Non-Readers? (BBT)

Non-Readers? (BBT)

How can you encourage a non-reading child to read? What about a teen-ager? Would you require books to be read in the hopes that they would enjoy them once they got into them, or offer incentives, or just suggest interesting books? If you do offer incentives and...
Non-Readers? (BBT)

Winter Reading (BBT)

The northern hemisphere, at least, is socked in by winter right now… So, on a cold, wintry day, when you want nothing more than to curl up with a good book on the couch … what kind of reading do you want to do? Easy reading. I want something vaguely old-fashioned that...
Non-Readers? (BBT)

Non-Famous Favorite Author (BBT)

Who’s your favorite author that other people are NOT reading? The one you want to evangelize for, the one you would run popularity campaigns for? The author that, so far as you’re concerned, everyone should be reading–but that nobody seems to have heard of. You know,...
Non-Readers? (BBT)

Flaps? (BBT)

Do you read the inside flaps that describe a book before or while reading it?Both. I usually read it a few times, once before and a few times while I’m reading the story, to sort of get a feel for how close the end is, or what kind of twist I think is coming...
Non-Readers? (BBT)

New Year, New Posts (BBT)

Author’s Ramblings: Hi and welcome to the new year! If it hasn’t set in yet, then I feel a whole lot better knowing I have company and have not been the only one writing ’09 where it should be ’10. This year, I have decided with all the writing I manage to cram in...