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Review of Everything We Thought Was True in Outliers Writing University Monthly Ezine

A fabulous writer colleague, K.L. Romo, read my novel and loved it so much that she wrote this beautiful review of it for Outliers Writing University Monthly Ezine. What a lovely surprise to read this! I'm so grateful that the Antinori family’s journey resonated with K.L. so much that she felt moved to share her insights with others. It means so much that my novel is connecting with readers. Every reader is a gift! Check [...]

By |2025-05-29T11:44:51-07:00May 29th, 2025|Book Reviews, Debut Novel|0 Comments
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I Love LA! Everything We Thought Was True receives Honorable Mention for the 2025 Los Angeles Book Festival

I just got word that my novel, Everything We Thought Was True, received Honorable Mention in the General Fiction category for the 2025 Los Angeles Book Festival. I'm thrilled to receive this recognition! My novel is dual timeline, and the contemporary portion of the story takes place in 2015 in the Los Angeles area (the past story takes place in New York). I used real-life locations including downtown Los Angeles, Seal Beach, Orange, and Palos Verdes. I [...]

By |2025-04-23T14:09:39-07:00April 25th, 2025|Book Launch, Book Reviews|0 Comments
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A Blurb from an Author Who Is One of My “Believing Eyes”

I’m thrilled to share an author blurb I received for my debut novel, Everything We Thought Was True, from the fabulous author, person, and friend Barbara Conrey. Her belief in me and this story means so much. She’s been on this journey with me from the beginning, and I’m fortunate that she’s one of my publishing house sisters - and a best-selling author! I happened to be in France back in September when I received her [...]

By |2025-01-13T11:02:17-08:00January 13th, 2025|Book Launch, Book Reviews|0 Comments
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Book Recommendation of True Biz by Sara Novic – Video in American Sign Language

I believe in boosting books by diverse authors. Along those lines, I want to share something special with you. I was sent an advanced reader copy (ARC) of a fantastic book that is publishing in the next month called True Biz by author Sara Novic, who is deaf. The book brought back so many memories of my time years ago teaching at the NY School for the Deaf. Sara does something really unique [...]

By |2022-03-09T14:34:07-08:00March 9th, 2022|Book Reviews|0 Comments
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Best Books of 2020

I'm excited to share my annual “best book of the year” list! 2020 was a strange year for all of us with the pandemic causing us to shelter in place. When not working virtually, I filled my time with gardening, cycling, hiking, baking, writing, and reading. I read 53 books in 2020—so it wasn't easy selecting the top ones. Here are some standouts, in no particular order. Hope you enjoyed some of these books too. If [...]

By |2021-01-28T05:16:54-08:00January 28th, 2021|Book Reviews, Reading|0 Comments
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My 15 Favorite Reads of 2019

So many good books in 2019! I set my Goodreads Reading Challenge goal to 52 books -- one per week -- and managed to read 61. That was through a combination of traditional hard cover/paperback books, ebooks on my Kindle, and audiobooks that I listened to (while driving, walking my dogs and doing housework... sure makes the activities more pleasurable!). It's always difficult to choose favorites, but there were some definite stand outs. If you [...]

By |2020-12-15T13:18:08-08:00February 2nd, 2020|Book Reviews, Reading|2 Comments
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My Favorite Stand Out Reads of 2018

2018 was another great year for reading! I set my Goodreads Challenge goal to only 52 books to give myself more time to get my own writing done (I just finished the first draft of my novel, and am now entering the revising and editing stage — exciting, but overwhelming!), but wound up reading 65 books in total. It is always so hard to choose my favorites, but there were some definite stand outs. So [...]

By |2020-12-15T13:17:17-08:00December 13th, 2018|Book Reviews, Reading|0 Comments
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Best Books of 2017: Recapping a Fantastic Year of Reading

2017 was a great year of reading! I set my Goodreads Challenge goal to 52 books, but managed to read 71 books in total. And I loved every minute of it! It is always so hard to choose my favorites because I almost always find something wonderful, or at least redeeming, in every book I finish. But there were some stand outs. So without further adieu, here are my Top 21 Books. Perhaps you loved [...]

By |2018-02-21T16:24:45-08:00January 10th, 2018|Book Reviews, Reading|0 Comments
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