I’ll be going on vacation for almost a month beginning around June 20. I won’t have Internet access (or even electricity!) for a good portion of that time, so the “This Week’s Articles” feature will be in abeyance until I return. I do have some reviews and other posts scheduled… Read more »
Author: Lark_Bookwyrm
Forthcoming: Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman
I came across this book in my Amazon recommendations a few days ago. The cover intrigued me enough to take a look at the blurb: Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape,… Read more »
TOP TEN BEACH READS
“Top Ten Tuesday” is a weekly blog feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is Top Ten Beach Reads. This is the first time I’ve participated. First a confession: I don’t really like the beach. I don’t like being hot, I sunburn quite easily, and I’m… Read more »
“The Proposal”, by Mary Balogh (Review)
The Proposal by Mary Balogh Series: Survivors’ Club #1 Published by Delacorte Press on 2012-05-01 Genres: Historical Romance Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Arrangement, The Escape, Only Enchanting, Only a Promise Also by this author: The Arrangement, The Escape, Only Enchanting, The… Read more »
E-readers vs. Print Books, or, Why I Refuse To Take Sides
Copyright Kara Pekar 2012. All Rights Reserved. This past week I read a matched pair of essays on e-readers vs. print books, from opposing points of view. The first, by Katy Guest (The Independent) is decidedly anti-e-reader, pro-print. The second is a satirical response by Nate Hoffelder (The Digital Reader… Read more »
This Week’s Articles (June 3 – June 9, 2012)
I found quite a collection of interesting blog posts and articles this week, on a whole host of book- and reading-related topics. Last week, Momentum (an Australian subsidiary of Macmillan whose e-books are available in the U.S.) announced it will drop DRM from its e-books. They’ve now published an explanation… Read more »
Summer TBR List
I’ve got a lot of books on my summer TBR list this year! The list includes new books I’m excited about as well as some older books I want to reread. I’ve loaded up my Sony e-reader with some of each, so I can read them while we’re on vacation…. Read more »
If you like Terry Pratchett, or you’ve been meaning to give his books a try, hop on over to Tales of the Marvelous and sign up for the Summer of Discworld: Terry Pratchett Reading Challenge. The challenge won’t be hard to meet; all you have to do is sign up… Read more »
Farewell to Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury, considered with Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein to be one of the iconic figures of the classic science fiction era, died June 5, 2012, at the age of 91. I first came across Bradbury’s stories in middle school, and was captivated (if sometimes mystified, given my age) by The… Read more »
The Hobbit Movie – Production video #7 is out!
If you (like me) are eagerly awaiting the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey this winter, check out the new Hobbit production video just released. Peter Jackson and a host of other production team members take you on a backstage tour at the studio lot; there’s also a quick… Read more »
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