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What makes a book worth a look?

What makes a book worth a look?

While perusing my news reader, I ran across a post concerning authors, agents, editors and/or publishers asking for bloggers’ assistance in publicizing an author’s work. The post mentioned a letter sent from a publishing company offering to send a review copy with the hopes a review would be written. This was viewed as pandering in [...]

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Literary Beach Company

Literary Beach Company

The Literary Pursuit highlighted a great article from the Washington Post in which a few authors were asked which character from a book would they like to join them for a day at the beach.  Here are just a couple of the responses: Christopher Buckley Well, I’m seriously tempted to say Lolita, but as Nixon [...]

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Reading buddies!!!

Reading buddies!!!

So, I had mentioned that I needed a new booklight because I love to read on the patio at night but do not want to attract the giant bugs by keeping the porch light on and my trusy old Itty Bitty Book Light broke.  I did end up ordering a super little light… Mighty Bright [...]

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Review – Under this Unbroken Sky

Review – Under this Unbroken Sky

Spring 1938. After nearly two years in prison for the crime of stealing his own grain, Ukrainian immigrant Teodor Mykolayenko is a free man. While he was gone, his wife, Maria; their five children; and his sister, Anna, struggled to survive on the harsh northern Canadian prairie, but now Teodor—a man who has overcome drought, [...]

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Giveaway/Interview/Review – Dancing With Ana

Giveaway/Interview/Review – Dancing With Ana

She comes from a loving family.  She has three best friends.  She loves to surf and lives five minutes from the beach.  She also recently discovered that the boy she’s grown up with has the most amazing green eyes… Beth has every reason to smile.  Every reason to be happy.  Every reason to feel blessed. [...]

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