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 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 »
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 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 (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 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 ★★★★
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 It’s been another challenging, difficult, but also hopeful week for our country. Although I’m… Read more »
For white and other non-black readers, one place to start the work of anti-racism in our own lives is by reading and supporting black authors (and other authors of color, but because of current events, right now the focus is on black authors.) Reading more diversely helps us see the… Read more »
This is usually just a book blog… but the times are not usual, and I can not in conscience ignore what is going on. To be silent is to be complicit. Therefore, I must address it. The news last week and this has been horrifying and sobering. The killing of… Read more »
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 NOTE: I am appalled and outraged by the murder of Mr. Floyd by a… Read more »
