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 »
Photo by Oliver Hammond, Flickr. Used under Creative Commons license. Are you a young (14- to 19-year-old) writer? Do you write SF, fantasy, and/or horror? Then you have a month left to apply for the 2013 Alpha Workshop, a yearly 10-day writers’ workshop for teen authors. This year’s author guests… Read more »
The Little White Horse Add to Goodreads When orphaned young Maria Merryweather arrives at Moonacre Manor, she feels as if she’s entered Paradise. Her new guardian, her uncle Sir Benjamin, is kind and funny; the Manor itself feels like home right away; and every person and animal she meets is… Read more »
A bonus issue of News & Notes this week! Heads up — The second annual Take Your Child to the Library Day is Feb. 2, 2013! If your library isn’t participating, let them know about it this event, and take your kids anyway. There’s more information and a link to… Read more »
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 »
I’ve been looking at the list of upcoming movies for 2013, and for a change, there are quite a few I might like to see. I don’t go to movies in the theater very often, but there are some movies that are really worth seeing on the big screen, while… Read more »
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 »
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 »
The Twelve Clues of Christmas Series: Her Royal Spyness #6 on Nov. 6, 2012 Pages: 311 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Heirs and Graces On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me—well, actually, my true love, Darcy O’Mara, is spending a feliz navidad tramping… Read more »
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 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★½
