I pride myself on being on top of all of the latest things. I read four newspapers a day, multiple magazines a month and watch a lot of TV (probably far too much…). Bottom line: I try to be as informed as possible on everything possible.

Yet I only recently discovered the phenomenon that is Bananagrams! The creators call it “an anagram game that is so fast it will drive you bananas.”

All I can say is that this innocent appearing amusement – which consists of 144 letter tiles in a banana-shaped bag – is one of the most addictive games I have ever played.

And I’ve learned that I’m not alone. I started telling friends and colleagues about this amazing “new” game I’d found and they all laughed and said “Don’t you love it? I’m a huge fan.”

Well, now I finally have some news to break to them: there’s a new version of this ridiculously addictive past-time. Bananagrams! The Official Book has just arrived at a store near you.

The book has 575 word challenges to drive you … wait for it … bananas. They range from one banana (easy) to four bananas (hard). I have to admit even some of the one banana puzzles stumped me at first. But the more I did them the better I got. Now I even manage to get through some of the most challenging ones without taking a sneak peek at the answer key!

My advice: don’t come late to this new trend. Get a copy of Bananagrams! now.  Trust me. You’re sure to find it a–peel–ing. (Sorry – I couldn’t resist!)

Kristin Matthews
Director of Publicity

I am not a morning person – never have been and never will be. Luckily the same cannot be said for Ramit Sethi, author of I Will Teach You to Be Rich.

Ramit, who is based in San Francisco, came to NYC earlier this week to begin his book tour. His days have been packed with meetings and interviews – including one yesterday on the aptly named Early Show on CBS.

The arrival time was 7:20am. Maybe it was the caffeine, maybe it was the adrenaline rush from his book already hitting the bestseller lists for both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, but in any case Ramit showed up wide awake and raring to go – with a smile on his face. He did a great interview with anchor Maggie Rodriguez and then was out the door to do yet more media.

After New York Ramit heads off to Los Angeles and then hits 12 more cities. I’m exhausted just thinking about it, but I have no doubt that he’ll rise to the occasion in every location!