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 In Q1, Sales Rose 26% at Amazon as It Works to Improve Shipping Times (Publishers Weekly) Workers To Hold Mass Strike On May 1,… Read more »
Sunday Post, 4/26/2020
Pages: 203 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 I had a telemedicine appointment with one of my doctors (routine) and… Read more »
News & Notes – Coronavirus Edition, Week 7 (4/25/2020)
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses Sheila Connolly, beloved author of a number of cozy mystery series, died April 20, 2020. Fellow writers say she had been fighting cancer. Connolly… Read more »
His Bride For the Taking by Tessa Dare
His Bride for the Taking by Tessa Dare Genres: Historical Romance Pages: 89 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Also by this author: When a Scot Ties the Knot, The Duchess Deal, Once Upon a Winter’s Eve, How the Dukes Stole… April 24, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 3 ★★★
Watson on the Orient Express (Elliott & Veley)
Watson on the Orient Express by Anna Elliott, Charles Veley Published by Wilton Press on April 6, 2020 Genres: Historical Mystery Pages: 203 Format: eARC, Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Last Moriarty A… April 23, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★½
Book Titles That Would Make Great Band Names
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 Book Titles That Would Make Good Band Names. I chose these from among the books I’ve read in the last few years…. Read more »
Sunday Post, 4/19/2020
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 I’ve actually left the house twice this week — my first ventures out in… Read more »
News & Notes – Coronavirus Edition, Week 6 (4/18/2020)
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 Print Unit Sales Up 2.9% in Early April (Publishers Weekly) As the Pandemic Rages, Reedpop Looks Toward 2021 after canceling BookExpo, BookCon, and Unbound…. Read more »
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome Illustrator: Helene Carter Series: Swallows & Amazons #1 Published by J. B. Lippincott on 1958 (first published 1930) Genres: MG Books Pages: 343 Format: Hardcover, Kindle or ebook Source: my personal collection Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to… April 16, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 1 ★★★★
Happy Easter! (Sunday Post, 4/12/2020)
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 Easter! It has been the strangest Holy Week I can remember. Instead of attending Mass… Read more »