With 2013 drawing to a close, it’s time to review my reading and blogging goals for the year. I posted two sets of (somewhat overlapping) goals last January: Reading Goals for 2013 and Top Ten Reading Goals for 2013. I’m pretty happy with how many of them I accomplished – though… Read more »
Merry Christmas! Wishing very happy Christmas to all of you who celebrate it. May your homes be filled with love and laughter and your hearts be filled with the joy and peace of the season. Twitter Facebook 0 Pinterest 0 StumbleUpon 0
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books I Wouldn’t Mind Santa Bringing Me. A Kindle Paperwhite. Much as I have loved my sturdy Sony PRS-505, its slow page turns have become too frustrating, especially now… Read more »
I saw The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with my family on Thursday night. First impressions: I really enjoyed it. Parts of it had me laughing, while parts had me on the edge of (or nearly jumping out of) my seat. And I couldn’t watch the spiders at all, other… 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. Yesterday 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: A first edition of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was recently discovered in the Cleveland… Read more »
Description: Renowned knitter and author Clara Parkes ponders the roles knitting plays in her life via 22 captivating, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny essays. Recounting tales of childhood and adulthood, family, friends, adventure, privacy, disappointment, love, and celebration, she hits upon the universal truths that drive knitters to create and… Read more »
Description: Molly Canaday wishes she could repair her life as easily as she fixes cars. She was all set to open her own body shop in Last Chance when her mother ran off and left her to manage the family yarn shop instead. Now guided by the unsolicited-though well-intended-advice… Read more »
This wonderful Hobbit-themed infographic was created by FinancesOnline.com. Twitter Facebook 0 Pinterest 0 StumbleUpon 0
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: “Pew report: Young adults remain bound to libraries, printed books”. (Deseret News) Furthermore, “95%… Read more »
