Travel books can make a lot of money if you know who you are targeting. In this economy many people want to take a vacation but don’t want to spend a lot of money. Therefore people would be extremely interested in vacations that are all inclusive. A good travel book may include information on ‘All…

How would you feel if you had to pretend you were a different race? Such is the issue with Birdy in Caucasia by Danzy Senna. She and her twin are split up and sent to live with the parent they looked like, when their parents divorced. Only thing is one parent was white and one…

With detectives like Hercules Poirot and Miss Marple, Agatha Christie proved herself to be the queen of the crime novel. With plots centered about Englishmen, Europeans, Americans and people from far off lands, her books undoubtedly feature a death or several deaths and a number of people in positions to have committed the crime. With…

Last month, the city of Philadelphia decided to close down all libraries and stated that they believed that e-books are the way of the future. E-books are electronic copies of books that are available to read online. Amazon.com now offers a machine called “a kindle” and offers kindle books to purchase on their website for…

Many people scoff at the term “chick lit” and feel that the readers and authors combined are doing a disservice to language and books in general. I have to disagree, books are a means of escape and take us on an adventure to a different place, time, reality, society and situation. Why can’t a woman…