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January Update from Author Heidi Slowinski

Posted on January 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

Happy 2022 readers! I hope the new year is off to a healthy start. It has been a productive start to the year for me. I am already ahead of schedule with my reading goals and meeting new authors through book reviews and interviews. As I’ve been working through the month of January, I’ve decided […]

Books On My Reading List This Week – January 18, 2022

Posted on January 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

Read Along with Me I chose an incredibly ambitious reading list this week but there were just too many good choices! The first book on my list was submitted for review by the author, Asylum: A Memoir of Family Secrets. Judy Bolton-Fasman details her quest to uncover secrets long hidden by her father. Next on […]

Books On My Reading List This Week – January 11, 2022

Posted on January 11, 2022 4 Comments

Read Along with Me It’s only the second week of January and I’ve already completed five of my seventy-five books of 2022! I was delighted to get some new requests for reviews from several authors this week and have added their books to my reading list. The first book on my list this week was […]

[January Featured Short Story] Come Away with Me by Heidi Slowinski

Posted on January 10, 2022 Leave a Comment

Monthly Short Story Feature One of my writing goals for 2022 is to create more short stories. They’re a good creative exercise and sometimes lead to bigger ideas for novels. Or who knows, maybe an eventual collection of short stories in the form of a new book. The story I’ve selected for this month is […]

Books On My Reading List This Week – January 4, 2022

Posted on January 4, 2022 Leave a Comment

Read Along with Me Here it is! My first reading list of 2022. I’m really looking forward to checking more books off my ‘Want to Read’ list on Goodreads. In 2021, I set a goal of 50 books for the year and finished 96. This year, I’ve set my goal at 75 and am really […]

[December Short Story Contest Winner] Been There, Not Doing That by Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg

Posted on January 3, 2022 2 Comments

Thank you to everyone who submitted work for the December Short Story Contest. The winning entry is: Been There, Not Doing That by Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic write, speak, blog and tweet together as The Word Mavens. They’ve been award-winning writing partners for 20 years – dispensing their advice […]

Books On My Reading List This Week – December 28, 2021

Posted on December 28, 2021 1 Comment

Read Along with Me I hope you’re enjoying a restful winter break! I am looking forward to enjoying some great books this week. The first book is a departure from my usual reading, in that it is something of a fairy-tale. I generally don’t read young adult literature but on a book buying spree, a […]

Books On My Reading List This Week – December 21, 2021

Posted on December 21, 2021 Leave a Comment

Read Along with Me My first exposure to audiobooks came from my grandmother (of blessed memory). She was an avid reader but lost her sight to macular degeneration and started receiving Talking Books from an organization that provided devices and audiobooks by mail. They arrived in green plastic cases and consisted of mutli-sided cassette tapes. […]

Books On My Reading List This Week – December 14, 2021

Posted on December 14, 2021 Leave a Comment

Read Along with Me I was so proud of myself for all the progress I’ve been making on my ‘Want to Read’ list on Goodreads recently. If you’re a regular reader, you know that I have become what some might describe as mildly obsessive about making progress on moving books from that list to the […]