One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Narrator: Bill Bryson Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on 2013-10-01 Genres: History Pages: 528 Format: Audiobook Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Made in America The summer of 1927 began with one of the signature events of the… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten New Series I Want to Start. Today’s TTT topic suggestion defines “new” as “in the last year or two.” The problem is, there are barely 10 new series I really… Read more »
Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts Series: Cousins O’Dwyer #2 Published by Simon and Schuster on 2014-03-25 Genres: Paranormal Romance Pages: 250 Source: purchased Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Dark Witch, Blood Magick Also by this author: Dark Witch, The Collector, Night Moves, Whiskey Beach, Jewels of the Sun,… 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 After torrential rains Thursday, it has cooled off again and the weather… 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 The National Book Award finalists for 2014 were announced this week. (National Book Foundation) Richard Flanagan wins the 2014 Man Booker Prize. You can… Read more »
A Dangerous Talent by Aaron Elkins, Charlotte Elkins Series: Alix London #1 Published by Thomas & Mercer on Mar. 6, 2012 Genres: Mystery Pages: 255 Source: purchased Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Dying on the Vine, Switcheroo Alix London has a promising career as an art consultant, a… Read more »
Penumbra by Keri Arthur Series: Spook Squad #3 Published by Dell on 2014-10-28 Genres: Paranormal mystery, Urban Fantasy Pages: 352 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Memory Zero, Generation 18 Also by this author: Memory Zero, Generation 18 Agent Sam Ryan wants out of… Read more »
The Laws of Murder by Charles Finch Series: Charles Lenox #8 Published by Minotaur Books on 2014-11-11 Genres: Historical Mystery, Mystery Pages: 304 Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: An Old Betrayal, A Beautiful Blue Death, The September Society, The Fleet Street Murders, Home By Nightfall,… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Places Books Have Made Me Want to Visit. I’m going to limit this to places I haven’t been yet, which means that some real places – England and Wales generally,… 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 Hurray, it’s fall! Break out the handknit socks! Seriously, I love this… Read more »
