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Eva Pohler
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A Holiday Haunting at the Biltmore Teaser
The holidays are quickly approaching, and New Years' Day will be fast on their heels. I'm super pleased with how my New Year's Day...
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Eva Pohler
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The Devil Baby of Bourbon Street
It's interesting to me how often history demonizes women and children who don't conform to the expected norms of their day. If you were...
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Eva Pohler
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The Rest Cure
The "rest cure" was a post American civil war treatment developed by Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell prescribed to people suffering with what he...
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Eva Pohler
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One Month's Worth of Social Media Posts for Book Lovers
If you're like me, you love to talk about books. Maybe you're slightly introverted (or extremely so) but you'd still like to interact...
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Eva Pohler
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My Trip to Santa Fe
One of my best friends and I took our daughters on a trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Terry and her daughter Camie appear on the left, and...
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Eva Pohler
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Book Owl Word Search
Welcome to the Book Owl Word Search, or BOWS 2021! BOWS is an interactive word search where participants collect secret words from...
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Eva Pohler
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Greek Mythology Lesson Plans
Students in junior high and high school classes can benefit from a curriculum that includes reading Thanatos: The Underworld Saga, Book...
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Eva Pohler
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A Map of the Underworld
Enjoy this free map of the Greek mythological Underworld, also known as Hades, created especially for The Underworld Saga, The Vampires...
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Eva Pohler
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Greek Mythology Bingo
Download this FREE Greek Mythology Bingo Game with game cards and flashcards so you can become better acquainted with Greek mythology and...
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Eva Pohler
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Your Free Online Reading Journal
If you're like me, you sometimes have trouble remembering a book, even within weeks of reading it. I even have trouble remembering the...
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Eva Pohler
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Using Character Foil Analysis
What is character foil analysis? Well, first you need to know what character foils are. Character foils occur when two or more characters...
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Eva Pohler
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Reading and Mental Health
If Richard Steele was correct in saying that "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body," then it would follow that reading is...
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Eva Pohler
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Literary Analysis 101
I have taught literary analysis and criticism for over twenty years at a university here in San Antonio. Literary analysis is not as...
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Eva Pohler
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How to Start an Online Book Club
For years, I organized and ran a book club in my neighborhood. It used to be one of the highlights of my life. After six years or so,...
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Eva Pohler
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How to Drive Traffic to Your Blog
Whether you're a book review blogger, a travel blogger, a lifestyle blogger, or some other type of blogger, these three easy steps will...
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Eva Pohler
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How to Decorate Your Bookshelves
I've seen lots of articles and videos with advice on how to decorate a bookshelf, but most of them aren't created by book lovers or book...
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Eva Pohler
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Easy Peasy Book Reviews
Book reviews are important to both readers and authors, but only one percent of readers take the time to write reviews. With that in...
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Eva Pohler
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How to Get the Most out of Audiobooks
I am an avid audiobook lover, but I wasn't always able to focus while listening. My mind would wander, and I'd soon realize that an...
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Eva Pohler
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Existentialism in Island of the Blue Dolphins
Art can be a powerful tool for good or evil. It can be used to enlighten, to give voice to the marginalized, and to expose injustice. But...
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Eva Pohler
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My Visit to the Haunted Menger Hotel
My daughter Candace and I stayed at the haunted Menger Hotel in San Antonio a few weeks ago in response to a dare from more than one...
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