Banned Books Week 2020

Banned Books Week 2020

It’s Banned Books Week! Censorship of books (“banning” books) occurs all over the world, even in countries that generally oppose censorship.* In the US, it’s usually a state or local issue, and often involves books that a minority of people don’t want their library (or libraries) to carry, or their… Read more »

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Sunday Post – 9/27/2020

Sunday Post – 9/27/2020

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! Last Week Last night, we had another Zoom family birthday party, this time for my brother-in-law,… Read more »

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News & Notes – September 25, 2020

News & Notes – September 25, 2020

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff. News & Notes is publishing a day early this week, in order to bring you links to the National Book Festival, taking place online from Friday,… Read more »

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Top Ten Books on My Fall 2020 TBR

Top Ten Books on My Fall 2020 TBR

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 Top Ten Books on My Fall TBR. Here are the ten eleven books I am (currently) most interested in reading this fall…. Read more »

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Sunday Post – 9/20/2020

Sunday Post – 9/20/2020

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! Last Week The treadmill arrived Monday. It took us more than 4 hours to set it… Read more »

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News & Notes – September 19, 2020

News & Notes – September 19, 2020

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News $3.2 million worth of rare stolen books have been found under a house in rural Romania. (Literary Hub) The books were stolen back in… Read more »

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Sunday Post – 9/13/2020

Sunday Post – 9/13/2020

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! Last Week We continued decluttering last week, tackling another small section of the basement and rearranging… Read more »

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News & Notes – September 12, 2020

News & Notes – September 12, 2020

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News A Different Kind of Independent Bookstore Day in the age of COVID-19. (Publishers Weekly) UK publisher And Other Stories expands in U.S. (Publishers Weekly)… Read more »

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Sunday Post – 9/06/2020

Sunday Post – 9/06/2020

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! Last Week Our new treadmill should be here in a couple of weeks, so I spend… Read more »

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