by Brandy Heineman | May 3, 2019 | Blog, Reading
Totally Pressed In 2014, I was privileged to have a press pass to the International Christian Retail Show, the annual trade show of the Christian Booksellers Association. It was held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, but even though I live within...
by Brandy Heineman | Jan 15, 2019 | Blog, Reading
It’s still flu season. Let’s talk about The Stand by Stephen King. First off, I am a very gentle reader. I seldom write in my books. No broken spines, no dogeared pages (usually, although I have no quarrel with those who do). I try to keep my books in good...
by Brandy Heineman | Jan 3, 2019 | Blog, Reading
Happy New Year! This post about John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, and the accompanying Journal of a Novel, is a little different from some of the other bookish memories I’ve shared so far, in that I still haven’t read Journal of a Novel (as you’ll...
by Brandy Heineman | Dec 16, 2018 | Blog, Reading
Your new Christmas tradition? If you believe everything you see on social media, then the Icelandic tradition of Jolabokaflod (or Jólabókaflóð, if you prefer) has charmed Americans. Essentially, the idea is to exchange books as gifts on Christmas Eve and then spend...
by Brandy Heineman | Dec 2, 2018 | Blog, Reading
Happy 12! Today my husband, Michael, and I are celebrating our twelfth wedding anniversary. As I’ve written before, we honeymooned on O’ahu, and it was wonderful. I will never forget our beautiful Hawaiian adventure. The flora and fauna, the sights, the...
