I’ve joined the Classic Young Adult & Middle Grade Challenge hosted by Wendy and the rest of the folks at The Midnight Garden. It’s a year-long challenge that accompanies their monthly Classic YA/MG Read-alongs. To enter the challenge, you commit to reading (or rereading) at least 8 classic YA and/or… Read more »
Description: A Crossroads Cafe short story. She’s destined to love Gus MacBride–if she survives her first year in the Crossroads Cove. A thread of hope is all she needs. Damaged, confused, alone. Cathy Deen Mitternich recognizes her old self in the fragile survivor huddled in the sheep barn’s storage room… Read more »
The Sunday Post is a meme sponsored by the wonderful Kimba, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. I had… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: Liberty Media sells of most of its Barnes & Noble stocks, reducing its ownership… Read more »
A Snicker of Magic on February 24, 2014 Pages: 311 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Introducing an extraordinary new voice — a magical debut that will make your skin tingle, your eyes glisten . . .and your heart sing. Midnight Gulch used to be a magical place, a town where… Read more »
The Take Control of Your TBR Pile 2014 Challenge (hosted by Kimba, The Caffeinated Reviewer) ended yesterday, and I did dismally. My goal was at least ten books, and I only completed six. Mostly this was due to a huge work project which ate up my time. (The stress of… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten “Gateway” Books/Authors in My Reading Journey. Into the Book World, by moffs Gateway books… those books or authors that opened you up to a whole new world of reading. After… Read more »
In a recent post on the Huffington Post blog, Alice Carey bemoans the loss of bookstores and celebrates the opening of a new bookstore in Brooklyn. Along the way, though, she belittles owners of e-readers, asserting “I doubt the owner of the Kindle will really read any of these books…. Read more »
The Sunday Post is a meme sponsored by the wonderful Kimba, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. You can… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: “Prisoners in Britain denied books, authors launch protest” (Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times) Amazon… Read more »
