Following an Amazon recommendation, I recently read two books in Madelyn Alt’s paranormal mystery series, Bewitching Mysteries: The Trouble with Magic and Hex Marks the Spot. (Those are numbers one and three of the series; sadly, my library doesn’t seem to have book two.) I called them “paranormal” mysteries, but… Read more »
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas Series: Friday Harbor #1 Published by St. Martin’s Press Genres: Christmas, Contemporary Romance Pages: 211 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Rainshadow Road, Dream Lake, Crystal Cove Also by this author: Rainshadow Road, Dream Lake, Crystal… January 19, 2011 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★
I love to read aloud, especially to our daughter. We — mostly I — have been reading to her since she was a baby, and I’m still at it now that she’s 16. It’s been a wonderful way to share wonderful books with her: some that we’ve discovered together,… Read more »
I’m very proud of myself! I figured out how to: 1) download Adobe Digital Editions, so I could download ePUB books with DRM from the Borders and Kobo bookstores (both free books and books I buy.) 2) authorize my computer on Digital Editions, so I can actually open DRMed books… Read more »
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 care for gore. But there are still some wonderful non-scary books well-suited for Halloween reading. Here then are some of my favorites for a… Read more »
I highly recommend WG’s recent post, “Dysfunctional Middle Schools.” WG is a former teacher and co-founder of The Interlocking Curriculum, a Quaker school in the late 1970s. When he talks about how to establish a culture of respect in schools, he speaks from his own experience. The IC did indeed… Read more »
Knitting is taking over my life. I tend to go on reading jags. For several weeks, or even months, I find myself focusing almost exclusively on a single genre: fantasy/SF, mystery, children’s/YA, historical romance. Then suddenly (and unpredictably) I feel surfeited, and I switch to another genre.* Recently, I’ve been… Read more »
Rich Adin has an interesting post about e-book pricing over on The Digital Reader blog. In “Valuing E-books: Is It a Sensory Problem?”, he compares e-books to things like Starbucks coffee and movies, which we are willing to pay premium prices for, and wonders why the same isn’t true of… Read more »
Homer’s Odyssey by Gwen Cooper Published by Delacorte Press on August 25, 2009 Genres: Memoir Format: Hardcover Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Love Saves the Day Once in nine lives, something extraordinary happens… The last… June 25, 2010 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★★
Knitspeak by Andrea Berman Price Published by Harry N. Abrams on September 1, 2007 Genres: Crafts Pages: 224 Format: Hardcover Source: the author Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads This handy guide unravels the mysteries of terms, symbols, and abbreviations to make pattern reading easy for knitters… June 14, 2010 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★★★
