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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Madison Finn and Bingo Brown
Madison Finn and Bingo Brown are two of the coolest twelve-year-olds around. It’s too bad they exist in different worlds, because they would make one incredible duo . . . or even couple! They both keep...
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Wednesday Tweetstakes: Eighty Days Yellow
Enter for a chance to win a copy of Eighty Days Yellow by Vina Jackson as part of our special Valentine's Day Tweetstakes. To learn more about ebook news and deals, follow @OpenRoadMedia.About the...
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Science Fiction Wednesday: Science Fiction Authors on Black History Month
“When there were people of color in these books, they were in the background, or they died quickly, or any number of other stereotypes. For the most part, they just weren’t there. And in Octavia...
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Love in Literature
Complete this sentence: Love is _______________________. Patient, kind, all you need, a battlefield—a million different descriptors could fill in that blank! Love is one of the most complex, exciting...
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Thursday Tweetstakes: Eighty Days Blue
Enter for a chance to win a copy of Eighty Days Blue by Vina Jackson as part of our special Valentine's Day Tweetstakes. To learn more about ebook news and deals, follow @OpenRoadMedia.About the...
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BODY SLAM: The infographic
Otto Lidke is trying to start a pro wrestling circuit in Denver when he runs afoul of the Federated Wrestling Organization. When simple shady business escalates into threats on his life, Lidke calls in...
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Domestic Friction, Crime Fiction: Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Dorothy Salisbury Davis is a name that has (undeservedly) slipped from the public eye, but this Grand Master is hailed in mystery circles as a premier writer of domestic suspense. The heyday of this...
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One Love, Five Books
This Valentine’s Day, ally yourself with coming-of-age novels that celebrate young love in all its forms. M. E. Kerr and Tom Lennon, crusaders in LGBT young adult fiction, portray teen romance across...
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Friday Tweetstakes: Eighty Days Red
Enter for a chance to win a copy of Eighty Days Red by Vina Jackson as part of our special Valentine's Day Tweetstakes. To learn more about ebook news and deals, follow @OpenRoadMedia. About the...
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Blood and Rubles: 4 Crime Novels from Russia
The 2014 Winter Olympics are being held in Sochi! You may not have tickets, but you can still take a trip to Russia with these tales of historical intrigue, high-stakes espionage, and the walking dead...
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Snowy Reads for the Winter Olympics
Need a great YA or children’s book to dive into between Olympic segments? We’ve got a list full of winning choices! Explore wintry destinations that will make you think of Sochi as you play hockey with...
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Celebrating Sidney Poitier
In the 1960s and 1970s, Sidney Poitier became an icon, famous for portraying strong, proud African American characters in a variety of films—an incredible feat, considering the cultural context of the...
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Mysteries for Black History Month
Men from the 369th Infantry Regiment who won the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action. Nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters and the Black Rattlers, it was the first African American regiment to serve...
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Friday Tweetstakes: Marching to Zion
Enter for a chance to win a copy of Marching to Zionby Mary Glickman as part of our Friday Tweetstakes. To learn more about ebook news and deals, follow @OpenRoadMedia.About the book: Mags Preacher, a...
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Winter Reads
There are two types of people in this world: those who loathe winter and those who love it. The first group wants to run to a Caribbean island at the first sign of a chill. The latter type can’t wait...
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Brit Lit: Upstairs
The dowager countess asks, “What is a weekend?” The upstairs life of never-ending leisure offers ample time for reading. Dive into one of these titles and you can imagine that you, too, are the...
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Brit Lit: Downstairs
Waiting at the employers’ beck and call is no easy take for the staff of Downton Abbey. On top of their duties, the downstairs staff deals with as much drama as the upstairs elite. Go ahead; take a...
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Brit Lit: The Trenches
From political uprisings to World Wars, England is no stranger to falling into the trenches for cover. Grab your helmet, find your courage, and begin one of these wartime novels: Ready for some rest...
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Brit Lit Favourites
As the doors close on yet another all-too-brief season of Downton Abbey, we here at Open Road are pleased to offer you the perfect antidote to your withdrawal: a collection of our favourite brit lit...
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Military Monday: The Ballad of Ira Hayes
On February 23, 1945, five United States Marines and a United States Navy Corpsman raised the Stars and Stripes atop Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Joe Rosenthal’s photograph of the...
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