Welcome to 2016! I had high book aspirations for 2015 and, while I didn’t accomplish both of my goals, I came close enough. In my 2015 Reading Challenge, I missed 7 books of the 52. Here’s the complete list of… Continue Reading
My book haul video from my MFA residency this year! Books and authors mentioned in the video: Books in my MFA Book Haul: The Ambivalent Memoirist: Obsessions Digressions Epiphanies by Sandra Hurtes Sandra’s web site The Patron Saint of Dreams:… Continue Reading
If you talk to me about books for any length of time, it’s not long before my blatant love of audiobooks shines through. While my most preferred book format will likely always be print books, there is a very special… Continue Reading
The year has finally come to an end and, though it was close, I managed to complete my challenge of reading 74 books. Though, I reread a few, so I think it was actually 76, but whatever. Here is what… Continue Reading
I can’t remember a time in my life when I wasn’t in love with books. In elementary school, I brought the Scholastic book order form home covered in my black circles. The day the order came in, I’d be the… Continue Reading
All writers know that reading is important. We do all know that, right? I mean, seriously, if you don’t know that, you might want to stop writing right now. Seriously. But why? There are so many reasons, but I’ll try… Continue Reading
Say what you will about social media… It’s time consuming, it’s overwhelming, it’s cruel and harsh and pointless. But, its strength is in connecting people. When those people get together behind a cause, it’s powerful. Today, something came across my… Continue Reading
2013 has been an amazing year in books for me! I managed to read some really great stuff. I set my challenge on Goodreads for 72. This was up 2 from last year’s, which I successfully completed at 70 books.… Continue Reading
Hi, this is Denise. I’m not here right now because I’m hanging out with my friend Amanda at her blog. Leave me a message and I’ll get back to you, or come hang out with us! Banned books. Does the… Continue Reading
Everyone loves free stuff. I mean, really, why wouldn’t you? I read a lot of books for free. Just for fun, I looked over the list of books that I read in 2012 (find them here), just to see how… Continue Reading
