Author: klross35

  • Bye to Mass Market Paperbacks

    Are they disappearing or just changing? Lately, I’ve been noticing something, not in a big obvious way, but in small moments. Scrolling through new releases, I am seeing more trade size paperbacks or hardcovers first. There is also a lot of people talking about audiobooks replacing their reading time and seeing way more e-readers in…

  • ✍️ A Writer’s Life: The Quiet Work Behind the Words

    There’s a quiet side to writing that most people never see. It isn’t the finished book sitting on a shelf, or the moment someone turns the final page. It isn’t even the excitement of publishing or sharing your work with the world. A writer’s life exists mostly in the in-between. It lives in early mornings…

  • Fresh Pages and Second Chances

    🌷 My Book Addiction & More April 2026 Hello fellow readers 🤍 There’s something about April that feels like a quiet beginning. The days grow a little longer, the air feels softer, and everything seems to whisper that it’s okay to start again slowly, gently, in your own time. That’s what this month feels like…

  • Echoes of Forgotten Places by Helen Wand

    Echoes of Forgotten Places Author: Helen Wand Website: Helen Wand Books ASIN: ‎ B09QC4RPK2 Publisher : ‎ Luminare Press Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more Publication Date: ‎ Jan. 12 2022 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1643885957 Genre: General fiction – historical Book Description (Amazon.ca) The year is 1897. Julianna Lampert and her eight children depend on the family working the…

  • December 2025 Newsletter

    📚 My Book Addiction and More Welcome to the holiday edition of My Book Addiction and More! December is the perfect time to cozy up with new releases, sharpen your writing craft, and find thoughtful gifts for the book lovers in your life. Let’s dive in! 🎄 New Releases to End the YearDecember may be…

  • One More Mountain 

    Fleeing Iran for America by Mansur Nurdel with Jeannette Moninger Website: Home – Mansur Nurdel ASIN: ‎ B0BXNJT9QC Publisher: ‎ Mansur Nurdel Publication date: ‎ March 8 2023 Language: ‎ English Print length: ‎ 348 pages ISBN-13: ‎ 979-8987808610 Genre: Memoir Book Description (from Amazon.ca) This book is the inspirational true story of young man willing to risk it all. Since…

  • unbroken spirit by Jade Lynn

    Title: unbroken spirit Author: Jade Lynn Publisher: ‎  Rosco Publishing Publication Date: ‎ Aug. 18 2025 Language: ‎ English Print length: ‎ 118 pages ISBN-10: ‎ 1069215600 ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1069215604 Genre: Memoir Book Description (from Amazon.ca) In this heartfelt and unflinchingly honest memoir, Jade recounts her harrowing journey from the depths of emotional abuse to the discovery of her inner…

  • Crossing Fifty-One by Debbie Russell

    Title: Crossing Fifty-One Author: Debbie Russell ASIN:‎ B0C1R6LZ7R Publisher: ‎ Koehler Books Publication date: ‎ June 20 2023 ISBN-13: ‎ 979-8888240038 Website: https://debbie-russell.com/ Genre: Memoir Book Description (Amazon.ca) A week before Christmas 1951, Dr. Ralph Russell risked everything to voluntarily enter a locked federal drug-treatment facility known as a “narcotic farm.” Sixty-five years later, Dr. Russell’s granddaughter Debbie suffers…

  • Trini! Come! by W. Michael Farmer

    Title:    Trini! Come!: Geronimo’s Captivity of Trinidad Verdín Author: W. Michael Farmer Website: https://wmichaelfarmer.com/ Publisher: First Star Publishing Publishing Date: November 2022      ISBN-10: ‎ 1432895788 ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1432895785 Genre: Western/History Book Description (from Amazon.ca) Held captive by the Apache, a young girl discovers the courage to survive… and the strength to choose her own path. In…