Stanley E. Flink had a long career in journalism before teaching "Ethics and the Media" to journalism students for over 25 ye...

Book shopping has been my retail therapy during corona time. I got one new book last week, along with some other cozy treats. Did you get an...

Cape Mediterranean: The Way We Love to Eat   by Ilse van der Merwe ( Penguin Random House South Africa , 2020) The Western Cape is a pr...

It's time for Book Beginnings on Fridays! My Book Beginning When I was a child, I ran away from home a lot. -- Writing ...

It's Monday, so it's time to share what books we got last week. I got four books with a '70s vibe. Burn Down this World by T...

Author Paul Kent is a long-serving member of the P. G. Wodehouse Society and lifelong Wodehouse fan. Based on unprecedented access to Wod...

Welcome to Book Beginnings on Fridays! Every week here on Book Beginnings on Fridays, we get together to share the first sentence or ...

Gretel Van Wieren went on retreat to the Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon’s western Cascade Mountains to reconnect with the natural ...

A box of books from Powell's Books was the highlight of my week last week! What new books came to your house? Do any of these catch...

Every year, the Mystery Writers of America award the "Edgar"  Award in nine categories of mystery and crime writing, plus a han...

It's a new month and a new start for Book Beginnings. I've also remodeled Rose City Reader, as you can see!    The blog nee...

Billy Lombardo is an author, editor, and writing coach. After teaching literature and creative writing for 25 years, Billy now runs a wr...

Four new books showed up at my house last week. I don't know about you, but looking forward to book mail is a big part of my corona stay...

Lian Dolan 's new novel, The Sweeney Sisters , met me right where I want to be. It was exactly the book I wanted to read to take my ...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING What's a Dad Joke? A lo...