Gertrude Chandler Warner, the author who started the popular series of children’s books known as the Boxcar Children books, was born on April 16, 1890. She came up with the idea for the series while teaching during World War I, and penned the first nineteen books. (The series continued on… Read more »
Category: Paranormal mystery Series: Raven’s Nest Bookstore mysteries Book Source: purchased In Mind Over Murder, the first in Allison Kingsley’s Raven’s Nest Bookstore mystery series, Clara Quinn has recently returned from New York City to her small hometown of Finn’s Harbor, Maine. While helping out in her cousin and best… Read more »
The big story this week was that the Department of Justice brought suit against Apple and five of the Big Six publishing companies for allegedly colluding to fix prices on e-books. Three of the Big Six publishers have already reached a settlement agreement with the DOJ: HarperCollins, Hachette Book Group,… Read more »
Below Stairs is the memoir which (in part) inspired both Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey. Born in 1907 to an impoverished family, Margaret Powell relinquished a scholarship she couldn’t afford to take up and entered domestic service as a kitchen maid — the lowest of the female servants — at… Read more »
© Wall to Wall Media Ltd. Photographer: Andrew Montgomery. Sept. 27, 2012, has been set as the publication date for J. K. Rowling’s long-anticipated new book. Entitled The Casual Vacancy, the book is Rowling’s first since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the wildly popular series. … Read more »
Phoenix and Ashes Series: Elemental Masters #3 on Oct. 5, 2004 Pages: 405 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Serpent’s Shadow, The Gates of Sleep, Home from the Sea, Steadfast, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, From a High Tower, A Study in Sable In this dark and atmospheric rendition… April 12, 2012 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★★
The Gates of Sleep Series: Elemental Masters #2 on April 1, 2002 Pages: 389 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Serpent’s Shadow, Phoenix and Ashes, Home from the Sea, Steadfast, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, From a High Tower, A Study in Sable For seventeen years, Marina Roeswood had… April 11, 2012 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 1 ★★★★
These articles were worth reading; they came to my attention in the last week or so:“E-books settlement talks advancing — sources” by Diane Bartz, Reuters “The Missing 20th Century: How Copyright Protection Makes Books Vanish” by Rebecca J. Rosen, The Atlantic “The Rise of e-reading” at PewInternet — a long… Read more »
The Serpent’s Shadow Series: Elemental Masters #1 on March 1, 2001 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Gates of Sleep, Phoenix and Ashes, Home from the Sea, Steadfast, Elemental Magic:, Blood Red, From a High Tower, A Study in Sable From the magical mysteries of India to the… Read more »
Categories: Children’s, YA, Fantasy Book source: Public library The Thirteenth Princess retells the story of the Twelve Dancing Princesses from the point of view of a youngest thirteenth sister. Disregarded by the King after her mother dies in childbirth, Zita is relegated to work as a servant in her father’s… Read more »
