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What is Your Tolerance for Reading Quotient?

April 10, 2017 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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I’m a person who has to have at least one book going all the time #amreading Click To Tweet When I finish a book, I feel lost until I start the next one. Without the ability to read, I feel as if my life would really take a dive. What about you? What is your […]

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Filed Under: For Readers, My Thoughts Tagged With: #amreading, books, reading quotient

#MyBookReview A Gentleman in Moscow–5 Stars

February 15, 2017 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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By the author of Rules of Civility comes A Gentleman in Moscow. Once again Amor Towles (@AmorTowles) writes with wit and skill to produce a book very much worth reading. If you loved Rules of Civility, you’ll gobble up A Gentleman in Moscow. It’s the story of a Count, (Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov) who returns […]

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Filed Under: For Readers, Joan's Must Reads, Reviews Tagged With: @AmorTowles, #amreading, #Myreview, A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles, fiction

How Do You Treat Yourself?

August 31, 2016 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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My treat to myself is sitting down with my book. #amreading Click To Tweet The utmost luxury is to have a few hours alone with my book, my cat, and maybe a cup of tea or coffee. Once I’ve accomplished all my work goals, all my home goals ,and all my other self-imposed goals, I […]

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Filed Under: For Readers, My Thoughts, Writing Tips Tagged With: #amreading, books. gardening, relax, shopping

My #BookReview Raven Black by Ann Cleeves 5 Stars

February 10, 2016 By Joan Curtis 1 Comment

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Isn’t it wonderful to find a new series that you really like? #amreading #mystery Click To Tweet I did that when I read the first book in the Shetland Island Quartet by Ann Cleeves. The story is well-done in many ways. It is told from several points of view with a chapter break delineating each. […]

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Filed Under: For Readers, Joan's Must Reads, Reviews Tagged With: #amreading, Ann Cleeves, eMurderer, fiction, Joan Curtis, mystery, mystery series, Raven Black, Shetland

What Do Technical Readers Like to Read?

February 1, 2016 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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A week ago I developed a little quiz so readers could find out what kind of readers they are. One category was Technical. So, let’s look more closely at the Technical reader and determine what they like to read and how they prefer to read. Technicals are no-nonsense sort of people #amreading Click To Tweet […]

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Filed Under: For Readers, My Thoughts Tagged With: #amreading, Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown, personality type, Readiing quiz, Technical readers

What Kind of Characters Do You Prefer?

December 14, 2015 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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Recently several books hit the best seller list that have despicable characters. Readers say, “I didn’t like anyone and I couldn’t care less what happened to the people in the story.” My question to readers is what kind of characters do you prefer #amreading Click To Tweet In thinking about this, I began reflecting on […]

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Filed Under: Characters, For Readers, My Thoughts, Writing Tips Tagged With: #amreading, #amwriting, characters, Girl on the Train, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl, Lisbeth Salander, stieg larsson

Interview with Jenna Scali about Murder on Moonshine Hill

November 23, 2015 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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We are excited to welcome Jenna Scali to our blog today. Some of you may know her as the star of the new mystery series that began with the e-Murderer. If you read that book, you learned a lot about Jenna. You know that she’s 28 years old, has two cats, is divorced and is […]

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Filed Under: Characters, My Thoughts Tagged With: #amreading, Asheville NC, books, eMurderer, Jenna scali, mountains, Murder on Moonshine Hill, mystery, Quentin, series

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