Author: Lark_Bookwyrm

News & Notes – 2/02/2012

News & Notes – 2/02/2012

Happy Groundhog Day!  By D. Gordon E. Robertson (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons Do you suppose he’ll see his shadow this year?  I hope so; we haven’t had much winter around here this year (the last cold snap excepted), and I know the kids would… Read more »

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Tamora Pierce wins YALSA award

Tamora Pierce wins YALSA award

I love it when my favorite authors are publicly recognized for the excellence of their work! Congratulations to Tamora Pierce, who has won YALSA’s 2013 Margaret A. Edwards Award for “her significant and lasting contribution” to YA literature.  Ms. Pierce was honored for two of her Tortall series, “The Song… Read more »

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News and Notes — 1/26/13

News and Notes — 1/26/13

artist’s conception of the interior of the BiblioTech   Two interesting developments on the library front:   In North Carolina State University’s new library, robots bring you the books you want; the stacks are closed to humans.  (Flavorwire)  And Bexar County, Texas, is about to open BiblioTech, the first all-ebook… Read more »

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Proof of Heaven, by Dr. Eben Alexander (review)

Proof of Heaven, by Dr. Eben Alexander (review)

Categories: nonfiction; memoir; religion Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2012 Book Source: Public library I first came across Dr. Alexander and his near-death experience in an online article (which I can no longer locate), and was instantly intrigued.  Years ago, I read Dr. Raymond A. Moody’s Life After Life, which was… Read more »

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Gone West by Carola Dunn

Gone West by Carola Dunn

Gone West by Carola Dunn Series: Daisy Dalrymple #20 Published by Minotaur Books on January 17, 2012 Genres: British mystery, Cozy Mystery, Historical Mystery Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Anthem for Doomed Youth, Heirs of the Body, The Corpse at the… January 20, 2013 Book Reviews 0 ★★★½

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