Won’t you be my Valentine? By Maggie Toussaint Remember when your whole elementary school class exchanged Valentines? I savored each brightly colored card. I loved the red hearts, cartoon characters, and the sentiment of caring. I also remember the agony of selecting which cards went to which people. It was important to give the ones […]
Bucket Lists By James M Jackson I’ve mentioned before that I am a person who keeps lists. Lots of lists. One of them is a bucket list. In case you are not familiar with the term, it means a list of things you want to do or experience before you die (or “kick the bucket”). […]
Advance Readers by Karla Brandenburg One thing every author appreciates is people who are willing to read and review their books. With my newest release winging its way into the world, I’m counting on those people who’ve had a chance to read it ahead of time to let everyone else know what they thought. The […]
A New Year, A Fresh Page by Tina Whittle The human brain is in love with clean slates. Even Monday, that most maligned of the days of the week, has one thing going for it—it’s a fresh start. The first Monday of 2018 was triple blessed because it was not only the beginning of a […]
The Gift that Keeps on Giving Retail stores and online vendors would like us to think that all holiday “gifts” must be purchased. Those store-bought gifts are nice, but there are other kinds of gifts. The personal touch and the “little things” are often cherished more than something picture perfect. I hope you enjoy our […]
When something old is new By Maggie Toussaint Finally, finally, finally I have trade paperbacks and a digital release of the entire series for the Lindsey & Ike mystery fans. The print and digital books contain all three novellas. This series sprang from my very first mystery ever written. Like many first attempts, it wasn’t […]
Do Your Reading Habits Change with the Holidays? By Terry Odell I’m old enough to remember when Christmas promotions didn’t hit the stores until after Thanksgiving. Now, they don’t even wait for Halloween, it seems. It’s a busy time for most of us. (Although I always had my own head start on the holidays simply […]
To Be Read Stacks By James M Jackson I confess to having multiple piles of to-be-read (TBR) books. It does not make sense to cart my physical TBR stacks back and forth between my two homes, so whichever place the book was acquired is where it resides. In Michigan, I have developed two storage areas […]
Thanksgiving by Nancy J. Cohen Happy Thanksgiving! Since we are being thankful today, let me express our gratitude to all of our Booklovers Bench followers for your support throughout the year. It’s your feedback and encouragement that makes our work as writers worthwhile. This holiday is especially meaningful to me because I was born on […]
Which is better? The movie or the book? by Karla Brandenburg Are any of you watching Outlander? When first I read those books, I was hooked. Captivated. They sent me to Scotland in search of standing stones and castles and hunky highlanders in spite of bad weather and bad food, etc. The series has been […]
