NPR has just published its list of the 100 Best Young Adult novels, based on suggestions and votes from an incredible 75,220 participants. I doubt anyone will be surprised that the Harry Potter books top the list, given their wild popularity among children, teens, and adults alike. But the list… Read more »
This Week’s Articles — 7/29 to 8/04/2012
Here’s what I’ve been reading around the Internet this week: Big Books, Tiny Voices posted “What’s Next: Over 60 Upcoming Young Adult Book-to-Movie Adaptations.” Browse their list to see if your favorite YA fantasy book (plus a few that fall in the children’s or adult category) has a movie in… Read more »
Home from the Sea, by Mercedes Lackey
Home from the Sea Series: Elemental Masters #8 on June 5, 2012 Pages: 311 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Serpent’s Shadow, The Gates of Sleep, Phoenix and Ashes, Steadfast, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, From a High Tower, A Study in Sable In Edwardian Britain, magic is real…. August 3, 2012 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★½
Where Azaleas Bloom, by Sherryl Woods (review)
Where Azaleas Bloom by Sherryl Woods Series: Sweet Magnolias #10 Published by Harlequin MIRA on August 28, 2012 Genres: Contemporary Romance Format: eARC Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Midnight Promises, Catching Fireflies, Swan Point Also by this author: Midnight Promises, Catching Fireflies, A Seaside Christmas, Home to Seaview… Read more »
Heads Up — August 2012
It’s the beginning of August, and I thought I’d give you a preview of what I have planned for the blog over the next month or two. I just finished Home from the Sea, the newest Elemental Masters fantasy from Mercedes Lackey (and one of the books on my summer… Read more »
Shadow of Night, by Deborah Harkness
Shadow of Night Series: All Souls trilogy #2 on July 10, 2012 Pages: 584 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: A Discovery of Witches, The Book of Life IT BEGAN WITH A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Historian Diana Bishop, descended from a line of powerful witches, and long-lived vampire Matthew… July 31, 2012 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★★★
This Week’s Articles (7/22 to 7/28/2012)
In case you missed it, the latest Hobbit production video is up on The Hobbit Blog. It’s nearly 14 minutes long. If you’re excited about the upcoming movie, you won’t want to miss this. Dear Author reports on the Department of Justice’s recent release of comments about the proposed ebook… Read more »
Midnight Promises, by Sherryl Woods (review)
Midnight Promises by Sherryl Woods Series: Sweet Magnolias #8 Published by Harlequin MIRA on July 26, 2012 Genres: Contemporary Romance Source: purchased Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Where Azaleas Bloom, Catching Fireflies, Swan Point Also by this author: Where Azaleas Bloom, Catching Fireflies, A Seaside Christmas, Home to… Read more »
Using Images in Blog Posts
© Like most bloggers, I’ve sometimes posted photos or pictures taken from the Internet, usually those I found through Google Images. However, I’ve sometimes wondered uneasily whether I was breaking copyright to do so. Recently, I’ve been more careful about the images I use. It turns out that I was… Read more »
Sunrise Point, by Robyn Carr (review)
Book description: Former marine Tom Cavanaugh’s come home to Virgin River, ready to take over his family’s apple orchard and settle down. He knows just what the perfect woman will be like: sweet, decent, maybe a little naive. The marrying kind. Nothing like Nora Crane. So why can’t he keep… Read more »