… is sarcastic, satirical fun. You may know Jim Hines as the author of Libriomancer, Codex Born, and the Princess series featuring Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White as three-dimensional, kick-a** heroines. Or maybe you know him as that guy who dresses up and poses like the women on SF… Read more »
REVIEW: Bran New Death (Victoria Hamilton)
Bran New Death by Victoria Hamilton Published by Berkley on September 3, 2013 Genres: Cozy Mystery Pages: 304 Format: Paperback Source: the library Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Merry is making a fresh start in small-town Autumn Vale, New York, in the mansion she’s inherited from her late uncle, Melvin…. Read more »
Happy Birthday, Winnie the Pooh!
Ernest Shepard, Winnie-the-Pooh Yesterday (Oct. 14) was Winnie the Pooh’s birthday! Well — sort of. October 14, 2013 marked the 87th anniversary of the first printing of Winnie-the-Pooh. The actual stuffed toy was given to the real Christopher Robin for his first birthday on August 21, 1921, which makes Pooh… Read more »
Sunday Post – 10/13/13
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. My indexing… Read more »
News & Notes – 10/12/13
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: Alice Munro, © shapton 09 “Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize in Literature” (Publishers Weekly)… Read more »
Tamora Pierce at the National Book Festival
Tamora Pierce, 2013 National Book Festival. Photo © K. Pekar Let me tell you, Tamora Pierce is awesome. She writes amazing fantasy with fantastic characters. She’s funny and fierce and she has attitude, and I want to be like her when I grow up. (I’m actually less than a decade… Read more »
The Bookwyrm at The National Book Festival
2013 National Book Festival. Photo © K. Pekar I had a great time at the National Book Festival. . . was it really two and a half weeks ago? Apparently so. The Festival ran for two days: Sept. 21 and 22. We weren’t able to go up on Saturday because… Read more »
Top Ten Best & Worst Series Enders
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Best/Worst Series Enders. One challenge of this week’s topic is that a lot of the series I read don’t exactly end, especially the mysteries. They may stop, either because… Read more »
REVIEW: Will in Scarlet by Matthew Cody
Description: Will Scarlet is on the run. Once the sheltered son of nobility, Will has become an exile. While his father, Lord Shackley, has been on the Crusades with King Richard, a treacherous plot to unseat Richard has swept across England, and Shackley House has fallen. Will flees the… Read more »
Sunday Post — 10/06/13
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. Whew! So… Read more »
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