In the immortal words of “Anchorman” Ron Burgundy, Harry Potter is “kind of a big deal.” No word on whether or not, like Burgundy, the wizard has many leather-bound books and his apartment smells of rich mahogany, but…

When I was a freshman in college, I took a first-year seminar that explored the theme of frontiers and borders. The goal of the course was to help incoming students integrate into a multicultural environment and get them to think…

We’re back (finally!) with an update on the Most Downloaded titles from the past month. Did you miss us? Thank you, you’re too kind!

I’m going to do my best prognosticating in a moment, but first let me hit a…

Call it a quarter-life crisis if you want (I’m not sure that math matches my chronological age though!), but lately I’ve been thinking of adventure.  I feel like going backpacking through Europe or hiking Machu Picchu or more likely, seeing…

Well that was fast!

After a hiatus of less than two months, our awareness- spreading, 74-foot, 18-wheel tractor-trailer is dusted off, prettied up, outfitted with some new technology and headed to the left coast! The Digital Bookmobile is back…

When my ninth grade English teacher forced The Hobbit upon my class, it was met with mixed reactions based on a number of factors, but generally they were these: You either got it, or you didn’t. Without typecasting a particular…

It’s a brand new year but the more things change, the more they stay the same.  This was the case for the Most Downloaded titles in the month of December.  Very few new titles managed to hop onto any of…

We don’t know about everyone else out there, but in the Sockel household, holidays equal food bingeing. There are desserts, stuffing and breads of all kinds to be eaten. Basically, if it’s a carb, we indulge on it during the…

‘Twas the blog before Christmas, and all through OverDrive, ugly sweaters were displayed with unwitting pride.

The Retro Read Blog Post would not write itself, I needed a miracle, a title from an elf?

Holiday titles had already been listed,…

The holiday season is upon us and brings with it a sense of fellowship, thanksgiving, communion, benevolence and, of course, shiny wrapped boxes. Undoubtedly many of these boxes will be housing brand new eReader devices, a gift that is projected…