That’s what I’m in the middle of finding out. I’m exactly half way through reading a book by Norma Budden that I downloaded for Kindle. Anyone who knows me well knows that I don’t like a book unless it grabs me right from the start. If I am not interested in the first few pages, [...]

This is a mother-daughter story.  It is the story of a mother, Kliot, who used her ingenuity to survive as a Jew in Germany during the Holocaust in ways that were new to me.  But it is also the story of the mother’s daughter, Mitsios, who in her teen years is told that she is [...]

Memorial Day is this weekend, Flag Day arrives June 14th, and Independence Day (4th of July) will be here before we know it. This will mean time off from work for some…time to rest, and hopefully time to reflect on the sacrifices made to preserve freedom, and celebrating that freedom. Generally I like to watch [...]

I’m curious to see what this is all about, but apparently Author Marketing Experts is putting together a new book promotion platform that will spread the word about your book uniquely – and fast! This is a way to get your books noticed by involving the reader in sharing information about your book in a [...]

What state would you be in mentally right now if you had survived abuse, Hurricane Katrina, single motherhood, adultery, and more?  Would you be ready to give up, sink into depression and let it all consume you? There is nothing more infectious than a beautiful smile, and the author of this book has one.  She [...]

In a time of economic downturn, families trying to make ends meet, husbands and wives trying to figure out how to make the money that they DO make work for them, this book comes as a breath of fresh air…sort of. The “breath of fresh air” part is the way the book, If I’m So [...]

Marion Elizabeth Witte takes us on a very personal journey into her past as an abused child growing up in a farmhouse in the prairies of North Dakota. Her childhood was not only cold and harsh on a physical level because of the cold winters in a home that didn’t have adequate heat, plumbing and [...]

A talented business woman that I also consider to be a friend through our contact via the internet has just published a wonderful new book, a 2010 edition of “Quirky Marketing – 365 Way to Promote Your Business Using Zany and Non-Traditional Holidays”. I just purchased a copy and am so impressed!  For each an [...]

Raj Patel tackles the subject of saving the planet….but maybe not the way you’re thinking, more like saving the planet from financial devastation. The news is full of talk about big government, government overspending, the desire for government to be by the people and for the people, and not the people being controlled by the [...]

On 3.25.09 I was to be part of a book tour for a wonderful eBook, “Family Folktales, Write Your Own Family Stories“, and didn’t have an internet connection for most of the day because they are doing work on Cable along our street, which then turned into not really being related to the work being [...]