Today's post is by Sara Dobie Bauer, author of Bite Somebody, which is available now! Before you roll your eyes at me, let me tell you about my history with romance. No, I don’t mean my dating history—my literary history. I used to scoff at romance novels. If there was a shirtless dude on the cover or a woman in a corset, I lazily considered the nearest … [Read more...]
Are Book Clubs Good for Your Health?
This post was written by Cynthia Swanson, author of The Bookseller: A Novel.Perhaps you saw the article last month - the one that claimed groups such as book clubs are good for one’s health, especially after retirement. In a study of UK retirees, researchers found that participants who belonged to two or more social groups had very low death rates six … [Read more...]
This Is What Happens When You Purge Your Goodreads TBR
I love books. I love reading, recommending, reviewing, browsing, and discovering books. This is all great but it also means that I have a very large list of books I want to read. Some of them I legitimately want to read, others look good in the moment, and others are really popular and are something I should read, but the result is that I have over 200 books on … [Read more...]
How My Reading Habits Affect My Relationships
You know how sometimes you read a book and it is so captivating that it takes over your entire life? Me, too and I'm willing to bet that every voracious reader knows what I'm talking about. Books, at least the really good ones, have the ability to transform our daily lives and broaden our horizons. It's not uncommon for mysteries to leave us paranoid or for romance novels … [Read more...]
3 Tips for Dealing with Dogs with an Actively Aggressive Past
From The Book Wheel: Today's post and dogs with an actively aggressive past is by Bryan Bailey, author of Embracing the Wild In Your Dog. It's particularly appropriate because I have a rescue dog with a less-than-admirable past when it comes to dog-on-dog aggression. I love her to pieces and wouldn't trade her for the world, but I asked Dr. Bailey to write about this … [Read more...]