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New Book Release with a Giveaway

December 13, 2017 By Robin Lee Hatcher

  You're Gonna Love Me My latest release, You're Gonna Love Me, arrived on bookstore shelves yesterday. I'm so excited to get to introduce it to readers at last. This is the second book set in Thunder Creek, Idaho, a community that came to mean a lot to me as I wrote these novels. CBA Market had this to say about You’re Gonna Love Me: “Fearful of risk-taking, Samantha finds dating an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading

How Can an Insanely Busy Person Make Time for Reading?

December 1, 2017 By Jody Hedlund

For the past five years, I’ve had a lot of fun using Goodreads as a place to organize the books I read. As this year comes to a close, I’ve been keeping a close watch on my 2017 Goodreads shelf which lists all of the books I’ve read over the past months. 2017 is shaping up to be my best year to date. I’ve already read 50 books, and I plan to squeeze a few more in during December. My goal is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Jody Hedlund, reading, stress

Cover Reveal

November 2, 2017 By Karen Witemeyer

Not long ago, Becky Wade revealed her wonderful new cover here on this blog. And since Becky and I have books releasing about the same time next year, I thought it would be fun to follow in her footsteps. This cover design takes me in a slightly different direction than most of my previous covers. My covers have been known for creating a scene, as if someone had taken a snapshot from a page in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Reading, Writing Tagged With: Cover Reveal, Karen Witemeyer, More Than Meets The Eye

For the Love of Libraries

October 19, 2017 By Karen Witemeyer

Most book lovers get their start in a library. Perhaps for you it was the library at your elementary school or the public library down the street. I avidly remember taking my library card to my local public library and checking out a stack of ten books at a time, the maximum I was allowed. I would bring home books from beloved series such as Encyclopedia Brown, Little House on the Prairie, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Reading Tagged With: Bacon Free Library, Romance Swag Auction, Supporting Libraries

Walking Out Our Faith

October 11, 2017 By Robin Lee Hatcher

Last month, I had the blessing of reading Tricia Goyer’s new book, Walk It Out. From the blurb: When women stop focusing on their own dreams and purposes, and instead focus on God’s dreams and purposes, everything changes.” Friends, may I just say, add this book to your reading list at once. It is a powerful and personal book that will challenge you (as it did me) to walk out your faith … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith, Reading

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