It’s been great having an excuse to visit my library weekly and read constantly, but as I am leaving the company shortly I shall have to bid you all a fond farewell.  Thanks to everyone who legitimately commented (as opposed to the ridiculous and relentless spammers) or just quietly lurked; it’s been a pleasure and I will [...]

In honor of Pearl Harbor Day, I thought it might be nice to discuss American history in general.  What are some of your favorite books??

While cleaning out my attic to make room for baby stuff  I came across boxes of books that I read when I was a child. My mom saved all my favorite books for me. I brought the boxes downstairs and spent the evening reminiscing with characters as if they were old friends whom I haven’t [...]

Success! I have finished reading my first book for the Bowker Reads Blog! Walter Mosley’s “A Little Yellow Dog” the book I chose fit my requirements to a T. It was by an author who had other titles “RL’s Dream” & “Devil in a Blue Dress”, I had previously enjoyed reading, it had been sitting [...]

Here at Bowker, we’re mad about Mad Men. For those of you not in the know, Mad Men is the AMC drama that has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy for  best drama on television. The story revolves around the fictional Stirling Cooper Ad Agency and its employees in the golden era of American [...]

Author(s): Nora Roberts
Publisher: Berkley Trade
ISBN: 9780425227510
Let’s take a moment to discuss the essentials of the beach read:

Must be good, old fashioned Mass Market or Trade Paperback (unless you like your Kindle or Sony sandy, or encased in plastic - I suggest leaving your e-reader at home)
Must “feel good” in your hands. Saying I’m [...]

Surprising Facts About 15 Bestselling Authors 
I found this nifty little article today from Mental Floss, an excellent magazine for those of us who enjoy trivia and general information. I would summarize the content, but I think the title says it all!
…Sidney Sheldon wrote The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer? How did I not know this?!

Books are a great way to expand your mind and help you escape to another world or time, but children don’t seem to have that same view. When I was working at a public library in a small town in New Jersey called Roxbury, getting children interested in reading was sometimes a problem.
There was one [...]

Over the past four years I have noticed an increase in one particular type of profile that I enter into the Syndetics database. It’s not a fiction, nonfiction or children’s profile, but series. More and more authors are writing books that belong to a continuous series. They focus on a repetitive main character or group [...]