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Where would you live?

September 8, 2021 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends, Happy Wednesday! Always glad to spend a day with you. A friend asked if I could live in any book, which story world would I choose. This is a writer and reader’s delight—at least for me. Books started racing through my mind. Stories I’ve treasured and the world they’re set in. I immediately thought of Dee Henderson’s O’Malley family and how I’d love to meet each member of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Movies & TV, Reading Tagged With: imagination, reading, writing

Being a Reader In Today’s Current Market

August 20, 2021 By Jody Hedlund

Today I’m taking off my author hat and putting on my reading cap! It’s over halfway through the year, and I decided to analyze how I’m doing on my reading progress for 2021. Somehow, I’ve managed to average about 50 books a year for the past 8 years (except last year in 2020 I only read about 30). As I took stock on where I’m at this year, I realized I’m on track with my 50-book average, in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Jody Hedlund, reading

Bingeing all the Books

February 25, 2021 By Cara Putman

Last week, Indiana got enough snow that Purdue closed for a day. That may not seem significant, but I've lived near Purdue for twenty years, and this is only the third day that I remember the campus being closed. Needless to say, I was grateful to not do a snow dance to campus in my car, and it allowed me a bit of time to read. I adore reading. Y'all know that, and one of the books I read was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: quotes, reading

Do you ever stop reading a book?

January 28, 2021 By Cara Putman

Usually, when I start a book I finish it. If I don't, it's because it gets buried in a corner. In the last week there were two books I was listening to that I had to stop and return to the library. One, there wasn't any saving it for me considering the number of curse words in the opening paragraph. The other was a 20 hours audiobook that I listened to for 8 hours. There was much I loved about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: cara putman, kristy cambron, Rachel McDaniel, reading, Sarah Ladd

Books in My Beach Bag

July 22, 2020 By Dani Pettrey

Books In My Beach Bag

Hi friends, Happy Wednesday. My brain thinks it’s still May and I have the rest of the summer left to enjoy so it’s hard to believe we are nearing the end of July! This is what happens when we change up our summer routine. We usually kick our summer off at the beach with a long weekend at Ocean City before the madness of Memorial Day. (Yikes!) Then later we have our family beach trip in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: beach, becky wade, Dani Pettrey, reading, Robin Lee Hatcher, vacation reading

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