First Lines Friday is a series of blog articles posted on the first Friday of every month. The first line of a story, we’re told, must hook the reader. Implied is that the reader will not buy the book if the first line isn’t great. These entries are from Amazon, my personal library, or other… Continue reading First Lines for September
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Score Your Reading Super Powers
Readers have special talents even super powers. Score your reading super powers with this fun quiz.
Story Time Reviews “The Night Librarian”
Story Time Reviews is a blog series that reviews short stories both read and read aloud. Today Story Time Reviews “The Night Librarian” by Jane Jago, read by Chris Herron on TallTaleTV. Working as the night librarian in a library full of magical books comes with its perks, but also its heaping spoonful of issues.… Continue reading Story Time Reviews “The Night Librarian”
First Lines From Histories You Don’t Know
The first line of a story, we’re told, must hook the reader. Are you hooked by these first lines from histories you don’t know? Do you wa
Story Time Reviews “Valedictorian” by N. K. Jemisin
Story Time Reviews remembers the joy of listening to bedtime stories. Today. Today Story Time Reviews “Valedictorian” by N. K. Jemisin read by LeVar Burton.