by vjbooks | Aug 30, 2014 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
It’s Berry (Barry) Season! When Virginia first arrived here from Texas her concept of jam was the grape variety (Welch’s preferred). As a native Oregonian I embraced my duty to expose her to berries. Now I am not talking about the obvious blues, rasps and strawberries...
by vjbooks | Sep 8, 2011 | We're Talking Books!
Read to your kids! In 2004 Mitchell was 7, and Evan was 4. Virginia and I have always read to our kids, but that year a new tradition was born, thanks to our friends Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry, for that was the year that Peter and the Starcatchers arrived. Each...
by vjbooks | Mar 31, 2011 | We're Talking Books!
I first met Ridley Pearson in 1988 on his tour for Undercurrents, as he, along with Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews, made there way to Tower Books in east Portland. It was my first author signing and I was electrified as I stood in line waiting for him to sign my lone...
by vjbooks | Apr 30, 2010 | We're Talking Books!
VJ Books has received: Jim Nisbet – Windward Passage, Dave Barry – I’ll Mature When I’m Dead, Robert B. Parker – Blue-Eyed Devil, P.J. Tracy – Shoot To Thrill, Scott Turow – Innocent, and Carlos Ruiz Zafon – The Prince...
by vjbooks | Apr 16, 2010 | We're Talking Books!
For those who wonder what happens inside Disney World after the gates close at night, you’ll find the answers in the Kingdom Keepers series by Ridley Pearson. When Disney Imagineers installed hologram guides for the Magic Kingdom using teenage models, they had...
by vjbooks | Dec 1, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
VJ Books has just received: Dave Barry / Ridley Pearson – Walt Disney’s Peter Pan, Michael Crichton – Pirate Latitudes, Sherrilyn Kenyon – Night Pleasures, Sue Grafton – U is for Undertow.
by vjbooks | Nov 2, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
VJ Books has just received: Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry – Peter and the Sword of Mercy, Louise Penny – The Brutal Telling, David Baldacci – True Blue.
by vjbooks | Jan 15, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
Grdankl the Strong, president of Kprshtskan, is plotting to take over the American government. His plan is to infiltrate the science fair at Hubble Middle School, located in a Maryland suburb just outside Washington. The rich kids at Hubble cheat by buying their...
by vjbooks | Dec 29, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
Hello friends! 2008 was a great year for books. We had the pleasure of bringing hundreds of new titles to you this year, and introducing you to dozens of new authors. When it was suggested to make a list of our favorites and give you one last chance to add them to...
by vjbooks | Dec 25, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(The Sacramento Bee, Dec. 1, Allen Pierleoni) Is it the start of December already? We’d best get on with rounding up some holiday- oriented books, which include mystery, humor, feel-good and romance: “Dashing Through the Snow” by Mary and Carol...
by vjbooks | Dec 11, 2008 | Children and YA, Clive Cussler, We're Talking Books!
(www.vjbooks.com, Sept. 2008) Did you know that some of the bestselling authors of adult fiction also write for younger readers? Ridley Pearson, Dave Barry, Rick Riordan, Clive Barker, Robert B. Parker, Elmore Leonard, Clive Cussler, and Carl Hiaasen are just a few...
by vjbooks | Nov 28, 2008 | Children and YA, We're Talking Books!
(Journalinquirer.com, Nov. 24, Richard Tambling) This chapter book (Science Fair) by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson is outrageously funny at times. But of course it’s based on an outrageous idea: that a foreign agent might use the projects at a middle school science...
