News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News After Eight Year Slump, 2015 Bookstore Sales Rise (Publishers Weekly) 92% of college students prefer print books to e-books, study finds (Los Angeles Times) Simon &… Read more »
Death and the Brewmaster’s Widow Series: Auction Block Mystery #2 on Feb. 8, 2016 Pages: 264 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Death and the Redheaded Woman, Death and the Gravedigger’s Angel They call it “the Brewmaster’s Widow”; the abandoned brewery where Death Bogart’s brother died in an arson… Read more »
In the Dragon’s Eye is where I share the books I’ve got my acquisitive eye on: the ones I’m really excited about and hope to read and perhaps add to the hoard. I also link to “Waiting On” Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Cover links take you… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is a Valentine’s Day-themed freebie. I chose to do Favorite Series Couples. I love a good romance, but even in series romance, each couple only stars in one book. So I decided to pick my… Read more »
Switcheroo by Aaron Elkins Series: Gideon Oliver #18 Published by Thomas & Mercer on Feb. 16, 2016 Genres: Mystery Pages: 273 Format: eARC Source: the publisher through NetGalley Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Dying on the Vine Also by this author: Dying on the Vine, A Dangerous Talent… Read more »
The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimba, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures – I mean books! My Week I spent a pretty quiet week after last week’s and weekend’s rush… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News The Agatha Award Nominees for 2015 have been announced. (Malice Domestic) The Agathas are awarded to the best traditional mysteries (i.e., no explicit sex,… Read more »
Take a Thief by Mercedes Lackey Series: Valdemar Published by DAW Books on Oct. 1, 2002 Genres: Fantasy Pages: 351 Format: Hardcover Source: my personal collection Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Serpent’s Shadow, Phoenix and Ashes, Home from the Sea, Steadfast, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, House of… Read more »
Murder on Wheels Series: Tourist Trap Mysteries #6 on Feb. 2, 2016 Pages: 198 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Guidebook to Murder, Mission to Murder, If the Shoe Kills, Dressed To Kill, Killer Run, Tea Cups and Carnage, Hospitality and Homicide, Killer Party, Rockets’ Dead Glare,… February 3, 2016 Lark_Bookwyrm Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Giveaway, Guest Post 6 ★★★½
I’m going to try to do a monthly or bi-monthly wrap-up showing my challenges and my personal and blog goals. I hope it will keep me focused on my goals and make me more accountable for reaching them, too! Challenges The progress bars and lists show only books I’ve… Read more »
