Come for a visit

Come visit me at Wordsmithonia where I have a guest post recommending books that will help keep you cool in the summer heat. Feel free to let know about any other books that you think make good summer reads. ...

Free audiobooks for the summer

Summer is now here and you know what that means. Free audiobooks, of course! Once again Sync is running their summer audio book program where each week they offer two new audiobooks for free, one of which is a classic novel and the other contemporary. Here are this week's two free audiobook downloads: Irises by Francisco X. Stork, Read by Carrington MacDuffie Two sisters discover what's truly worth living for in the new novel by the author...

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

If I were able to choose one book to send back in time to my younger-self that book would be Wonder. Perhaps reading this book as a preteen would have given me the right perspective to help me overcome my discomfort around people who are physically disabled. Perhaps if I had read this book when I was in fifth grade I would have understood that my paralyzed, wheelchair-bound classmate was not that different than myself and perhaps I would have...

The Thorn and the Blossom by Theodora Goss

I have been wanting to read The Thorn and the Blossom from the moment I first heard about it. Based on a romantic 14th century poem and able to be read in two different ways, this sounded like a fun and unique book. When I finally did get a hold of The Thorn and the Blossom I was impressed by the lovely box it came in and the obvious consideration that went into the book's design. When a majority of my reading time is spent clutching the...