Tag: family
group name: booklovers
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November 12, 2008 04:32 AM EST --
In the world we live in today, cancer is a normal everyday word. It is a dreaded word but we hardly get through a day without hearing it. Like many of you, I have lost many family members to this . . .
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November 02, 2008 08:03 PM EST --
"A Silent Ocean Away" will take the reader back in time to the year 1833. This time period offers a backdrop to the book that adds excitement to the characters lives. It is about pride, greed, . . .
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March 03, 2008 07:36 PM EST --
wind lifts, skies darken , leaves to yellow,
white sand memories of kicking foam,
and the tides rush in, crashing sandcastles
we built when you were small;
we made mountains, . . .
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June 19, 2007 03:23 AM EDT --
There are few memoirs that can compare with The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. The story begins as Walls is on her way to a party in New York City, traveling by taxi down from her Park Avenue apartment. . . .
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March 17, 2008 12:16 PM EDT --
Today is brisk and sunny, the calendar says spring is seven days away, my turtles agree, rustling back from hibernation. Warmer days have coaxed determined shoots of crocus to burst from the muddy tree . . .
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December 12, 2007 07:56 PM EST --
2007, like every other year, is the year of the book. Fully confident that none of my friends or family read my blog (really, they don't), I'll post a partial list of some of the books I've . . .
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July 30, 2007 01:42 PM EDT --
Gather Member Martin Edhouse has crafted an enchanting children's tale for adults in his new book, The Exotic Adventure. This story, like so many stories from childhood, centers around a competition; . . .
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February 01, 2008 09:48 AM EST --
Boomers may be aging, but they are not aging out. At least not the way they see it. Boomers want to matter as much as ever before. That's why we call them "generation ageless."
For . . .
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February 19, 2007 06:30 PM EST --
So Long A Letter is a series of short letters written by Ramatoulaye, a woman in West Africa, to a childhood friend. The letters are a series of memories and reminiscences that cover the choices . . .
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August 30, 2007 05:03 PM EDT --
Mike Linderman is a teen therapist unlike any other. A real-life cowboy, he wakes up at the crack of dawn, works the cattle on his ranch, and then counsels some of the country's most troubled teens, . . .
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June 22, 2009 03:17 AM EDT --
Annabel Karmel’s Complete Family Meal Planner By Annabel Karmel Ebury Press ISBN 9780091932190, $35aud, July 2009, hardcover http://www.annabelkarmel.com
Annabel Karmel is the maven of . . .
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February 14, 2007 06:43 PM EST --
I just received the final cover of the UK edition of my book LETTERS TO EBAY. It's quite different from the US version but I like it! Check it out.
UK Cover of my book
Here's the . . .
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May 14, 2008 10:10 AM EDT --
You are invited to participate in the Fiction Readers Online Book Club. Connect with Avon A fiction authors and learn about their new book releases.
June's Featured . . .
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July 25, 2007 02:47 PM EDT --
I recently read The Painted House by John Grisham It has a really good sense of the nostalgic about it...the book does....I could imagine my dad really liking the book because he grew up in the 50's. . . .
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April 27, 2008 04:16 PM EDT --
After playing hooky one day in 7 th grade to read Gone With The Wind , Karen White knew she wanted to be either Scarlett O'Hara or a writer. In fact, Karen's grade school teachers had encouraged . . .
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August 20, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
This wonderful young adult (YA) story follows the adventures of Arnie Carver (the adopted name of Thayne Davidson Miller III), a 13 year old boy, This son of billionaires adopts his new name (suggested . . .
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June 05, 2008 12:46 AM EDT --
Whether you choose to start your own book club, sign your child up for the reading program at your local library, or subscribe to an online children's book club, the benefits of children reading during . . .
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July 14, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
Publishers Weekly weighs in on Dockside:
“Wiggs returns to the town of Avalon, N.Y., and the shores of picturesque Willow Lake with the fourth* installment of her popular Lakeshore Chronicles . . .
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August 30, 2007 11:37 AM EDT --
Jim Lindberg is a Punk Rock Dad.
When he drives his kids to school in the morning, they listen to the Ramones, the Clash, or the Descendents—and that's it. They can listen to Britney and Justin . . .
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January 23, 2007 10:30 AM EST --
On a sunny day amidst the jubilant London crowds celebrating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, Captain Stephen Hamilton finds himself in the prime of his life, living his childhood dream.
With a beautiful . . .
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