In A History of the World in 6 Glasses, Tom Standage explores the history of six influential beverages: beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola (and by extension, Pepsi and other colas.) He examines each drink meticulously, exploring how it was discovered and rose to popularity, and how it influenced… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Bookish Things I’m Thankful For. My eyes. They may not be 20/20, and I need bifocals now, but my eyes still work. I know there are audiobooks (and I do… Read more »
Description: Mags returns to the Collegium, but there are mixed feelings–his included–about him actually remaining there. No one doubts that he is and should be a Herald, but he is afraid that his mere presence is going to incite more danger right in the heart of Valdemar. The heads of… 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. The big… 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 National Book Award winners for 2013! Goodreads is now available on the Kindle… Read more »
Fellow blogger Cheryl Mahoney from Tales of the Marvelous has just self-published her first novel — Congratulations, Cheryl! The Wanderers is a Young Adult Fantasy novel loosely based on fairy tales. The story focuses on Jasper, a wandering adventurer; Tom, a talking cat; and Julie, a witch’s daughter. Here’s an… Read more »
Joyce and Jim Lavene are here with a guest post to celebrate the release of Murderous Matrimony, their sixth Renaissance Faire Mystery. I’ve always loved the idea of Renaissance festivals, though I’ve only visited one or two. If you’ve never experienced one, here’s Joyce to tell you why they’re so… 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. I’m finding… 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: Google Books book-scanning ruled ‘fair use’; Authors Guild will appeal (Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly)… Read more »
Check out this cool infographic on the world’s most popular books! The graphic is by Lovereading.co.uk. Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually. Thank you to GalleyCat for bringing this to my attention! Twitter Facebook 0 Pinterest 0 StumbleUpon 0
