The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimberly, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures—I mean books! I am also linking to Mailbox Monday, the gathering place for readers to share the books that came… Read more »
News & Notes – 8/20/2022
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Salman Rushdie By now you have probably heard that author Salman Rushdie was attacked and stabbed onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state. (AP)… Read more »
The Secret of Bow Lane, by Jennifer Ashley
The Secret of Bow Lane by Jennifer Ashley Series: Kat Holloway #6 Published by Berkley on August 2, 2022 Genres: Historical Mystery Pages: 304 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also in this series:… August 19, 2022 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 11 ★★★★★
Ten Old Books I Love
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. The meme was originally the brainchild of The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Ten Old Books I Love. Ten Old Books I Love Depending on your perspective, I’m old—at any rate, I’m past my mid-century… Read more »
Arcadia, a play by Tom Stoppard
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard Genres: Plays Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sits Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus Hodge. Through the window may be seen some of the “five hundred acres… August 15, 2022 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 9 ★★★★½
Sunday Post – 8/14/2022
The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimberly, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures—I mean books! I am also linking to Mailbox Monday, the gathering place for readers to share the books… Read more »
Sunday Post – 8/07/2022
The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimberly, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures—I mean books! This Week I stopped in at the used bookstore on my way home from a yearly… Read more »
August 2022 Readathin
No, you didn’t misread that; it says Read-A-THIN, not Read-A-Thon. The Read-A-Thin (or Readathin) takes place four times per year, in February, May, August, and November. Each Readathin is a month-long challenge intended to “thin out” your TBR. You can read physical or ebooks, but the focus is on books… Read more »
In the Dragon’s Eye: August 2022 New Releases
August 2022 New Releases I’m Excited For The Secret of Bow Lane (Jennifer Ashley) – 08/02/2022. Historical mystery; #6 in the Kat Holloway series (reviews). The wife of the man whom Victorian cook Kat Holloway once believed herself married to asks Kat to investigate his murder… though Kat believed he had died… Read more »
Monthly Wrap-Up: July 2022
Books Read – July 2022 This was another big rereading month for me, but I did fit in four review copies, listened to a new audiobook, and read a graphic novel I borrowed from the library. I go on rereading binges like this periodically, more often when I’m feeling a… Read more »