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 Harlequin Launches Hanover Square Press, an imprint for “general fiction, narrative history, journalism, and memoir.” (Publishers Weekly) “Hachette’s New Clothes” explores Hachette’s acquisition of ebook… Read more »
TOUR: Fatality by Firelight, with guest post by Lynn Cahoon
Fatality by Firelight Series: Cat Latimer #2 on February 28, 2017 Pages: 320 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also in this series: A Story to Kill, Of Murder and Men Cat Latimer’s Colorado bed-and-breakfast plays host to writers from all over. But murder is distinctly unwelcome . . . To… March 10, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Blog Tours, Book lists, Guest Post 5 ★★★★
TOUR: In Farleigh Field (Rhys Bowen)
In Farleigh Field on March 1, 2017 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads World War II comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions,… March 8, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Blog Tours, Book Reviews 12 ★★★★
Sunday Post – 3/05/2017
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! My Week We were busy five nights in a row this week: a Mardi… Read more »
News & Notes – 3/04/2017
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 Unemployed Aboriginal poet surprised by $165K Windham-Campbell Prize (NPR Books; more from The Guardian) Barnes & Noble Still Searching for ‘Magic Bullet’ to Stop Sales Slide (Publishers… Read more »
February 2017 Challenge Update
GoodReads Challenge 2017 Reading Challenge Lark of The Bookwyrm’s Hoard has read 34 books toward her goal of 200 books. hide 34 of 200 (17%) view books I’m 3 books ahead of schedule! The Backlist Reader Challenge The Backlist Reader Challenge runs all year (and is hosted here on The… Read more »
Devil in Spring (Lisa Kleypas)
Devil in Spring Series: Ravenels #3 on February 21, 2017 Pages: 288 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Cold-Hearted Rake, Marrying Winterborne, Hello Stranger, Devil’s Daughter, Chasing Cassandra, Devil in Disguise An eccentric wallflower… Most debutantes dream of finding a husband. Lady Pandora Ravenel has different plans…. Read more »
Sunday Post – 2/26/2017
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! My Week The most exciting news of the week is that four of Robin’s pieces… Read more »
News & Notes – 2/25/2017
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 Walt Whitman’s lost novel The Life and Adventures of Jack Engle found. (The Guardian) Oxford English Dictionaries add “clicktivism” and “haterade” as new words for angry… Read more »
Signing up for Mini Blog Ahead #1
I’m signing up for the Mini Blog Ahead Challenge from Anna at Herding Cats & Burning Soup. Essentially, the goal is to write and schedule 15 posts in 15 days — but they can’t post until after the challenge is over. In other words, you’re trying to get ahead, not just… Read more »