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7-word Fiction Challenge!
7-word Fiction Challenge!

7 random words, 1 piece of fiction

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Madeleine KleppingerJuly 18, 2025Comment
The Wonderful We: A Book Review of The Buddha in the Attic by Julia Otsuka
The Wonderful We: A Book Review of The Buddha in the Attic by Julia Otsuka

Their story strikes a chord in our hearts that connect you and me to the past.

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book reviews, fiction, writing tipsMadeleine KleppingerJuly 10, 2025Comment
Compared to the Classics
Compared to the Classics

A connection to others is so important to our own perseverance in what we can accomplish.

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book reviews, fun extras, reading list, writing tipsMadeleine KleppingerJune 19, 2025Comment
Personal History : Guest Interview with YA Historical Fiction Author Patrick D. Joyce
Personal History : Guest Interview with YA Historical Fiction Author Patrick D. Joyce

I like to give readers threats to confront, dangers to flee, puzzles to solve, heroes to root for, and villains to scowl at.

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author interview, Czech/Slovak history, fiction, interview, Guest Blog, writing tipsMadeleine KleppingerApril 25, 2025Comment
Begin Again
Begin Again

The question was inevitable.

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fun extras, lifestyle, writing tipsMadeleine KleppingerMarch 14, 2025Comment
Fighting Without Surrender: Czechoslovakia and WWII
Fighting Without Surrender: Czechoslovakia and WWII

The people fought from within, never ceasing.

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adjunct series, Czech/Slovak history, nonfictionMadeleine KleppingerFebruary 27, 2025 Comment
Reflections on Publication Day
Reflections on Publication Day

We had no idea how many words were stored up inside that girl.

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fun extras, lifestyle, writing tipsMadeleine KleppingerFebruary 21, 2025Comment
What's to Gain Self-Publishing? : A Guest Interview with Self-Help Author Sarah Tyk
What's to Gain Self-Publishing? : A Guest Interview with Self-Help Author Sarah Tyk

But what if the secrets of the Universe are not just out there, among the stars, but also within us?

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author interview, interview, lifestyleMadeleine KleppingerFebruary 15, 2025Comment
Sneak Peek
Sneak Peek

When she crossed herself, fat droplets of holy water cascaded down her forehead, running along the bridge of her broad nose.

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Czech/Slovak history, fiction, launch event, novelMadeleine KleppingerFebruary 7, 2025Comment
Personal Hauntings: A Book Review of The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan
Personal Hauntings: A Book Review of The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

A weeping djinn roams a haunted house on the coast of South Africa.

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book reviews, fiction, reading listMadeleine KleppingerDecember 17, 2024Comment
Would You Sit Down?
Would You Sit Down?

As someone who skips most of my lunch breaks at work and catches myself eating standing up at the kitchen sink, I’d like to try something different.

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fun extras, lifestyle, travelMadeleine KleppingerOctober 23, 2024Comment
Please Skip to the Good Part: A Book Review of Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Please Skip to the Good Part: A Book Review of Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Would you ever read the last page first?

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book reviews, fiction, novelMadeleine KleppingerSeptember 14, 2024 Comments
A Late Train
A Late Train

When the delay of the trains had eclipsed the time that we were supposed to be arriving in Paris the root cause had been flashing headlines at the bottom of every TV screen for over an hour.

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travel, nonfictionMadeleine KleppingerAugust 30, 2024Comment
Allez!
Allez!

A babble of French and English broke out as we tried to come up with a solution.

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lifestyle, nonfiction, travelMadeleine KleppingerAugust 23, 2024Comment
Desert Sanctuary
Desert Sanctuary

They had just entered the most beautiful cathedral, and he was asking her to close her eyes.

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short storyMadeleine KleppingerJuly 24, 2024Comment
Racing to the Olympics
Racing to the Olympics

"Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirits."

~Wilma Rudolph

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fun extras, lifestyle, travelMadeleine KleppingerJuly 19, 2024Comment
How to say "no" to a book - Rejecting a Recommendation
How to say "no" to a book - Rejecting a Recommendation

Before chucking that TBR book. Ask yourself, why couldn’t I finish this?

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fun extras, lifestyleMadeleine KleppingerJune 7, 2024Comment
Split Identity : A Book Review of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and The Women by Kristin Hannah
Split Identity : A Book Review of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and The Women by Kristin Hannah

Women who try to erase their past, only end up erasing themselves.

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book reviews, fictionMadeleine KleppingerMay 23, 2024Comment
The Snow Globe
The Snow Globe

Every detail mocked Jordan. Fake swirling snow. Groomed evergreens without one broken branch. Even the breeze felt like an oscillating fan by its measured rhythm of bursts and whooshes.

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short story, fictionMadeleine KleppingerMay 17, 2024 Comments
Ready to Try a New Genre?
Ready to Try a New Genre?
book reviews, fictionMadeleine KleppingerFebruary 8, 2024Comment
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