Ah the New Year’s resolution dilemma. It’s so easy to say you’ll work out more, eat healthier and of course, read more, but then February comes. You stuff your face full of chocolate covered strawberries while you watch your third Hallmark-presents rom-com in honor of Valentine’s day and wonder, “Why do my resolutions always seem … Read more
Books That Make Wins a 2018 W³ 2018 Gold Award for Digital Excellence The Books That Make You website, designed by the agency Black Château, is a 2018 Gold Award Winner in the General Website Magazine Category from the 13thAnnual W³ Awards. The W³ Awards honors outstanding Websites, Web Marketing, Web Video, Mobile Sites/Apps and Social … Read more
If you love to read here is a list of accessories that are a must have. Be sure to enter our Book Lovers Giveaway to win the top three gift ideas on this list PLUS seven new books! Enter Here 1. Personal Library Kit Sharing books is great, until you never see it again. … Read more
Start creating memories with these new ideas to bring books into your holidays. Bring the season to life this year by adding new and exciting bookish traditions. What’s better than encouraging reading, learning and family time? Read on to find out how you can incorporate books into your holiday festivities. Jólabókaflóð or “Christmas Book … Read more
It seems like a no-brainer. After all, you’ve probably already read how reading books keep our minds sharp. But that’s not all these bombastic bundles of paper can do. Books inspire us to do better Keith Oatley, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Toronto, found in his 2006 study that reading fiction is linked … Read more
Have You Heard? Books That Make You is now on the radio. MyStar95 will broadcast the Books That Make You program with host Desiree Duffy. You can listen by tuning in to MyStar95.com Sunday nights at 8 and 11 EST. Be a part of conversations with fun and entertaining authors while they discuss hot button … Read more
Ever wonder why you were forced to read certain books for school when there were other novels you’d much rather be digging into? What determines a classic book, anyway? Shouldn’t Harry Potter be in that category by now? We’d like to think that the classics we are reading today were the Gillian Flynn and Jhumpa … Read more
Next Therapist Please is a glimpse into the life of Janie Weiss. After a tragic accident Janie’s goal is to try to live a normal life. Plagued by anxiety, depression and OCD, she is struggles to find happiness. When Janie runs into her last therapist, therapist #6, she takes a trip down memory lane and … Read more
XX v XY: The Final World War is predicting the future and it doesn’t look good. In this dystopian future novel the President of East America is head of a sick and cruel beauty pageant. Helpless young women are chosen to be physically altered and brainwashed. Read this passage from the prologue to discover more. … Read more
If you haven’t started the Matt Miller in the Colonies series yet, now’s your chance to read an exciting passage. Here is an excerpt from book one, Journeyman. Be prepared to be hooked! Matt had planned to use the third week to sort out his future and his relationship with his girlfriend, Kylie. She … Read more