Wrapping up my 2025 reading year

Goodreads 2025 Kimberly Sullivan

Happy New Year! Absolutely no idea where the time goes anymore, but hard to believe 2025 is now over – and it was another great year in books. Once again, I met my Goodreads Reading Challenge for 2025, reading 46 books of my proposed 45. A whopping 14,622 pages of fabulous books.   And yes,…

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The wonderful Cité du vin, in Bordeaux

Cité du Vin, Bordeaux, France / Kimberly Sullivan

I had a wonderful time on my recent trip to Bordeaux, France. There was so much to enjoy about this city, but one can’t visit Bordeaux without learning about one of its most important industries – fine wines. Luckily, there’s a fabulous museum you can visit to learn all about wine – Bordeaux’ Cité du…

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Zurich’s beautiful Christmas markets

Zurich Christmas Markets, Switzerland / Kimberly Sullivan

Last December, my husband and I visited Zurich, Switzerland. It was early December, and the Christmas markets had just been set up. I adore the Christmas markets of northern Europe. I’ve lived in cities in northern Europe and always enjoyed the atmosphere of this season. Although you’ll rarely hear me complaining about Rome, the beautiful…

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Gorgeous views from Siena’s Torre del Mangia

Torre del Mangia, Siena, Italy / Kimberly Sullivan

Last summer my husband and I were back in beautiful Sienna, in Tuscany, after an absence of several years. Siena is always beautiful, and it was fun to enjoy a passeggiata through its gorgeous center. Despite being a very hot July day, there was no way we would miss climbing the medieval Torre del Mangia,…

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Feisty Deeds II launch – and Editors’ interview

Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews

Sooooo excited that tomorrow our new anthology, Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews, will be launched. You can order your copy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and Apple Books. This is a fabulous collection of stories by twenty-five talented authors, with stories spanning centuries and the globe. As one of the…

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A day in lovely Bern, Switzerland

Bern, Switzerland / Kimberly Sullivan

Last December, my husband and I were staying in Zurich, Swizerland, and decided to take the train for a daytrip to Switzerland’s capital, Bern. Although I’ve travelled a fair about in Switzerland, it was my first visit in its capital, and we enjoyed out day exploring picturesque Bern. I’ve already written about the fabulous views…

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Recycle! What authors can learn from artists

La Grèce sur les ruines de Missolonghi, Delacroix / Kimberly Sullivan

Last weekend, I was in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, France. It was a small but interesting collection, with a few artworks by Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) I’d only seen in textbooks, but never in person. The most well known in the collection was La Grèce sur les ruines de Missolonghi (1826), depicting the attempted…

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