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The Dog Days of Summer

The Dog Days of Summer are here. The Dog Days are roughly mid-July through mid-August. They coincide with the rising of the star system,...

Jul 8, 2024

Summer Reading

I got into summer mode really fast this year. Slow down. Consider vacations. Plan a staycay. And reading ... the "summer reading" lists...

Jul 1, 2024

SMBs Favorite Dates

From Burns Night to Book Flood aka, January to December

Jun 2, 2024

World Outlander Day

Romance. Time Travel. Standing stones.

The Editor's Desk

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

April

A different kind of list, fun dates in April

1 - Edible Book Day

2 - Children’s Picture Book Day

15 - Rubber Eraser Day

17 - International Haiku Poetry Day

23 - Shakespeare Day

23 - Talk Like Shakespeare Day

28 - National Poem in Your Pocket Day (Date varies annually)

30 - Independent Bookstore Day (Last Saturday of April)

Full list with links Then, Now, Next

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Dec 31, 2023

5 Reading Resolutions 2024

5 Resolutions to enhance reading

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Mar 8, 2023

So Many Gems

4 Word Nerds. Visual Thesaurus A thesaurus that morphs. And is visual. The Visual Thesaurus Recipe Database 4 Foodies. Recipe/Cookbook...

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Mar 3, 2023

March

Dr. Seuss b. 03/02/1904 Elizabeth Barrett Browning b. 03/06/1806 Gabriel García Márquez b. 06/061927 World Poetry Day 03/21 Jules Verne...

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Mar 2, 2023

Four 4

four for fore

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Interviews

What's Cookin?

Favorite cookbook.

HLT

Dec 11, 2022

The Light She Sees

Rose McManus Coleman Two Roses Two Passions There is a crunching sound as we walk the trail, underfoot are leaves, rock, gravel, and...

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Nov 4, 2022

Jump to Recipe? Nope!

Who reads the story before the recipe? Angela does! When searching for recipes on the Internet, they seem to be precede by a long story....

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Jul 26, 2022

For the Child in All of Us

It’s a quiet Sunday morning. The drive towards DC is uneventful, with very little traffic. I am looking forward to spending a few hours...

Reviews

Devastatingly Brilliant

The Hair-Carpet Weavers by Andreas Eschbach Everything about this book stills my soul, or does it steal my soul?

HLT

Mar 29, 2022

The Fave 5

I feel it, in my bones, when I have not had a good read for a while. And there are a few books I turn back to reading. I made a short...

Awards

Time Shelter

International Booker Prize Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov. Written in Bulgarian, the book was translated into English by Angela Rodel...

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