In a recent post on the Huffington Post blog, Alice Carey bemoans the loss of bookstores and celebrates the opening of a new bookstore in Brooklyn. Along the way, though, she belittles owners of e-readers, asserting “I doubt the owner of the Kindle will really read any of these books…. Read more »
The Sunday Post is a meme sponsored 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. You can… 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: “Prisoners in Britain denied books, authors launch protest” (Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times) Amazon… Read more »
Scarlet Series: Lunar Chronicles #2 on February 5, 2013 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Cinder, Cress Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison–even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted… Read more »
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts Series: Cousins O’Dwyer #1 Published by Berkley on 2013-10-29 Genres: Romantic suspense, Paranormal Romance Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Shadow Spell, Blood Magick Also by this author: Shadow Spell, The Collector, Night Moves, Whiskey Beach, Jewels… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Things On My Bookish Bucket List. Some of these I know I’ll accomplish. Others are dreams which I may or may not be able to turn into reality. In no… Read more »
Codex Born by Jim C. Hines Series: Magic Ex Libris #2 Published by Penguin on August 6th 2013 Genres: Fantasy Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover Source: a friend (borrowed) Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Libriomancer Also by this author: Libriomancer Isaac Vainio’s life was almost perfect. He should have… Read more »
The Sunday Post is a meme sponsored 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. It was… 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 Independent will no longer review gender-specific children’s books, which it claims (with justification)… Read more »
Professor Lexie Driscoll is conducting the first meeting of the Golden Age of Mystery book club in her best friend’s swanky mansion when another friend is murdered. More members are knocked off as Lexie unravels secret after secret, leading her to believe she’s living in Christie’s novel, And Then… Read more »
