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 Carlos Ruiz Zafón, the award-winning and internationally-bestselling Spanish author whose books include The Shadow of the Wind, died on June 19, 2020. He was… Read more »
Fantasy Books I Wish I Had Read as a Child
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 marks TTT’s 10th anniversary! The topic is Top Ten Tuesday Turns 10!; it offers a chance to revisit a topic you didn’t get the… Read more »
Sunday Post – Father’s Day, 6/21/2020
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 Happy Father’s Day! I hope you are all well, and that you’re able to… Read more »
News & Notes – 6/20/2020
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 Amistad Launches #BlackoutBestsellerList on Social Media (Publishers Weekly) NBCC Board, Down to Nine Members, Begins ‘Difficult Internal Work’. Of the National Book Critics Circle’s… Read more »
Support Black Authors (reprise)
Back on June 4, I posted about How You as a Reader Can Help: Read Black Authors. But I wanted to reprise that topic, because this week, publisher Amistad Press initiated a campaign to encourage readers to purchase books by Black authors. The state purpose of the hashtag campaign, featuring… Read more »
Top Ten Books on My Summer 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 Books on My Summer 2020 TBR. Already published Riviera Gold (Mary Russell #16) by Laurie R. King (June 2020) Binti (Binti #1)… Read more »
Sunday Post – 6/14/2020
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 Other than some knitting and a little spinning, I didn’t get much accomplished this… Read more »
News & Notes – 6/13/2020
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 [American] Bookstores Go It Alone in Reopening. (Publishers Weekly) Many are being more cautious than their state guidelines require. ‘We’re so nervous’: England’s bookshops… Read more »
WIP Wednesday – 06/10/2020: A scarf and a shawl
WIP Wednesday (for “Work In Progress”) is a meme where we share our current fibery projects. It was started by Nicole @ Book-Wyrm-Knits, who also reviews books at book-wyrm-reads. Knitting I have made a lot of progress on my Daphne scarf. The pattern calls for 12 repeats, and I’ve done almost 11. I think,… Read more »
Booked for Death, by Victoria Gilbert — Review & Giveaway
Booked For Death by Victoria Gilbert Series: Booklovers B&B #1 Published by Crooked Lane Books on August 11, 2020 Genres: Cozy Mystery Pages: 320 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher through NetGalley Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author:… June 8, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Giveaway 14 ★★★★