A Book Worth Keeping

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Welcome to Post Rock Publishing! For those of you who are not familiar with the term, a post rock is a rock formed from layers of limestone rock. Often the hills will erode to show layers and layers of limestone. Those layers are then cut or break naturally into the stone posts that you often see scattered all over Kansas, Nebraska and even Oklahoma. They are beautiful, natural, and last for years. I hope you will view my books the way that I view the stone posts that dot the countryside in my home state of Kansas—beautiful, lasting, and worth saving.

 Some books are great for a single read. When you are finished, you put them on a shelf and just look at them. Eventually, they are sold or given away. Other books are so bad or boring that they are a torture to finish. When you finally do, you are exhausted. They irritate you so much that you throw them away or pass them off at the next giveaway you find.

Then there are the keepers. Those are the books you read more than once, the ones that make you smile when you see their scuffed covers on your bookshelf. You take one out and read a few words as you fan the pages. Finally, you sit down and begin to read. You are soon drawn in, often so quickly that you turn page after page, forgetting about the time of day or all the work you need to complete. You laugh and sometimes you reread a section just to laugh again or to let it soak in more completely. That book may even make you tear up a little. When you are done, you might sit for a moment and smile. Your work may not have been completed, but that was a book worth reading.

 I hope my books will be among your keepers. I hope you smile when you touch their worn covers. And when your friends ask what you recommend they read, I hope my books are on your list.

 I wrote these books to be tireless. These are my “post rock” books.

 Rosie Bosse, Post Rock Publishing
Living and Writing in the Middle of Nowhere

12 replies on “A Book Worth Keeping“

  • twicsy review

    Howdy just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The
    words in your post seem to be running off the screen in Opera.
    I’m not sure if this is a formatting issue or something to do
    with browser compatibility but I figured I’d
    post to let you know. The design and style look great though!
    Hope you get the issue solved soon. Kudos

    • Rosie Bosse

      Thank you–that is a great compliment. I enjoy writing and the characters in my books are my friends too! Thank you for taking the time to read my posts and to respond! Rosie
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    • Rosie Bosse

      Thank you! That is how I like to write so I’m glad you noticed and enjoyed it! I write my books the same way-in fact, my husband calls the characters in them “my friends” because I spend so much time with them! They do seem like my friends though. Glad you enjoyed this. Rosie

  • Rosie Bosse

    Thank you for your comment! It has been a fun journey. I hope you will read some of my books as well. Happy reading and writing! Rosie

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