Category Archives: Bookish Chatter

Yesterday, I shared the September book releases worth checking out. Now, on to October! My favorite month of the year. October brings fall weather, Halloween and…spooky books. You’ll notice quite a few of those in this list! The Tilted World … Continue reading →

Last night, I had the pleasure of joining Katie and Swapna as we discussed the books we were most looking forward to this fall.  It was a pretty daunting task,  I must say! We only had an hour to accomplish this. In … Continue reading →

This time last week, I was in New York heading over to the Javits Convention Center for BEA’s Blogger Conference. My role this year, like the past few years, was a panelist in one of the many general sessions.  Specifically, … Continue reading →

Each year, I dread selecting my favorite books of the year. I read quite a bit and narrowing that list down to my “top” favorites is oftentimes impossible. This year, when I contemplated how I was going to accomplish this … Continue reading →

As 2012 comes to an end, I reminisce about the books I read this year, narrowing down my favorites to accomplish the task I actually dread doing each year: “best of” lists. In years past I’ve dreaded this task so … Continue reading →

Author Marcus Sakey is known for his award-winning crime fiction and his popular Travel Channel show, Hidden City. In his most recent endeavor, Sakey is teaming up with the Team Julian Foundation, a not-for-profit that raises research funds for childhood … Continue reading →

Do you fear approaching your Reluctant Reader?  Have they been spotted this summer participating in questionable behavior with their books like building forts and extreme paper dolls?  Identified by their atypical behaviors, the Reluctant Readers Road to Recovery Guide is … Continue reading →

You all know how what a big zombie fan I am, right? Well…what if you could be drawn into a web comic as a zombie!? You’d jump on the opportunity, right!? My good twitter friend and author extraordinaire  Ryan Jacobson … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I reviewed the truly dynamic The Last Policeman by Ben Winters. Today, thanks to Quirk Books, I have three copies of the books, plus three of the official book posters (pictured below) to give away.  Each winner will win … Continue reading →