Monthly Archives: July 2014

The New Me by Mary Marcus is another Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) that I was privileged to receive through a Shelf Awareness giveaway.  Having recently finished reading it, here is my extended review. The New Me by Mary Marcus Published … Continue reading →

Another Advanced Reader’s Edition (ARE) that I recently received through a Shelf Awareness giveaway was Dean Koontz’s Innocence. Here is my extended review of this novel. InnocenceBy Dean KoontzPublished by Bantam Books, 2014ISBN: 978-0-553-80803-2 This was not the first novel … Continue reading →

As a recent poetry workshop held at the Huron Public Library, some poetry forms were discussed by Huron, Ohio’s new poet laureate, Joel Rudinger.  One of these was the cinquain, which is a five-line poem with syllabic lines of 2-4-6-8-2.  … Continue reading →

     I had been blogging at Red Room until the site, unfortunately, closed this month. Up until now, I have been posting a blog about my continuing (New Year’s) resolutions there.      I have several continuing resolutions. Most of them … Continue reading →

     Here are two other previously posted reviews of Advanced Reader Copies that I received as  Goodreads giveaways. The first was this Christmas-titled romance from Summerside Press, which is a division of Guideposts.org. Silver BellsBy Deborah RaneySummerside Press, 2013ISBN 978-0-8249-3437-8 … Continue reading →

Here are two reviews of Advanced Reader Copy books that I have recently read.  Because the author or publisher was kind enough to send them to me, I felt they deserved to be reviewed. These reviews were first posted at … Continue reading →

This is a reprise of one of my original posts from Red Room.  I am both a writer and a reader. Expect to see a little of both…what I write and what I read, but I digress.  Here is the … Continue reading →