I confessed in my last My Reading Life post that I’m a fickle reader when it comes to fiction and that I was finding it difficult to make it a priority in my reading life. That was back in June a [ Read More ]
Dear Blue Ridge Reader Connections—thank you for having me! I believe this is the third time I’ve done this blog topic, but that’s okay—I read a lot! I’m on Book 126 for my GoodReads Chal [ Read More ]
By Kathleen D. Bailey This has been the hardest year of my life. In February we learned that our younger daughter, 43, had inoperable liver cancer. I moved into her apartment and nursed her for her [ Read More ]
Good morning, friends! I am so happy to be with you again. It’s funny, because every time I am here, I’m reading a different genre. It all depends on what life has thrown at me at a specific ti [ Read More ]
SPECIAL EDITION Welcome to a special edition blog post, called My Canadian Reading Life. As we celebrate Canada Day today, I thought it apt to take a minute and think about some of the Canadian con [ Read More ]
What first kindled your love of reading? Was it a specific book? A genre or author you kept gravitating toward? The joys of escaping into another world? For me, it was Smurfs. No, it wasn’t books [ Read More ]
When Life Happens I love this verse in Ecclesiastes. There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV) Now, don’t get me wrong. I believe readin [ Read More ]
The Eclectic Reader I breathe a sigh of relief when I type “The End” on a completed manuscript, but as a reader “The End” means I’ve closed the cover of the book. So often, I yearn to kno [ Read More ]
In an interruption to usual programming, I’d love to encourage you to review what you read. Several years ago, when I got series about pursuing publication, I began to think about building my [ Read More ]
By Emily Wright On my last blog post for My Reading Life, I shared how my interest in historical fiction began during my carefree elementary school days. But when adulthood hits, a person realizes [ Read More ]