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 Caldecott, Newbery, Coretta Scott King, Printz, Alex, and other children’s and YA book award winners for 2016 were announced Monday. The Newbery went… Read more »
Everything She Wanted (Jennifer Ryan)
Everything She Wanted by Jennifer Ryan Series: The Hunted #5 Published by Avon on Jan. 5, 2016 Genres: Romantic suspense Pages: 352 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Her Lucky Cowboy, His Cowboy Heart, Protected By Love, Escape to You Ben Knight has spent… Read more »
RIP, Alan Rickman
By now many of you have heard of the death of the incomparable Alan Rickman (Feb. 21, 1946 – Jan. 14, 2016.) Mr. Rickman was well-known and beloved for playing roles as diverse as Col. Brandon, the Sheriff of Nottingham, and of course, Professor Severus Snape. In tribute, I thought… Read more »
Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies 2016 – sign-up post
As I have for the last three or four years, I’m signing up for the Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2016 hosted by Yvonne at Socrates’ Book Reviews. I know I said I’m cutting back on challenges this year, but I’ve done this one for several years now, and I… Read more »
Top Ten 2015 Fantasy Releases I Meant to Read But Didn’t – Yet
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten 2015 Releases I Meant To Get To But Didn’t. I still plan to read these: Unbound (Jim C. Hines) Tower of Thorns (Juliet Marillier) Manners & Mutiny (Gail Carriger) Shadow Scale (Rachel Hartman)… Read more »
TOUR: The Masquerading Magician (Pandian)
The Masquerading Magician Series: Accidental Alchemist #2 on Jan. 8, 2016 Pages: 336 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Accidental Alchemist Deciphering an ancient alchemy book is more difficult than Zoe Faust bargained for. She’d much rather be gardening and exploring her new home of Portland, Oregon—but time… Read more »
Sunday Post – 1/10/16
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 Vacation is over and I’m on my way home! Literally: I’m flying… Read more »
News & Notes – 1/09/16
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News 400 Years After His Death, Shakespeare’s First Folio Goes Out on Tour (NPR) ‘Mein Kampf’ Enters Public Domain; Arguably, Anne Frank’s Diary May, Too… Read more »
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend on Jan. 19, 2016 Pages: 400 Add to Goodreads Once you let a book into your life, the most unexpected things can happen… Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her pen… Read more »
The Backlist Reader Challenge 2016
When I went looking for a TBR list challenge for this year, all I could find were TBR pile challenges. Each of them required that I read only books I already owned. While I do own a lot of unread books, there are plenty of others I don’t own, but also… Read more »