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 | Aug 22, 2014 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
The Dagger of the Assassin The assassin seems to have been edging his way into the suspense genre for some time now, wrapped in a dark mystique and lurking in the pages of political thrillers, epic and urban fantasy, and even young adult titles. Using what some may...
by vjbooks | Aug 22, 2014 | Clive Cussler, Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Signed Russell Blake Books Now Available at VJ Books Russell Blake is a prolific writer. He is the USA Today bestselling author of 29 books, including Fatal Exchange, The Geronimo Breach, Zero Sum, King of Swords, Night of the Assassin, Return of the Assassin, Revenge...
by vjbooks | Aug 8, 2014 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Sci-Fi – Making our World Seem a Little Less Scary Maybe its Ebola on American soil, a nuclear Iran, illegals flooding our borders, or Isis expanding throughout the Arab world, but my reading has of late has been focused on apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic...
by vjbooks | Aug 8, 2014 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
VJ Books Honors Chelsea Cain as August 2014 Author of the Month! VJ Books is located in a suburb of Portland, Oregon, an eclectic city, where sophisticated and alternative styles coexist peacefully – a place that hundreds of authors call home. As you wander around a...
by vjbooks | Aug 3, 2014 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Robert B. Parker’s The Hollow Girl by Reed Farrel Coleman When Robert B. Parker died in 2010 we feared that his voice would be silenced. For nearly four decades Parker thrilled readers with one or two bestsellers each year. In 1997 he introduced us to Jesse...
by vjbooks | Aug 1, 2014 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Chelsea Cain & Chuck Palahniuk Coming to Aladdin Theater August 22, 2014 You won’t want to miss authors Chelsea Cain (“One Kick”) and Chuck Palahniuk (“Beautiful You”) with Bedtime Stories PDX at the Aladdin theater, Portland, Oregon....
by vjbooks | Jul 29, 2014 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Spy vs. Spy When the cold war ended and the last spy came in from the cold, it was predicted that the espionage novel would fade with the “duck and cover” films. No longer were we under the constant threat of annihilation – we were finally free from the fear of...
by vjbooks | Jul 25, 2014 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Introducing Diplomat and Author Matthew Palmer Matthew Palmer is a career diplomat. It is the popular opinion that diplomacy is closely linked to espionage or gathering of intelligence. Embassies are bases for both diplomats and spies, and some diplomats are...
by vjbooks | Jul 25, 2014 | Collecting, We're Talking Books!
John Remembers Tom Clancy When THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER arrived on the scene in 1984 the cold war was still in full swing, it was a period of elevated tension, with the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 the United States increased diplomatic, military, and...
by vjbooks | Jun 13, 2014 | Alan Jacobson, Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaign Reaches 84% Funding Within the First Two Weeks for Norwood Press and Bestselling Author Alan Jacobson’s thriller novel, SPECTRUM. Norwood Press (an imprint of VJ Books) and national bestselling author Alan Jacobson launch...
by vjbooks | Apr 26, 2014 | Alan Jacobson, Collecting, We're Talking Books!
Norwood Press to Publish Thriller SPECTRUM by Award-Winning Author Alan Jacobson John Hutchinson, Norwood Press Executive Publisher, announced that they have secured the hardcover rights to Alan Jacobson’s latest Karen Vail thriller, SPECTRUM. Norwood Press previously...
