Monthly Archives: June 2009

Enchanted by Nancy Madore

Enchanted – Erotic Bedtime Stories for Women is a great book for the woman that is looking for something literary with a little bit more spice that what you might find on the drugstore shelf. This book looks into the fantasies of women from a fairy tale point of view. These are adult intended stories…

Cocktails For Three by Madeline Wickham

I loved Cocktails For Three by Madeline Wickham. It is my first time reading one of her books and I will definitely be keeping my eye out for more! This is the story about the friendship of three women and the secrets they share – and the secrets they don’t share as well! Maggie, Roxanne,…

Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber

Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber is the kind of book that you might think would be sad – it is after all a book about a group of widowed women trying to move on with their lives – but instead it is an inspirational book about living your dreams and fulfilling your wishes. After all,…

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher is one of my all time favorite books. I must have read it at least 20 times. The characters are like old friends that welcome me back every time I pick it up to read a chapter here and there or to read it all over from beginning to…

How to Do a Manual Edit

Part of becoming a good writer is learning how to manually edit your work without a spell checker. There as many methods as there are good writers but here are some of the techniques I use. First of all, read your article out loud. It is much easier to catch your mistakes when you are…

Don’t Rely On a Spell Checker

Never settle for using a spell checker. When writing you need to take the time to manually edit your work for spelling, grammar, and mechanics. By using only a spell checker you are setting yourself up for mistakes. Spell checkers miss homonyms like to, too, and two. Spell checkers are not helpful if you spell…

The Shopaholic Series Revisited

Boredom got me browsing through my old books and magazines. I have a lot of chick lit; it’s my guilty pleasure. No.. I don’t even feel guilty about it. One of the books that caught my eye again was a Shopaholic book, Shopaholic and Baby. It’s the third book in the Shopaholic series by Sophie…

Paper Capers

Paper Capers with paper, Scissors, Glue and you is a book by Imogene Forte. It is part of the Tabletop Learning series and is 80 pages in length and includes an index in the back of the book. This book really helps children express their creativity with art. The book shows some great ideas on…

Crayons and Markers

A preschool teacher should add the Crayons and Markers: Artistic Creations, one of a Kind and Made by you book by Imogen Forte to their resource collection. this wonderful book has 80 pages including an index. It is part of the tabletop learning series collection. The book showcases different ways to use crayons and makers…

Nature’s Crafts

Nature’s Crafts: Simple Pleasures with Natureal Treasures by Imogene Forte is a good book for the preschool teacher. It is 80 pages long and has an index. The book shows how to make a moss wreath or even a birds nest. One page shows how to make cone creatures out of pincones, which are very…