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HotelChatter's Summer Reading for Hotel Geeks

Where: 3 Tower Center Blvd [map], East Brunswick, NJ, United States, 08816

HotelChatter contributor AndrewC is bringing life back to your summer reading book list. Though beach reading season is steadily winding down, keep an eye out for his reviews; he rounds up the tomes worth picking up in lieu of your typical Harlequin or grizzled detective story. Do you have your own travel reading suggestions? Comment below or e-mail us.

It's not too often that you find something besides a bible and phone book in the nightstand drawer at your hotel, but until the late 90s every Hilton Hotel included the book Be My Guest, Conrad Hilton's autobiography. That's how we "found" our copy during our stay at the Hilton in East Brunswick, NJ awhile back.

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Seek Out the California 'Sun' at These Four NorCal Hotels

The Bardessono in Yountville, Calif.

As part of our Summer Reading List for Hotel Geeks, once a week, we will review a book about hotels — whether it be fiction, non-fiction, historical, auto-biographical or even just a cool coffee table book with incredible photos. These could be the perfect books to kick back with while laying poolside, or while working the late-night shift at the front desk or while entertaining friends with your high-falutin' aspiring hotelier schemes. Our latest read is of the travel guide variety but we loved these California hotel picks.

As a former long-time California resident, we were excited to learn about fellow travel writer Lena Katz’ new Travel Temptations series of books, SNOW, SIP and SUN – especially SUN: California: Delicious Destinations, Secret Hideaways, Expert Sources , since this HotelChatter contributor moved to the land of Vitamin D deficiencies, a.k.a. Seattle.

We asked Katz to dish on her fave summer vacay destinations in the Golden State. She shared with us four Northern California picks, all known for their emphasis on nature – not artificial materials.

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Author Jane Green Dishes On Her 'Hotel Musts'

Depending where your publisher puts you up, a book tour can be a disaster or a delight. Just ask author Jane Green, who has been tweeting about the book tour for her latest beach read, Dune Road. We noticed that a few of her tweets dealt with her hotel accommodations and since we've gone a bit book-mad this summer, we though we would ask the Connecticut-based author for her book-tour survival tips.

HotelChatter:
What essentials do you look for in a hotel?
Jane Green:
A warm welcome with a smile, luxurious bathrooms, and comfortable beds.

HC:
Which extras are particularly attractive to the traveling author?
JG:
Plenty of easily accessed outlets for Kindles, iPods, BlackBerry. etc.

Keep on reading for more of our interview with Jane Green.

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HotelChatter's Summer Reading for Hotel Geeks

Summer is officially here and while the weather on the East Coast has taken its sweet old time warming up, there's still no better way for us hotel nerds to celebrate the hot days and long nights other than with a Summer Reading List of Hotel Books.

Once a week, we will review a book about hotels — whether it be fiction, non-fiction, historical, auto-biographical or even just a cool coffee table book with incredible photos. These could be the perfect books to kick back with while laying poolside, or while working the late-night shift at the front desk or while entertaining friends with your high-falutin' aspiring hotelier schemes.

First up, one for those aforementioned aspiring hoteliers: Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy by Isadore Sharp.

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