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 ALA announced the Top Ten Challenged Books of 2016. They include several books challenged because they feature LGBT characters (including two books about transgender… Read more »
I posted about this back in 2010, but the message is again relevant, so I’ve adapted and revised that post for today. Although the US economy has improved since I wrote the original post, President Trump’s budget proposal eliminates all federal funding for libraries. Improving economic conditions generally have not translated… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Ten Reasons I Love My Library OK, I’m cheating this week. The topic is supposed to be Ten of the Most Unique Books I’ve Read. But it’s also National Library Week, so I decided to focus on what… Read more »
Smoke in Mirrors on January 7, 2002 Pages: 272 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Charming, seductive scam artist Meredith is dead, and the job of proving that death was no accident is left to Leonora Hutton, who has always been there when Meredith needed her. Thomas Walker has something to… April 10, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 6 ★★★★
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 Happy Palm Sunday, if you celebrate it! I spent most of the… Read more »
Breathless Series: Old West #2 on January 31, 2017 Pages: 384 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Forbidden As manager of one of the finest hotels in Arizona Territory, Portia Carmichael has respect and stability—qualities sorely missing from her harsh childhood. She refuses to jeopardize that by… April 6, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 8 ★★★★½
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is a fandom freebie. What does it mean to be “in” a fandom? Robin and I had a great conversation about this, and we (mostly they) came up with this: It’s not enough… 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 As I mentioned last week, I’ve been pretty sick since Saturday (March 25.)… Read more »
reMarkable? Initially, the reMarkable looks pretty cool for people who prefer paper over digital screens, or merely prefer paper for certain tasks (sketching, taking notes…) But the company makes a point of saying reMarkable doesn’t have all the functions of a regular tablet. It’s more like a limited e-ink e-reader combined with a pad of paper… Read more »
A Perfect Obsession Series: New York Confidential #2 Pages: 336 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Flawless Someone is murdering beautiful young women in the New York area and displaying them in mausoleums and underground tombs. The FBI is handling the case, with Special Agent Craig Frasier… March 29, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 6 ★★★½
