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Book Review - Our Lady of Kaifeng, Part 1, Vol. 1 by Aya Katz

Best historical romance novel of the year.  ​Take a ride in a wheelbarrow with Marah Fallowfield and see a side of Kaifeng, China while author Aya Katz serves up a delightful novel filled with mystery, unrequited love, and history lessons you will never forget.

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Swimming in the Daylight, A Personal and Historical Memoir by Lisa Paul

​If there is anyone out there, that wonders deep in their heart, whether one person can really truly make a difference, I offer them this historical memoir entitled Swimming in the Daylight: An American Student, A Soviet-Jewish Dissident, and the Gift of Hope, by author, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin based attorney Lisa C. Paul​.

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Chris Reilly Short Stories

Chris has recently published three short stories  in an anthology of writers called, Acoustic Reads compiled by Blacklight Publications, and the topic of our conversation today.  I have long admired Chris' writing; from simple blog posts to feature magazine articles, from a few paragraphs of memoir to full fictional short shorties. He always has a way of bringing out the truth, however small, and laying it out to his readers in an unexpected way that really captivates.

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The Beauty of a Fresh Book Photo

When I came across this book photo on prettybooks’ tumblr blog, I fell into instant meditation (assuming one can drool and pine while meditating) and instant love.  There is something most special about a new thick paperback that denotes a passion in people that can come from nothing else.  It’s the senses that are stirred, the

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CU@8 Book Review and Interview with Cindy Vine

CU@8 by author Cindy Vine is one of the really charming books now sitting on my book-a-holic shelf of good reads.  This inviting tale of two middle-aged single mothers often reminded me of a pair of modern day Lucy and Ethel’s inventing new horizons in the ultimate helicopter parenting games, shortly after their respective off-spring have flown the coop.  Like some of the I Love Lucy hair-brained schemes, both women in CU@8 are out to rescue their young.  The main character Fenella Fisher, is on a mission to find a good man for her heartbroken daughter after a breakup, a daughter who always seems to pick the wrong kind of guy.  Suki Raminowitz is her best friend and companion in matchmaking crimes, and is the ultimate enabler of her long out-of-control son, who is once again in hot water thanks to his wayward lifestyle.

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Abe Books Video Library Series Offers Up Book Stuffs and Coctails

Chances are if you’re a writer, you love to read and you love books and you love words.  Listening to other book lovers, avid readers, and book experts, is entertaining, fills us with ongoing knowledge, reminds us of things we may have forgotten, and inspires us to read and to write. Here’s a bit about one resource that has been a wonderful distraction for those down-time moments when I want to fill myself with book stuffs, book people, and book places, without actually reading or writing.

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