Ann Nordland

Fiction

Webhead extra! Vote for your favorite web series kiss

Just in time for Valentine’s Day: A new Webheads poll! Let’s face it—Webheads live for the kisses that curl your toes and heat you up. Our gift to you—some of our favorites all in one place! Now go vote for Webheads’ Favorite Kiss. It’s a tough choice, but somebody has…

Ann NordlandFebruary 13, 2015

Nonfiction

Laura Ingalls Wilder defined our notion of American pioneer life

For many of us, pioneer life was defined by the Little House on the Prairie series, whether watching it on television, or curled up with a book. Wilder’s detailed descriptions, from Christmas in the wilderness to the frightening decimation of the land by locusts, captured our imaginations. To this day,…

Ann NordlandDecember 23, 2014

Fiction

Web series brings favorite books to life

We webheads love to watch our favorite books come to life. Long before there was vlogging, we got our fix from the silver screen. Swooning over Colin Firth and Matthew McFadyen as Mr. Darcy in Pride & Prejudice made us wildly impatient to see Pemberley Digital’s elusive William Darcy. Alicia…

Ann NordlandDecember 17, 2014

Fiction

Covering Jane Austen, one cover at a time

Jane Austen has never been as popular as she is now. Since the publication of Sense and Sensibility over 200 years ago, her novels have been in almost continuous print. There are stage and film adaptions of her novels, modern retellings from books to Web series, and a book industry…

Ann NordlandDecember 14, 2014

Nonfiction

The Swedish Christmas Table dishes up tradition with a retro twist

I confess that I unabashedly love the holiday season. The first gingerbread latte, the sight of twinkling lights on a tree, and the first sight of a holiday-themed book are enough to brighten my mood. And the food! I love how, at holiday time, we make an extra effort to…

Ann NordlandDecember 12, 2014

Fiction

A Little Women Christmas Beautifully Illustrates the Season’s Good Will

I recently took a copy of A Little Women Christmas (Simon & Schuster, 2014) to read with my Reading Buddy, Heidi. Author Heather Vogel Frederick took the story of Mr. March’s surprise homecoming from Louisa Mae Alcott’s classic, Little Women, and adapted it for 4-7 year olds. Who better to…

Ann NordlandDecember 8, 2014

Fiction

When Disney meets Marvel: Big Hero 6

On the heels of the phenomenon that is Frozen, Disney brings us Big Hero 6, the latest Marvel-based offering. Judging from the excitement the film is creating amongst Gen X-ers and Millennials (not to mention the people in my house), Disney is set to have another mega-hit. Billed as a…

Ann NordlandNovember 10, 2014

Nonfiction

WIN: Bring Your Lunch. It’s packed with tasty tips for better eating

Every summer as I was growing up, my family would take road trips. To save money and time, my parents would pack a cooler, and we would stop for lunch “along the road.” In spite of the variety of sandwiches that might include homemade ham salad, or a loaf of…

Ann NordlandOctober 20, 2014

Fiction

Move over hobbits and wizards — here come the Dragonriders of Pern

Harpers strike a stirring chord and beat a triumphant cadence – the original dragons are finally coming to life! Warner Brothers has announced its next movie franchise: it is bringing Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Anne McCaffrey’s beloved Dragonriders of Pern series to the big screen. Anne McCaffrey Now that…

Ann NordlandAugust 11, 2014

Nonfiction

Need some inspiration to help your youngster finish their summer reading?

You know the drill. It is two weeks until school starts and your young reader still hasn’t finished even one book. Even worse, your school requires that kids complete a certain amount of reading. For some children summertime reading is as simple as a trip to the library. For others,…

Ann NordlandAugust 10, 2014

BooksToScreen Fiction

Your cheat sheet for Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove

For many readers, opening a Debbie Macomber book is like coming home. Her humor and gift for storytelling echo through her books. And that is exactly why fans everywhere are scrambling to watch Cedar Cove on the Hallmark Channel. With more than 170 million copies of her books in print…

Ann NordlandJuly 6, 2014

Nonfiction

Betsy-Tacy: The most beloved book series you never heard of

“ far as I can tell, a young adult novel is a regular novel that people actually read.” – Stephen Colbert to author John Green on The Colbert Report, June 23, 2014 Maud Hart Lovelace Ask Meg Cabot, Judy Blume or Anna Quindlen which authors inspired them and one of the…

Ann NordlandJune 25, 2014

Fiction

Fiction’s five most misunderstood mothers

So maybe there was that incident with the apple. Or the embarrassment at the dance at Netherfield. And trying to rip Beowulf from stem to stern was probably a bit extreme. But really, aren’t some of fiction’s mothers just misunderstood? There are plenty of good mother role models: Marmee in…

Ann NordlandMay 10, 2014

Ann Nordland

Webhead extra! Vote for your favorite web series kiss

Laura Ingalls Wilder defined our notion of American pioneer life

Web series brings favorite books to life

Covering Jane Austen, one cover at a time

The Swedish Christmas Table dishes up tradition with a retro twist

A Little Women Christmas Beautifully Illustrates the Season’s Good Will

When Disney meets Marvel: Big Hero 6

WIN: Bring Your Lunch. It’s packed with tasty tips for better eating

Move over hobbits and wizards — here come the Dragonriders of Pern

Need some inspiration to help your youngster finish their summer reading?

Your cheat sheet for Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove

Betsy-Tacy: The most beloved book series you never heard of

Fiction’s five most misunderstood mothers

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