By Gini Rainey Writing in a time-shift style, Alex Temblador explores Raquel Warren’s progression of life values from the time her parents...
By Gini Rainey Let me begin by saying that while there actually was a torpedo discovered on the Galveston beach in...
By Gini Rainey My first introduction to Traci Borum was over seven years ago! She had requested that I read and review...
Pre-registration is now available for our Rosenberg Library Teen Summer Reading Program at https://rosenberg.beanstack.org! Just for registering you get a brand new book,...
Pictured above: This photo is believed to have been taken at Schmidt’s Garden during Galveston’s 1876 Maifest celebration. During the month of...
By Gini Rainey It’s almost that time of year again! You know what I’m talking about – Thanksgiving Day! For most of...
By Gini Rainey Just when you thought I’d fallen off the face of the earth – BAM – here I am again! ...
By Gini Rainey So, when was the last time you picked up a great mystery novel and read through it in nearly...
By Gini Rainey The Blue Cloak by Shannon McNear Set at the turn of the 18th century in Kentucky and Tennessee, The...
Sentient Beings in The Kingdom of Bhutan by Laurie S. Chambers By Gini Rainey Chambers, who has spent over fifty years traveling...
Every Wednesday-Saturday (7pm) From the author of the book comes a wonderful tour and a riveting journey through the forgotten parts of...
By Gini Rainey Imagine, if you will, a shack in the middle of the backwater marshes of the Atlantic Ocean in North...
by Gini Rainey Note to Self: when times are different and strangely sad, as the Shelter In Place time for COVID-19 have...
By Gini Rainey We are now into the ninth day of our Stay-At-Home Order and it doesn’t get any easier, folks. One...
By Gini Rainey Desperate times call for desperate measures, and I’m so glad I have nearly five hundred cookbooks in my arsenal,...
By Gini Rainey Right now, considering all that is going on in our world, the KISS method would seem to be the...
From book signings to Meet & Greet’s, Galveston offers every Book Lover a lot of fun things to do. Check out...
An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen An instant #1 New York Times Best Seller in 2019, this second novel...
By Gini Rainey I must apologize to anyone out there who might still be interested in reading my blog! I know I’ve...
By Gini Rainey I don’t know about the rest of the world, but 2019 proved to be very challenging for me...
By Gini Rainey Paradox By Catherine Coulter This is one gripping, page-turning novel that brings a small town police chief and the...
By Gini Rainey “Oleanders in June: A Novel” by Whitney Vandiver If you haven’t picked up and read a copy of this...
By Gini Rainey “Mischief and Mayhem: Part I of the Faerlands Chronicles” by S. D. Nicholson I think you know me by...
By Gini Rainey Good grief, that’s exactly what I deserve. I have been so over-whelmed with life in the past few months...
By Gini Rainey “Four Three Two One” by Courtney Stevens Ms. Stevens has gone and done it again by creating a book...
By Gini Rainey “BETWEEN WIND & WATER: 1898 GALVESTON” by Rosa Morgan Set in late 19th century Galveston, Ms. Morgan successfully brings...
By Gini Rainey I have many passions in my life, mostly leaning toward my right brain, but after working for over 25...
By Gini Rainey Today’s blog entry was written by my “Guest Writer” who, every so often, sends something along to me that...
By Gini Rainey I’m always on the lookout for good cookbooks that are either regional, ethnic or odd, and my sister scored...
By Gini Rainey I must apologize to any of my blog followers I might still have. With all of the life’s busyness...
By Gini Rainey If you are anything like me, your life is so full of busy-ness that you pretty much need to...
By Gini Rainey After what seems like a very long time, the weather in our neck of the woods has finally caught...
By Gini Rainey The Waiting Room by Emily Bleeker Written by the author of When I’m Gone, this book has just as...
By Gini Rainey When life seems to get a bit overwhelming, it’s great to know that, number one – you are missed,...
By Gini Rainey The Day John Died by Christopher Anderson Who has not been fascinated by one of the most famous families...
By Gini Rainey “The Isle of Gold” by Seven Jane If you like to read adventure books that have everything from swashbuckling...
By Gini Rainey Well, it sort of feels like summer is over, what with school starting tomorrow here in Tyler, but some of us...
By Gini Rainey It seems like just yesterday that my daughter Beth came home from middle school and announced that one of...
By Gini Rainey Send Down the Rain – By Charles Martin In his thirteenth novel, this New York Times Award-winning author successfully...
By Gini Rainey I’ve found that inspiration sneaks into your life in lots of different ways. I must say, that (as I’m...
By Gini Rainey When my mother passed away on July 4th, 1977, I hadn’t been exposed to very many funerals here in...
By Gini Rainey “Bring Me Back” by B. A. Paris Just when you think an author can’t out do their last book,...
By Gini Rainey Now that we are a week down the road from Mother’s Day, I would imagine things around your house...
By Gini Rainey We all have them – those friends that we love to entertain, but who don’t always like the same...
By Gini Rainey For those of you who have been paying attention to the general theme of my cookbook collection, you may...
by Gini Rainey I was thinking this morning about all the incredible advances in technology that I have seen in my lifetime,...
by Gini Rainey There’s a whole new world waiting for you between the covers of your next book. It’s no secret that...
By Gini Rainey Sometimes (well, to be perfectly honest – a lot of times) I have dreams that seem really real, and...