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 Thankfully, the inauguration went smoothly. Personally, I loved Biden’s speech, and thought he spoke… Read more »
News & Notes – January 23, 2021
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff. Literary Losses James Gunn, science fiction author, editor, and SFWA Grand Master, died on December 23, 2020 at the age of 97. Gunn wrote several novels… Read more »
Books I Meant to Read in 2020
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 Books I Meant to Read In 2020 but Didn’t Get To. A Darker Shade of Magic (V. E. Schwab) A Deadly Education… Read more »
Sunday Post – January 17, 2020
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 We took down the scene yesterday (our Christmas villages; see my Dec. 27 post.)… Read more »
Sunday Post – January 10, 2020
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 You know that ancient curse, “May you live in interesting times”? At this point,… Read more »
My Most Anticipated Releases: January–June 2021
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 Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2021. Top 10 Anticipated Releases Wild Rain (Beverly Jenkins) – Feb. 9 An Extravagant… Read more »
Happy New Year! Sunday Post – January 3, 2020
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! Happy New Year! I can’t tell you how glad I am to see the end of… Read more »
The Backlist Reader Challenge 2020: Wrap-up Posts Linky
The 2020 Challenge ended on December 31, 2020, at midnight in your time zone. Click here to sign up for the 2021 Backlist Reader Challenge. The Backlist Reader Challenge 2020 is over! Time to link your wrap-up post! 2020 is over (thank goodness!) and so is The Backlist Reader Challenge… Read more »
My 2021 Reading Goals and Challenges
Full rules and sign-up linkups can be found at the link for each challenge. The quarantimes had a significant impact on my reading habits in 2020. There were times when I couldn’t focus on reading at all, times when I reread voraciously but couldn’t face reading anything new (or new… Read more »
My Favorite Books of 2020
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 Favorite Books of 2020. These are the 12 best new-to-me books I read in 2020. Most of them were released in 2020,… Read more »