Don’t you love surprises? Not pink slip in with your paycheck-type surprises. No one likes those. But a good surprise. Finding twenty dollars in your dryer that you didn’t know you had. A lette [ Read More ]
Reading has always been an important part of my life. Some of my earliest memories are of my dad reading nursery rhymes from The Tall Book of Mother Goose. One night, Daddy said, “Tonight, you re [ Read More ]
When others our age are going on cruises, my friend, Mary Coons and her husband, purchased three turn-of-the-century homes in a neglected neighborhood and transformed them into charming Air B&B [ Read More ]
What have I been reading lately? Warning: this post comes to you from a vulnerable place. My filter is off. My eyes are tired. My concept of time is fragile and damaged. Still, I need to process, a [ Read More ]
As a writer, I read. As a lover of words, description, imagery, and story, I read. As a reviewer, I read. I’m blessed having read numerous books that took me to places I’ve never been and intro [ Read More ]
Reading Habits from Wee Girl to Mature Girl I’ve read from the time I learned the alphabet and strung letters together to form words. “Daddy, what does S T O P spell?” Then came sentences. An [ Read More ]
By Dana R. Lynn @DanaRLynn I once thought that as my children grew older, some of the business of my life would settle down and I would be able to spend more time reading. Don’t get me wrong, I s [ Read More ]
I count books among my best friends and have since I became an avid reader at the ripe old age of seven. I flew through all the popular series—Trixie, Nancy, Laura, and Anne. I lived in their wor [ Read More ]
We decided to do something a little different today. Since the blog started you’ve been hearing stories from all of our BRRC authors about their reading lives. Now it’s your turn! In th [ Read More ]
by Heather Kreke @HKreke I’ve loved stories for as long as I can remember, even before I could read. I would beg my parents and grandma to tell me stories or read to me just one more book pleee [ Read More ]