What I am Reading Now: Mayflower Girl, by Dr. Precious McKenzie
Mayflower Girl follows an early adolescent girl named Remember Allerton on her family's voyage across the Atlantic in 1620. This is a book targeted to upper elementary students, but I believe a well-told story is suitable for anyone. My wife and I, both of us retired adults, just finished reading it...
Arbuckle
Arbuckle is the third book in a series Rowland set in the southeastern corner of Montana. Actually, it is the first book if you look at the action across the series chronologically. It is a beautifully told story of a family working to make a go of it in a hard country. The characters are likeable...
Maté with Gustavo at This House of Books
When I want to drink something hot and a bit acrid, my choice of beverage is tea. To be specific, what I want is an infusion made from the dried, oxydized leaves of Camelia sinensis var. assamica. It just has the right balance of tastes and flavors for me. Since I got involved with This House of...
Self-publishing Sandstone
This House of Books self-published a book: our Sandstone anthology. It has met our expectations for success. Why? At least three reasons: In the first place, it contains work of some of the best authors in the state (thank you authors!). There are several stories in these that are worth the price of...
What I Am Reading Now Department: You, Me & Mr. Blue Sky
Judging by the number of their books I have read, Craig and Elisa have to be among my favorite authors. I enjoy their work. I think you will, too.
You, Me & Mr. Blue Sky is book features a couple of appealing characters and their emotional growth. The story can be approached as a quick, light...
Launching Self-help Group for Self-publishing
There are any number of testimonials saying it is easy to self-publish, and it is much more lucrative than going through a traditional publisher.
We have seen cases where self-publishing works. However, we do not have personal experience with anyone who said it is easy. What we normally hear about...
Holiday Catalog
This House of Books is pleased to offer a holiday catalog with a selection of books for young readers and fiction and nonfiction for adults.
So if you are wondering what to give Great Aunt Sally or little nephew Gavin, wonder no more. Click on the image above and check out these recommendations.
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The Music for the With a Cup of Tea Videos
The musical introduction and at the end of the With a Cup of Tea videos was recorded by Mark Taylor, on July 1, 2016. They feature Geoffrey Taylor on violin and his brother-in-law, John Huss on guitar.
These were informal recordings, done around a campfire at a family reunion held in the Paradise...
—What I Am Reading Now Department: A Death in Eden
A Death in Eden is the seventh of the Sean Stranahan mystery stories. There are six published before this one.
Sean is an outdoorsman and watercolorist who hangs out his shingle as a private detective. He is not a native Montanan. Keith deliberately chose to have Sean come from out of state in...
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A Baker's Dozen for Pi Day
Today, March 14, is known among geeks and others as Pi Day. Why Pi Day, you ask? Today's date is often notated as 3/14 and the value of pi (or π) is 3.14159265358979323846264338327... or to be more succinct, 3.14.
In celebration of Pi Day, we offer a baker's dozen of titles in a surprising range...
Special February Tea Blend
For February, our flavor blender par extraordinaire, Gustavo Berlotta, is offering a special blend of tea: Cupid’s Kiss. It is a mild black tea from Kenya, with strawberry pieces, rose hips, strawberry extract, cocoa nibs, and cocoa powder. It will remind you of a chocolate dipped strawberry.
—What I Am Reading Now Department: Love, Wylie
Love, wylie does not fit comfortably in the segment of the book market occupied by many of Elisa Lorello's other books. Elisa's agents and editors, in fact, did not know how to categorize the book so they advised against publishing it. They observed that love, wylie does not fit either with "Women's...