Allison M. Boot

Changing the World, One Book at a Time…

What Type of Book Do You Prefer?

 Which type of book do you  enjoy most? Do you prefer old fashioned paper books, ebooks, or do you listen to to audiobooks.? I tend to prefer ebooks if the books I read on e-readers are text-to-speech enabled. Reading text-to-speech enabled books combines both the...

My Favorite Movie-Based Book

Hey Readers, Today I thought I’d write a blog about my favorite book, or my case, series of books that have been made into movies. Nine times out of ten, when a book is made into a movie, I say that the book is much better then the movie. This is typically...

My Hopes for Disability Literature As A Genre

Disability literature is an underdeveloped, largely ignored, genre. For the most part, when researching disability literature you will find not actual literature or stories, but rather self-help and parental guidance type books. Moreover, a September 2014 article in...

What Is Your Favorite Holiday-Themed Book?

Hi Readers, First off, Merry Christmas to my readers celebrating Christmas today and Happy Holidays to those of you who are observing another holiday this season. Secondly, what is your favorite holiday- themed book to read this time of year and why? One of my...

The Top Five Reasons Why I Write

Hey Readers, Today I thought I’d write a blog about why I write. Below is a list of my top five reasons. 1. I write to spread disability awareness and make a difference in the world. I believe that books are unique platform that can be used to entertain and...

Why Book Reviews Are So Important to Authors

Reviews can make or break an author’s success. If you haven’t already, I ask that you to please take five minutes to review Just the Way You Are on any of the websites that sell and/or advertise it.  Just as the photo above says, a review doesn’t...