Tag: Reading

  • Creatively Speaking: Summer Reading

    Creatively Speaking: Summer Reading

    I remember with much fondness my local library’s summer reading programs. There was a large bulletin board with a hand-drawn map or roadway, and construction paper vehicles that we could move forward depending on how many books we had read. Even now, I have a deep sweet memory of the summers when I was 11,…

  • Hi, All Your Readers…

    Hi, All Your Readers…

    The question gets posed often, by Literary Hub and Shelf Awareness and BuzzFeed: What were your most influential books as a kid? And we all respond: Little Women or The Secret Garden, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or Harry Potter. Even I would start to tell you James and the Giant Peach and The Boxcar…

  • Read More! Join me?

    As you may have guessed, I’m a big fan of the Goodreads Reading Challenge. Last year, it helped me reads more than 50 books; see Goodreads: A Year in Books (2018). This year, I’m hoping to get to even more of the books on my To Read list. Join me? Visit Goodreads to sign up…