BookExpo America & the 48 Hour Book Challenge – What You Need to Know

This is a bit of a housekeeping post.  Many of you may (or may not) know that I’m heading out to New York City to attend BookExpo America, the North American publishing premiere trade show on May 29th-31st.  To say I’m excited, is an understatement!  I’m also nervous.  This is my first time going to [...]

Interview with Paul Harris, Author of The Secret Keeper & a GIVEAWAY

Yesterday I reviewed the book The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris, a new book that takes place during the Sierra Leone civil war as a journalist investigates the murder of his past girlfriend.  In my review, I said the book had “a great storyline, believable characters, and set against a volatile background of war, greed, [...]

The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris

The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris is a different type of reading for me than what I am normally used to.  While it takes place in Africa (and I’m all over books sets in Africa), it’s more of a mystery thriller, a genre that I usually avoid.  I’m not really sure why, I don’t think [...]

New York Times Bestsellers – May 17th

The New York Times Bestseller List
May 17th, 2009
Hardcover Fiction

DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris. Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther.
THE 8TH CONFESSION, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.  Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’’s Murder Club investigate a pair of killings.
PYGMY, by Chuck Palahniuk. Terrorists from a totalitarian country enter the Midwest [...]

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

I love Harry Potter.  I do.  I’ve only read the series once and listened to them once (I think I’m in love with Jim Dale too) but I am looking forward to the day when I can reread the entire series.  And I LOVE the movies.  I think they just get better and better.  Harry [...]