Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Inspirational Quotes from Books. I actually had a hard time with this topic. Many of the quotes I collect are about books or writing or music; they aren’t so much… Read more »
Sunday Post – 4/12/15
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 It’s really spring! The cherry blossoms are in full bloom, the flowering… Read more »
News & Notes – 4/11/15
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News More on the HarperCollins/Amazon story: HC has notified multiple retailers that “it will be returning to a full agency model for e-book sales next… Read more »
Shadow of a Spout, by Amanda Cooper
Shadow of a Spout by Amanda Cooper Series: Teapot Collector Mystery #2 Published by Berkley on April 7th 2015 Genres: Cozy Mystery Pages: 304 Format: ARC Source: the author Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Tempest in a Teapot Also by this author: Tempest in a Teapot Avid teapot… Read more »
TOUR: A Fright to the Death, with guest post by Dawn Eastman (and a giveaway!)
A Fright to the Death by Dawn Eastman Series: Family Fortune Mystery #3 Published by Berkley on 4/07/15 Genres: Cozy Mystery Format: Paperback Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Be Careful What You Witch For, An Unhappy Medium Also by this author: Be Careful What You… Read more »
Top 10 Characters I Want To Check In With
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Character You’d Like To Check In With – as in, see what they’ve been up to in the last 5 to 100 years. I’ve limited this to characters who… Read more »
Sunday Post – 4/05/15
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 Easter, to those of you who celebrate it! And Chag Sameach… Read more »
News & Notes – 4/04/15
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Alamaba [officially] closes its Harper Lee investigation. Verdict? There’s no evidence of abuse or neglect. (LA Times) BookRiot & the Harry Potter Alliance sponsor… Read more »
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (review)
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 »
International Children’s Book Day 2015
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 »