September 2007

I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-Fleming will be the sixth entry in the Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne series coming May 2008 from Minotaur Books!
Expect to see more of the Van Alstyne family, more of how joining the New York State National Guard affects Clare’s life and ministry, a new officer joining the MKPD, […]

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is a young-adult novel whose prevailing themes are about courage and determination. It’s also a story about self-identity and friendship. Race and poverty. The narrator of the story is Arnold Spirit aka ”Junior”, who is a fourteen year old budding cartoonist who lives on the Indian reservation.  Juniors journey is one that […]

Check the YA bookshelf next time you’re in the bookstore.  Eva Ibbotson’s hard to find adult novels are being reprinted and shelved there (she currently writes YA novels or more like for young readers). It just goes to show you that bookstores still have a big problem shelving books in the appropriate aisle and unfortunately, these books are missing […]

As I was pre-ordering a copy Absolute Sandman, Vol.2 by Neil Gaiman on Amazon.com, I ran across a list of popular pre-orders and lo and behold Christine Feehan and Berkley are going manga with Ms. Feehan’s popular Carpathian series with Dark Hunter hitting the bookshelves come October. Is this an adaptation or original work? I don’t know.  Feehan will be […]

I’m sure this topic will be one that resonates with many readers: the mistreatment of books. The impetus of my writing this topic was because recently I visited my local used bookstore and witnessed an “incident”. I had a lot of books to get rid of  and I needed some space. My local used bookstore has always implemented this policy that states […]