Upcoming Releases I’m planning to read

Being the readaholic that I am, I have lists of lists. If you are interested in checking out what I plan to read and review in the upcoming months, go to Amazon and check out the wishlists of Julie L. Anderson. They are arranged by month (of course) and, if you can see [...]

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Writing a review for a book you don’t like

I HATE writing bad reviews. Not quite as much as I hate reading books I don’t enjoy, but pretty damn close! Part of it is that I’m fully aware that other readers, with different tastes, may enjoy the same book I hated. That’s why publishers have more than one author! And [...]

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Reading and Reviewing

I’m such a readaholic! People I work with often comment how they never see me without a book in hand. And that’s so very true. I’m always reading two or three books at one time…unless one grabs me and won’t let go. At which point, I finish it and move on. [...]

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It’s Wednesday…do you know what your kids are reading?

I’m back on my soapbox regarding the link between readers and command of one’s native language (whatever it may be). My two kids, boys 16 & 17, are big readers…just like me. They also score in the highest levels on the standardized tests in ‘language arts’. If you take the time to [...]

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Reading and reviewing

Today has been a 5 for injuries. I feel like such an idiot, but yesterday as I was walking in the parking lot of where I work…I tripped and fell…pretty hard. So now I have a bloody skinned right knee and wrenched my left knee pretty badly. So today I’m moving like [...]

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