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Bobbi DumasA Book Community that celebrates Great Reads, Awesome Authors & Other Book Notes
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My Monday Muse - Frances Hodgson Burnett
On Mondays I’ll be writing about authors I love, and today, I’m going back to the beginning.
I’ve had issues with my computer, and in the past week have spent hours and hours on the phone and at the Apple Store trying to get it worked out....
The Friday Fix - A WILLING MURDER
I love, love, love Jude Deveraux and I’ve been reading her for decades!
Of course most people who know and love Jude Deveraux know she’s among the legendary romance writers, so I was as surprised as anyone that one of my favorite books (or...
My Monday Muse - Eva Ibbotson
I never really had a favorite author until about 2003 (?). My elder son, who was about 8 at the time and read like a tornado, had discovered Eva Ibbotson and had motored his way through most of her books.
So I was surprised one summer day...
The Friday Fix - AND THE CROWD WENT WILD
If you’ve followed me at all over the past decade plus, you’ll know that I’m a huge SEP fan.
Since she only publishes a book every two years, it’s always a huge anticipation, and then a literary gobble that goes too fast and then the lonel...
Hello Again! Let's Celebrate Books!
June 1, 2026
Time for a new start, and new conversations on BOOKS!
This is my Welcome Back To Me post, but beginning on Friday I’ll be publishing a weekly My Friday Fix post (kind of a Book Of The Week - a recent book I really liked) and...
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Bobbi Dumas celebrates books, spotlights women writers and builds community around great reads. She's written for Kirkus, NPR, the New York Times and others. Let's talk books!
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