by casblomberg | Jul 27, 2016 | Blog, Blogging, Book, Bookshops, fiction, Reading, sci-fi, SFF
Instagram is my favorite form of social media. Twitter to me is like an endless autobahn. I use Facebook the most, but I really enjoy Instagram and I’ll tell you why. Facebook, loaded with political memes, angry judgements, and a sense of divisiveness, makes me...
by casblomberg | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog, Blogging, books, Characters, fiction, Reading, stories, Writing
What do you like in a story? Have you ever thought about it? And by that, I mean more than for a few seconds. Have you ever sat down and made a list of the things you enjoy about the stories you read? I read Chris Baty’s book, No Plot, No Problem last week. For...
by casblomberg | Jan 12, 2016 | Blog, Blogging, Book, books, fiction, fun, Reading, Uncategorized
My post last week recapped the books I’ve read in 2015. In that post, I was excited to try to reach my goal of a book a week for 2016. With that in mind, I’ve created a reading challenge because I think they’re fun. I’ve based it on the...
by casblomberg | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Blogging, books, fiction, fun, Reading, resolutions, Uncategorized
In 2015 I posted a reading challenge. Forgot about it, did you? For those of you who didn’t, I know you’re dying to hear how it went. Well . . . I got almost half of them ticked off. Here are the details: A book with more than 500 pages — Mistborn:...
by casblomberg | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog, Blogging, books, family, Fantasy, fiction, fun, kids, Reading
Earlier this week I wrote a blog post about the smell of books. Normally I try to use my own photos on my posts, mostly because it takes forever to find royalty-free photos. For that post, I knew I wanted something book-related, so I pulled out a few of my older...
by casblomberg | Nov 16, 2015 | Blog, Blogging, books, Bookshops, Reading
Drop me off at an old library, or antique bookstore, and I’ll be content for hours. Not only would I get lost amid the obscure and fascinating titles, but I’d savor each book, holding it in my hands and feeling the weight of it, breathing in the scent of...
