has a couple good lists of books that you should check out,…
Tagged with: Book, book review, books, comfort zone, controversial books, future, Literature, Reading, Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers
Posted in Book review, Excellent, Intrigues
Posted in Book review, Excellent, Intrigues
What’s on my bookshelf? 1-21-13
All right, so these aren’t technically on my bookshelf, but the next time I have some spare money in my pocket and I find this boxed set in a store, I will be adding it to my bookshelf. I had…
Top Ten Books Santa Could Bring Me for Christmas
Every year, my Christmas list is compiled of books, with a few other things added in. It’s the Christmas season again, and so I have compiled my list of the top 10 books Santa (or my family and friends) could…
Tagged with: Alice Hoffman, Artemis Fowl, Book, Book Thief, casual vacancy, Christmas, christmas list, christopher paolini, Eion Colfer, Elizabeth Kostova, enigma, eva stachniak, Harry Potter, inheritance, Jasper Fforde, Kathy Reichs, Markus Zusak, robert harris, termperance brennan, Thursday Next, top ten list, Vlad the Impaler, winter palace
Posted in My Favorite Things, On My Bookshelf
Posted in My Favorite Things, On My Bookshelf
Marketing and PR on your own as an author
One of the things that has bothered me since I started my journey of being a writer and author is how to market my book to an audience when I’m virtually unknown. Beyond my small hometown and my circle of…
Tagged with: Author, author tips, Book, David Meerman Scott, E-book, New Rules of Marketing, New Rules of Marketing and PR, Public relations, social-media, writing tips
Posted in Writing tips
Posted in Writing tips
What’s on my bookshelf? 11-9-12
I’m currently reading the book Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier (and loving it), and that got me thinking that I hadn’t written a “What’s on my bookshelf?” post in a while. So today I will be talking about the books by…
Tagged with: Book, bookshelf, Daughter of the Forest, irish mythology, Juliet Marillier, Literature, love story, Marillier, Shadowfell, son of the shadows
Posted in On My Bookshelf
Posted in On My Bookshelf
What’s on my bookshelf? 8-3-12
This will be the first of a couple of posts about the books by Garth Nix that are on my bookshelf. I have several of his books, but they are such different series that I feel each series deserves a…
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