Books & Media

Wren 178 has been a reboot for over 5 years. She is the best at what she does when she has to do her job. She is friend to Ever 56. She trains new recruits but always chooses a high number , but this time she chooses Callum 22. Rebooting is a effect ...

'Orphan Train'Author: Christina Baker KlineFormat: PaperbackPublished: William Morrow Paperbacks; Apr. 2013Pages: 304Genre: Historical fiction; FictionGrade: ASource: SheReads Book ClubSynopsis: Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran r...

Reading challenges: Do you host or join in any? What is your success rate on completing them? Do they keep your reading goals on track, put too many restrictions/pressure on you?  What do you think makes for a successful reading challenge?  Well...

Control of the Sacramento Observer passed from Dr. William H. Lee (left) and his wife, Kathryn C. Lee (center), who died in March, to their son Larry Lee (right), who now is the publication's president and general manager.For half a century, Will...

The Sacramento Bee won two first-place and four second-place prizes in the California Newspaper Publishers Association's recently announced 2012 Better Newspapers Contest. The Bee staff won first place in the special section category for its 2012 V...

John Lescroart sits in his office in Davis. "I go there every day and do my job," said the author, who has been there lots of times – he's written 24 novels.John Lescroart writes his New York Times best-selling legal thrillers in a neat but ...

Mother's Day rolls around again next Sunday, and families will get together to honor moms and the bonds of maternalism in general. Looking for a foolproof way to celebrate? You could give her a card and flowers, and take her to brunch, where ...

Allison is back , and on the hunt for her Sire Kanin. He is pain and slowly dying. She runs into Jackal who is her brother. She also runs into Zeke who has left Eden. Jackal made this book for me, and I wanted to find out more about him. I loved his...

Parker Frost is up for a full ride scholarship to Stanford. She is in her Senior year and have never strayed from the path or did anything crazy. She finds a journal of Juliette . She died 10 years ago in a car accident. Juliette was part of the Gold...

'The Gods of Heavenly Punishment'Author: Jennifer Cody EpsteinFormat: HardbackPublished: W.W. Norton & Co.; Mar. 2013Pages: 384Genre: Historical fictionGrade: ASource: TLC Book ToursSynopsis: In this evocative and thrilling epic novel, fifteen...