Congratulations to Rashawn, who won our drawing for THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd!
In answer to our question about birthday presents, Rashawn said that her favorite gifts were books, and she knew she wanted to be a writer when she was still very young. Congratulations, Rashawn, please email me at sue@sueharrison.com with your address and I will send the book ASAP!
Happy Reading,
Sue 
Veronica and Kristi on their horses. According to Veronica and Kristi, one of the great joys of living in the country is having the opportunity to ride their horses. Whether they are participating in barrel race competitions or simply taking advantage of a lovely day on a trail ride, life is good when shared with…
Wild Word Friday! Please don’t ask me how to pronounce it, but SELEDREORIG is an Anglo-Saxon word that means “sadness for the lack of a hall.” In Anglo-Saxon days, a hall was a long rectangular community building, usually made of timber and roofed with thatch. Most halls had a centrally located hearth. According to archaeologists, almost every Anglo-Saxon…
Wild Word Friday! It probably won’t surprise you to know that the English language borrowed the word YEN from the Chinese language, the Cantonese dialect. To the ears of an English-speaker, YEN sounds Chinese. During the mid-1800s when Chinese immigration to the United States peaked, they brought the word in-yan with them. In-yan means…
Wild Word Friday! I love to hear about the Scripps National Spelling Bee each year – hear about it, not watch it, because my heart aches too much for those who don’t quite make it to that coveted last-person-standing place of honor. The winner this year was Snigdha Nandipati, and the last word she…
I hope the winner of this book loves it as much as I did! What a great read. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens is amazing! From the flap copy: “For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when…
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