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. Happy Father’s… Read more »
News & Notes — 6/15/13
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: Illustrated manuscript from Timbuktu Donate to help save priceless Timbuktu library collections. You may… Read more »
Early Review: The Taming of Ryder Cavanaugh, by Stephanie Laurens
Book description: The Honorable Miss Mary Cynster always gets what she wants. As the last unwed Cynster of her generation, she is determined to remain in charge of her life and of the man she will marry. At the very bottom of her list of potential husbands is Ryder Cavanaugh, the… Read more »
In the Dragon’s Eye: Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern
In the Dragon’s Eye is where I share the books I’ve got my acquisitive eye on: the ones I’m really excited about and hope to add to the hoard. Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern, edited by Todd McCaffrey, is coming out on August 6, 2013, from Smart… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday: Summer Reads (Beach Reads)
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Beach Reads. Since I’m not much of a beach-goer, I’m going to do what I did last year and call this one Top Ten Summer Reads. And since I… Read more »
Happy Birthday, Maurice Sendak!
The wonderful children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak was born June 10, 1928; this would have been his 85th birthday. Google is celebrating with this delightfully elaborate animated doodle: Sendak is best known for Where the Wild Things Are, the story of young Max, who leaves his home and journeys… Read more »
Review: His Majesty’s Hope, by Susan Elia MacNeal
Susan Elia MacNeal just keeps getting better! Her newest novel, His Majesty’s Hope, is the strongest entry in the Maggie Hope series so far. It kept me reading far into the night. In His Majesty’s Hope, Maggie is sent undercover behind enemy lines into Germany itself. Her assignment: to bug… Read more »
Sunday Post — 6/09/13
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. Mea culpa,… Read more »
News & Notes — 6/08/13
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: “Amazon Executives Testify in eBook Price Fixing Case”, and their testimony upholds the DoJ’s… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday: Books Featuring Travel
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books Featuring Travel In Some Way (road trips, airplanes, travelogues, anything where there is traveling in the book!) I was rather spoiled for choice on this topic. Just browsing… Read more »