By Jen Craven With the start of the school year, there’s no better time to cozy up with a novel set on a college campus or in the hallowed halls of a boarding school. These settings are a literary goldmine, packed with drama,secrets, friendships, and the thrill of new beginnings. Whether it’s a posh boarding […]
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Why We Love Books About Books
by Kerry Chaput Books. The crinkle of a spine, the smell of fresh paper and ink. Words with the potential to change your life. They are friends to soothe the loneliness and guides to navigate you through an escape. Books are magic. Gilmore Girls fans, remember Rory’s graduation speech? I live in two worlds. One is […]
Beach Read Season
by Jenn Bouchard Summer is finally here, and now is the perfect time to escape (even if it’s just to your back deck) with a cold drink and a beach read. What is essential to a beach read? Opinions on this subject vary tremendously! A quick Google search will bring a wide range of results, […]
Adventure Books: Not Just for Kids
by Kerry Chaput Who wouldn’t want to feel the thrill of a well-written chase scene or an intense rescue? In modern fiction, more and more women are incorporating action-adventure into their books, and we love to see it! While adventure has always been a part of the sci-fi and fantasy realm, we’re seeing action scenes […]
Do Romance Books have to have a happily ever after?
By Caitlin Moss “You know the greatest loves of all time are over now.” -Taylor Swift, The 1 Do romance books have to have a happily ever after? I know a good portion of you just screamed YES at your computer screen, and I get it. Believe me, I do. I understand why the majority […]
The Many Facets of Yellowface
By Sayword B. Eller I have so much to say about this book. So much, in fact, that the words begin to stumble over one another, my message gets trampled, and I’m left staring at the screen lost as to what I should write. But here I am, committed to writing a blog post about […]
Branching Out in Historical Fiction
By Kerry Chaput I love an epic WWII story as much as the next reader, but sometimes I crave a little something different. WWII books have dominated the historical fiction shelf for years, but I’m happy to see that changing. I’ve pondered on why there is such focus on this particular time in history. There’s […]
Non-fiction that reads like fiction
By Tanya E. Williams. As a historical fiction author, I read a lot of research books. I spend hours reading non-fiction with the goal to gain a better understanding of an era, a society, a location, and more. Along the way, I have come across a handful of books that I absorbed like I would […]
Seven Thrillers by Canadian Women You Need to Read Right Now!
By Maggie Giles Before my book Twisted came out, I began to get more involved in my local book community. This meant connecting with many different Canadian Authors. It opened me up to a bunch of amazing books I’d never heard of before. These authors masterfully leave clues and hintsthat cause the reader to look […]