Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Ten 2016 Releases I Wanted to Read But Haven’t Gotten To Yet. Ghost Talkers (Mary Robinette Kowal) I got this on Kindle for Christmas, so yay! League of Dragons (Naomi Novik; Temeraire… Read more »
Spin to Knit
Spin to Knit: The Knitter’s Guide to Making Yarn on Oct. 1, 2006 Pages: 128 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Knitters who want new worlds to conquer can reach for this guide to handspinning their own designer yarns. A rundown on equipment introduces the drop spindle, supported spindle, niddy-noddy, McMorran… Read more »
Sunday Post – 1/08/2017
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 arrived home midweek and I’ve been playing catch-up ever since… especially… Read more »
News & Notes – 1/07/2017
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 AllRomance.com’s sudden closure hits authors hard. (The Guardian) The genre ebook distributor and publisher closed with only 4 days’ warning, and authors’ royalties on… Read more »
Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories #1)
Shades of Milk and Honey Series: Glamourist Histories #1 on August 3, 2010 Pages: 304 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Shades of Milk and Honey, Without a Summer Shades of Milk and Honey is an intimate portrait of Jane Ellsworth, a woman ahead of her time in a… Read more »
2017 Challenges & Goals
I’m cutting back on challenges this year; I plan to start with one year-long challenge and occasional shorter ones. I love challenges, but keeping track of them seems to take a lot of time that I’d rather spend reading and reviewing, so I’m trying to simplify things this year. NOTE:… Read more »
Happy New Year!
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 New Year! I wish you all a very happy New Year! And… Read more »
2016 Year-End Challenge Wrap-Up
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2016 Reading Challenge Lark of The Bookwyrm’s Hoard has completed her goal of reading 180 books in 2016! hide 234 of 180 (100%) view books I smashed my Goodreads Reading Challenge goal, reaching 180 books a whole three-and-a-half months early and finishing with a total of 235 books. Granted,… Read more »
News & Notes – 12/31/16
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff. In Memoriam: Carrie Fisher Carrie Fisher, who was best known for her iconic portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, died Dec. 27 after suffering… Read more »
Day-After-Sunday Post (12/26/16)
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’re celebrating our second day of Christmas today. It’s become traditional to spend Christmas… Read more »