Joyce and Jim Lavene are here with a guest post to celebrate the release of Murderous Matrimony, their sixth Renaissance Faire Mystery. I’ve always loved the idea of Renaissance festivals, though I’ve only visited one or two. If you’ve never experienced one, here’s Joyce to tell you why they’re so… Read more »
Sunday Post – 11/17/13
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’m finding… Read more »
News & Notes – 11/16/13
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: Google Books book-scanning ruled ‘fair use’; Authors Guild will appeal (Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly)… Read more »
Infographic: The Most Popular Books of All Time
Check out this cool infographic on the world’s most popular books! The graphic is by Lovereading.co.uk. Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually. Thank you to GalleyCat for bringing this to my attention! Twitter Facebook 0 Pinterest 0 StumbleUpon 0
Giveaway – 3 mysteries by Charles Finch – Ends tonight!
Last chance to enter the Charles Lenox mysteries giveaway in celebration of the publication of his new book, An Old Betrayal! Thanks to the generosity of the folks at Minotaur/St. Martin’s Press, one lucky reader can win the first three Charles Lenox novels in paperback! (open to U.S…. Read more »
HoHoHo Readathon Wrap-up (#HoHoHoRAT)
My goal for the Ho-Ho-Ho Read-a-thon was to read 5 Christmas-themed books in 5 days, and I came close — I managed to get through 4 of them, despite working on an index and having some other stuff going on. Candlelight Christmas (Susan Wiggs) – finished! Christmas in Snowflake Canyon… Read more »
Christmas in Snowflake Canyon, by RaeAnne Thayne (HoHoHoRAT & COYER review)
Description: Holiday gifts don’t always come in expected packages… especially in the town of Hope’s Crossing. No one has ever felt sorry for Genevieve Beaumont. After all, she has everything money can buy. That is, until she discovers her fiancé has been two-timing her and she’s left with two… Read more »
News & Notes – 11/09/13
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: Vote for your favorite books in the 2013 Goodreads Choice Awards Indie Bookstores not… Read more »
An Old Betrayal, by Charles Finch
An Old Betrayal by Charles Finch Series: Charles Lenox #7 Published by Macmillan on November 12th 2013 Genres: British mystery, Historical Mystery Pages: 294 Source: the publisher Also in this series: The Laws of Murder, A Beautiful Blue Death, The September Society, The Fleet Street Murders, Home By Nightfall, The… Read more »
BLOG TOUR Interview: Freezer I’ll Shoot, by Victoria Hamilton
I’m so excited to have mystery author Victoria Hamilton visiting the blog today! Victoria is the author of the Vintage Kitchen and Merry Muffins mystery series. (I read and reviewed the first Merry Muffins mystery, Bran New Death, in October.) Freezer I’ll Shoot is the third Vintage Kitchen mystery. Lark… Read more »