Today starts my onslaught of reading challenges on my blog! Each of my online challenges (because yes, I do more than just online ones!)...

The poem "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" is responsible for our image of a jolly, chubby Santa Claus we associate with the big man...

Happy winter and happy book review day! This is the last review before Christmas, and to celebrate I thought I would review a Christmas...

In October I shared my seasonal bucket list for the fall. With Christmas approaching, I thought I would revisit this list today before...

Several years ago, my husband had had enough of the fact that I had never read 1984. Apparently this omission made me the "worst English...

I hate making requests of people who have been so wonderful in supporting me, my writing, and The Girl with the Empty Suitcase. But I am....

Earlier this week, I took a group of students - more than 50 - to a live production of A Christmas Carol. Between that, and the new film,...

It's here! It's today! The Girl with the Empty Suitcase is officially released TODAY. Interested in a copy? You can buy the ebook here...

Happy Halloween! I love Halloween. It's my second-favourite holiday, and that's saying something, because I am a huge wuss. I get scared...

Now, don't get me wrong. I love reading which lying on a beach, or while sprawled out under the sun on my deck. But there is also...

Okay, I understand the cheesiness of the title. And perhaps apologies are in order for it, but I'm going to let it go for now, because...

I know I disappeared from my weekly book reviews for a while, but now I'm back! This week I am reviewing a classic of modern literature....

“Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it.” ― Judy Blume Last week was Banned Books week, which I...

“The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive and evil force...

I am moving towards completion of The Girl with the Empty Suitcase. That's right, the end is in sight! I just was talking to a potential...

“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle...

Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light. —Vera Nazarian In last week's book review for...

It's Thursday, everyone! You know what that means! It's book review day! Since I am still working on the Dark Tower series, and I want to...

In one of the author groups that I have joined on Facebook, someone was talking about her brand and her name, debating on whether to...

Something a little different in this week's book review. Poetry. I had this one student for the past few years. (She graduated this...