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Why: I love books with personal connections. Ties that make the book come alive beyond the reach of even the best authors. When this book come up on the TLC tour schedule, I immediately saw an intriguing sports story with …

Boy, am I ever familiar with the concept of the Big Thing.  It’s the project that alternately exhilarates and paralyzes. It’s the sort-of crazy ambitious idea that requires willpower, courage, accountability, AND is ideally embarked upon for “The Right Reasons.” My life is …

A couple weeks ago I was at the local library looking for some “light” reads to add to my pile of books I was currently reading. In the matter of 30 minutes or so though, that changed. My mind was …

When I saw this book on the summer list of TLC Book Tours, I immediately wanted to check it out. I used to be a workout runner before I was diagnosed with lupus, so running culture is really interesting to me. …

Thanks to TLC Book Tours for the chance to read and review Lift! I should preface by saying last year, I decided I was going to try running. I downloaded the Couch to 5k app on my phone and made …

So, I finished Wild. It’s a book that deviates from my usual interests. It’s not horror, it’s not a thriller, it’s not historical. And, I know this is a defeatist way of starting a book, but I was very prepared to …

Why: I recently read For the Love by Jen Hatmaker and loved her style of writing. It’s personal and conversational, but full of conviction. One of our lovely readers (shout out to Lindsey from literarylindsey.com!) made the comment that she …

If you’re one of those individuals who likes to genre hop when reading, then you probably enjoy a good side-ticklin’, knee-slappin’ read every once in a while. These 10 funny reads will definitely help you escape the rigors of regular …

I can’t remember exactly where I first saw this book, but the most likely place is our local bookstore, Magers and Quinn. A fairly new book, Portage was published in October 2015 by University of Minnesota Press, a publisher of …

Furiously Happy is, in my humble opinion, something that should be read by anyone who struggles with any kind of depression, anxiety, or other mental illness, as well as those close to someone who does. Lawson uses absurd and hilarious …