Tag: reading
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Rediscovering the joy of reading
Everyone says writers need to read anything and everything they can get their hands on. I’m sure they’re right. When I was younger, my nose was always buried in a book. Reading was my favorite free-time activity. Nowadays, with a full-time job and a Boyfriend, I have a lot less free time. The time I […]
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You tell me: Fifty Shades of Grey
Twitter is abuzz. Bloggers are raving. Last night I read a story on a mainstream wire service talking it up. (I’m debating whether I can get away with running it on our books page without causing an uproar.) What has everyone so hot and bothered? “Fifty Shades of Grey.” I enjoy a good, steamy story […]
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Venturing into romantic suspense
… Not writing it, thank goodness. Although I love watching “Dateline” and other true-crime shows on Investigation Discovery (“Deadly Women,” anyone?), I don’t think I have the chops to write RS. Keeping that thread of danger running throughout isn’t for me. However, I can enjoy reading romantic suspense, when I’m in a certain mood. (That’s […]
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Reading habits exposed
Today, we’re going to delve into all your dirty little secrets — reading secrets, that is. When Gwen Hernandez, one of my Starcatcher sisters, posted about sometimes not finishing a book she’s started, it got me thinking. Her argument against slogging through something she’s not into: Why waste valuable hours reading a book I don’t […]