Tag: reading
member name: Sharon K.
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September 17, 2008 09:22 AM EDT --
In my opinion one of the worst things that can be done is to ban books. If you find a book so terrible that you don't want to read it or have your kids read it, then don't. But do not think that . . .
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December 10, 2007 02:55 PM EST --
I initially published this article back in December but since things are heating up again with the elections I thought I'd publish it again. There are many different opinions posted here and I'd . . .
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July 14, 2007 11:44 AM EDT --
Well, today I woke up and remembered that a long, long time ago I was born. Lately, birthday's are the last thing on my mind. My sister is dying from colon cancer and I don't know how much longer . . .
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October 09, 2007 03:57 PM EDT --
Without a doubt I think the best authors are the ones from the South. They have such a gift for writing. Take Anne Rivers Siddons. I think I've read every book she's written. I won't say that . . .
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October 10, 2007 10:50 PM EDT --
Back in 1964 I was 12 years old. Every weekend my parents, sister, and grandparents would take the long train ride from Brooklyn to Queens to see The New York World's Fair.
From what I remember of . . .
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October 14, 2007 08:18 PM EDT --
I'd like to invite everyone to join my new group for authors and writers. It's called Author Chats, Interviews, and Book Promotions.
If you host author chats you can promote them and post the . . .
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September 25, 2007 07:14 PM EDT --
I review books so each month I receive anywhere from 50 to 100 books. Needless to say I have boxes and boxes of books all over my three room apartment. I'm not complaining. I love books and love to . . .
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September 02, 2007 05:13 PM EDT --
A couple of weeks ago I had the flu and was running a temperature of 102.4. I figured this was my excuse to stay in bed and catch up with my reading. I picked up DEEPER by Jeff Long thinking that it looked . . .
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September 12, 2007 07:24 PM EDT --
For those of you like me and have no idea who Jim Lindberg is let me tell you. He's the lead singer of the group Pennywise. I had no idea that Pennywise was a group and in fact have never heard of . . .
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October 19, 2007 01:22 PM EDT --
This morning I received a copy of YIDDISH WITH GEORGE AND LAURA by Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman. This book is hysterical, if you're not a George Bush fan. Well, maybe you might like it if . . .
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February 17, 2008 03:14 PM EST --
Candace Ong is fourteen years old and living in San Francisco in 1983. She spends her days in Catholic school then comes home to help her parents in Eggroll Wonderland, a restaurant where they work, owned . . .
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October 15, 2007 02:06 PM EDT --
Here's a great article that author Rochelle Krich wrote. Rochelle is the author of the Molly Blume Series. The books are: DREAM HOUSE, BLUES IN THE NIGHT, and GRAVE ENDINGS.
Buried Treasury is . . .
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October 15, 2007 08:47 PM EDT --
In February of next year a new book is coming out called MANIC by Terri Cheney. It's Terri's memoir of her bipolar condition.
This is just a few sentences of what it's about:
A . . .
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September 15, 2007 05:25 PM EDT --
While I was growing up, self image was pretty important to adolescents. In those days it wasn't so much your friends who commented on how you looked as much as it was your teachers. Kids back then . . .
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September 26, 2007 10:39 PM EDT --
NOTHING BUT TROUBLE: THE STORY OF ALTHEA GIBSON is children's book. Maybe that's my problem. I'm far to old to remember childhood and don't have little children around. That might be the . . .
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October 28, 2007 09:51 PM EDT --
There are some great books being released shortly or just released that have this great holiday season in mind.
I just finished BLOOD RED by James A. Moore - Not for the squeamish but this a one of . . .
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September 14, 2007 07:53 PM EDT --
Hi - I just opened my first group. It's Fireplace Stories (http://wwwfireplacestories.gather.com). Since I love to read and write short stories I thought it would nice to open a group for short story . . .
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