Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

If you want a reminder of how important your time spent with friends can be, then this book will definitely be that for you. You will laugh & cry but it was one of the most inspirational books I have read. You can’t help but like Morrie Schwartz  with his common sense  and wisdom : “Everyone knows they’re going to die.. but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.” is so on target. Definitely a biography that is readable and memorable.

Page – Rock Hill                                   ISBN  0385484518

SC Book Festival

For those of you who live in or near South Carolina, you should check out the SC Book Festival.   There are some special events that involve an admission fee but the admission is free to most events on Saturday, February 28th and Sunday, March 1st.  These events are at The Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, 1101 Lincoln Street in downtown Columbia.  This year’s keynote speaker is Scott Turow but there are over 90 authors and poets.   Whether your interests lie in fiction or nonfiction, children’s books or poetry you will find something interesting at the SC Book Festival.  You can find all the information (including a list of the authors) at the website http://www.scbookfestival.org/

National Novel Writing Month

Are you more interested in writing a novel than reading one?   It just so happens that November is National Novel Writing Month.  Started in 1999 in San Francisco, twenty-one people decided to try to write a novel in one month or at least 50,000 words of their  novel.  Only six people finished, but this year it’s expected that as many as 70,000 people will sign up to try to write their novel this November.  Starting November 1st and ending November 30th, try your hand at writing your own novel.  This isn’t a contest, no one wins, you just get the satisfaction of finishing a monumental task.   Everything you need to know will be at the web site.  http://www.nanowrimo.org

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