Pieces of Granite Book Review

While Pieces of Granite has been racking up 5-star ratings on Amazon, I’ve only discovered a handful of blog reviews, and today I found the awesome review linked below. Thank you so much, Kym McNabney at Writing From the Soul, for your very gracious review! It’s very encouraging and made my day! https://kymmcnabney.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-piece-of-art.html

Heart-Stopping Numbers

I don’t like to make waves. Typical for a Minnesotan, I suppose. I’m also a very poor debater, so I don’t speak out a lot on push-button issues, though I do have an opinion. But today’s a day I can’t keep quiet. Forty-two years after the passing of Roe v. Wade, and my heart still breaks. As I said, I …

Novel Anticipation – January 2015, Part 2

Today’s list is my usual hodge-podge of books. Two are written by poetic wordsmiths (Christa Parrish and Lisa Samson), another is the third novel in a romantic suspense series (Southern Crimes) I’m hooked on, and the final books are written by new-to-me authors. It’s exciting to have such a diverse to-read pile to dig into! What’s on your to-read list this month? …

2015 Movie Anticipation

After I had this post written & prepared, my husband reminded me that I promised Part 2 of my novel anticipation post today. Oops! Hopefully you won’t mind waiting until Tuesday the 20th for the rest of my novel list.   Once again, several movies make my can’t-wait-to-see list. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll all pass muster. Last …

Meet Nicholas Brentwood from Michelle Griep’s BRENTWOOD’S WARD

*** Book Giveaway *** See contest info below There’s little that’s more fun than welcoming friends to my blog, especially when they have a brand new book out, so I’m thrilled to welcome author Michelle Griep … Actually, let me restate that, I’m thrilled to welcome Nicholas Brentwood, Michelle Griep’s hero from her new release, Brentwood’s Ward, to my blog. Michelle is …

Novel Anticipation – January 2015, Part 1

January’s a big month for new releases, so I’m breaking the post into two parts. Today, I get to brag on a few friends whose books just released. I’d love it (they’d love it too!) if you’d give their books a try. BRENTWOOD’S WARD by Michelle Griep Shiloh Run Press (Michelle will be my guest this coming Tuesday the 13th. …

Favorite Novels from 2014

2014 was a slow year of reading for me. Typically, I’ll read over 100 books, but in 2014 I only completed 78. That’s due to a combination of factors, including having less time to read having released two novels during the year, and being much more picky about what I read. As you can see, while I still prefer contemporary …