I took my daughter and niece on a research trip to visit La Push, Forks, and Olympic National Park for my upcoming novel, The Enchanted...

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Welcome to the Book Owl Word Search, or BOWS 2021! BOWS is an interactive word search where participants collect secret words from...

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If you're like me, you sometimes have trouble remembering a book, even within weeks of reading it. I even have trouble remembering the...

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Online Book Club For years, I organized and ran a book club in my neighborhood. It used to be one of the highlights of my life. After six...

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I am an avid audiobook lover, but I wasn't always able to focus while listening. My mind would wander, and I'd soon realize that an...

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