Hello book lovers! In celebration of Women’s History Month, I would like to present to you author, educator, and social activist, bell hooks (birth name – Gloria Jean Watkins). Her pen name was adopted from her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks. She graduated from Stanford University (BA), University of Wisconsin-Madison (MA), and University of California, […]
Hello book lovers! In celebration of Women’s History Month, I would like to present to you, writer, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist, Arundhati Roy. In 1997, she won the Booker Prize for Fiction for her first novel, The God of Small Things. It was also listed as one of The New York Times Notable Books […]
This is the first time I am reading anything by E. M. Shue. Accidentally Noah is the story about Kenzie Russo (family name – Graco) who hid away from her family for over five years because she was on the run from an abusive relationship with Roy, her ex-boyfriend. However, when she comes home to […]
Author’s Bio: Jen Berlingo is a thought-leader, coach, guide, and author on the midlife transition. She’s also a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado, a nationally registered art therapist, and a Reiki master. Through two decades of midwifing hundreds of women through life’s major transitions and experiencing her own fiery midlife passage, Jen […]
Author’s Bio: Cheryl Barton lives in Maryland and in her spare time she loves to read espionage, crime and romance novels, cook, watch Sci-fi movies, spend time with family and friends and enjoy Maryland steamed crabs. Cheryl is celebrating over 30 years as a government employee and loves writing romance novels when in her spare […]
This is the first time I am reading anything by Annie Winters and Tony West. The Vigilante’s Lover is the story about Jax De Luca who feels he was set up by Jovana, his ex-girlfriend and sent to prison without pleading his case in front of a tribunal (this is a mercenary/spy organization). While planning […]
Author’s Bio: Amy L. Bernstein writes stories, essays, and poems that let readers feel while making them think. Her novels include The Potrero Complex, the award-winning The Nighthawkers, Dreams of Song Times, and Fran, The Second Time Around, voted best young adult novel by the Maryland Writers’ Association. Amy is an award-winning journalist, speechwriter, playwright, […]
Author’s Bio: I was a very shy military child and went to many different schools. At 14, a teacher discovered I could sing and convinced me to be in the school talent show. I felt the extreme joy of being someone else and was hooked. I did my first professional show at 16 (Hello Dolly) […]
This is the first time I am reading anything by Michele Arris. Catch Me is the contemporary interracial love story about the sexy yet stubborn Tabitha Seils and the sexy yet stubborn Dominic Balaska. Tabitha is a custom pastry chef and part owner with her friends Evie and Kennedi of a Washington D.C. boutique bakery […]
Author’s Bio: André C. Wade was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. After graduating from the University of Nevada Las Vegas with a degree in psychology, he moved to Los Angeles where he began writing. After moving back to Las Vegas, he was later named a Champion of Pride by The Advocate magazine. His […]
