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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
My Reading Life – Jennifer Chastain
By Jennifer Chastain @JenniferCwrites Growing up in a small rural town in New York State, there wasn’t a whole lot to do by way of entertainment. In the summers, we swam and played in the creek b [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Darlene L. Turner
by Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner Can you inherit the love of reading? Maybe. Maybe not, but both of my parents loved to read. Dad enjoyed Louis L’Amour while Mom read authors like Janette Ok [ Read More ]