Leigh Ann Thomas When I was growing up, my mom had a sacred, non-negotiable house rule that gave me a life-long love of reading. The rule? No idle hands allowed. If your hands are empty, they will [ Read More ]
By Tabitha Bouldin @tabithabouldin I’m pretty sure I won the reading lottery as a kid. You see, my sister is two years older than me, and one of the things she loved was coming home from school e [ Read More ]
By Christina Sinisi I grew up in the mountains of Virginia to two relatively uneducated parents—my father was the first in his family to receive a high school diploma and my mother struggled to g [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Malissa Chapin
Books and I have had a long, loving relationship. On my third birthday, I received a book called Beth’s Happy Day. I still have that book by the way—I read it on my birthday and enjoy the n [ Read More ]
My Reading Life
This blog seemed like a good idea, but now it feels like I’m confessing to being weird. Because truthfully, I read a ridiculous amount and variety. I read when I get up, I build in different pock [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – DiAnn Mills
Reading to Grow, Know, and Show By DiAnn Mills @diannmills Reading is my superpower. Communicating through the written word helps me grow physically, mentally, and spiritually. The more I know, the [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Crystal Caudill
By Crystal Caudill @CCaudillAuthor Reading has always been an escape for me, a place where I can live vicariously through the lives of characters who have it harder than me and yet come out stronge [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Sarah Loudin Thomas
How My Reading Life Birthed My Writing Life Harper Lee said, “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” I know just what she means. As a kid, I litera [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Cindy Patterson
By Cindy Patterson @cpattersonbks I have a vivid recurring déjà vu moment of being in an elementary classroom on a cold rainy day holding a first grade reader, with big bold letters and bright, c [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Deanna Rutledge
My Reading Life… I grew up in East Baltimore (Md.) known for its endless rows of tall, brick houses, all with marble front steps. Immigrants had poured into the city from Europe and the Medit [ Read More ]