We’re having a fun time this month giving away four fabulous books to one lucky winner! Left to right: WINSOME WINTERS by Mary B. Knapp, Mary delights readers with wonderful stories about her life as a north country kid in the 1940s and early 1950s. MAKE IT GO IN THE SNOW by Larry Jorgensen is…
We are excited to welcome the fall season with Angeline Boulley’s incredible new novel WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED as our September 2024 FREE BOOK! (The silver medallion on the cover doesn’t show up in the photo, but it is a seal from the American Indian Library Association that Boulley’s novel has won their Youth Literature Award.)…
This month we are celebrating Michigan author Sharon M. Kennedy! Raised on a farm in the Brimley, Michigan, area, Sharon has penned three books that follow a group of children raised during the 1950s and early 1960s on Chippewa County farms. The final book of the trilogy revisits the children during their adult years. We…
We have a treat for some lucky winner this month–the first two novels in The Yellow Hair series by Ron Briggs. If you are into the ancient world of the Norse people, you will truly enjoy these books. From the back cover copy: “In the harsh, unrelenting world of eleventh-century Norway, Erik Haraldson strives to…
Sending out congratulations to Diane Palko Lawriw our September book winner! Diane answered our question, “Have you ever been in the wilderness,” by telling us that she participated in a whitewater rafting/camping trip in the wilderness. You’re braver than I am, Diane!! I will send the books your way, asap! Happy Reading, Diane! Sue
I apologize to everyone for the delay in posting our September Free Book (this month 2 books!). Many of you know that my father passed away on September 16, and our family has been celebrating him and his wonderful 96 years of life this past week. It was a joyous and precious family time, with…
We are delighted to give away two wonderful books this month, both of which celebrate Summers in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula! VIEW FROM THE SIDEROAD by Sharon M. Kennedy: [From the cover copy] “Join us for a trip through Michigan’s rural Upper Peninsula in this collection of fictional short stories. Whether it’s a sailor who shuns…
Each year in February, I’m afflicted with a strong case of the dreaded Garden-Longing. However, I live in a part of the country where you can’t put tender plants into the ground at least until the end of May. Even then, you’re risking a total frost kill, and I’ve had it happen. Last year I…
What a privilege is mine this month to present as our December 2016 Free Book, the newly released THE BARON AND THE BEAR, Rupp’s Runts, Haskins’s Miners, and the Season That Changed Basketball Forever by our friend David Kingsley Snell. THE BARON AND THE BEAR, published by the prestigious University of Nebraska Press, is an incredible true story…
We’ve enjoyed — perhaps the better word is endured — some unusual Christmases in the past. The most memorable was the year my husband fell off the roof on December 23 and broke 11 ribs, his back and his forearm. Add internal injuries and you know we spent the Christmas holidays in the intensive care…
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