I was born on Holy Thursday.. . . My parents left the hospital after three days on Easter Sunday, which is celebrated by Catholics an...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING "Does this come in te...

France holds allure for most readers I suppose. Paris is a world capitol. French food is the basis of fine dining. The country has a rich...

Benita Matofska is the author of Generation Share: The Change Makers Building the Sharing Economy , a new book from Policy Press . The ...

Her Sister's Tattoo , Ellen Meeropol 's new novel, launches today from Red Hen Press ! Here's a teaser: Waiting for Jake or...

One new book came my way last week: The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan. The Sweeney Sisters sounds terrific. It’s a family comedy about...

Historian and author Thomas R. Cox has written widely about environmental, social, and economic history. In his new book, The Other Orego...

Yes, this is a departure from books. My dad passed away last month. He was a wonderful man and I want to post a tribute to him that will ...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING Though there's an industr...

photo by Elaina Mortali Author Lara Tupper's new novel Off Island reimagines the marriage of artist Paul Gauguin, building on the ...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! Well, I forgot to post early yesterday because I for...

The night of the fire, the night they took me in, I could hear Mrs. Schatzman in her bedroom, fretting with her husband about what to d...

It's my 12th blogiversary! I started Rose City Reader on March 20, 2008, and have been blogging along here for 12 years as of today. ...