Michigan

pen4hire on January 6th, 2012

CONTEST OVER (One reader today through Sunday night will win BOTH this audio book and another one. See end of post.) Destination: Michigan, near Traverse City  Audio Book: Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly Put the mystery writer Janet Evanovich together with romance writer Dorien Kelly and this is what you [...]

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pen4hire on April 8th, 2011

I have had so many wonderful books to talk about, that I have not taken a pause to let you know how the poll results went. So many of you helped by giving your opinion, that it is only fair that I share those results with you. First Poll I asked what TYPE of POSTS [...]

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pen4hire on March 30th, 2011

Destination: Lake Michigan Book: A Walk on the Beach: One Woman’s Trek of the Perimeter of Lake Michigan, (NEW 5/2011) by Loreen Niewenhuis. Just a little lakeside stroll–a stroll on steroids.  Loreen Niewenhuis‘ stroll, detailed in the travel memoir A 1000-Mile Walk on the Beach, took six months to complete because although she walked a total [...]

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pen4hire on September 1st, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: Michigan, with Kids Books: Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco and Weird Michigan by Linda S. Godfrey A GUEST POST By Kristen J. Gough My youngest insists on nightly story time. My older two girls somehow outgrew this ritual about the time they entered 1st grade—they wanted to [...]

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pen4hire on March 28th, 2010

Destination: Michigan Book: Traveling Michigan’s Sunset Coast: Exploring Michigan’s West Coast Beach Towns – from New Buffalo to Mackinaw City,(2007) by Julie Royce A Guest Post by Dr. Jessie Voigts Print PDF

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pen4hire on December 1st, 2009

Destination: Northern Michigan Book: The Nick Adams Stories, by Ernest Hemingway, arranged and foreword by Philip Young Before the young writer’s Paris reflected in A Moveable Feast, or the Spanish Civil War and the love of bull fighting, Hemingway had Northern Michigan. Print PDF

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pen4hire on October 9th, 2009

Steve Hamilton’s mystery novel series set near the town of Paradise in Upper Peninsula Michigan, are true to their location, my travels confirm.

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pen4hire on October 8th, 2009

Susan Jeffers selects from Longfellow’s Song of Hiwatha and illustrates a striking children’s book.

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