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    • Top Three Books – Week 2

      Top Three Books – Week 2

      For example, I hadn’t in the past enjoyed any mystery books. Now I’ve done some research and am excited to give the genre a second chance. I can find the hook in a mystery…

    • Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Jane Austen knew that people become addicted to the thrill of fiction. She was more clever than Pride and Prejudice; she understood humans and how they behave. Northanger Abbey was more relatable to me…

    • Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      The Warsaw Orphan made me ill in all of the ways that a good book should. Descriptions of dying, starving, homeless people waiting for death to gather them–but worst of all were instances of…

    • Top Three Books – Week 1

      Top Three Books – Week 1

      Reading an average of ten books a month (I’m a fast reader) and not having reviewed them all, I’m going to have a weekly feature called Top Three Books.

    • River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      Sciolino paints a different perspective of Paris. This perspective is from the river, that ancient body of water pulsing through Paris like a vein. She has traveled far and wide in search of Seine…

    • Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Men and women alike mocked ladies who wanted to write a book. If their tales were indeed written, many were never published. If they were published, most women so feared the condemnation of society…

    • Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      We need to remember what a story really is. A story isn’t confined to paper, or an audiobook’s voice, or the screen of your Kindle.

    • Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Ignore the naysayers and read The Four Winds if you want a story packed with drama and a struggle to survive. There are proud moments; there are fearful moments. There are also moments in…

    • Suspense: KILLING FLOOR by Lee Child

      I once read of a technique that is commonly used by suspense writers to raise the tension level in a book. It involves breaking up sentences. Adding variety. Making it sound like a mind…

    Top Three Books – Week 2

    Top Three Books – Week 2

    For example, I hadn’t in the past enjoyed any mystery books. Now I’ve done some research and am excited to give the genre a second chance. I can find the hook in a mystery…

    • Top Three Books – Week 2

      Top Three Books – Week 2

      For example, I hadn’t in the past enjoyed any mystery books. Now I’ve done some research and am excited to give the genre a second chance. I can find the hook in a mystery…

    • Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Jane Austen knew that people become addicted to the thrill of fiction. She was more clever than Pride and Prejudice; she understood humans and how they behave. Northanger Abbey was more relatable to me…

    • Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      The Warsaw Orphan made me ill in all of the ways that a good book should. Descriptions of dying, starving, homeless people waiting for death to gather them–but worst of all were instances of…

    • Top Three Books – Week 1

      Top Three Books – Week 1

      Reading an average of ten books a month (I’m a fast reader) and not having reviewed them all, I’m going to have a weekly feature called Top Three Books.

    • River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      Sciolino paints a different perspective of Paris. This perspective is from the river, that ancient body of water pulsing through Paris like a vein. She has traveled far and wide in search of Seine…

    • Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Men and women alike mocked ladies who wanted to write a book. If their tales were indeed written, many were never published. If they were published, most women so feared the condemnation of society…

    • Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      We need to remember what a story really is. A story isn’t confined to paper, or an audiobook’s voice, or the screen of your Kindle.

    • Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Ignore the naysayers and read The Four Winds if you want a story packed with drama and a struggle to survive. There are proud moments; there are fearful moments. There are also moments in…

    • Suspense: KILLING FLOOR by Lee Child

      I once read of a technique that is commonly used by suspense writers to raise the tension level in a book. It involves breaking up sentences. Adding variety. Making it sound like a mind…

    Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

    Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

    Jane Austen knew that people become addicted to the thrill of fiction. She was more clever than Pride and Prejudice; she understood humans and how they behave. Northanger Abbey was more relatable to me…

    • Top Three Books – Week 2

      Top Three Books – Week 2

      For example, I hadn’t in the past enjoyed any mystery books. Now I’ve done some research and am excited to give the genre a second chance. I can find the hook in a mystery…

    • Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Jane Austen knew that people become addicted to the thrill of fiction. She was more clever than Pride and Prejudice; she understood humans and how they behave. Northanger Abbey was more relatable to me…

    • Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      The Warsaw Orphan made me ill in all of the ways that a good book should. Descriptions of dying, starving, homeless people waiting for death to gather them–but worst of all were instances of…

    • Top Three Books – Week 1

      Top Three Books – Week 1

      Reading an average of ten books a month (I’m a fast reader) and not having reviewed them all, I’m going to have a weekly feature called Top Three Books.

    • River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      Sciolino paints a different perspective of Paris. This perspective is from the river, that ancient body of water pulsing through Paris like a vein. She has traveled far and wide in search of Seine…

    • Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Men and women alike mocked ladies who wanted to write a book. If their tales were indeed written, many were never published. If they were published, most women so feared the condemnation of society…

    • Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      We need to remember what a story really is. A story isn’t confined to paper, or an audiobook’s voice, or the screen of your Kindle.

    • Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Ignore the naysayers and read The Four Winds if you want a story packed with drama and a struggle to survive. There are proud moments; there are fearful moments. There are also moments in…

    • Suspense: KILLING FLOOR by Lee Child

      I once read of a technique that is commonly used by suspense writers to raise the tension level in a book. It involves breaking up sentences. Adding variety. Making it sound like a mind…

    Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

    Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

    The Warsaw Orphan made me ill in all of the ways that a good book should. Descriptions of dying, starving, homeless people waiting for death to gather them–but worst of all were instances of…

    • Top Three Books – Week 2

      Top Three Books – Week 2

      For example, I hadn’t in the past enjoyed any mystery books. Now I’ve done some research and am excited to give the genre a second chance. I can find the hook in a mystery…

    • Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Jane Austen knew that people become addicted to the thrill of fiction. She was more clever than Pride and Prejudice; she understood humans and how they behave. Northanger Abbey was more relatable to me…

    • Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      The Warsaw Orphan made me ill in all of the ways that a good book should. Descriptions of dying, starving, homeless people waiting for death to gather them–but worst of all were instances of…

    • Top Three Books – Week 1

      Top Three Books – Week 1

      Reading an average of ten books a month (I’m a fast reader) and not having reviewed them all, I’m going to have a weekly feature called Top Three Books.

    • River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      Sciolino paints a different perspective of Paris. This perspective is from the river, that ancient body of water pulsing through Paris like a vein. She has traveled far and wide in search of Seine…

    • Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Men and women alike mocked ladies who wanted to write a book. If their tales were indeed written, many were never published. If they were published, most women so feared the condemnation of society…

    • Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      We need to remember what a story really is. A story isn’t confined to paper, or an audiobook’s voice, or the screen of your Kindle.

    • Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Ignore the naysayers and read The Four Winds if you want a story packed with drama and a struggle to survive. There are proud moments; there are fearful moments. There are also moments in…

    • Suspense: KILLING FLOOR by Lee Child

      I once read of a technique that is commonly used by suspense writers to raise the tension level in a book. It involves breaking up sentences. Adding variety. Making it sound like a mind…

    Top Three Books – Week 1

    Top Three Books – Week 1

    Reading an average of ten books a month (I’m a fast reader) and not having reviewed them all, I’m going to have a weekly feature called Top Three Books.

    • Top Three Books – Week 2

      Top Three Books – Week 2

      For example, I hadn’t in the past enjoyed any mystery books. Now I’ve done some research and am excited to give the genre a second chance. I can find the hook in a mystery…

    • Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Jane Austen knew that people become addicted to the thrill of fiction. She was more clever than Pride and Prejudice; she understood humans and how they behave. Northanger Abbey was more relatable to me…

    • Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      The Warsaw Orphan made me ill in all of the ways that a good book should. Descriptions of dying, starving, homeless people waiting for death to gather them–but worst of all were instances of…

    • Top Three Books – Week 1

      Top Three Books – Week 1

      Reading an average of ten books a month (I’m a fast reader) and not having reviewed them all, I’m going to have a weekly feature called Top Three Books.

    • River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      Sciolino paints a different perspective of Paris. This perspective is from the river, that ancient body of water pulsing through Paris like a vein. She has traveled far and wide in search of Seine…

    • Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Men and women alike mocked ladies who wanted to write a book. If their tales were indeed written, many were never published. If they were published, most women so feared the condemnation of society…

    • Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      We need to remember what a story really is. A story isn’t confined to paper, or an audiobook’s voice, or the screen of your Kindle.

    • Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Ignore the naysayers and read The Four Winds if you want a story packed with drama and a struggle to survive. There are proud moments; there are fearful moments. There are also moments in…

    • Suspense: KILLING FLOOR by Lee Child

      I once read of a technique that is commonly used by suspense writers to raise the tension level in a book. It involves breaking up sentences. Adding variety. Making it sound like a mind…

    River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

    River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

    Sciolino paints a different perspective of Paris. This perspective is from the river, that ancient body of water pulsing through Paris like a vein. She has traveled far and wide in search of Seine…

    • Top Three Books – Week 2

      Top Three Books – Week 2

      For example, I hadn’t in the past enjoyed any mystery books. Now I’ve done some research and am excited to give the genre a second chance. I can find the hook in a mystery…

    • Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Jane Austen knew that people become addicted to the thrill of fiction. She was more clever than Pride and Prejudice; she understood humans and how they behave. Northanger Abbey was more relatable to me…

    • Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      The Warsaw Orphan made me ill in all of the ways that a good book should. Descriptions of dying, starving, homeless people waiting for death to gather them–but worst of all were instances of…

    • Top Three Books – Week 1

      Top Three Books – Week 1

      Reading an average of ten books a month (I’m a fast reader) and not having reviewed them all, I’m going to have a weekly feature called Top Three Books.

    • River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      Sciolino paints a different perspective of Paris. This perspective is from the river, that ancient body of water pulsing through Paris like a vein. She has traveled far and wide in search of Seine…

    • Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Men and women alike mocked ladies who wanted to write a book. If their tales were indeed written, many were never published. If they were published, most women so feared the condemnation of society…

    • Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      We need to remember what a story really is. A story isn’t confined to paper, or an audiobook’s voice, or the screen of your Kindle.

    • Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Ignore the naysayers and read The Four Winds if you want a story packed with drama and a struggle to survive. There are proud moments; there are fearful moments. There are also moments in…

    • Suspense: KILLING FLOOR by Lee Child

      I once read of a technique that is commonly used by suspense writers to raise the tension level in a book. It involves breaking up sentences. Adding variety. Making it sound like a mind…

    Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

    Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

    Men and women alike mocked ladies who wanted to write a book. If their tales were indeed written, many were never published. If they were published, most women so feared the condemnation of society…

    • Top Three Books – Week 2

      Top Three Books – Week 2

      For example, I hadn’t in the past enjoyed any mystery books. Now I’ve done some research and am excited to give the genre a second chance. I can find the hook in a mystery…

    • Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Jane Austen knew that people become addicted to the thrill of fiction. She was more clever than Pride and Prejudice; she understood humans and how they behave. Northanger Abbey was more relatable to me…

    • Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      The Warsaw Orphan made me ill in all of the ways that a good book should. Descriptions of dying, starving, homeless people waiting for death to gather them–but worst of all were instances of…

    • Top Three Books – Week 1

      Top Three Books – Week 1

      Reading an average of ten books a month (I’m a fast reader) and not having reviewed them all, I’m going to have a weekly feature called Top Three Books.

    • River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      Sciolino paints a different perspective of Paris. This perspective is from the river, that ancient body of water pulsing through Paris like a vein. She has traveled far and wide in search of Seine…

    • Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Men and women alike mocked ladies who wanted to write a book. If their tales were indeed written, many were never published. If they were published, most women so feared the condemnation of society…

    • Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      We need to remember what a story really is. A story isn’t confined to paper, or an audiobook’s voice, or the screen of your Kindle.

    • Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Ignore the naysayers and read The Four Winds if you want a story packed with drama and a struggle to survive. There are proud moments; there are fearful moments. There are also moments in…

    • Suspense: KILLING FLOOR by Lee Child

      I once read of a technique that is commonly used by suspense writers to raise the tension level in a book. It involves breaking up sentences. Adding variety. Making it sound like a mind…

    Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

    Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

    We need to remember what a story really is. A story isn’t confined to paper, or an audiobook’s voice, or the screen of your Kindle.

    • Top Three Books – Week 2

      Top Three Books – Week 2

      For example, I hadn’t in the past enjoyed any mystery books. Now I’ve done some research and am excited to give the genre a second chance. I can find the hook in a mystery…

    • Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Jane Austen knew that people become addicted to the thrill of fiction. She was more clever than Pride and Prejudice; she understood humans and how they behave. Northanger Abbey was more relatable to me…

    • Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      The Warsaw Orphan made me ill in all of the ways that a good book should. Descriptions of dying, starving, homeless people waiting for death to gather them–but worst of all were instances of…

    • Top Three Books – Week 1

      Top Three Books – Week 1

      Reading an average of ten books a month (I’m a fast reader) and not having reviewed them all, I’m going to have a weekly feature called Top Three Books.

    • River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      Sciolino paints a different perspective of Paris. This perspective is from the river, that ancient body of water pulsing through Paris like a vein. She has traveled far and wide in search of Seine…

    • Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Men and women alike mocked ladies who wanted to write a book. If their tales were indeed written, many were never published. If they were published, most women so feared the condemnation of society…

    • Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      We need to remember what a story really is. A story isn’t confined to paper, or an audiobook’s voice, or the screen of your Kindle.

    • Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Ignore the naysayers and read The Four Winds if you want a story packed with drama and a struggle to survive. There are proud moments; there are fearful moments. There are also moments in…

    • Suspense: KILLING FLOOR by Lee Child

      I once read of a technique that is commonly used by suspense writers to raise the tension level in a book. It involves breaking up sentences. Adding variety. Making it sound like a mind…

    Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

    Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

    Ignore the naysayers and read The Four Winds if you want a story packed with drama and a struggle to survive. There are proud moments; there are fearful moments. There are also moments in…

    • Top Three Books – Week 2

      Top Three Books – Week 2

      For example, I hadn’t in the past enjoyed any mystery books. Now I’ve done some research and am excited to give the genre a second chance. I can find the hook in a mystery…

    • Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Evils We Seek: NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

      Jane Austen knew that people become addicted to the thrill of fiction. She was more clever than Pride and Prejudice; she understood humans and how they behave. Northanger Abbey was more relatable to me…

    • Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      Across The Wall: THE WARSAW ORPHAN by Kelly Rimmer

      The Warsaw Orphan made me ill in all of the ways that a good book should. Descriptions of dying, starving, homeless people waiting for death to gather them–but worst of all were instances of…

    • Top Three Books – Week 1

      Top Three Books – Week 1

      Reading an average of ten books a month (I’m a fast reader) and not having reviewed them all, I’m going to have a weekly feature called Top Three Books.

    • River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      River of Life: THE SEINE by Elaine Sciolino

      Sciolino paints a different perspective of Paris. This perspective is from the river, that ancient body of water pulsing through Paris like a vein. She has traveled far and wide in search of Seine…

    • Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Classics By Women: NOT JUST JANE by Shelley DeWees

      Men and women alike mocked ladies who wanted to write a book. If their tales were indeed written, many were never published. If they were published, most women so feared the condemnation of society…

    • Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      Paper or eBook? THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL by Jonathan Gottschall

      We need to remember what a story really is. A story isn’t confined to paper, or an audiobook’s voice, or the screen of your Kindle.

    • Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Overrated? THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

      Ignore the naysayers and read The Four Winds if you want a story packed with drama and a struggle to survive. There are proud moments; there are fearful moments. There are also moments in…

    • Suspense: KILLING FLOOR by Lee Child

      I once read of a technique that is commonly used by suspense writers to raise the tension level in a book. It involves breaking up sentences. Adding variety. Making it sound like a mind…

    Suspense: KILLING FLOOR by Lee Child

    I once read of a technique that is commonly used by suspense writers to raise the tension level in a book. It involves breaking up sentences. Adding variety. Making it sound like a mind…