Back to Blog Oh my gosh! Guess what? Tiffany Girl was chosen as one of Wiki Ezvid’s Top Ten Must-Read Novels ! How fun is that? They even made a video trailer! Check it out and see who else...
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Back to Blog I have superpowers—real ones. Like flying. At least, I do when I dream. Sometimes I execute my superpowers with grace, as in the case of flying. No need to make an arrow with my...
The kids back in 1994. The first time I went to a RITA ceremony (and an RWA conference ), we had four young children (ages 7, 6, 5, & 4) and were living from paycheck to paycheck. It was 1994 a...
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Back to Blog Source At 3:00am, I turned off the computer and tumbled into bed. I fell into an exhausted sleep, slept right through my alarm--and at some point realized the phone was ringing...
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Back to Blog While researching Tiffany Girl, I found that The Board Game of Old Maid was the Victorian's version of Hasbro's Game of Life. The couple's journey through the game resembles the...
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Back to Blog THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE STARTING A NEW BOOK. THE SUSPENSE, THE QUESTIONS, THE EXCITEMENT. YOU CRACK OPEN THAT BOOK AND... 1. YOU GET A WHIFF OF THAT AMAZING "BOOK SM...
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Ten Spectacular Bookends
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Unfortunate People Names
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Back to Blog THESE ARE HONEST-TO-GOODNESS THINGS VICTORIAN AMERICAN WOMEN WERE TAUGHT TO DO IF THEY WANTED TO BE DESIRABLE TO A MAN. 1. HELPLESSNESS = BEAUTY Source > “There is�...
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Back to blog The leading ladies in my books have a strong sense of self. Here are 12 awe inspiring quotes from some of the women who have shaped history. 1) AYN RAND, 1905 - 1982 ...
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Back to Blog Love that moment when a character in a book FINALLY gets it. On the surface, learning to dance isn’t a big deal. But in this instance, the subtext holds a wealth of meaning. #Ti...
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Back to Blog More often than not, movies based on books that leave us terribly disappointed. However, there are are few gems that actually got it right. These are my picks. What are yours...
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Back to Blo g Anything that has been around as long as storybooks is bound to have a few skeletons in its closet. These are just a few I managed to ferret out. 1. HUGH LOFTING, AUTHOR OF DR....
Back to Blog Even 55 years later, these timeless quotes from Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird can still teach us about ... 1. INNOCENCE 2. EQUALITY 3. UNDERSTANDING 4. RESPECT 5. ACCEP...
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Back to Blog Reading in the bathtub. The best thing ever. I’ve ruined so many books, though, right? But now—drumroll please—a couple of folks have started a company, Bibliobath, that m...
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Back to blog We've all felt it. We get to the end of a book or a series and, well, we can't believe it's over. Surely there's another sequel, we think, or another page. And then ... the proces...
https://iwantherbook.com/blog/2015/7/1/7-stages-of-readers-grief-when-finishing-a-book
Back to blog : I am constantly spouting off malapropisms. Just a few days ago, one of you caught me saying I was going to "button down the hatches" instead of "batten down the hatches." So emba...
Back to blog: I'm a self-diagnosed bibliomaniac--a person who has an excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books. I not only acquire them, though, I actually read them! As such, I fa...
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