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Nick by Michael Farris Smith

February 23, 2021 Susan

(Not really) a Book Review My fifth read (and third novel) of 2021 is Michael Farris Smith’s “sequel” to The…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Michael Farris Smith, Nick, Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby

The Chanel Sisters

January 29, 2021 Susan

About the Author I met Texas author Judithe Little several years ago at the annual Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend in…

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Posted in: Book Clubs, Book Conventions, Book Reviews, Publishing, Reading Filed under: Antoinette Chanel, Coco Chanel, fashion, historical fiction, Judithe Little, Paris, Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend, The Chanel Sisters, Wickwythe Hall, World War II

Blooming . . . AGAIN!

October 3, 2020 Susan 4 Comments

Thanks to Southern Literary Review! It’s thrilling when a book receives such a stellar review. Any time. But especially three…

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Posted in: A Second Blooming, Book Reviews Filed under: A Second Blooming, Allen Mendenhall, Kathy Rhodes, Mercer University Press, Nina Gaby, Robert Kostuck, Southern Literary Review, Susan Marquez

Pandemic Blurbs

September 25, 2020 Susan

Last August I did a post about several books I had been asked to write blurbs for. (You can read…

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Posted in: Book Blurbs, Book Reviews, Publishing Filed under: book blurbs, children's Christmas books, Conversations With Grace, inspirational, Joe Palmer, Juliane Haycox, Koehler Books, literary fiction, Rebecca Bruff, Stars of Wonder

In Faulkner’s Shadow

September 2, 2020 Susan

A Memoir by Lawrence Wells I’ve just finished reading a wonderful memoir, In Faulkner’s Shadow, by Lawrence “Larry” Wells, widower…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Barry Hannah, Dean Faulkner Wells, Every Day by the Sun, Lawrence Wells, Ole Miss, Oxford Mississippi, Rowan Oak, Square Books, Thacker Mountain Radio, William Faulkner, Willie Morris, Yoknapatawpha Press

#makearuckus

August 26, 2020 Susan

The Power of One: Sister Anne Brooks and the Tutwiler Clinic I was honored to interview Sally Palmer Thomason and…

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Posted in: Book Reviews, Publishing Filed under: Doctor of Osteopathy, Jean Carter Fisher, Mississippi Delta, Novel Memphis, Sally Palmer Thomason, Sister Anne Brooks, Tallahatchie Mississippi, The Power of One: Sister Anne Brooks and the Tutwiler Clinic, Tutwiler, Tutwiler Mississippi, University Press of Mississippi

Thin Places, God-Winks, and Anam Cara

August 3, 2020 Susan

The Ancient Way: Discoveries on the Path of Celtic Christianity By River Jordan My friend River Jordan is one of…

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Posted in: Book Reviews, Publishing, Religion, Writing Filed under: abbeys, Celtic Christianity, Confessions of a Christian Mystic, Iona, pilgrimage, River Jordan author, Scotland, spiritual pilgrimage, The Ancient Way, thin places

Goodbye, Orchid

July 6, 2020 Susan 1 Comment

About the Author Carol Van Den Hende is an MBA with twenty years experience in marketing, strategy, and insights. She…

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Posted in: Book Blurbs, Book Reviews, Publishing Filed under: book blurb, Carol Van Den Hende, fiction, Goodbye Orchid, Koehler Books, romance

Conversations With Grace

June 27, 2020 Susan 1 Comment

The Book Back in March a wonderful, uplifting memoir was published by Koehler Books (my publisher for Friends of the…

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Posted in: Book Blurbs, Book Reviews, Mental Health, Publishing Filed under: book burbs, Conversations With Grace, Julianne Haycox, Koehler Books, memoir

Sin Child

March 24, 2020 Susan

Memphis author Angela Howard’s memoir SIN CHILD releases on March 31—one week from today, from Austin McCauley Publishers. It’s an…

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Posted in: Book Reviews, Mental Health Filed under: Angela Howard, childhood abuse, Jody Hedlund, Neil White, promoting authors, PTSD, PTSD ACED, PTSD ACED Foundation, Sin Child

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