What’s Your Favorite Book? Open Book Blog Hop #216

March 23, 2020 By Captain Maiel 2 Comments

♦Welcome to another edition of the Open Book Blog Hop!♦

Topic #216
Ask your readers to share their favorite books.

Welcome back to another Open Book Blog Hop! The authors included in this ongoing series wish to thank you for your reads. We appreciate, even more so, when you share our writings with your friends. If you’re new to the series, welcome aboard. The authors engage and impress weekly. Prepare to become a regular reader.

Please don’t be shy. I want to hear from you! In the comments below, drop the title and author of one (or more) of your favorite books.

We spend so much time preparing these blogs and other posts, we sometimes don’t do enough outreach with those who read them. Now is a great time to talk about books you’re reading and really enjoying. Maybe you’re stuck at home? Maybe you just got to one in the big pile you’ve been keeping next to your bed. Whatever is going on with your reading life, I want to hear about it.

Fill up the comments! Let’s make this a productive discussion. (And, if you’ve arrived here days and months later than this was originally posted, I still want to hear from you if you’ll take the time to send a comment about that book you love.)

Nothing helps a writer more than word of mouth. When you talk about their books, you’re helping them to get their work into another reader’s hands. We appreciate that beyond words. It’s how we are able to continue working and bringing you more pieces to share with one another.

Let me help you get started… I’m a total Lit-nerd. I love those books we were assigned in English class. My favorites right now: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emma Orczy. I’ve read quite a few non-lit books, too. My favorite? The Big Tomorrow: Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way by Lary May. I picked that one up during my graduate studies in film. My focus was politics and history on film and screenwriting. I loved those classes so much, and I have copies of my papers from that time here on the site, so you can look at the bibliographies for more great non-fiction recommendations.

If you want to know more about my reading list, you can check me out my lists on Goodreads.

But, seriously, I want to hear about your lists! Hop on over to the other author pages to get some great recommendations and see if you have reading in common with them too!

About Captain Maiel

Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, K has enjoyed more than twenty years professionally writing. K attended Morrisville State College, majoring in Biology, and then continued with English and History at the University at Albany, where she gained her Bachelor’s Degree. While attending UA, K interned with the 13th Moon Feminist Literary Magazine, bridging her interests in social movements and art. Topics of K's writing often include gender and racial disparities, and trauma. In 2014, K graduated from Empire State College (SUNY) with a Masters in Liberal Studies: screenwriting (Film Studies), the politics of film, and adaptations. During her gradute work, K was the recipient of the Foner Fellowship in Arts and Social Justice, a full scholarship.
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Published novels by K include the Civil War drama Blue Honor, the Second World War spy thriller OP-DEC:Operation Deceit, and the controversial dark fantasy, paranormal series The Trailokya Trilogy. In addition to writing novels, K does screenwriting: 8 Days in Ireland and the adaptations of her current novels. A sequel to her second novel, OP-DEC, is in the research phase, while the screen adaptation is being considered for production by film companies.
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In 2015, K. Williams became an official member of International Thriller Writers, but her greatest accomplishment thus far was becoming a mother in 2017. K continues to produce commentary and art pieces on The Blue Honor Blog, publishing twice weekly. A devoted dog mom, K created Shagbottom Theater in which her dogs star as well known literary and stage personas. K is also a visual artist, producing the ZoDuck Cartoon, painting and sketching--digitally or traditionally, as well as an accomplished Photographer. Click here to see more! Whether it's cooking, IVF and Parenting, learning a foreign language, history or dogs, you'll find something to enjoy and for which to come back.
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Excerpts of K's unedited, rough drafts and other scraps of writing can be found at: KWilliamsAuthor on deviantArt.com. You can also sample her books on Wattpad.

Comments

P.J. MacLayne says

March 27, 2020 at 12:34 am

I’ll pick another book for your blog. Let’s go with OathBlood and the rest of the trilogy by Mercedes Lackey, my introduction into the sword and sorcery genre with female heroes. I don’t remember who suggested the series to me, but I devoured the stories.

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- Captain Maiel says
  
  March 27, 2020 at 5:19 pm
  
  Awesome. Great addition to the recommendations! Female heroes are definitely in demand now!
  
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