Need Spiritual Sustenance? Read the Novel, Gilead, to See the Power of Faith
Gilead is a tribute to the skill of a writer who created a literary work that is readable, relatable, and wondrous all at the same time.
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Melissa Gouty
- Feb 18, 2021
- 5 min
Five Helpful Tips For Choosing Which Books to Take on a Trip
If you love to travel, but you also love your books, you know how hard it is to decide which ones to take with you. 5 Tips for Choosing.
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Melissa Gouty
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2 min
Serendipitous Insight on the New Year from the Novel, Anxious People
By Fredrik Backman Call it “Literary Luck” Sometimes, I read something that, by coincidence, is perfectly timed with an upcoming holiday....
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Melissa Gouty
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2 min
Can You Think of a Better Poem to Kickstart the New Year?
I can't. "The Year" says it all. “We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear. And that’s the burden of the year.” Ella Wheeler Wilcox I love it...
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Melissa Gouty
- Dec 9, 2020
- 5 min
What is a Picaro Novel and Why is This Tender Land One of Them?
The Picaro Novel I dredged up this term from the sea mud of my mind, remembering it from a college literature class. The term had been...
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Melissa Gouty
- Dec 9, 2020
- 1 min
Can You Guess a Few of the Top Ten Quotes of 2020?
Eloquent or not... The Top Ten Quotes of 2020 Every year, Fred Shapiro, a librarian at Yale, compiles a list of the top ten quotes of the...
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Melissa Gouty
- Dec 4, 2020
- 5 min
How the Simple Little Pencil Changed the World Forever
The creation of the pencil helped bring about the Renaissance. The simple, little pencil gave common people the ability to write.
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 30, 2020
- 4 min
7 Activities To Keep You Moving When Your Writing's At a Standstill
You CAN work without writing Brain blocks and brain breaks Ever had a day when the words are stuck like Gorilla Glue to the inside of...
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 30, 2020
- 2 min
Achieving a Nearly Impossible Task: Choosing the Top Ten Books of 2020
The best of the best Oh, the Editorial Stress! It happens every year, this task that must be as difficult as a tropical ant hiking to...
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 30, 2020
- 4 min
Reading Brings Us Joy: Three Ways to Stop Being Too Serious About It
Do It Just For Fun This Tender Land Our Monday night book club had been enjoying a discussion about William Kent Krueger’s novel, This...
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 27, 2020
- 3 min
Have You Ever Taught Writing? Three Novels You'll Appreciate
Seduction of Water, Punjabi Widows, Lost Friends The Art of Teaching Writing and the Unexpected Results of Doing It Well How do you...
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 26, 2020
- 4 min
The Value of Old-Fashioned Letters in a Temporary Society
Nothing says love like a letter Careers and friendship chronicled in letters “My heart still palpitates every time I see one of those...
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 26, 2020
- 3 min
Celebrate World Kindness Day - Because What You Do Matters
3 Simple Ways to Bring Joy to the World Smiling: The Simplest, Cheapest Way to Be Kind It’s so simple, really. Smile. It’s something all...
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 10, 2020
- 5 min
4 Reasons Why Reading Out Loud Is Actually Good For You
Reading out loud is a skill for all age groups, but it's also a tool that improves memory, comprehension, social connection, and enjoyment.
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 7, 2020
- 6 min
Choose Carefully. Pick Three Writers to Come to Your Dinner Party Tonight
If I could choose three writers to come to a literary dinner party today, they'd be Louise Penny, Rick Bragg, and Ben Shattuck.
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 5, 2020
- 6 min
How Books Connect to the Epic Moments of Your Life
Books are emotionally linked to every momentous occasion of my existence. Your life is probably "book-marked" too.
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 4, 2020
- 3 min
Can a Book That Costs $22,000 Be Better Than a Trip to Italy?
The Sistine Chapel 3-volume set reproduces artwork at a 1:1 proportion, making you feel "as if you were a bird on Michelangelo's shoulder."
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 3, 2020
- 3 min
Get High at this Amazing Bookstore Guaranteed to Give You a Buzz
This Dujiangyan bookstore is a bibliophile’s ticket to dream-world. More than 80,000 books are displayed in the 10,500 square foot bookstore
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 1, 2020
- 2 min
How to Honor an Avid Reader After an Untimely Death
Grace had always wanted floor to ceiling bookshelves with a rolling library ladder. Ben built them for her...as a tribute after she died.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 27, 2020
- 4 min
If You Love Elephants, Read These Two Very Different Books
If you love elephants, read Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult and The Elephant Company by Vicki Croke. Two books that both honor elephants.
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