Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Romance Novels Addictive?

Some of you might be interested in my essay on the dangers of reading romance novels, posted a couple of days ago on the Boomers and Books blog. I'd love some feedback!

Here's the link: Romance Novels Addictive?

One thing that troubles me is that the "experts" present this as being a widespread concern -- almost an epidemic! Do you know anyone who suffers from this affliction? 

Sandy N.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

KIDS ARE READING !



A message in my email this morning made my day. It described a newspaper article about the rise in sales of young adult books for electronic readers. Maybe there's hope for the future of literacy after all!


Here's a link to the article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/books/05ebooks.html?_r=2&hp


NOTE: One of my favorite Y-A authors is Judy Dearborn Nill. Three of her books are now available as eBooks and paperbacks through Amazon: Just for Kicks, Simple Twists of Faith, and The Rise and Fall of Bibi Karstad. Here's the link:  http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_2_18?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=judy+dearborn+nill&x=0&y=0&sprefix=judy+dearborn+nill