Snake Roundups and Faith Healing
My day at the Dallas Book Festival started with a panel featuring thriller writer Greg Iles and journalist Stanley Nelson discussing the real-life Civil Rights-era murders that inspired the former’s …
2017 Dallas Book Festival
What are you doing April 29? If you’re in North Texas, and you’re a book lover, you should be planning to hit the Dallas Book Festival at the Dallas Central …
42 Books to Read Before You Die
Awhile back, The Independent published a list of 42 books to read before you die. I linked to it on my Facebook fan page and invited folks to offer their …
Cooling off with hot reads
When it’s stinking hot outside, there’s nothing quite like retreating into a book about dark forests and glaciers. Eowyn Ivey’s To the Bright Edge of the World is a fantastic adventure …
Ahh, a book and a beach
I just returned from a glorious trip to the beach that gave me plenty of time to catch up on my reading. (OK, some of my reading was done while …
Big Day for Big D Book Lovers
Do you live in the Dallas area? Do you love books? Mark your calendar for April 30. That’s the date of the Dallas Book Festival, presented by the Dallas Public …
Caring about Characters
What makes a reader care about a character? I visited a book club the other night that read Identity, which gave me the opportunity to hear the members’ reactions to the characters. …
New year, new projects
Hello, 2016. I’m back at work on Boys I Have Dated and some other exciting projects. (More about that later…) But in the meantime, I wanted to share a source …
What’s On My Bookshelf
Ah, summer. Time for floating in the pool and reading and reading and reading… And neglecting my blog. Can’t take the laptop in the pool, you know? So, what’s on my …
What’s on My Bookshelf?
I’ve been AWOL from the blog lately, but I have a good excuse! I’ve been rehabbing from surgery on my shoulder to repair a torn rotator cuff and biceps tendon. …