Tag: life
I recently moved, and while going through all of my possessions in an effort to minimize what we’d have to pack, I came across an old journal of mine, …
I’ve been a reader since I don’t remember when. I could read before I went to school. Books have represented many things to me over the years: adventure, knowledge, …
Sometimes, when folks get the dreaded “C” word from their doctor (or a host of other terminal illnesses), they retreat into their homes and withdraw from friends and family, …
They are the numbers that beginning writers dream of. The price of any book deal is a rough estimation of how well your publisher thinks you will do. Some …
Life is complicated; there’s no way around it. And with all of the trappings of daily life, it’s easy to lose sight of what really matters. Along those same …
Life throws curveballs at us all, that much is very well known. However, how we respond and choose to look at these difficulties forms our character and, ultimately, decides …
This past month, no—scratch that—the entirety of 2016 has been nothing short of a nightmare for most of us. There’s just one month left, and I think I speak …
Calvin and Hobbes is the eternal, classic comic that everyone seems to have read as a young child. However, aside from being incredibly funny and entertaining, it is also …
I almost had to repeat kindergarten because I procrastinated on learning to read. Faced with this threat, I hit the books, and by the end of the year I …
For men, the twenties are a time when a boy really becomes a man. Life transitions from carefree partying to the responsibility of career and family. This is a …
“Are you ready to see your fixer upper?” Chip and Joanna Gaines are famous for their HGTV hit Fixer Upper, but now they are entering the book world as …
There are so many books available these days it can be difficult to know where to start. If you’re looking for tales of life and love, both the good …
So, it’s your first week in college and classes have already started kicking in. We all know what it feels like to be on the verge of ditching our reading …
The time has come again for us to prepare for the winners of the National Book Awards, but first we have to know who is on the longlist. The …