Category: women’s fiction; contemporary romance Series: Blossom Street #9 Publisher: Ballentine Books, 2013 Book Source: Publisher ARC won in Goodreads giveaway For years Libby Morgan dreamed only of making partner in her competitive, high-pressure law firm. She sacrificed everything for her career—her friends, her marriage, her chance at creating a… Read more »
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Love Saves the Day, by Gwen Cooper (review)
Love Saves the Day by Gwen Cooper Published by Bantam on January 15, 2013 Genres: Fiction Pages: 336 Format: ARC Source: Goodreads giveaway Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Homer’s Odyssey From the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Homer’s Odyssey comes a tender, joyful,… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Fantasy Characters
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Characters from X Genre. I chose fantasy. I’ve been reading fantasy about as long as I can remember, if you count fairy tales as fantasy. Since I’m now old… Read more »
Dream Eyes (Dark Legacy #2) (Krentz)
Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz Series: Dark Legacy #2 Published by Putnam on Jan. 8, 2013 Genres: Paranormal romantic suspense, Romantic suspense Pages: 325 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Copper Beach Also by this author: Copper Beach, River Road, Secret Sisters, Eye… Read more »
Sunday Post — 2/17/13
The Sunday Post is a meme sponsored by 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. Thankfully, this week was… Read more »
News & Notes — 2/16/13
I’ve got some fun stuff on this week’s News & Notes. You’ll also notice that I’m still tweaking the format for this feature, going for shorter descriptions and more lists of links. Leave me a comment and tell me what you think! Worth Reading: Author Susan Froetschel (Fear of Beauty)… Read more »
Mrs Queen Takes the Train, by William Kuhn
Mrs Queen Takes the Train on October 16, 2012 Pages: 374 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads An absolute delight of a debut novel by William Kuhn (author of Reading Jackie: Her Autobiography in Books) Mrs Queen Takes the Train wittily imagines the kerfuffle that transpires when a bored Queen Elizabeth… February 15, 2013 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★★½
Backing Up Your Ebooks
Books on the Knob, a blog about free and bargain ebooks, posted a warning a week or two ago to “Make sure you are doing backups…” of your ebooks. The blogger pointed out that you can’t count on retail ebook sellers or their cloud storage to keep your books accessible,… Read more »
Cinder, by Marissa Meyer (review)
Cinder Series: Lunar Chronicles #1 on January 3, 2012 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Scarlet, Cress Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Romances
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Favorite Romances. I couldn’t tell if this week’s Top Ten topic meant “romance novels” or “romantic relationships”, so I decided to post top ten lists for both. My choices… Read more »