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A Few Days of R&R

In: Family on: February 2, 2023

From the last weekend in September of last year to the end of 2022, we hardly stopped. Some was planned travel. Some was not. There were the usual holidays and the accompanying busyness, and there was the puppy—and all that …

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The Stories in Old Books

In: Reading on: January 20, 2022

From Inspired by Life . . . and Fiction this week: As you know, I’ve been cataloguing the books in my library. I got about half done via barcode, but the other half? Too old for barcodes! So I’ve been inputting them …

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My Goodreads Rating System

In: Reading on: January 13, 2022

I ran across a social media post last week asking how you rate books on Goodreads. It’s a topic I’ve thought a lot about so I thought I would address my personal thoughts on this here. For me, ratings of books are …

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July Reads

In: Reading on: July 31, 2021

When it came time to compile this post I was surprised at how many books I’d finished this month. And there were some great ones! So let's go! A Rose Among Thornes by Terrie Todd I actually read this one back in April, …

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C.S. Lewis and The Reading Life

In: Faith, Reading on: August 5, 2020

I'm over on Inspired by Life ... and Fiction sharing a few of my favorite C.S. Lewis quotes on reading. Come see if you can identify with any of them! …

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June Reads

In: Reading on: July 2, 2020

Ah, June. You brought me some great reads! Everything from a classic to contemporaries to historicals.  Howard’s End by E.M. Forester I do love this story. I think it is such an interesting character study. Lots …

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March Reads

In: Reading on: March 31, 2020

This is going to be a loooooong one, folks! Because to me the words “quarantine” and “social distancing” translate to “guilt-free reading time.” So here goes for March! First, a couple of dense but fascinating …

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Cover Reveal!

In: Reading, Uncategorized, Writing on: August 16, 2018

I love finding obscure bits of history that I can build a story around. My soon-to-come novella came about in just that way. As I was looking through some history timelines, I came across a reference to The Toledo War in …

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It’s Here!

In: Reading, Uncategorized on: September 2, 2017

Honestly, there were many days in the past 3 years when I wondered if I'd ever see another of my stories in published form. And now I know.  No Small Storm, a historical romance novella, released quietly at the end of this …

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Until the Dawn by Elizabeth Camden

In: Reading, Uncategorized on: June 30, 2016

There are many, many authors I enjoy reading, but there isn't the time to read every book they produce. But there are a few authors whose books I will not miss--even if I can't get to them until months (or sometimes years!) …

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