Once upon a time, I thought it was rare that two of my favorite authors would ever cross paths. That's what I get for listening to Mark Twain. (yes, there's a story further down.) But now, it seems that there is more of an overlap than I ever thought.Here is a case where I saw … Continue reading Authors that inspired Jane Austen
In Boise Idaho, there’s a bookshop called Rediscovered Bookshop. And they are this month’s highlighted independent bookshop of April. Their slogan is “Where books and people meet” and isn’t that the most delightful thing you’ve ever heard? This month's bookshop highlight is an independent shop in Idaho fighting to keep books in people's hands.Opened in … Continue reading Bookshop Spotlight: Rediscovered Books
When you add a new version of royal prince romances mixed with a bit of those Disney-eque royal romances or The Prince and Me, you get The Rules of Royalty by Cale Dietrich. On the day of Jamie Johnson’s 17th birthday, his adopted mother has a story to tell him. His mother came to America … Continue reading The American Prince
If you ask any book nerd what the greatest travesty of the past was and a very large percentage of them will tell you that it was the destruction of the Library of Alexandria. So much wealth of knowledge, a renowned center of learning all destroyed by too many leaders who knew destroying knowledge was … Continue reading The Future of Libraries
Mouse's Reading Nook 