Posted on May 30, 2006 by Marsha James

Pamela Gien has had critical acclaim for her one-woman show on broadway called The Syringa Tree. The successful play has now been turned into a novel, a first for Gien. The story is about two families living in South Africa, one black, one white and both with a child born in the early 1960’s. The [...]

Posted on May 30, 2006 by Marsha James

Hard cover novels can cost $20 even $30 dollars a book but good news here’s a site called Zooba that allows you buy hardcovers for $9.95 plus free shipping. You can also create a personal reading list.
They have the latest in bestselling novels plus many fiction, non-fictions, cooking, and even books on current events. It [...]

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Marsha James

The Stolen Child By Keith Donohue is a story of a boy named Henry Day. He is seven years old and as he runs away one night he is kidnapped by changelings. Changelings are mythical creatures who never age and have a secret society unknown to humans.
While Henry is gone the changelings replace him with [...]

Posted on May 28, 2006 by Marsha James

Authors don’t just write they love to read as well. Here is a list of what your favorite authors are reading this summer and why they love these novels.
Stephen King, author of Cell
The Ruins by   Scott Smith
18 Seconds by George Shuman
All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
Gone by Jonathan Kellerman
Why these authors? “Because they’re [...]

Posted on May 28, 2006 by Meg

Spoiler Alert — If you still haven’t read the sixth Harry Potter,that is.
R.A.B. is mentioned at the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince… oh yeah, spoiler alert. Anyway, it’s Regulus Black. He’s the younger brother of Sirius who joined the Death Eaters, left the Death Eaters and was offed in some as-yet-unmentioned manner [...]

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Meg

Betta Nolan is newly widowed and totally at a loss for what to do without her husband John. A neighbor gives her John’s last gift, a box of seemingly random words. Betta first takes this as a sign that John really was losing it before his death, but then she realizes that each slip of [...]

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Marsha James

Hurricane Katrina was the fierce storm that hit the eastcoast in 2005 and almost a year later it has not been forgotten. Neither has the incredible stories of so many victims and survivors. A new book coming out soon titled How Hurricane Katrina Rocked Our World will have more than 30 stories from families and [...]

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Marsha James

Well, I have to say that I am surprised that the ban was rejected since officials usually start a bonfire whenever someone so much as points a bad finger at a book. Leslie Pinney was the only board member who wanted books replaced including Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five.
She is adamant about it, [...]

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Marsha James

Glamorous Disasters is a novel that debuted in April by author Eliot Schrefer.
The book is about Noah who after growing up poor, worked hard and put himself through Princeton. With a stack of bills and student loans hanging over his head, he decides to take on SAT tutoring and is in over his head with [...]

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Marsha James

Books-A-Million is having a clearance sale of up to 80% off on most books. It is a great deal especially for some of the hardcovers which can cost more than $20. Great sale which is only lasting a short time.