2021 FIVE STAR PICKS
Of the seventy books I read in 2021, here are the twenty-three I deem worthy of a 5-star rating. How lucky are readers there are so many wonderful books out there! Any on this list that jive with your five-star ratings? Any I missed to add to my 2022 TBR pile? Comment below. And, how…
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Today, November 1st, marks the start of NaNoWriMo, otherwise known as National Novel Writing Month. As most of you know, I’ve been working on my first novel for over four years. From an online creative writing course through Wesleyan University, to research trips to Philadelphia, Newport and Boston, to crafting/ editing/revising a story with meaningful characters addressing societal…
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This past Friday, as the dust blew across the pages of my reading Kristin Hannah’s latest and greatest, Four Winds, (review to follow) another storm brewed on the pages of Facebook. One of the reading groups I regularly follow, Book Club Girls, run by Harper Collins, announced they would be shutting down the group by August…
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I’m not sure which lasted longer: the hugs for each arrival, the clouds for a beach day, or the book discussion. After eleven months apart, most of the members of my book club traveled down for a Cape Cod picnic and “beach” day for an in-person meeting. Over cups of clam chowder – the REAL…
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UPDATED: March 25, 2023 Many of you who follow me on Facebook know that I post Kindle specials on a regular basis. Why you might ask am I encouraging more dollars into the pocket of Amazon and Jeff Bezos when independent bookstores struggle every day? First, there’s the bargain hunter in me I cannot…
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