by tanyaagler | Feb 2, 2015 | reading
Have you ever attended a book signing? If so, was it an individual book signing or a group one? I’ve had the pleasure of attending both types of autograph events. What a thrill it was for me to meet Ginger Rogers when she signed her autobiography at a Borders...
by tanyaagler | Jan 26, 2015 | reading
My grandmother used to love to start jigsaw puzzles in winter. A huge football fan, she’d wait for college bowl games to end. The second they did out came the 1000 piece puzzles and we’d sort through the pieces to find the edged ones to put those together first....
by tanyaagler | Jan 14, 2015 | reading
As a parent of an inquisitive five-year-old, I often get asked about time. How many seconds are in two hours? How many minutes are in a day? How many hours are in a week? And to sound like a cliché, it’s times like that I realize I need six or seven clones or thirty...
by tanyaagler | Jan 8, 2015 | reading
There’s a trend going around that I’m not on board with. A lot of people who like to read are discussing how they’re more than willing to give up on a book early on if they don’t immediately fall in love with the story. I’ve talked to more than one person who has told...
by tanyaagler | Jan 1, 2015 | New Year's Day, writing
I’m not a big believer in New Year’s resolutions. When I was a kid, I’d always make the same resolutions and never follow through for more than a month. Now that I’m older, I try to change things when I see I need to change something rather than wait for a new...