News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: Amazon launched Kindle Unlimited, a subscription ebook service similar to Oyster and Scribd. They’re… Read more »
Both Emily at The Gnoming Librarian and Stephanie at Don’t Be Afraid of the Dork tagged me for the Book Blogger Test almost a month ago, but this is the first chance I’ve had to do anything about it. The Book Blogger Test is a series of questions you answer… Read more »
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, where we spotlight the forthcoming books we’re excited about. Cover links take you to Goodreads, and all summaries are also from Goodreads. The Stolen Bishop O’Connell Harper Voyager Impulse: 7/22/14 Tonight, for the first time in… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Favorite Movies/TV Shows. These are all movies or shows I’ve watched more than once — favorites I return to, rather than necessarily “best” in a critical sense. (“Best” would… Read more »
The Book of Life Series: All Souls trilogy #3 on July 15, 2014 Pages: 561 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness’s enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop… Read more »
The Escape by Mary Balogh Series: Survivors’ Club #3 Published by Dell on 2014-07-01 Genres: Historical Romance Pages: 432 Format: eARC Source: purchased, the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Proposal, The Arrangement, Only Enchanting, Only a Promise Also by this author: The Proposal, The Arrangement, Only… Read more »
The Sunday Post is a meme hosted by the wonderful Kimba, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. I’m beginning… Read more »
I’m jumping into the Fairy Tale with a Twist Read-a-thon, hosted by Berls at Fantasy Is More Fun and Michelle at Because Reading is better than real life. The read-a-thon ends Sunday night, so this is a bit late to start, but I’m hoping to make some good headway on… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: The Amazon-Hachette dispute continues to escalate. Here’s a slightly pro-Amazon take (GigaOm) and a… Read more »
I’m very pleased to have Liz Mugavero with me today. Her novel A Biscuit, A Casket is the second in the Pawsitively Organic mystery series featuring Kristan “Stan” Connor and her gourmet pet food business. The first mystery, Kneading to Die, came out about a year ago. Lark (Bookwyrm’s Hoard): … Read more »
