Categories

 
Meet Section Editor
Meet Our
Contributing Editors
 
 

Books

 
Janssen
Janssen is a former elementary school librarian who now finds joy in reading books with her daughter Ella. You can check out what she's reading, along with posts about food, crafts and family, on her blog Everyday Reading.

Recent Comments on Books

More >
 

What's HOT

More posts >

Happy Cybils Day: The 2011 Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards

2/14/12 7:11am by sassymonkey
  • 0
  • Sparkle (
    )
     
Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach

February 14 is one of my favourite days of the whole year. No, I'm not talking about Valentine's Day. February 14 is the day that the Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards, or as they are better known Cybils, are announced. I have been a big fan of this award since it launched in 2007 and each year I wake up on the 14th and start bouncing because I generally know who I want to win the awards... but will they?  Read more >

Finally! Characters in Romance Novels Who Look Like Me – and Maybe You, Too

2/13/12 7:47am by Grace Hwang Lynch
  • 2
  • Sparkle (
    )
     
The Djinn's Dilemma, Harlequin Nocturne Cravings

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we are spotlighting women of color who are bringing diversity to the Romance genre. I’ve never really been a big fan of romance novels. They just seem so… unrealistic. You know, the mysterious hero with the heart of gold, the innocent—yet not so innocent—maiden, and all that creamy ivory skin. Always ivory skin. Never golden, brown, or mahogany. It doesn’t help the preferred settings--the Wild West, Ye Olde England, and Medieval Europe--don’t exactly lend themselves to anything but… ivory skin.  Read more >

Author Jeffrey Zaslow Dies in Car Accident at 53

2/10/12 3:26pm by sassymonkey
  • 34
  • Sparkle (
    )
     
Jeffrey Zaslow

Best-selling author and journalist Jeffrey Zaslow died February 10 in a car accident in Michigan. He was 53. His loss is felt keenly in the BlogHer community. We had the privilege of working with Mr. Zaslow, and his most recent book, The Magic Room, was one of our BlogHer Book Club selections.  Read more >

Why LGBTQ Discrimination in Writing Contests Hurts Everyone

2/10/12 9:30am by readingreality
  • 1
  • Sparkle (
    )
     
Rainbow pencils macro by Horia Varlan

LGBTQ authors were steamed to discover that after several years of doing quite well in the "More Than Magic" contest sponsored each year by Romance Writers Ink (RWI), the Oklahoma Chapter of Romance Writers of America (RWA), same sex romances were specifically disqualified from competing in the 2012 contest. The reason given was that "some members of the chapter felt 'uncomfortable' with the same-sex entries."  Read more >

More posts >

Series and Features

How to Get Published

What Are You Reading?

Talking With Authors