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What’s Your Reading Sweet Spot?

August 18, 2022 By Karen Witemeyer

In my Facebook group, The Posse, we have monthly reading challenges. We purposely make these easy to complete, and open to a wide range of book genres and styles. For example, the challenge might be to a read a book with no people on the cover or a book where the heroine is a mom. Sometimes, though, the challenge theme aims to gently push readers out of their comfort zone. I don't know about … [Read more...]

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Reading Challenge Accepted

February 23, 2022 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends, I recently shared that I’m starting a Reading Challenge for 2022. I’m going to read one book a month—all recommended by my lovely readers. I was floored with all the fabulous suggestions. Thank you all so very much! It was super hard to keep the titles to just 12 but here are the ones I chose. All the rest of the awesome suggestions are in my TBR pile, and I’ll be excited for the … [Read more...]

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Bookish Valentine Fun

February 3, 2022 By Karen Witemeyer

As a romance author, I enjoy celebrating Valentine's Day for the entire month of February. No mere day is sufficient for this sappy romantic. In case you're like me, I thought I would share some fun opportunities for prolonging your Valentine celebration. Obviously, we all need to pad our TBR piles with romance novels this month. Here are a couple ways I can help with that. Enter a … [Read more...]

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