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 Leading authors call for [U.S.] government probe of Amazon’s ‘damaging’ power. (The Guardian) The lawyer, the lockbox, and the lost novel: Harper Lee book… Read more »
This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart Published by McNally & Loftin on June 28, 1964 Genres: Romantic suspense Format: Hardcover Source: my personal collection Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Airs Above the Ground, The Gabriel Hounds, Nine Coaches Waiting When Lucy Waring’s sister Phyllida suggests that she join… Read more »
Thrill Me by Susan Mallery Series: Fool’s Gold #18 Published by HQN Books on August 1st 2015 Genres: Contemporary Romance Pages: 384 Format: eARC Source: the publisher through NetGalley Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Three Little Words, A Fool’s Gold Christmas, Christmas on 4th Street, When We Met,… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Last Ten Books That Came Into My Possession (bought, library, review copies). This topic includes ARCs and library books as well as purchases, but I’ve broken them out by category. The list… Read more »
On our recent vacation, we visited Snowbound Books in Marquette, Michigan. An independent bookstore whose slogan is “The place for people allergic to life without books,” Snowbound Books has been a vital part of Marquette’s historic downtown since 1984. It was threatening to rain when we arrived, and a downpour… 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 A pretty quiet week, all told – in real life, at least…. 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 first chapter of Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman was released on Friday morning. It’s printed in full at both The Wall Street… Read more »
We watched The Theory of Everything a few nights ago, and I was blown away by how well acted and directed and even filmed it is. It’s a beautiful, nuanced movie, and well worth your time if you haven’t seen it already. The Theory of Everything is less the story… Read more »
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman Published by Henry Holt & Co. on June 2nd 2015 Genres: Mystery, MG Books Pages: 368 Format: eARC Source: the publisher through NetGalley Add to Goodreads For twelve-year-old Emily, the best thing about moving to San Francisco is that it's the home city of… Read more »
The Case of the Dotty Dowager by Cathy Ace Series: WISE Enquiries Agency #1 Published by Severn House Publishers Ltd on July 1st 2015 Genres: British mystery, Cozy Mystery Pages: 224 Format: eARC Source: the publisher through NetGalley Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Case of the Missing… Read more »
