Reader Blog

This July, I’ll officially be “over the hill.” Turn eighty years old. And I’ve never been happier, more content, or excited to wake up to a new day each morning.

I don’t have to tell authors—or readers—how sitting for extended periods makes for sore muscles. I’d like to offer simple, inexpensive, pain-relief ideas. The only cost is intentionality and time.

Teen girls and space may have not been considered synonymous 20 years ago, but that’s old news. Here are some fun YA books featuring teen girls in space.

As a reader and writer of historical fiction, the lines between non-fiction (the facts) and fiction (the imagination) blend into a believable tale. I find the process fascinating and stimulating.

Love those high-octane adventures? Thrillers that keep you reading late into the night? How about action with a sense of humor?

Surely, in this past year we have been in the longest tunnel our generation has navigated. To keep the faith and hold on, I encourage you to take comfort from history and find escape and solace in books.

I grew up in a dysfunctional family and wrote a fictionalized account of it in The Illusion of a Girl. I went to therapy, but what I didn’t realize was my healing journey would be similar to peeling an onion.

In a culture where a grand gesture can make someone who is crazy-in-love just seem crazy, let’s examine the trope and how authors can get it to work, or how readers can best enact their own grand gesture in real life.

Do romance books top mystery? Or is it the other way around? To settle this, I’ve asked the two genres to each make their case on why their books are better.

Here are ten things about authors most readers don’t know! How many do you know?

Today we’re excited to interview author A. M. Kusi. A. M. Kusi is actually the pen name for a wife-and-husband author team that writes romances inspired by their own experiences as an interracial couple. Now, let’s dive right in to learning more about this author team!

Reading aloud together with your child will prepare your child to succeed better than any other activity. Why? We’ll go over the reasons reading is so important in your kid’s life in this post, along with tips on how to read aloud with your child.

I’m excited to share with you a few of my favorite books, books that captured my imagination and that I’ve read over and over again. What are some of yours?

Here’s an eclectic mix of some great, shortish books, which have helped me escape when I’ve needed it most.

Are you ready for 2021? Here are 33 new year quotes to gear you up for the occasion!

Get ready for Christmas with these 30 Christmas quotes!

Some of my favorite childhood memories are of following along to a book while one of my parents read it out loud. So here are 7 books for parents and children to read together that I loved reading with my parents as a child. What are some of yours?

What was your favorite book when you were a child? Readers let us know. Is your favorite on the list?

So you’re humming along in a really great book and then BANG! something pulls you from it. You’ve just stumbled over one of your pet peeves. Here are readers’ top peeves.