Let’s talk about the lesser-known authors/titles that you think everyone should read. Julie: I think people should check out the YA books written by a fellow book club lady, Kimberly Russell. I found all her books to be tasty to gobble up while exploring some serious topics. Lynn: I’ve been struggling for ideas for […]
Five Things Every Romance Novel Should Have Humor. A strong female lead. Have both the male and female leads have lives of their own in the story (ie. scenes with the female lead and her friends/family and same with the male lead and his friends/family) I believe that ads more depth to their character. Show […]
Julie’s Review: You know how much I love this author (I even mention her in our author crush post). So then you know how excited I was to read her recent release. The premise for The Stars Never Rise is quite exciting; I mean, I eat up stories about demons and exorcists (or slayers, or […]
Okay let’s talk about those characters that are so cool that we want to party with them. Who are some you’d love to invite? Julie: I don’t really party. I mean, my idea of a party is getting together with some friends and hanging out while talking about stuff we’re interested in. Sounds like Book […]
Every Thursday we are hosting a brand new meme called: That’s what HE said Thursday. For more info on what this meme is all about click here. Julie’s Quote: This is the you I like. You’re definitely dressed sexier and are, you know, blond, and that’s different. But the you who are tonight is […]
Guest Post: Inspiration for Schooled in Magic by Christopher Nuttall The Schooled in Magic series draws on so many different inspirations that it’s hard to say just when and where it jelled into its current shape. It started as a combination of a desire to do a ‘wizard school’ story and a ‘time-traveling expert’ story – the latter generally […]
Julie’s Review: I really liked Rippler, but then I didn’t like it as much as hoped I would. Let me explain, and start with what I liked. I really enjoyed the way the story unfolded, the way we were immediately throw into finding out what was special about Samantha, and knowing that Will knew all […]
Sometimes you just can’t finish a book, for one reason or another. Care to share those reasons with us, or maybe even tell us what book(s) you just could not finish? Julie: I have a really hard time deciding to DNF a book. I feel like if I’ve already invested some time into it, I […]
‘Trespassers’ Q & A – Saul Delino What is Trespassers about? Essentially, Trespassers is about a disabled, agoraphobic architect-turned public speaker fighting to regain control of his life when an adolescence crime comes back to haunt him. I was keen to write a book that really reflects the diversity of modern London, so I decided […]
September 8th is International Literacy Day, and we’re “celebrating” along with Grammarly by sharing this lovely Infographic. Unfortunately, the statistics show that over 750 million people worldwide (and over 30 million in the United States) are illiterate. Let’s show our support in fighting literacy by raising awareness (and consider donating to a literacy-promoting charity of your choice). Subscribe […]