The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by DuBose Heyward Illustrator: Marjorie Flack Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on 1939 Genres: Children’s Books, Picture Books Pages: 48 Format: Hardcover Source: my personal collection With twenty-one baby bunnies to look after, mother bunny Cottontail abandons her dream of becoming an… Read more »
Today is International Children’s Book Day! ICBD is celebrated each year on April 2, the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen. Many schools and libraries hold events, but if there’s nothing planned near you, throw your own impromptu celebration! Here are just a few ideas: Re-read a favorite children’s book read… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Ten Books I Recently Added to My TBR. I decided to limit the post just to books I’ve added to my TBR in the last month, then pick the ten from that… Read more »
The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing on March 4th 2014 Genres: Humor, Nonfiction Pages: 100 Format: Paperback Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also by this author: All Wound Up The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes takes on… 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! My Week I’ve been utterly miserable with a cold all week: stuffed up nose,… 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 Seattle Public Library locations designated “Safe Place” for teens, joining a network of such sites in the county. Libraries: more than just books. (School… Read more »
Marked Fur Murder by Dixie Lyle Published by St. Martin’s Press on March 31st 2015 Genres: Cozy Mystery, Paranormal mystery Pages: 352 Format: ARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: A Taste Fur Murder, To Die Fur Also by this author: A Taste Fur Murder, To… Read more »
Each Thursday, inspired by ‘The Tough Guide to Fantasyland’ we have in hand, we shall tour the mystical countryside looking for adventure and fun (and tropes) from all over fantasy. (Hosted by Nathan at Fantasy Review Barn) Beloved Mounts Fantasy is full of “mounts” of various sorts – and full… Read more »
Never Too Late by Robyn Carr Published by Harlequin MIRA on March 31st 2015 Genres: Contemporary Romance Pages: 336 Format: eARC Source: the publisher through NetGalley Add to Goodreads Also by this author: My Kind of Christmas, The Wanderer, The Newcomer, The Hero, The Chance, The Promise, The Homecoming, ‘Tis… Read more »
“Far more books are published by men than by women, perhaps because publishers feel that books by men are a safer bet. We can affect this by making a choice when it comes to the books we buy, since how we chose to spend our money is the most effective… Read more »
