Category Archives: reading preferences

No Thanks, My TBR List is Long Enough

Posted on May 14, 2018 by

This week, we’re asked to name the types of books we dislike. I generally stay away from anything that involves explicit gore. So that includes horror, a lot books set in war zones, and the gritty mystery/suspense books. I’m not … Continue reading →

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Misuse of Terminology

Posted on March 23, 2018 by

After busy months of becoming a freshman in high school in a new town, my grandson finally got back into his reading groove and back to having me reading a series with him. After the mostly tame and always ‘bad-guys-become-good’ … Continue reading →

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From Captain Kangaroo to Stephen King

Posted on January 19, 2018 by

The question of the week is: Which celebrity do you wish would hold up one of your published books on a national stage (or TV) and say, “Hey, everybody should read this!”? I am not someone who is in awe … Continue reading →

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Give Me a Happy Ending, Please

Posted on November 6, 2017 by

This week, one of the foxes asked about our favorite dystopian world. I’ll confess I had to look up the term, because I wasn’t quite sure what dystopian meant. Oxforddictionaries.com defines dystopia as “an imagined place or state in which … Continue reading →

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Finding New Favorites

Posted on October 27, 2017 by

The question I proposed for this week was: What is an unusual way in which you have found books or authors? I think all of us know fellow writers and read their books, and their friends have friends who write, … Continue reading →

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Serendipity Took Me There

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

Or… I Started the Bear Book Only Because I’d Forgotten to Bring Anything to Read By Jeff Salter This week, we’re blogging about unusual ways we found books or authors and I have a great example of each. One was … Continue reading →

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What’s On Your Reading List?

Posted on October 23, 2017 by

Our topic for the week: An unusual way you found books or authors that you would not have chosen. It’s been a long time since I’ve spent time in a bookstore or library browsing titles and then selecting one. Since … Continue reading →

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