Today is the last of three consecutive days of memoir/self-help type books (they coincidentally happened that way). Today’s Bookbag book is The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and Janet Mills. Like yesterday’s book, it’s a wildly popular best seller (on the NYT bestseller list for over a decade, according to the description on Amazon).…
While I read many indie books, sometimes I indulge in a trendy best-seller if it catches my interest. I mean, it’s popular for a reason, right? Hopefully, that reason is it’s a great read. Now, we all know some duds make it to the top. I’ve put down a handful of acclaimed books for various…
Yeah, I cheated a little with this one. But there aren’t numbers in the alphabet so I figured I could get away with it. Our Bookbag book that starts with D but not really is 100 Days of Solitude by Daphne Kapsali. This wonderful book is a memoir, wherein Kapsali records her experiences each day…
The C title I chose for the Bookbag is my most recent read, in that I’m not technically finished reading it. My Kindle says I’m 87% finished and OH GOD HOW DOES IT END?? HOW?? Sorry. I’ll pull myself together. The next book in the Bookbag is Crow Vector by Lou Cadle. Crow Vector is a…
Welcome to Day 2 of our Bookbag tour, which brings us to Blamed by Dana Griffin. As you may have discerned from the cover, Blamed is an airline thriller. It stars Bill Kurz, a veteran airline pilot who begins his story in the cockpit of his crashed airplane. The crushing pain radiating up from my…
Welcome to Day 1 of the A-Z Bookbag, where I’ll spend the month of April discussing books I’ve read and enjoyed. If you’ve read the book, add your thoughts in the comments. If you haven’t and it looks interesting, add it to your TBR pile (what’s one more book, right?). Clicking the linked title will…
The title is a question I get asked fairly often, and after writing out what I’m about to write out here several times I said to myself, “Self, you know that blog thingy we have? Maybe write it all there and then share the link when someone asks.” Myself can be pretty smart sometimes. It’s…
My birthday is in a few days, and I only want one thing. Seeing as it conveniently overlaps with everyone’s reflecting on the past year, this should be easy. Here goes. If you read a book you loved this year, go to its Amazon and/or Goodreads page and write a review for it. That’s it.…
Sometimes, I work with writers who make me wonder certain things. Maybe they’re insomniacs and write about stuff happening in dreams, or they’re doctors who write stories about organ harvesting. Or something. One such writer is Dana Griffin, a pilot who happens to write airline thrillers. His newest release is Blamed, which I had the…
A friend emailed me a question. She’s written a book and is considering what to do with it. Her question: “How do you self-publish on Amazon?” She didn’t mean what buttons to push on KDP that makes the book go live. She meant: “What are the steps necessary to prepare a book for publication?” I…
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