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Happy Holidays!
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It's that time of year: time to pick out some great independent-press books to give to friends, family, neighbors, teachers, coaches, enemies, and . . . even ourselves!

Reviews for the Month of
Never-Ending Holiday Music
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We've decided to start posting news, musings, reviews . . . whatever . . . every few days (instead of putting everything up on Tuesdays). We'll keep a list of the month's posts here.
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Read Local is getting a bit of "work done" in anticipation of 2021!
So bear with us as we take a little time and do some work on the site to bring you more bookish news in the New Year!
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Get The Venturi Effect from Sage for FREE as an ebook on Dec. 29 and 30!
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Sage and Liz start sharing their
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Sage has fun sharing insights about The Venturi Effect and her writing with CMash Reads and International Thriller Writers'
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And while we're talking interviews, authors publishing with independent presses may be a little more "accessible" if readers want to connect.
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Liz and Sage share a list of environmentally minded reads for anyone looking to take a walk in the wilderness . . . or even work to protect that wilderness
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Sage is excited about her marina's new book club, and we've got book-club guides for anyone looking to jumpstart their club
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Sage offers a guest post on books and adventure at 411 on Books, Authors, and Publishing News
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And The Venturi Effect gets a few more great reviews:
Nesie's Place gives it 5 stars!
One More Book to Read compares it to a John Grisham
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Who we are and why we Read Local
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Sage has a little fun talking about some historical indie publishing
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Sage discusses an exploration of the world of Surrealist artist Dora Maar
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Sage breaks into Avanti Centrae's
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More Holiday
Gift Ideas!
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On December 19, we updated our Read Local Gift Guide
of 2020
and added MORE of our top reads from 2020,
and we've got
non-book gift ideas for the book-lover in your life
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Check out the
2020 Lone Star Lit Holiday Gift Guide!
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