By Olivia Rae @oliviaraebooks Although I’m passionate about books today, I was not a reader at a young age. In fact, I was just the opposite. I avoided books. Reading was a struggle; my brain oft [ Read More ]
by Janet Morris Grimes @JanetGrimes Long before I was a writer, I was a reader. A listener. A pretender. Books allowed me to imagine the life of a princess, a pioneer, or a private investigator. St [ Read More ]
By Pamela Desmond Wright @PamDWrites My parents were not educated people. Though he graduated high school, my father worked all his life as a laborer in the family feed mill. Growing up in poverty, [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Carolyn Miller
By Carolyn Miller @CarolynMAuthor I’m excited it’s now less than two weeks until my next book, Muskoka Blue, releases to the world! This book was partly inspired by my love for LM Montgomery’ [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Kimberley Woodhouse
By Kimberley Woodhouse @kimwoodhouse Like most authors, my story is filled with books. And not just the ones I write. (Although, I do spend an inordinate amount of time reading those… over and ov [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Shannon Redmon
by Shannon Redmon @shannon_redmon As a little girl, my mother always encouraged me to read books. From The Little Engine That Could to the Berenstain Bears’ latest adventure, I would get lost in [ Read More ]
My Reading Life
By Barbara M. Britton @BarbaraMBritton It might surprise readers to know that my reading life was fairly sparse growing up. I lived in sunny California, and I spent my days roller skating, bike rid [ Read More ]
Books: Teachers and Friends
By Jessie Mattis @JessieMattis Remember that kid in school who got their classwork done early and then buried their nose in a book until the bell rang? That was me. In grade school, I would careful [ Read More ]
A Love of a Lifetime
I first fell in love in the second grade. With a book. The story was a sad story of a little girl who learned her mother had cancer. I don’t recall the title, but the emotions evoked were so vivi [ Read More ]
Full Hearts and TBRs by Lori Roeleveld
Like most of you, I have stacks of books throughout my home, in varying stages of being read from unread to re-reading for the 100th time. I have a tote full that I’m actively reading, hoping t [ Read More ]