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 Patrick Modiano wins Nobel Prize for Literature. Read about Modiano and his work at NPR, The Guardian, and The New York Times. Malala Yousafzai… Read more »
Yarn Over Murder, by Maggie Sefton
Yarn Over Murder by Maggie Sefton Series: Knitting Mystery #12 Published by Berkley on 2014-06-03 Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Cast On, Kill Off, Close Knit Killer, Purl Up and Die, Knit to Be Tied, Only Skein… Read more »
In the Dragon’s Eye: Blood Magick
Genres: Paranormal Romance In the Dragon’s Eye is where I share the books I’ve got my acquisitive eye on: the ones I’m really excited about and hope to read and perhaps add to the hoard. I also link to “Waiting On” Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. … Read more »
Top Ten Character-Driven Novels
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books For Readers Who Like Character-Driven Novels A character-driven novel doesn’t mean there’s no plot, or that the plot is unimportant. It means that the plot – the action –… Read more »
Wouldn’t It Be Deadly, by D. E. Ireland
Wouldn’t It Be Deadly by D. E. Ireland Series: Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins #1 Published by Macmillan on 2014-09-23 Genres: Historical Mystery Pages: 336 Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins make an incomparable pair of sleuths in the start of a delightful new series…. Read more »
Sunday Post – 10/05/14
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 Obviously, the big news for the week is that The Bookwyrm’s Hoard… Read more »
News & Notes – 10/04/14
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 Author’s Guild Met with DoJ About Amazon. The Guild hopes to get DoJ to examine alleged anticompetitive practices by the e-tailing giant. (Publishers Weekly)… Read more »
The Hot Zone, by Jayne Castle
The Hot Zone by Jayne Castle Published by Penguin on 2014-08-26 Genres: Paranormal Romance, Romantic suspense Pages: 352 Source: purchased Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Deception Cove, Siren’s Call The world of Harmony has its wonders, one of them being Rainshadow Island. Just beneath its surface, a maze… Read more »
TOUR: Lost Under a Ladder
Lost Under a Ladder by Linda O. Johnston Published by Midnight Ink on 2014-10-08 Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery Pages: 336 Format: eARC Add to Goodreads Is it luck or is it . . . Destiny? Are superstitions real? Rory Chasen doesn’t think so–until her beloved fiance walks under a ladder… Read more »
Top Ten Books That Were Hard For Me To Read
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books That Were Hard For Me To Read. It’s ironic that I’ve had a hard time with a TTT topic about books that were hard to read, but my pleasure… Read more »