Amelia Elkins — A Modern Anne Elliot — Seeks Justice For Her Mother’s Death: In 1817, if childbirth didn’t kill a woman, then there were
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A Good Book & a Cup of Tea (a Giveaway!)
****And the winner is… S. Fisher!**** [Update: Feb. 14, 2013] Welcome to my GIVEAWAY, which is part of the Literary Blog Hop (hosted by Judith
How Realistic Should Fiction Be?
Fictional stories feature imaginary events and characters, whom writers often assert are nothing more than “purely coincidental” resemblances “to real persons, living or dead” in
Fictional Friends (To Fill in for Ones I Had in Real Life?)
Books give us an opportunity to get to know characters better than we may know the people in our real lives. In a first person
Magic in Manhattan
On Friday, the 13th of April, the heavy winds and rains of a late season Nor-easter barrelled up the eastern seaboard. Largely oblivious to how
When the Person Behind the Book Fights Back
There is a woman or man behind every book I read and review: the author. They have put their emotions and countless hours into their
The Misfortune Of Knowing 