Bargains for the Weekend

It’s almost here, the weekend, time to relax and enjoy a good book. I never get as much reading time during the week as I would like. During the weekend, though, I can usually carve out a few hours to sit in the next (or hammock, as it were) and dig into a great read.
Unfortunately, [...]

Whistle While You Work

Spring has sprung and summer’s not too far off. Don’t know about you, but that makes me think of music. Of walking or riding with the breeze blowing in my face and the sun beating down while listening to a tune that makes me want to gyrate like a goofy kid.

At River City Books, they [...]

They’ll Be There All Weekend

Before I skedaddle into the holiday weekend — I’m reading a classic for the first time and only a few pages in I am already loving it — I want to make sure you know that if you’re in town this weekend River City Books is available to serve. They have usual business hours on [...]

Has It Been 10 Years Already?

My sources within the Harry Potter compound — OK, I read the newspaper — have alerted me that a special 10th anniversary edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone will be published in late September. The $30 book will feature exclusive additional material from J.K. Rowling as well as new cover and inside art [...]

Shhh! Don’t Tell Anyone About This Book

I am going to let the cat out of the bag: John Perkins has a knack for writing books that people want to read.
First he wrote Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which spent more than a year on bestseller lists such as BookSense and the New York Times. Then came The Secret History of [...]

Summer Reads for Young Readers

If you’re a student — or the parent of one — you know this is the home stretch. The end of school is near!
That— I must add — means it’s time to review the summer reading list. Fortunately for young readers this is a terrific month to do so. There are so many great books [...]

Great Time To Stop On By

I am not sure if there’s a better time to be a book lover than right now. Mid-May, we’ve already seen the bulk of spring releases come out and spring — March-April-May — is the season when publishers roll out some of their best stuff.
There are so many good novels. There is memoir. History, wow. [...]

Children’s Choice Book Awards

I think I need my eyes checked. Every time I look up a book winner is announced. And now they are starting to come up with more awards. It may never end. At least this time it’s for a good cause — the kids.
Winners of the first annual Children’s Choice Book Awards have been announced [...]

Best of the Booker

I just heard of an interesting award: the best award winners.
What am I talking about? The Booker Prize is marking its 40th anniversary this year and so the Booker powers that be have decided to hold a Best of the Bookers contest. Readers will be able to vote for “the greatest Booker prize winner of [...]

The Book Itself Is Gentle

Here’s a book I was waiting for to come out in paperback and — presto! — it has now been done: Al Gore’s Assault on Reason, a national bestseller in hardcover. Not sure about you, but I am tired of important policy debates being washed away by discussions of nearly anything but the merits of [...]