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A Few Goals for 2018

January 24, 2018 By Robin Lee Hatcher

The first month of the new year is awfully close to being over already. Amazing, isn't it? But it isn't too late for me to share a few of my goals for this year. So here goes: Read Through the New Testament Three Times In 1997, I began the practice of reading through the entire Bible in odd-numbered years and reading through the New Testament multiple times in even-numbered years. Last year I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Faith, Reading Tagged With: Bible study, biographies, College, exercise, reading, writing

10 Reader Stereotypes (Which one are you?)

January 5, 2018 By Jody Hedlund

Those of us who’ve been reading long enough (or hanging around readers) have likely run across one or more of these stereotypical readers. Whether in a book group, library meeting, or even among online reading communities, we brush shoulders with all sorts of readers! 1. Speed Reader: This is the reader who posts that cheerful comment on Twitter about how she’s met her 1000 book reading goal for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Jody Hedlund, Reader Stereotypes, 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

Special Delivery (and a giveaway!)

October 23, 2017 By Deborah Raney

[UPDATE: AND THE WINNER OF Right Where We Belong IS: Kim P! See my note at the end of the comments for instructions on how to get your book. Thanks, everyone, for the great comments!] A few years ago I was invited to write a short-short romantic story for a little magazine called Splickety. (Only 1000 words! Flash fiction, it's called.) I had such fun with that story—even though writing short … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry Tagged With: book cover art, giveaway, reading, romance

Reading Getaways and a Reading Giveaway

September 7, 2017 By Karen Witemeyer

My kids are still grieving the loss of summer. With school back in session, there is less time to play computer games, watch Netflix, and get together with friends. I've warned them that when they enter the real world, summer as they know it completely ceases to exist. They are appropriately devastated by this news and do whatever they can to appreciate their easy life while they have it. Yet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nature, Reading Tagged With: Book Giveaway, Heart on the Line, reading

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