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 an uneventful week. We took down the scene, Christmas tree, and decorations… Read more »
News & Notes – 1/25/2020
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Courtney Milan sent RWA a letter formally ” offering to settle all claims it holds against [her] in exchange for complete transparency.” It’s brilliant…. Read more »
Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis
Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis Series: Wildstone #4 Published by William Morrow on January 21, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Romance Pages: 384 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Lost and Found Sisters, The Good… January 22, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 3 ★★★★½
The Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelves
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 The Ten Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelf. Physical books In order of acquisition, from most recent to earliest (as well as… Read more »
Sunday Post – 1/19/2020
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 It’s been another catch-up week, with no work project. I had a doctor’s appointment… Read more »
News & Notes – 1/18/2020
Literary Losses The fantasy world is mourning the death of Christopher Tolkien, son of J. R. R. Tolkien and steward of Tolkien’s literary legacy. Christopher died on January 15, 2020, at the age of 95. I published a brief tribute yesterday, with links to a number of obituaries and tributes…. Read more »
Farewell, Christopher Tolkien
The fantasy world is mourning the death of Christopher Tolkien, son of J. R. R. Tolkien and steward of Tolkien’s literary legacy. Christopher died on January 15, 2020, at the age of 95. His death was announced by the Tolkien Society and confirmed by his brother-in-law, Daniel Klass. Following his… Read more »
My Most Anticipated Book Releases for January–June 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 was originally a Top Ten Tuesday post for last week (Jan. 7), but I missed the TTT date due to a combination of circumstances (a… Read more »
Sunday Post – 1/12/2020
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! Last Week We flew home from New Mexico on Monday. Mr. Bookwyrm is back at work,… Read more »
News & Notes – 1/11/2020
Literary Losses Science fiction author Mike Resnick died Jan. 9, 2020, from lymphoma. He was 77. His daughter, the fantasy author Laura Resnick, announced the death on social media. Resnick’s short fiction won many awards, including multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards; his best-known novella is probably Seven Views of Olduvai… Read more »