Today marks the release of an important book for Carson McCullers fans and literary history enthusiasts. All the Love You Can Hold: The Letters of Carson McCullers, edited by Carlos Dews, is now avail...

Photos from a visit to the beatiful LIBRARY IN THE FOREST in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. The state's first LEED certified library.

Learn about True Crime, where Patricia Cornwell reflects on her past and the pivotal moments leading to her literary fame.

Why on earth would I want to read a book about a tradwife? Turns out, YESTERYEAR by Caro Claire Burke is a captivating page-turner!

One collection of letters poet John Keats wrote to his fiancée includes eight handwritten letters, including the first ever letter he wrote to her.

Why one early adopter of computers in classrooms has decided to toss them

Episode 253 Show Notes – Announcing the 2026 Readalong Theme – Books that have been made into film adaptations! Follow the year on social media via #bookstofilm2026. The 2026 first quarter rea...

I'm a book blogger and these are my 2026 reading intentions. Do you make reading intentions, or are you a "free range reader"?

Happy Blogiversary to me! Today is my 16th anniversary as a book blogger. My first post was on January 19, 2010. One of the post types I used to write when I first started blogging was author event re...

The title of this post is awful, and I feel bad about it. But it’s true! I forgot to include some books in my 2025 fiction and nonfiction recaps. This is no reflection on the books. I just didn’t do a...

Ready to dive into nonfiction? Join the Nonfiction Reader Challenge and review the intriguing books you read throughout the year.

Prolific author Fern Michaels, "a mother of five in suburban New Jersey who responded to her husband's request to get a job by taking up

The aim of the Nonfiction Reader Challenge is to encourage you to make nonfiction part of your reading experience during the year. HOW IT WORKS You can select, read and review a book from the categ…

Welcome to the inaugural Speccy Fiction Challenge I am using the broadest definition of speculative fiction for this challenge. It allows you to choose from the genres of fantasy, science fiction, …

Photos from my visit to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.