Recently I was traveling by plane to my parents’ place up in Ohio. While traveling I like to read in the airport and on the plane before takeoff. But as…
RIP Tom Clancy – You’ll live forever on paper
It’s hard to believe that earlier this month the book industry and thriller fans were forced to say goodbye to Tom Clancy after his unexpected death at the age of…
Who wants to employ a budding author? Where they were before they were.
I currently work in television. I’m a marketing director for a small television service based out of Southwest Florida. When I first moved here and joined this company I confided…
Gotta Love a good mystery – The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
I absolutely love a good murder mystery. You already know that I am a fan of the hit TV show Castle. But I’m also fond of watching or listening to…
Who is the real Richard Castle?
OK, I’m hooked on another detective show. This time it’s Castle. I didn’t pay a lot of mind to it when it first came out, but now that it’s available…
Elaine Brogan vs. Heather Bancroft – Comparing the girls of Mike Wells
It wasn’t long ago that this unknown author named Stephenie Meyer made her way into the YA fiction scene with the Romeo and Juliet story of Bella Swan and her…
“Anne’s” Words of Wisdom – funny yet profound
Do you remember your college years? Hanging out on campus with your friends, gathering together for a basketball or baseball game, or taking in a movie marathon night with the…
Book Review: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini – A Family Affair
If you read my blog posts regularly, you’ll find out that I’m a family girl. I’m close with my siblings, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Even though I now…
Review: The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson – Finding True Freedom
I’m very proud of where I come from – central Ohio. I tell my southern neighbors that I bleed scarlet and grey (I’m an OSU Buckeye fan) and I didn’t…
Harry Potter mania is alive and well
I have a friend in Ohio who is just as much a Harry Potter fan as I am. One day she called me up and said she was going to…