Before the week is out, be a patriot: Encourage a child to fall in love with a book. Apply for a library card. —Linda Campbell, Star-Telegram Staff Writer   This week, September 24-October 1, we’re celebrating Banned Books Week. Of course the best way to celebrate banned books is to read one. Check out the...Read More

Full confession I’ve been writing about and recommending books for years, but there are whole genres I do not read. For example, I do not read romance novels. Well, not really. I will admit to spending some wonderful days with chick lit novels like Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’s Diary and Katie Fforde’s Wild Designs. Still I am...Read More

Part memoir, part writing craft, Stephen King’s book On Writing will stir every writer’s heart and erase any doubt you had about King being a serious writer (he is). My favorite tip from King’s book is this gem: If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a...Read More

I can’t be trusted with a page-turning novel at bedtime. It does not matter that I’m an adult with a job to do and children to care for. Give me a good book with a bit of suspense, and I’ll stay up long past midnight to finish it. So I’ve given up reading page-turners at...Read More