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Bookish Goodies Under the Tree

January 2, 2025 By Karen Witemeyer

Did any of you get books or book-themed items under the tree this year? I ended up with a great assortment of fun, bookish gifts. My son and newest daughter-in-law gave me a gorgeous nativity snow globe whose base is a stack of books. Love it! My daughter gave me a new board game called Illiterati - a cooperative game where our team of librarians work together to save the world from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Christmas, Family, Reading Tagged With: Board Games, Bookish Christmas, Illiterati

Most Anticipated Reads in 2025

January 1, 2025 By D'Ann Mateer

Happy 2025!  The beginning of a new year is always exciting to me. There are so many things to plan for and dream about. One of those things is reading!  Shocker, right?  Here are some books I’m looking forward to reading in 2025. They are not all 2025 releases. Some came out at the end of 2024. Others are older than that. And many coming out in 2025 are not even on my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reading Tagged With: contemporary fiction, historical fiction, New Year, Non-fiction

Cloaked in Beauty is Available!

December 19, 2024 By Karen Witemeyer

I'm so excited to share the third book in my Texas Ever After series with you! It was such fun reimagining two classic stories in one novel. Little Read Riding Hood meets Sleeping Beauty in this adventure-filled road trip romance. Raised in isolation with only her grandmother and her pet wolf for company, Letty Hood must learn to trust the Pinkerton agent tasked with her protection as she … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reading Tagged With: Book Excerpt, Cloaked in Beauty, Road Trip Romance

Have you reached your 2024 reading goal?

December 18, 2024 By D'Ann Mateer

Do you do the reading challenge on Goodreads? I confess I love picking the number of books I want to read for the coming year and then trying to reach that goal.  Of course, I’ve been keeping spreadsheets for years that include “books read” column which I tally up at the end of the year.  I went back to see if the numbers for the past few years of Goodreads challenge compare to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reading Tagged With: Goodreads, reading goal

Waiting for Gilbert with Tasha Hackett

December 5, 2024 By Karen Witemeyer

When Tasha Hackett reached out to me about her new Christmas book, Waiting for Gilbert, I was eager to help her get the word out. I grew up with the Anne of Green Gables books, and I loved that they served as inspiration for Tasha's story. So I invited her here to share about it with you. Take it away, Tasha . . . Tasha Hackett here! A few years ago, I read and re-read all of Karen’s books … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Friendship, Reading Tagged With: Power of Friendship, Tasha Hackett, Waiting for Gilbert

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