Much sadness. The BBC reported this morning that Terry Pratchett, beloved author of the Discworld novels, has died. His official Twitter account announced his death with a series of emails: (ETA: The character Death speaks in all caps in the Discworld novels. Also, I am not sure but I suspect… Read more »
Ten Books for People Who Love Fairy Tales
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Ten Books for People Who Love ______. (I chose Fairy Tales.) I tried to put these in order, but I just couldn’t. However, pulling this post together made me realize how many… Read more »
COYER Winter 2014 – 2015 Wrap-up
I made my goal! I actually read more than the 15 books enumerated below – those are just the ones whose reviews have posted. So I’m feeling pretty good about this challenge! Also read ( * = review to come) Valiant, by Sarah McGuire * An Uncivilized Yankee, by… Read more »
Sunday Post – 3/08/15
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 Happy (or not so happy) Spring Forward Day! I hope you remembered… Read more »
News & Notes – 3/07/15
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Harper Lee tells persistent journalist to “Go away!” (Huffington Post) Children’s and YA Authors protest against the gendering of books. GalleyCat has a fairly… Read more »
The September Society, by Charles Finch
The September Society by Charles Finch Series: Charles Lenox #2 Published by Minotaur Books on August 5th 2008 Genres: British mystery, Historical Mystery Pages: 320 Source: purchased Add to Goodreads Also in this series: An Old Betrayal, The Laws of Murder, A Beautiful Blue Death, The Fleet Street Murders, Home… Read more »
Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters
Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale Series: Princess Academy #3 Published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA on March 3, 2015 Genres: Fantasy, MG Books, YA (Young Adult) Pages: 336 Format: eARC Source: the publisher through NetGalley Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Princess Academy: Palace of Stone Also… Read more »
Why I prefer “good” endings
A few weeks ago, I read Paper Fury’s post about books that don’t have conclusions, books where there’s a problem and it doesn’t get solved. She likes them even when they frustrate her. I can’t stand them even if well written. In trying to formulate why I feel that way,… Read more »
The Counterfeit Heiress, by Tasha Alexander
The Counterfeit Heiress by Tasha Alexander Series: Lady Emily #9 Published by Minotaur Books on October 14th 2014 Genres: Historical Mystery Pages: 304 Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: , The Adventuress Also by this author: , The Adventuress In this thrilling new addition to the… Read more »
Ten All-Time Favorite Books from the Last Three Years
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books You Would Classify As ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOKS from the past 3 years. It was surprisingly hard to choose! A few of my 5-star books didn’t make the cut; they… Read more »