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The Sunday Salon ~ Winter Joy

1 Mar By Jennifer 14 Comments

What a beautiful day we’re having today in Roanoke, VA. Fat, wet flakes of snow are falling so fast at times that Emma keeps saying, “It’s a blizzard!” I don’t know about that, but we’ve gotten between 2 and 3 inches of snow here thus far today. When I look out of the window, I [...]

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#100 ~ House and Home & My 100th Review Contest

8 Sep By Literate Housewife 50 Comments

Today I have the great pleasure of hosting Kathleen McCleary on her House and Home book tour sponsored by TLC Book Tours. I very much appreciate the invitation to participate in this tour as well as the opportunity to read Kathleen’s novel. Please click on Kathleen’s name below to visit her website. Click on the [...]

Filed Under: Books, Family, LIfe, My Life with Books, Reading, Secrets and Lies Tagged With: 100th book review, best friends, celebration, contest, coping with divorce, financial crisis, House and Home, Kathleen McCleary, Michigan, parenting through a divorce, selling a home, TLC Book Tours, UVA, Virginia

Spectacular Sunday

20 Apr By Literate Housewife 4 Comments

Spring is finally here to stay in Southwest Virginia – and you can tell by the storms! All the better for me to have had an interview scheduled with my second author – Lander Marks. Ms. Marks is the author of Artist’s Proof, which is due to be published the first part of May. It [...]

Filed Under: Books, Family, LIfe, My Life with Books, Reading, What's Up Tagged With: birthday, flamingos, Gilding Lily, interview, interviewing authors, Lander Marks, learning from experience, Michigan, podcast, Robin Gerber, Rosalind Laker, Southwest Virginia, spring, storms, Tatiana Boncompagni, The Venetian Mask, turning 60, YouTube

An Interview with Robin Gerber

22 Mar By Literate Housewife 10 Comments

On March 12, I had the opportunity to speak with Robin Gerber about her new novel, Eleanor vs. Ike. She was on her way to a fund raiser for Hillary Clinton in Hyde Park that evening, but she graciously took the time to speak with me. After having read the book, it was wonderful to [...]

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#61 ~ Eleanor vs. Ike

17 Mar By Literate Housewife 8 Comments

Eleanor vs. Ike: A Novel by Robin Gerber Robin Gerber was once asked while giving a talk about in conjunction with her book, Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way, if Eleanor Roosevelt ever did anything wrong. Ms. Gerber’s response was, “Yes, she should have run for president.” From that question and her own response, Eleanor vs. [...]

Filed Under: Books, Inspiration, Reading, Secrets and Lies Tagged With: 1952, Annie, ARC, Dwight Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, female president, Franklin Roosevelt, HarperCollins, Hillary Clinton, KKK, Michigan, underdog

#55 ~ Stealing Buddha’s Dinner

27 Jan By Literate Housewife 5 Comments

Stealing Buddha’s Dinner: A Memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen Sometime toward the end of the year I was adding some books to my library on LibraryThing and wanted to add a book I received from my parents for Christmas the year before. It is a book of vintage postcards from Grand Rapids, my home town. [...]

Filed Under: Books, Childhood Memories, Culture, Disappointment, Family, LibraryThing, LIfe, Memoir, Religion Tagged With: Bich Minh Nguyen, Calvin College, Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, he Little House on the Prarie, Michigan, midwest, Roman Catholic, TStealing Buddha's Dinner, Vietnamese immigrants, WASP, worshiping Mary

While I Was Away

28 Oct By Literate Housewife 2 Comments

I forgot to write a small post to let everyone know that I was on vacation this past week. My husband and I took the children to Michigan to see my family. While we were there, we celebrated my grandfather’s 90th birthday, Emma’s 5th birthday, Allison’s 3rd birthday, and our 10th wedding anniversary. As a [...]

Filed Under: Books, Family, LIfe, My Life with Books, Reading, What's Up Tagged With: Birthdays and Anniversaries, Michigan, Saugatuck, Vacation