Posts Tagged ‘book deals’
So…What Now? Books to Help You Know What to Do About Problems in Society
If I know you–and I think I do–you’re nervous or scared about how things are going in the world and in the U.S., with the pandemic, racism protests, and other problems. You’re tired because you’ve either had to hunker down at home with your kids, becoming their co-teacher, or keep going to a job at…
Read MoreScience Fiction Books: Passage is a Long Masterpiece
Connie Willis continues to be one of my favorite science fiction authors, in part because she writes about time travel without making it convoluted and difficult. There’s nothing like reading some time travel books to make me feel stupid because I can’t keep all the timelines straight. The other books I’ve read by her–Doomsday Book…
Read MoreTop Nine Writing Books and Book Deals
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been writing for many years. Professionally, I’ve written hundreds if not thousands of blog posts, magazine articles, newsletters, white papers, product web pages, etc. and edited many more, plus a few books. And on the side, I’ve written fiction for seven years now. I have four complete manuscripts–all in the…
Read MoreSix Great Escape Books and Book Deals
Six great books to help you escape–in different ways–from the isolation of pandemic-induced quarantine
Read MoreHappy Books: A Comparison
I’ve been reading several self-help books lately to help me through some tough times, and I’ve reached a decision. Actually, multiple decisions. One: job hunts are not fun. (Fortunately, mine just ended. Yay!) Two: talking things out with close family, friends, and good therapists helps me a lot. Three: all self-help books are different from…
Read MoreBook Review: When We Wake is a Refreshing YA Sci-Fi Read for $3.47
Sometimes, you need a fresh perspective on old subject matter, whether it be in life or in books. When We Wake provides a new perspective on what many would consider a very tired genre: dystopian. But this is a refreshing, unique perspective on life after governmental collapse. Why should you read it? Well… What Is When…
Read MoreEverneath, a YA Retelling of the Persephone Myth: Book Review and Deal
According to myth, the ancient Greek god Hades abducted the goddess Persephone. He took her to the Underworld and forced her to marry him. Hermes rescued her, but Hades tricked her before she could return to the surface. He fed her pomegranate seeds, and by so doing, ensured that she would have to return to…
Read MoreAtlantia by Ally Condie: Well-Crafted and Inexpensive
Can you believe it’s time to start getting kids ready to go back to school? On the one hand, I’m looking forward to watching my oldest start high school and my youngest go into fourth grade. On the other, though, I’ve enjoyed the good times we’ve had this summer, playing at Lagoon, going to the…
Read MoreWant a Book to Take You on a Journey? Read The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron, for $3.95.
There are just two kinds of books in this world, in my mind: those that take you on a journey, and those that don’t. That journey can be a physical one, if it describes different places well enough that you can envision them in your mind’s eye. Or it can be an emotional one, if…
Read MoreBook Reviews and Deals: These Broken Stars and the Starbound Trilogy: Tidal Wave Reads
I must start this book review by mentioning another book review site, The Book Smugglers, because it is from that site and its really good, in-depth reviews that I learned about These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. The book is sometimes called “Titanic in space” because the crash of a giant spaceship…
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