This one rates a Super-Cool: It seems that HarperCollins has acquired the rights to publish Tolkien’s 200+ page epic poem The Fall of Arthur, written in alliterative verse. (Think Beowulf, but longer.) The poem describes Arthur’s final struggle against Mordred. HarperCollins UK and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will are set to… Read more »
My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr Series: Virgin River #20 Published by Harlequin MIRA on October 23rd, 2012 Genres: Contemporary Romance, Holiday Format: eARC Source: the publisher through NetGalley Add to Goodreads Also in this series: ‘Tis the Season Also by this author: The Wanderer, The Newcomer, The Hero,… Read more »
Category: Children’s fiction (grades 2-5) Publication date: March 1, 2012 Book source: Publisher review copy through NetGalley The Island Horse evokes the works of Marguerite Henry, particularly Misty of Chincoteague, although the reading level is simpler and aimed at younger children. The book is set in the 1800s on Canada’s… Read more »
Category: Memoir; nonfictionPublication date (US): Oct. 30, 2012Book source: Goodreads giveaway (publisher ARC) Paw Prints in the Moonlight tells the story of Toby Jug, a diminutive and charming Maine Coon cat rescued by the author as a tiny kitten, after its mother was hit by a car. From infancy, Toby… Read more »
“Publishers and Google Reach Agreement” in the lawsuit over Google’s scanning and digitizing of books for the Google Library Project. (Press release on The Wall Street Journal‘s MarketWatch) “You will never kill piracy, and piracy will never kill you” (Paul Tassi, Forbes.) Tassi is talking about movie piracy rather… Read more »
The Man Who Saved the Whooping Crane by Kathleen Kaska Published by University Press of Florida on September 16th 2012 Genres: Nature Pages: 224 Format: ARC Source: the publisher Millions of people know a little bit about efforts to save the whooping crane… But few realize that in the spring… Read more »
Kansas City Public Library facade. Photo by Jonathan Moreau, 2007, under CC license. http://j.mp/MguW7I This library’s facade is simply awesome! Check out this cool book-styled dinnerware. (If you can’t live without it, go to American Discount Tableware.) You might also enjoy: 35 Examples of Avant-Garde Bookcase and Bookshelf Designs Vintage… Read more »
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale Series: Princess Academy #2 Published by Bloomsbury USA Children’s on August 21st 2012 Genres: Fantasy, MG Books, YA (Young Adult) Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters Also by this author: Princess… Read more »
This week, September 30 to October 6, marks the 30th Banned Books Week, “an annual event celebrating the freedom to read.” * The list of books that have been challenged or banned from schools and public libraries over the last 30 years includes some of the very books often taught… Read more »
The initial ebook release of J. K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy (released 9/27) was “literally unreadable” according to Laura Hazard Owen of Paid Content — and any number of angry and dismayed Kindle and Nook customers. Hatchette has since fixed the problem, but it’s a major blunder, especially since the… Read more »
