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Book Collecting 101: Graphic Novels

THE GRAPHIC NOVEL Graphic novels are best defined as book-length comics. They are often a single storyline, flowing from first page to last, and sometimes they are collections of short stories. Graphic novels, like the comic books they parallel, rely to a high degree...

The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich offers fun, light and enjoyable read The Heist is the beginning of a brand new series by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg (bestselling author and writer for Monk). I am a huge Janet Evanovich fan and have read all of her Stephanie...

A mid-year look at the bestsellers

Here’s a look at Publisher’s Weekly fiction bestsellers as we reach the half-year.  It’s become increasingly hard of late for authors to hold onto the #1 spot, but this year seems tougher still.  Of the 18 authors who have nabbed that perch, only...

Janet Evanovich – An Introduction

When plucky Stephanie Plum lost her job as a lingerie buyer, she had little other choice than to take a position working for her cousin Vinnie’s bail-bonds office where she’d spend her days and nights hunting down fugitives, solving mysteries, and falling...

The 5 Richest Authors in the World

(blogs.thetimes.co.za, Nov. 26) Forbes Magazine has released its list of the world’s highest paid authors. In a year when financial returns are a great source of consternation, some writers have still managed to rake in the cash. Top of the list is unsurprisingly J.K...

Books to watch in 2009

(nzherald.co.nz, Jan 09, Nicky Pellegrino) When writing about the year ahead it seems almost mandatory to be all doom and economic gloom, but for book lovers at least, 2009 holds plenty of promise – new authors to discover, new releases from well- loved writers...

Start Your New Year Plum Spooky

(Tampa Bay Online, Jan 4, Mary Beth Thompson) The tree is down, the decorations are put away, and the last cookies have been eaten. I can’t think of a better way to start out the new year than with Janet Evanovich and Stephanie Plum. If you are as loyal to...

Janet Evanovich – Plum Spooky

The First Full Length Stephanie Plum Between-the-Numbers Novel from #1 Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich! Turn on all the lights and check under your bed. Things are about to get spooky in Trenton, New Jersey. According to legend, the Jersey Devil prowls the Pine...

Stephen Cannell – On The Grind

Charged with misconduct in a high-profile solicitation of murder case, Scully is forced to resign from the LAPD of face criminal prosecution. His wife Alexa leaves him, seeking a divorce for his alleged dalliance with the accused in the case, a well-known Hollywood...