Years ago, in a galaxy far-far away known as junior college, I took a biological psychology class. In that class, we studied a lot of different things, but primarily focused on the brain and how its chemicals affected our personalities. It’s where I learned an overview of how to tell from a drawing if a …
Book Review: 1001 Ways to Slow Down by Barbara Ann Kipfer
#73 “Look at beautiful photography.” #235 “Remember, life is funny.” #551 “If you are always ahead of schedule, then there is no need to rush.” #831 “Take control of the information overload. What do you really want to read, reply to, or watch on TV?” #900 “Sit quietly with a blank canvas or notebook. Wait …
Book Review: May Cause Love
In 1997, on New Years Eve, I found myself staring at a second line on a pregnancy test. I was 20 years old, living with a schmuck, not quite divorced from the other schmuck I’d left after a enduring lot of abuse in our on again-off-again high school relationship, working part time at a bookstore, …
TLC Tours Book Review: All Summer Long by Dorothea Benton Frank
As long-time blog readers know, two years ago come July, we moved from Northern California to Southeastern Kansas. What a transition that has been! While I do get homesick, I also really enjoy how family-friendly Wichita has been and how much further a dollar goes here than in California. Life is also not quite so …
Book Blitz: Darkstorm
Blitz~ Darkstorm Author: M.L. Spencer Genre: Dark Fantasy Dates: 24th of March Hosted by: Ultimate Fantasy Book Tours Blurb: Faced with an imminent cataclysm that will destroy the magical heritage of their people, a conspiracy of darkmages resolves to open the gateway to Hell. The only mages who stand a chance of opposing them are …
Book Review: All the News I Need by Joan Frank
My favorite thing about reading is when an author weaves his or her words together to create a movie in my mind. Joan Frank does this exact thing in All the News I Need. Even within the first few pages of this novel, the verisimilitude she creates with her words woven together is quite poetic: Opens …
Book Tour: Evanthia’s Gift & Waiting for Aegina
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is one of my favorite classic films. I love the story that is woven in the movie, and I think the family saga is really fascinating. It’s a peek inside Greek-American culture, and it’s a tale that weaves together the tension between tradition and modernity. In light of this, when I …
Book Excerpt: Worthy of This Great City
I’m excited to have had the opportunity to read Worthy of This Great City by Mike Miller, and share this excerpt from the book with my readers. As you may know, I was a philosophy major in college, and my MA degree and Ph.D. work are both in philosophy – particularly social and political theory. When …
Book Review: Unbound by Steph Jagger
Sometimes, you work really, really hard for a really long time, and then you hit a wall. That wall may be one created due to burnout; it may be one that is created from trying to keep up with others; it may be one created when you realize you no longer care to live up …
Book Blast: New Year – New Novels (AND GIVEAWAY!)
WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR – NEW NOVELS BLAST! Click on any of the below book covers to be taken to the page that has more information on the novel as well as the Buy Links! Novels Available for Pre-Order! Novels Currently Available! …
