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Romance Tropes Uncovered

Romance Tropes Uncovered If I wasn’t writing romance novels, I’d have no idea what a trope was, never mind what the romance tropes...

From the Legend Closet: Mr. Green’s Chemistry Class

Picture a high school chemistry class back in the 1960s, everyone is dressed formally for school and sitting attentively. Mr. Green is in...

Audiobook Preview! Let It Snow

Boy, was I ever wrong. Now I know how powerful listening to a story acted out can be. You’re forced to immerse yourself and picture the...

Read a Book: It Could Save Your Brain!

According to a BlueZones.com article, “A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry associated activities like reading books… with a lower...

SQ’s Merry Holiday Note: Traditions Anyone?

If you were in the neighborhood, I’d invite you into my home because I have it all decked out for the season. I go all out with the “Deck...

What’s So Good About the Fall?

The back-to-school/back-to-work vibe at the end of the summer gives a sense of purpose to the air. The falling and dead leaves add their...

What I love about NCIS (besides Mark Harmon)

In the fiercely competitive arena of TV dramas, how has NCIS managed to come out a winner so consistently? Why do we love this series so...