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Please give a warm welcome to DiAnn Mills.
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DiAnn Mills is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. She is a storyteller and creates action-packed, suspense-filled novels to thrill readers. DiAnn believes every breath of life is someone’s story, so why not capture those moments and create a thrilling adventure?
Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; won two Christy Awards; and been finalists for the RITA, Daphne Du Maurier, Inspirational Readers’ Choice, and Carol award contests.
DiAnn is a founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers, Jerry Jennings Writers Guild, Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers. She speaks to various groups and teaches writing workshops around the country.
DiAnn has been termed a coffee snob and roasts her own coffee beans. She’s an avid reader, loves to cook, and believes her grandchildren are the smartest kids in the universe. She and her husband live in sunny Houston, Texas.
7 habits of an Enthusiastic
Reader by DiAnn Mills
Readers come in all shapes, sizes, and ages, but one trait they have in
common is their enthusiasm for reading. Some prefer short nonfiction or fiction
pieces while other readers reach for full-length nonfiction or fiction.
Avid readers devour one book after another while many prefer to linger on
each word. Word lovers highlight and underline passages that excite them. They
return to these passages to recapture the intensity of the first time they
appeared.
But what criteria make a reader enthusiastic? For certain it doesn’t mean
age, gender, type of reading, if the process is done fast or slow, or if the
reader needs to hold a physical book or swipe pages with their finger.
The following are 7 habits of a highly enthusiastic reader.
- An enthusiastic reader processes the piece for value.
Everything read has a purpose: to entertain, inspire, encourage, inform,
and/or educate.
- An enthusiastic reader applies worthwhile information to
life. Every moment is filled with potential for enrichment.
- An enthusiastic reader often donates a completed book to
another person or organization. We are a culture that places sentiment on
books given to us or signed by the author. That’s great! But contributing
to the reading of others is an investment in someone’s view of the world.
- An enthusiastic reader records finished books and may add
a brief statement of what the book was about. This helps to make an
informed recommendation and in selecting subject matter for future titles
or written by the same author.
- An enthusiastic reader discusses what has been read.
Conversations about books is an invitation to step into another reader’s
mind. All benefit in the exchange of opinions and views.
- An enthusiastic reader challenges his/her habits to
select different genres of books. We live in a diverse world, so why not
be diverse in our reading?
- An enthusiastic reader admits when a book isn’t
interesting and puts it aside. Don’t be afraid not to finish a book or
short piece that doesn’t appeal to you. There are many books out there
awaiting your attention.
- An enthusiastic reader introduces new concepts into their
lives by exploring the world of fiction and nonfiction.
What about you? What habits shape your
reading?
Published by: Tyndale House Publishers
Publication Date: September 2023
Number of Pages: 352
ISBN: 9781496451941 (ISBN10: 1496451945)
For the past five years, FBI Special Agent Risa Jacobs has worked in the violent crimes against children division of the Houston FBI. She’s never had reason to believe there’s a target on her back . . . until now.
When the long-awaited reunion between Risa and her brother, Trenton, ends in tragedy, Risa is riddled with guilt, unable to cope with the responsibility she feels over his death. On leave from the FBI, Risa returns to her former career as an English teacher at a local college, only to see her past and present collide when one of her students, Carson Mercury, turns in an assignment that reads like an eyewitness account of her brother’s murder, with details never revealed publicly.
Alarmed by Carson’s inside knowledge of Trenton’s death, Risa reaches out to her former partner at the FBI. Special Agent Gage Patterson has been working a string of baby kidnappings, but he agrees to help look into Carson’s background. Risa and Gage soon discover their cases might be connected as a string of high-value thefts have occurred at properties where security systems were installed by Carson’s stepfather and children have gone missing. There’s a far more sinister plot at play than they ever imagined, and innocent lives are in danger.
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I love this! I definitely fit into those 7 habits!
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