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Favorites from Under the Tree

January 20, 2022 By Karen Witemeyer

I know, I know. Christmas is so last year. 2022 has arrived. We should be looking forward, not back. Perhaps we should, but I have a few new items around my house that are still making me smile every time I see them, so the Christmas joy is living on in the New Year. Besides, I'm still a little giddy over them, and I've just got to share with people who will understand my bookish … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, House and home, Reading Tagged With: Bookish Gifts, Christmas

The Stories in Old Books

January 19, 2022 By D'Ann Mateer

As you know, I’ve been cataloguing the books in my library. I got about half done via barcode, but the other half? Too old for barcodes! So I’ve been inputting them manually, little by little. The other day I did a shelf of Grace Livingston Hill novels. I have a ton of them! Most are reprints from the 1970s-1990s, but a few are the old, hardbound books with fragile pages. As I carefully flipped to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Grace Livingston Hill, old books, reading

Release Time! Let’s party! (Plus a Giveaway!)

January 7, 2022 By Jody Hedlund

NEVER LEAVE ME, the much-anticipated sequel in my Waters of Time series is hitting shelves this week! So far, early readers have been loving this second time-crossing novel. In fact, one reader said this: “Never Leave Me is one of my most anticipated sequels and it does not disappoint! Once again, author Jody Hedlund weaves a compelling, intelligent, page-turning story full of symbolism, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Come Back to Me, giveaway, Jody Hedlund, Waters of Time

Ah the joys of anonymous reader mail!

January 4, 2022 By Tamera Alexander

I have three things to share today and I promise they're connected—though it may not seem so at the outset. FIRST, a video. In 2016, one of my publishers asked me to make a quick 1-minute video containing my best and worst review to date that would then be shown to the sales team during their conference. This video is the result. I've never shared it publicly, but am sharing it now for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Faith, Inspired by Scripture, Reading, Writing Tagged With: Best Review, Ebook Sale, Tamera Alexander, Tear Jars, Worst Review

Grace Changes Everything with Pepper Basham

December 16, 2021 By Karen Witemeyer

I'm so delighted to welcome Pepper Basham today. I just finished reading her marvelous book, The Mistletoe Countess, and I was so captivated by her delightful heroine, that this book has climbed to the top of my list for Best Reads of 2021. Such a fun story! The heroine is a sun-shiny book nerd and absolutely adorable. This story has is all: whimsy, humor, mystery, and lots of romance. All at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, Reading, Writing Tagged With: Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess

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