Black Bond On Line Book Club
Feature Book of the Month
This is an amazing first novel by Tim Rob Smith. He was even nominated for the coveted Orange prize for this effort. It is reminiscent of Gorky Park. The novel set in the dark days of Stalin make any of today's woes seem trivial. I loved the story and characters. A war hero with a beautiful wife. Leo lives in relative luxury. His only ambition has been to serve his country. Then for the greater good he is arrested and interrogated. His life is thrown upside down, and his beliefs are shattered.
This is a novel of intrigue and history. I loved it and felt it was one of the best I have read in the last year. Over a recent holiday I was treated to the sequel, The Secret Speech. Tom Rob Smith has dodged the dreaded second book curse.The follow up tale is as page turning and interesting as the first. I look forward to this authors future books.
Cathy Jesson
The Secret Speech
Coming May2009
Pendragon Online Games!
9 online games - one for each book in the series. Game 10 will be unveiled with the final book in the series, The Soldiers of Halla, on May 12th. Each game relates to an action sequence in the corresponding book. P.S. Want to power up for a chance to get the highest score? Check out the codes in the back of specially-marked Pendragon paperbacks! cid:3322459730_101624 ) The games are embeddable and playable from any site, so please add them to your websites, blogs, Facebook, and MySpace pages!
Kids & Parents
Check Out James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead Website www.readkiddoread.com
Black Bond Tour
After much organizing the Black Bond team of managers and management set off on tour of most of our locations. We loaded into cars and headed out at 9am, our mission to be back to base by nightfall.
Newly Renovated
Royal City Centre
102-610 Sixth Street
New Westminster
We made it back by 5:30 screeching into Semiahmoo our last stop in time to hear the closing announcement.
Guildford Town Center
1381 Guildford Town Ctr
Surrey
Our stores reflect the communities they are a part off. They are diverse and different but joined by a passion for books and the book lovers who come through our doors.
Haney Place Mall
141-11900 Haney Place
Maple Ridge
We do our best to give back to those communities with the small budget we have. The displays and shelf talking suggestions were different all over the tour but fun to share.
Lynn Valley Centre
1199 Lynn Valley Road
North Vancouver
I hope our love of books comes through to you. The buying for the fall season has already begun, it looks like an interesting one. I will have our buyers put together an advance list for our next newsletter and web page.
Semiahmoo Mall
134-1711 152nd Street
White Rock
TWILIGHT FANS! My friend Joanne and I took our 13-year-old Twilight-obsessed daughters to Forks, Washington last weekend. Forks is small - one main street and a few side streets - but very wisely, they are making the most of the Twilight fans. There is one store devoted to Twilight merchandise, but many other stores are doing what they can, too. We stayed in a Twilight themed hotel room, for example. The sign at the drugstore says "Bella buys her bandaids here!" A gas station has a big painted notice: We have a crush on Bella. The visitor's centre has a truck parked out front that looks just like the one Bella drives. Stephenie Meyer clearly spent time in Forks - all the details are right.
It takes about 5 hours to get to Forks from here, depending on the border and the Port Townsend ferry, of course. It's a beautiful drive and we had a wonderful time. I'd highly recommend it for anyone who wants to thoroughly please their teenage daughter.
Forks is small - one main street and a few side streets - but very wisely, they are making the most of the Twilight fans. There is one store devoted to Twilight merchandise, but many other stores are doing what they can, too. We stayed in a Twilight themed hotel room, for example. The sign at the drugstore says "Bella buys her bandaids here!" A gas station has a big painted notice: We have a crush on Bella. The visitor's centre has a truck parked out front that looks just like the one Bella drives. Stephenie Meyer clearly spent time in Forks - all the details are right. 
