I have known (though somewhat vaguely) about meetup.com for some time now. It's a website where people list meetings, right? Single people use it I think and I guess other people? Not sure. I have some friends who have gone to meetups for both personal and professional reasons and found the groups to be great. But that was all I knew a
Today we're joined by 16-year-old Sera from Phoenix, AZ and 15-year-old Haley from Gulfport, MS. In their answers to the If You Ask Me...
Welcome to the 6th and final installment of "From the Publishers: Hot Fall Book Club Titles"! In case you haven't read the earlier segments, the publishers got together for a chat at last month's BookExpo America and presented their company's hot fall book club picks. And I'm running through them here so that you'll have lots to consider in the upcoming months. The last editor to speak was Jane von Mehren, Senior VP/Publisher Trade Paperbacks from Random House. Here's what she presented:
In case you didn't already know, today --- June 21st --- marks the first official day of summer! So as our nights shorten and our days lengthen, our time to spend reading at the beach, the porch, the couch and anywhere in between increases, and the new releases keep coming at full force to help you fill in those extra hours.
Howard Slaughter fondly remembers the Saturday morning trips to the local library where his daughter, Karin, would get lost in aisles for hours at a time. That was his first inkling that his daughter was on the path to writing, and years later he offered his blessing when Karin said she was going to pursue writing full time. Howard Slaughter’s intuition served him well as Karin Slaughter is now the author of several bestsellers.
Did you think we were done at Part 4? Nope. I was just giving you a chance to relax and absort it all! I still more great book club books coming your way. Well okay, it's not actually me. We're still going through the great books presented by the publishers at BEA! Next up in our series is Karen Torres, VP Trade Sales Marketing Director and Field Sales Director for Hachette. She presented the following:
