In “Ten Reasons to Stay,” previously published in the anthology The School for Heiresses, lessons go far beyond etiquette and needlepoint. Eliza Crenshawe’s lesson is to look before she leaps. But when she discovers that her new guardian plans to marry her off without so much as a Season, she… Read more »
The Sunday Post is a meme sponsored by 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. As we all know,… 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: “You’re Going To Be Sorry You Bought That Kindle” (Roberto Baldwin, Wired) because Kobo… Read more »
I’m participating in the Reverse Author Interviews meme sponsored by Book Munchies. It’s the authors’ turn to put us on the spot! Over the next month, a series of authors will pose questions for participating bloggers to answer. Today’s author is Kendare Blake, author of this year’s popular YA… Read more »
Publisher’s description: “Our lives are so filled with junk from the past-from dried up tubes of glue to old grudges-that it’s a wonder we can get up in the morning,” exclaims motivator, best-selling author, columnist, and life coach Gail Blanke.“If you want to grow, you gotta let go,” is Blanke’s… Read more »
The Sweetest Dark Series: Sweetest Dark #1 on April 2, 2013 Pages: 352 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Deepest Night For fans of Lauren Kate and Libba Bray, The Sweetest Dark is filled with thrilling romance, exciting adventure, and ancient magic. Shana Abé brilliantly captures the drama… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is free choice — we can revisit any previous topic. Since I missed Childhood Favorites, and I still love good children’s books, guess which topic I’m revisiting? I’ve decided to interpret “childhood”… Read more »
The Sunday Post is a meme sponsored by 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. The past week… 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. Worth Reading: Author and president of the Author’s Guild Scott Turow wrote an opinion piece on “The Slow Death of… Read more »
With CourseSmart, the “Teacher Knows If You’ve Done the Reading” in your digital textbook, reports David Streitfield of the New York Times. The article explains that CourseSmart, a software system now being tested at nine colleges and universities including Texas A&M, allows professors to “know when students are skipping pages,… Read more »
