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: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images It’s been hard to miss the biggest (indeed, almost the… Read more »
The Mystery Woman by Amanda Quick Series: Ladies of Lantern Street #2 Published by Putnam on April 23, 2013 Genres: Romantic suspense, Paranormal romantic suspense, Historical Romance Pages: 357 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Crystal Gardens, Otherwise Engaged Also by this author: Crystal… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Authors Who Deserve More Recognition. Over half of my choices for this topic are older authors (two are dead) who were active in the mid- and late 20th century. … Read more »
Last Tuesday, Goodreads posted this infographic about “the psychology of abandonment” — specifically, why readers stop reading a book, and which ones they are most likely to quit reading. (You can see a full-sized version of the infographic by clicking on the image.) The topic seemed particularly apt, since I’m… 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. The big… 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: “Apple Loses: Judge Finds Price-Fixing in E-Book Case” on Wednesday. If you’ve followed this… Read more »
Steadfast Series: Elemental Masters #9 on June 4, 2013 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Serpent’s Shadow, The Gates of Sleep, Phoenix and Ashes, Home from the Sea, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, From a High Tower, A Study in Sable The new novel in Mercedes Lackey’s bestselling series… July 11, 2013 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★½
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Best/Worst Movie Adaptations. I wasn’t too particular about coming up with ten choices, because my first two choices add up to eleven movies all by themselves. I did limit… Read more »
A light, frothy Regency-era romp. Max has many of the characteristics of a typical Laurens hero: he’s a rake in his 30s, handsome, confident. . . definitely an alpha male. But he may have met his match — literally — when he unexpectedly becomes guardian to not one but four… 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 hope… Read more »
