Blog Archive

  • An Obsolete Career

    Oct 30, 2014

    I was recently at an event where I was told, rather snidely, that I’d better be out looking for another job since it won’t be long before literary agents are obsolete. This isn’t the first time in the past few years I’ve heard a statement like this. It’s also ironic since BookEnds has been growing […]

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  • Fan Girl Confessional

    Oct 29, 2014

    This Tweet from John Green the other day made my day:  Follow  John GreenVerified account‏@johngreen Taylor Swift reblogged me on tumblr and called me her favorite author. Trying not to freak out. https://taylorswift.tumblr.com/post/101094256940/fishingboatproceeds-im-in-paper-towns-movie … I absolutely LOVE that someone with 3+ million followers still has fan boy moments. I mean how amazing is it to see […]

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  • A Midwinter’s Tale hits the NYT and USA Today List

    Oct 29, 2014

    Big congratulations to Sofie Kelly!  A MIDWINTER’S TAIL has hit both the NYT and USA Today bestseller lists!

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  • The Vault by Emily McKay

    Oct 28, 2014

    There is no rest for the damned in this thrilling follow-up to Emily McKay’s The Lair and The Farm, in a series New York Times bestselling author Chloe Neill calls, “Equal parts Resident Evil and Hunger Games.”

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  • Golden Malicious by Sheila Connolly

    Oct 28, 2014

    Congratulations to Sheila on another New York Times bestseller in the Orchard Mystery series.

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  • Out of the Office

    Oct 28, 2014

    I wanted to let you all know that I’ll be out of the office today. I have an appointment to have my ta-ta’s checked. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, not that I probably need to tell you that, and coincidentally it’s also the month for my annual mammogram. This is not normally something I’d […]

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  • Life is Short, Celebrate

    Oct 27, 2014

    I’m a big believer in celebrating life. The good, the bad and the ugly. I’m also a big believer in celebrating the many successes we’re lucky enough to have at BookEnds. It’s one of the things we do really well (successes and celebrations). Just recently I took my team out to celebrate 15 years as […]

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  • TGIF

    Oct 24, 2014

    It’s Friday and it’s been another great week at BookEnds. To celebrate I’m going to share the recipe for one of my favorite drinks . The Moscow Mule. I discovered this quite a number of years ago and it’s my go-to. I’ve also managed to make it a favorite for a number of friends. The […]

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  • Creating a Vision Board

    Oct 23, 2014

    I just learned about vision boards. I’m assuming I’m far behind on this trend, but I’m excited about it nonetheless A vision board is just that, a board with pictures, phrases and bits of inspiration. Your vision for what you want to achieve in life, in your career or just personally. I have my vision […]

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  • Kathleen Hale continued…

    Oct 22, 2014

    So yesterday I wrote a post about Kathleen Hale and I got hit pretty hard. Most of the focus seemed to be on the fact that I said Kathleen Hale was brave for writing the article. It also seems a number of people think I was defending Kathleen Hale for stalking her reviewer. Let me […]

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  • The Power of Reviews

    Oct 21, 2014

    On Friday author Kathleen Hale wrote an article for The Guardian about her experience being catfished. On Monday Twitter, and a number of blogs, got quite excited about this topic and lots of people had lots of opinions. I came upon the article when Jessica Alvarez mentioned it to me and before reading anything about […]

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  • Thinking of Gone Girl

    Oct 20, 2014

    A few weeks ago I posted my review for Gone Girl to GoodReads and boy did I get some flack. Keep in mind that I usually write short reviews on GoodReads. I don’t have a lot of time or energy to write out everything I’m thinking and with Gone Girl that was especially the case. […]

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