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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.

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?

With Prime Reading, you can score thousands of free ebooks just for being a Prime member. Read on for a list of some of our current favorite recommendations to try.

As I listened to my father relate family stories to a group of tourists, the reader in me desired to know how characters of the 1770s lived, interacted, worked, ate, and faced the war. Before long, my curiosity became Hold Me Close, Revolutionary Faith book one (1773).

If you are anything like me, you love to curl up with a good thriller to pass the time. But, if you read a lot of thrillers, you might be thinking, are there any good ones left? Of course!

Here is my journey to becoming an author, and the exciting sequence of events that resulted in the short film for my first book, Sleeping with the Blackbirds.

If you’re reaching for a dictionary at the word “mixtopian,” don’t bother: I confess I made it up. I figure it’s one of those terms that should exist but doesn’t. It does, however, beg the question, how does a mixtopia differ from “normal life”?

The opening line of a novel should pull you in, and there a lot of books out there that do exactly that. Here are 22 powerful opening lines that we love.

I first stumbled across this book in 2015. I picked up a copy from my local library and started to read it. And then the unexpected happened. I instantly fell in love with the story.

Here are my “Team Expectations” (aka classroom rules) as they were posted in the back of my classroom, along with a book suggestion for teaching and learning each.

My challenge, as an author, is to make alternate worlds believable. The more fantastical the world, the more important it is to include details that help readers suspend their disbelief.

This clean romance has just the right amount of mystery to keep you turning the pages. When the past collides with the present, will Hailey and Dylan’s relationship survive? Pick up this enthralling, standalone romance to find out!

Usually the biggest question for anybody interested in real estate investing is “how do I get started in investing in real estate?“ The answer is to read as much as you can about the topic, starting with the books in this post.

Dan Brown shot to fame with The Da Vinci Code. But once you have finished his eight novels, what do you read? Paula Wynne shares a list of books for fans of Dan Brown.

Blindness and other disability is evolving in #SFF literature. Join Paul Arvidson and Verity Holloways as they discuss the role of of disability in fiction.

I read and write fantasy, and I’m always on the hunt for a female protagonist with wit, guts, and a get-stuff-done attitude. Bonus points for humor. Here are five books published in the last 3 years that fit the bill.

Writing a book today is much different from the days when I dreamed of being a published author and imagined stories in my head.

Looking for a bit of a laugh? Here are some book quotes that will make you giggle! What are your favorite book quotes?