Author Interview: Glen Hierlmeier 1. At what point did you decide to be an author and what was your path to publication? I have thought about being an author for many years, perhaps as early as high school where I was inspired by an outstanding English, writing, and literature teacher named Ms. Elizabeth Ritzmann, who saw […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme run by The Broke and the Bookish Top Ten Books That Should Be In Your Beach Bag or Ten Books That Will Be In My Beach Bag This Summer Rose’s List of Books In Her Beach Bag: When I think of books I would take in my Beach Bag I […]
Rose’s Review: This book was unique, which I appreciated. This book was thought provoking and made me ask questions of myself, which I also liked. Starting every day out on a new day, with a new main character? Did NOT like. The story is told from the first person narrative of A. A is […]
With so many choices out there, and an ever growing TBR list, how do you choose which books you are going to read next? (Today’s topic provided by The Book Badger. Thanks for the wonderful post with lots of discussion topics! Make sure you check out their post for ideas for your own blog discussion posts!) […]
Sharing the Bookish Love is our newest feature where we share some of our favorite posts we have recently come across on the book blogosphere. If there’s a recent post you want us to share, feel free to let us know. Thought-provoking Discussions: Rabid Reads asks, what tends to be the deciding factor when picking […]
Julie Topic of Choice: Favorite Features. I thought today I would talk about some of my favorite features I’ve seen on book blogs lately. Discussion Posts – these are definitely my favorite. I enjoy reading what people think on a particular topic. We run a weekly discussion post as well, since it is […]
Join Rose City Reader every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name. Also, do not forget to […]
Giveaway We’re giving away an advertising spot on our sidebar! This is for the static spot (not the random rotation) for the duration of one month. The winner can provide an image that is 125px up to 250px (both length and width) and the link will be up on our sidebar for the […]
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. THROW BACK THURSDAY! (these quotes were some of our favorites and we thought we’d share them again) Rose’s Quote: “Really? That didn’t bother you?….Because what she did was completely […]
Julie Expanding Blogging Horizons: Well, actually this blog is expanding my blogging horizons. I have a personal blog that I’ve had for 10+ years, and in that time I’ve also been part of a few message boards and a zine website. The boards and zine have closed down and aside from my personal blog, […]