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 »
This one rates a Super-Cool: It seems that HarperCollins has acquired the rights to publish Tolkien’s 200+ page epic poem The Fall of Arthur, written in alliterative verse. (Think Beowulf, but longer.) The poem describes Arthur’s final struggle against Mordred. HarperCollins UK and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will are set to… Read more »
My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr Series: Virgin River #20 Published by Harlequin MIRA on October 23rd, 2012 Genres: Contemporary Romance, Holiday Format: eARC Source: the publisher through NetGalley Add to Goodreads Also in this series: ‘Tis the Season Also by this author: The Wanderer, The Newcomer, The Hero,… Read more »
Category: Children’s fiction (grades 2-5) Publication date: March 1, 2012 Book source: Publisher review copy through NetGalley The Island Horse evokes the works of Marguerite Henry, particularly Misty of Chincoteague, although the reading level is simpler and aimed at younger children. The book is set in the 1800s on Canada’s… Read more »
Category: Memoir; nonfictionPublication date (US): Oct. 30, 2012Book source: Goodreads giveaway (publisher ARC) Paw Prints in the Moonlight tells the story of Toby Jug, a diminutive and charming Maine Coon cat rescued by the author as a tiny kitten, after its mother was hit by a car. From infancy, Toby… Read more »
