SUMMER 2024 READING RECOMMENDATIONS
MY SUMMER 2024 READING RECOMMENDATIONS It’s summer, time to seek the shade, a cool drink, and a hot book! Lots…
MY SPRING 2024 BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
MY SPRING 2024 BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Spring is here and we are ready to read a new set of books! A…
MARY ALICE MONROE’S HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
Happy December to you! I thought it’d be fun to create a holiday shopping gift guide featuring my personal list…
My Book and Movie Recommendations– Holiday Edition 🎄
It’s my favorite time of the year! And part of the joy, for me, is Christmas reading. True, it’s hard…
My Fall Book Recommendations!
MY FALL BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Fall is a season of introspection, of cooling temperatures, and preparations for the holidays ahead. No…
How Dolphin Research Inspired My Lowcountry Summer Book Series
“Charleston is key to world research of understanding dolphins” So reads the headline of a great article in today’s (Feb….
Mary Alice Monroe’s Top 7 Gift Ideas for Book Lovers
We’re traveling for the Christmas season so I’ve had to work extra hard getting everything ordered and wrapped and ready…
Remembering a Literary Legend and Friend
Today is the birthday of a great literary legend here in the South. Pat Conroy. To me, he was…
Reflections on a Grandmother’s Love
Mother’s Day today looks different to me than the common images portrayed in commercials of young mothers raising children. My…
Hopes of a Turtle Lady
I am a writer. I am also a ‘turtle lady’. My adventures working with sea turtles inspire my novels, and…