Galveston Island Guide
All posts tagged "Book"
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2.6KDowntownRosenberg Library: Space Day with Christina Koch & Summer Super Fun
Rosenberg Library is located Downtown at 2310 Sealy St., Downtown Galveston. For more info call (409)763-8854 or go to rosenberg-library.org. All...
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166More To DoIt’s All About the Bird
By Gini Rainey It’s almost that time of year again! You know what I’m talking about – Thanksgiving Day! For most of...
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174More To DoIt’ll Be Here Before You Know It!
By Gini Rainey Just when you thought I’d fallen off the face of the earth – BAM – here I am again! ...
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206More To DoBOOK REVIEW: Double Whammy by Gretchen Archer
By Gini Rainey So, when was the last time you picked up a great mystery novel and read through it in nearly...
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249More To DoBOOK REVIEW: The Blue Cloak
By Gini Rainey The Blue Cloak by Shannon McNear Set at the turn of the 18th century in Kentucky and Tennessee, The...
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299More To DoBOOK REVIEW: Sentient Beings in The Kingdom of Bhutan
Sentient Beings in The Kingdom of Bhutan by Laurie S. Chambers By Gini Rainey Chambers, who has spent over fifty years traveling...
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1.9KDowntownA Fun Tour by Kimber Fountain “Galveston’s Red Light District”
Every Wednesday-Saturday (7pm) From the author of the book comes a wonderful tour and a riveting journey through the forgotten parts of...
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413More To DoBook Review: “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens
By Gini Rainey Imagine, if you will, a shack in the middle of the backwater marshes of the Atlantic Ocean in North...
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363More To DoBook Review: “The Orphan’s Tale” by Pam Jenoff
by Gini Rainey Note to Self: when times are different and strangely sad, as the Shelter In Place time for COVID-19 have...
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316More To Do“When Spirits Run Wild” Reviewed by The Cookbook Junkie
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...
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359More To DoDay Two of Our Stay At Home Order!
By Gini Rainey Desperate times call for desperate measures, and I’m so glad I have nearly five hundred cookbooks in my arsenal,...
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360More To DoGive the Girl a Sammich!
By Gini Rainey Right now, considering all that is going on in our world, the KISS method would seem to be the...
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1.6KLocals' FavoritesBook Lovers Events: Signings, Author Meet Ups & More
From book signings to Meet & Greet’s, Galveston offers every Book Lover a lot of fun things to do. Check out...
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333More To DoA Little Mystery for February
An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen An instant #1 New York Times Best Seller in 2019, this second novel...
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404More To DoBack, Again!
By Gini Rainey I must apologize to anyone out there who might still be interested in reading my blog! I know I’ve...
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490Locals' FavoritesReady, Set, Read!
By Gini Rainey I don’t know about the rest of the world, but 2019 proved to be very challenging for me...
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616More To DoFall Into Reading
By Gini Rainey Paradox By Catherine Coulter This is one gripping, page-turning novel that brings a small town police chief and the...
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670More To DoJust in Time for Hurricane Season
By Gini Rainey “Oleanders in June: A Novel” by Whitney Vandiver If you haven’t picked up and read a copy of this...
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569More To DoReading the Kids Back to School
By Gini Rainey “Mischief and Mayhem: Part I of the Faerlands Chronicles” by S. D. Nicholson I think you know me by...
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646More To DoA Good Pounding!
By Gini Rainey Good grief, that’s exactly what I deserve. I have been so over-whelmed with life in the past few months...
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607More To DoNo Reason to Be Bored This Summer
By Gini Rainey “Four Three Two One” by Courtney Stevens Ms. Stevens has gone and done it again by creating a book...
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547More To DoSea Side Reads
By Gini Rainey “BETWEEN WIND & WATER: 1898 GALVESTON” by Rosa Morgan Set in late 19th century Galveston, Ms. Morgan successfully brings...
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482More To DoArtists in the Kitchen
By Gini Rainey I have many passions in my life, mostly leaning toward my right brain, but after working for over 25...
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624More To DoWhy Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
By Gini Rainey Today’s blog entry was written by my “Guest Writer” who, every so often, sends something along to me that...
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500More To DoSmörgåsbord Is Ready!
By Gini Rainey I’m always on the lookout for good cookbooks that are either regional, ethnic or odd, and my sister scored...
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536More To DoPapa Loved Peppers!
By Gini Rainey I must apologize to any of my blog followers I might still have. With all of the life’s busyness...
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524More To DoReading is Fun-damental
By Gini Rainey If you are anything like me, your life is so full of busy-ness that you pretty much need to...
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588More To DoFall Is In The Air
By Gini Rainey After what seems like a very long time, the weather in our neck of the woods has finally caught...
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663More To DoFall Reading
By Gini Rainey The Waiting Room by Emily Bleeker Written by the author of When I’m Gone, this book has just as...
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736More To DoCajun Classics
By Gini Rainey When life seems to get a bit overwhelming, it’s great to know that, number one – you are missed,...
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650More To DoFall Reading At Its Best
By Gini Rainey The Day John Died by Christopher Anderson Who has not been fascinated by one of the most famous families...
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671More To DoSome Things to Think About
By Gini Rainey “The Isle of Gold” by Seven Jane If you like to read adventure books that have everything from swashbuckling...
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1.2KMore To DoIt Ain’t Over Till It’s Over!
By Gini Rainey Well, it sort of feels like summer is over, what with school starting tomorrow here in Tyler, but some of us...
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858More To DoWasn’t That Just Yesterday?
By Gini Rainey It seems like just yesterday that my daughter Beth came home from middle school and announced that one of...
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1.4KMore To DoChill Out With A Cool Summer Read
By Gini Rainey Send Down the Rain – By Charles Martin In his thirteenth novel, this New York Times Award-winning author successfully...
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1.0KMore To DoWho Says You Can’t Eat Ramen Raw?
By Gini Rainey I’ve found that inspiration sneaks into your life in lots of different ways. I must say, that (as I’m...
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1.0KMore To DoThis Is To Die For!
By Gini Rainey When my mother passed away on July 4th, 1977, I hadn’t been exposed to very many funerals here in...
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1.2KMore To DoSpend the Summer Reading
By Gini Rainey “Bring Me Back” by B. A. Paris Just when you think an author can’t out do their last book,...
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1.2KMore To DoEat It – It’s Good For You!
By Gini Rainey Now that we are a week down the road from Mother’s Day, I would imagine things around your house...
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1.6KMore To DoMugging It Up!
By Gini Rainey We all have them – those friends that we love to entertain, but who don’t always like the same...
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7.1KMore To DoDuck! Here It Comes!
By Gini Rainey For those of you who have been paying attention to the general theme of my cookbook collection, you may...
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1.8KMore To DoHistorically Speaking
by Gini Rainey I was thinking this morning about all the incredible advances in technology that I have seen in my lifetime,...
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2.1KMore To DoWhat’s In a Book?
by Gini Rainey There’s a whole new world waiting for you between the covers of your next book. It’s no secret that...
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1.6KMore To DoI Love Google!
By Gini Rainey Sometimes (well, to be perfectly honest – a lot of times) I have dreams that seem really real, and...
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1.7KMore To DoThe Skinny on Cooking at Home: The Cookbook Junkie
By Guest Blogger Tena Jerger filling in for Gini Rainey, the original Cookbook Junkie I was not raised in a household that...
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1.2KMore To DoBook Reviews: A Time for Reminiscing
By Gini Rainey “Letters to My Grandchildren – Living an Intentional Legacy” By Sharon Stone While this is not a book that...
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1.5KMore To DoAunt Jemima – She’s Not Just For Pancakes Anymore
By Gini Rainey Growing up in a small, north-western town in Minnesota wasn’t as bad as you might imagine. Sure, Moorhead has...
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Ride ’em Cowboy
By Gini Rainey My dad was quite the jokester. It seems like he was either pulling off a prank or thinking up...
