The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimba, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures — I mean books! Sunday Post I’m still tired a lot of the time, but I think there’s… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News The Man Booker International Prize shortlist was announced Thursday. And you can read excerpts from reviews of each book at The Guardian. Bill O’Reilly’s publisher stands… Read more »
Any Day Now Series: Sullivan’s Crossing #2 on April 18, 2017 Pages: 384 (HC) Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also in this series: What We Find For Sierra Jones, Sullivan’s Crossing is meant to be a brief stopover. She’s put her troubled past behind her but the path forward isn’t… April 20, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 3 ★★★★
Made in America Add to Goodreads In Made in America, Bill Bryson de–mythologizes his native land—explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn’t won, why Americans say “lootenant” and “Toosday,” how Americans were eating junk food long before the word… April 19, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★★½
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Ten Things That Will Make Me Instantly Want To Read A Book. Ten Things That Will Make Me Instantly Want To Read A Book There’s no single thing, other than perhaps being by… Read more »
The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimba, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures — I mean books! Happy Easter! Happy Easter to those who are celebrating it, and to those who… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News The ALA announced the Top Ten Challenged Books of 2016. They include several books challenged because they feature LGBT characters (including two books about transgender… Read more »
I posted about this back in 2010, but the message is again relevant, so I’ve adapted and revised that post for today. Although the US economy has improved since I wrote the original post, President Trump’s budget proposal eliminates all federal funding for libraries. Improving economic conditions generally have not translated… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Ten Reasons I Love My Library OK, I’m cheating this week. The topic is supposed to be Ten of the Most Unique Books I’ve Read. But it’s also National Library Week, so I decided to focus on what… Read more »
Smoke in Mirrors on January 7, 2002 Pages: 272 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Charming, seductive scam artist Meredith is dead, and the job of proving that death was no accident is left to Leonora Hutton, who has always been there when Meredith needed her. Thomas Walker has something to… April 10, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 6 ★★★★
