books

Did you know that the New Hartford Barnes and Noble summer reading program for kids gives kids a free book when they read over the summer? It's actually pretty easy, free, and fun for kids to get involved in this program.

Remember growing up and buying a McDonald's happy meal? Remember the toy you would find inside? Well, in India that isn't the case. Children will now find books inside of their Happy Meals instead of toys.

Martina McBride is not just a phenomenal singer anymore. This October the country music megastar will be releasing her first ever book titled, "All Around The Table."

Local author P.W. Creighton was born in California and has spent most of his life traveling all across the United States. His latest series of mystery novels is called "The North Shore" series and two of the three books are now available. The first of the three is called Bad Reputation and you can get it for free online!

It's not exactly the lighting of the Christmas Tree at The White House, but it's a big holiday tradition for me! Each year, I travel up to the Burke Library on the Hamilton College campus in Clinton to take out "A Christmas Carol"by Charles Dickens. This is no ordinary book, and that's why I bring my daughter along to document the event!

We've all thought, 'I should lose weight,' but most of us also think of every excuse in the book not to. It's time for a new book. The Biggest Loser trainer Dolvett Quince, helps you take off the weight and keep it off with his new book 'The 3-1-2-1 Diet. Eat and Cheat Your Way to Weight Loss.'

Sometimes, it's all too easy for an illustrator or a cover artist who has hit a huge creative block to use a picture of a celebrity as their guide for young adult novels. Plus, the celebrity lookalikes will help sales too, especially if it's a popular actress such as 'Game of Thrones' star Emilia Clarke...

Today's reading experience is nothing like the literal "page-turners" of yesteryear. But even with the e-Book, the Kindle and the iPad at our fingertips, we can still spot a wacky romance novel cover from a mile off.

The "Frog Days Of Summer" are here, and vacations are just around the corner. I don't know about you, but every year when we go away on vacation, I always bring plenty of books and magazines to read on the beach. We all have different tastes, so I don't expect that you will be reading what I am.

I love reading books, and my favorite author is Ray Bradbury. Many of our vacations during the "Frog Days Of Summer" include a paperback of short stories by Bradbury. Today, he died at the age of 91.