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OCTOBER Goodreads Giveaway!

October 1, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner Leave a Comment

Hey everyone and Happy October! To celebrate my favorite month, I’m hosting an October Goodreads Giveaway. I’ll be giving away three signed copies of The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee at the end of the month. Enter today over on Goodreads by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.

But first, my top ten reasons you should enter and share this post…

10. It’s free! So why not? Free is good.
9. Books make great Christmas presents, and Christmas is fast approaching.
8. The more people who enter, the more people who’ll want to enter. Am I right? It’s the whole follow the leader thing.
7. You might win and winning feels great.
6. Even if you’ve already read it, I bet you know lots of folks who haven’t. And people should read more. Really, you’ll be promoting literacy.
5. The cover is cool, and it’ll look good on your special bookshelf. Homes look more homey with books.
4. I’ll sign it and even write you a special message in invisible ink if you want.
3. I wrote every single word. Every.Single.Word. And you’ll be helping an Indie writer out. Seriously.
2. You loaned out your copy and have no idea what happened to it. And you miss seeing it on your coffee table.
1. Because I figured out how to embed the giveaway code in this post which is no small feat. At least I think I did.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee

by Talya Tate Boerner

Giveaway ends October 31, 2016.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

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Thanks for entering my Goodreads giveaway! Happy October.

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Visiting Heber Springs, Arkansas

April 22, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner 15 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I spent some time in Heber Springs, Arkansas. It was my first visit to this charming town in the central part of the state. Not sure how that’s even possible.

When I visit a new place, especially if I’m traveling alone, I explore. I search for the library and I seek out the old historic cemetery because to me, cemeteries are a way to connect to the town. I walk the downtown area to see the architecture. Heber Springs gets a big checkmark for having a courthouse in the middle of the town square. Yay!

Walking is the best way to discover a place. Driving through, you miss all the things.

Y’all, Jitterbug Coffee House was fantastic!

After getting my green tea fix, I searched for the lake.Continue Reading

when I think of Alabama…

April 20, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner 9 Comments

When I think of Alabama, I think of Carlene, my mom’s college roommate, and her son Gary, and how we visited them a long, long time ago, and while I want to say it was summer it couldn’t have been because of the clothes we wore. Those memories are preserved forever by faded polaroid pictures. I thought their house was amazing mainly because it was two-story. We took turns riding up and down the street in their neighborhood in Gary’s go-cart which was a new experience for my sister and me. Big wheels keep on turning…

When I think of Alabama, I think of Roll Tide and Bear Bryant and his houndstooth fedora that classed up the sidelines every Saturday and college football for years. He was born in Arkansas, you know.

I think of Harper Lee and Monroeville and Scout and Atticus and Boo and Dill and the tree that held gifts.

I think of Hank Williams.

And Alabama Shakes, my new fav.