Happy Sunday! As you ready yourself for another great week, are you wondering what book to take along with you on your commute? Take a peek at this week’s recommended commute companion! ‘Leftovers’, by Stella Newman Review here. Purchase here. Author website here. Synopsis: According to a magazine, Susie is a ‘Leftover’ – a post… Read More Book Recommendation: ‘Leftovers’, by Stella Newman
About the author: Award winning writer and teacher Sally Allen holds a Ph.D. from New York University in English Education, with an emphasis in writing and rhetoric, and a M.A. in English Language and Literature. She teaches writing, literature, and communications, leads book group discussions, and is the founder and editor of Books, Ink at… Read More Book Review: ‘Unlocking Worlds: A Reading Companion for Book Lovers’, by Sally Allen
A as lifelong bookaholic, I quickly learned how to get my fix. Navigating libraries, bookstores, and the internet in search of a good book comes very easily to me, so easily, in fact, that I took it for granted. I realise now that I owe this skill to my wonderful parents and the amazing librarians… Read More Confessions of a Bookaholic: How To Find a Good Read
Happy Sunday! As you ready yourself for another great week, are you wondering what book to take along with you on your commute? Take a peek at this week’s recommended commute companion! ‘The Good Sister’, by Jamie Kain Review here. Purchase here. Author website here. Synopsis: The Kinsey sisters live in an unconventional world. Their… Read More Book Recommendation: ‘The Good Sister’, by Jamie Kain
The best authors write about what they know. Over the last couple of weeks, I have gotten a pretty close look at what a major illness can do to a family. I don’t think I know nearly enough about it yet to write about it, so I decided to ask my writer friends some questions… Read More Ask An Author: Healing Reads
Happy Sunday! As you ready yourself for another great week, are you wondering what to take along with you on your commute? Take a peek at this week’s recommended commute companion! ‘Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History’, by Rhonda K. Garelick Review here. Purchase here. Author website here. Synopsis: Certain lives are at… Read More Book Recommendation: ‘Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History’, by Rhonda K. Garelick
As previously mentioned, one of the way authors improve their craft is by reading—a lot. Most authors are first and foremost avid readers, and have to deal with the reality of painful necks and shoulders or too heavy suitcases all the time. Since they have been introduced, electronic readers seem to have cause quite a… Read More Ask An Author: Is It About the Reading or the Reader?
Statement T-shirts are a wonderful way of sharing with the world how we feel about certain things, in an in-your-face yet out-of-your-space kind of way. It used to be considered tacky doing so, but never fear: the statement T-shirt has made a huge come-back in all age groups, all the more that they are the… Read More Fashion Review: Novel-T’s Literary Shirts
I like a book with depth. Most often than not, a book with depth is also packed and long. The Fashion Academy, by Sheryl Berk and Carrie Berk, combines depth with a light, spry, and short narrative, leaving a lot of room for the reader to build their own understanding of the lessons learned by… Read More Book Review: ‘The Fashion Academy’ by Sheryl Berk and Carrie Berk
From Sahar’s Reviews’ Vault The events that marked Iran at the end of 1978 and the beginning of 1979 still haunt it today. As recently as last week, yet another of the many demonstrations that started after the June 12th election demanded the same thing the demonstrations back in 1979 asked for: change. This makes… Read More Book Review: 44 Days: Iran and the Remaking of the World by David Burnett