News and Notes will be replacing the “Recent Articles” feature. I’d like to expand beyond linking to interesting articles; News and Notes will still include links to interesting articles and blog posts, but now I’ll have more freedom to add other stuff: book giveaways on other blogs, bargains or freebies… Read more »
Category: MG/YA Fantasy Series: The Chronicles of Kazam #1 Publication date: Oct. 2, 2012 (HC) Book source: Public library The Last Dragonslayer is a highly original fantasy chock-full of the sort of somewhat wacky humor that the British do so well. It’s light, easy to read, and a whole lot… Read more »
I’ve been through a bit of a dry spell in the past few weeks…For some reason I found it hard to get into stuff on my TBR pile, so I did a lot of re-reading of older books, not necessarily favorites but books I have enjoyed. Thankfully, I seem to… Read more »
Wicked Autumn Published by Minotaur Books on September 13th, 2011 Genres: British mystery, Cozy Mystery Pages: 297 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads The first in a delightful series, Wicked Autumn sharply skewers the quintessential English village in… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Most Anticipated Books for 2013.A few of these probably won’t come out in 2013; at any rate, they haven’t been scheduled yet. Where I do know the scheduled publication date,… Read more »
Category: Historical fiction; YABook source: Public library A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not,… Read more »
As World War II sweeps the continent and England steels itself against German attack, Maggie Hope, former secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, completes her training to become a spy for MI-5. Spirited, strong-willed, and possessing one of the sharpest minds in government for mathematics and code-breaking, she fully expects… Read more »
This is a revision of a post from several years ago, with one new addition. It’s Halloween, so it’s time for a Halloween reading list. The problem is, I don’t like scary books, I don’t do horror, and I don’t really care for gore. But there are still some wonderful… Read more »
Jessica Day George’s Princess of the Midnight Ball and Princess of Glass are both currently available for $1.99 or less, depending on the store. Books on Board has the lowest price, at $1.35 each. (So far, Sony’s Reader Store has not discounted either book, but they may match their competitors… Read more »
“National Book Awards: Genre fiction dissed again”. A well written article on the tendency of literary awards (and literary critics and readers of literary fiction generally) to ignore even superlative fiction if it falls within a genre such as mystery/crime fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and so forth. (Laura Miller, Salon) … Read more »
