2025 Reading Challenge

2025 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 164 books toward her goal of 365 books.
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Book Review: Grandpa Hates the Bird by Eve Yohalem – and a Giveaway!

I know, I know – it’s not Tuesday. And there have been a LOT of book reviews lately. But I’ve had a lot of book review commitments lately, and I’m trying to deliver ahead of schedule wherever possible. Plus, I’ve been writing more of my own fiction lately which means less time for clever-shark blog […]

What to Do, What to Do…

So if you’ve been following me at all, you know I’m working on a book (or three or six or…). And you also know that it’s going slowly. This is due to more than a couple of factors, the biggest of which are (a) my short attention span and propensity for new ideas to arise […]

Book Review: The Price by Joseph Garraty – AND a Giveaway!

Holy cow, Tuesdays swing back around awfully quickly, don’t they? That’s okay though, especially since I’m able to spend so much time talking about GREAT books lately… And today’s is no exception. Today I’m honored to take you on your second trip into the world of author Joe Garraty, this time into The Price, a […]

2011 – It Was a Very Good Year…

Indeed it was – for many reasons. I got engaged. I got married. I got step-kids of my very own. I got to go on a honeymoon to my favorite place on earth (Aruba). I got a new house. I got a blog. I started writing for real. I became an Auntie again. I got […]

The Rite of the Right Way to Write

So okay, here’s the thing – I’m a huge slacker I guess.

Me: Hello. My name is Jill. And I’m a slacker. Chorus: Hello Jill.

Sigh.

I don’t mean to be. I don’t want to be. But I guess I am. I have been writing for ten months now, after taking “time off” for fifteen […]