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Winter is a popular time for book lovers, the season where many of us enjoy staying in, rugging up and delving into a good book. But do we read more in the winter months or in summer? Summer brings to mind images of sunny days, cool drinks and reading a book on the deck or under the […]

As I pack away my Christmas tree for another year, I took stock today of my Christmas haul of books. I’m planning on reading more classics in 2015 and was fortunate enough to receive a few beautiful clothbound editions for Christmas. I hope you too were lucky enough to receive a book or two at Christmas time, […]

Thanks to Alison Green from Pantera Press for talking to Boomerang Books today, and sharing your Christmas picks with us. First, let’s find out a little more about you and some of the books you’ve been working on. You’re the CEO & co-founder of Pantera Press, what does your job entail? As a boutique publishing […]

Okay not maybe the most chipper reading, but you’ll be thankful for you life after you read it> Dave Sim’s Judenhass (literally “Jew hate”) a harrowing, sensitive look at anti-Semitism and its horrific result in the Holocaust is now being offered for free at the website and via the Sequential app for iPad. Sim may be one of our more controversial comic masters, but no one has ever denied that he’s a comics master, or that he’s a master of emotion and composition, both evident in Judenhass, along with his historical research.

You can download Sequential, if you don’t already have it, here. And if you don’t already have it…what are you wwaiting for? it’s free and offers a lot of great free downloads and outstanding graphic novels in enhanced formats

With summer well on the way in Australia, I’ve noticed our thoughts have begun to shift away from snuggling down or curling up with a good book and a glass of wine. Instead we start talking and thinking about lying on the grass with our favourite book, reclining in the sunshine and enjoying a good ‘beach read’. […]

        This was Joan’s idea of a Perfect Holiday… what about you? ********* Read the full letter from Joan at The Wonderful World of Joan AikenFiled under: Joan's Life, Joan's Quotes Tagged: Holiday reading, Letter from Joan Aiken

     Joan Aiken writing at her very best was a perfect companion.      Well travelled, cultured, with a wealth of personal experience, and the ability not just to tell a gripping story, but to draw the reader in to the very process of writing.   What she loved was to hold her audience in a […]

A few years ago I decided to read only holiday-themed books for the month of December.  I had so much fun that it’s now one of my annual  holiday traditions.  There must be a lot of people out there who share in my tradition because every December I find myself fighting for my place in line on the library waiting lists.

I mostly prefer the holiday mysteries such as those by Mary Higgins Clark,  Anne Perry and dozens of others. The best is when they combine mystery and food such as Joanna Fluke and Dianne Mott Davidson.  I’m also a sap for a good heart-warming story such as The Christmas Shoes and the holiday books in the Cape Light series by Thomas Kinkade.  I’ve also read some good comedies and last year I found a holiday/vampire novel that I strangely enjoyed.

So far this December, I’ve read The Christmas Secret, A Wish For Christmas, Dashing Through the Snow and Engaging Father Christmas (which had me sheading tears on the metro yesterday).  Up next are The Christmas Cookie Club and Plum Pudding Murder.

So, fellow holiday readers, what else should I put on my reading list this year?

Seasons Readings (NPR explores how holiday classics — and reading aloud in general– bring families together) (Kid Lit) - A back-to-school lesson from Mead (the school supplier uses gaming and virtual worlds to get the kids' attention)... Read the rest of this post

BPIB has a huge listing of well known and lesser known children's illustrators. His Images Magazines are amazing.