Do you read October books? Even before the weather gets cooler, I can feel fall coming. With that feeling comes a strong desire to read…
Category: Reading
Writing the Best Book I Have Ever Read
Originally Published October 2017 Have you ever read a book and thought, “It was good, but I wish this part had been different”? (This, of…
Writing Fantasy
As a teenager, I wasn’t really interested in fantasy stories. I read two or three Anne McCaffrey books in junior high because one was required…
5 Books That Have Had an Impact on Me
For as long as I can remember, I have been a reader. I think I’ve always been in love with words. Books are a way…
A Story of Sisters: Austen’s Sense & Sensibility
Originally Published December 2017 My faithful readers will know that Sense & Sensibility was the first of Jane Austen’s books that I read. For a…
The Jane Austen Problem
Originally Published October 2017 I discovered Jane Austen during my sophomore year of high school, but not because of assigned readings in English class. In…
The Inimitable Flavia de Luce
Flavia de Luce. I first met her in 2011. She reminded me of myself at her age—a girl too smart for her own good. She…
Books with Pictures
Since becoming a mother, I have read more picture books than I ever imagined I would. Brett and I are readers and want our children…
5 Children’s Books
In the past three weeks, my son had a cold, my daughter had a cold with a fever, I had a head cold of my…
My Discovery of Comic Books
How did I know Brett was the perfect man for me? I don’t believe anyone has ever asked me that question, and that’s probably because…