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 My Favorite Books I Read in 2019. As usual, I had a hard time keeping it down to ten! These are not in… Read more »
The RWA debacle
The romance world is up in arms over RWA’s secretive (and inappropriate) handling of ethics complaints against Courtney Milan. The complaints were lodged by several author/editors whom Milan had called out for racism. RWA responded by Requesting that Milan resign from her position as chair of the Ethics Committee, rather… Read more »
2019 Is Almost Over! (Sunday Post – 12/29/2019)
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 hope you have had a wonderful Christmas, Hanukkah, Yule, or whatever holiday you… Read more »
How the Dukes Stole Christmas (Tessa Dare, Sarah MacLean, Sophie Jordan, and Joanna Shupe)
How the Dukes Stole Christmas by Joanna Shupe, Sarah MacLean, Sophie Jordan, Tessa Dare Published by Avon on September 24, 2019 Genres: Christmas, Historical Romance Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The… December 28, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 1 ★★★★
News & Notes – 12/28/2019
Literary Losses Johanna Lindsey, the bestselling romance novelist whose career spanned more than four decades and over 50 books, died Oct. 27, 2019, of complications of lung cancer. According to the New York Times, her family was “too devastated” to announcer her death publicly until Monday (Dec. 23.) Lindsey wrote… Read more »
Death with Dostoevsky by Katherine Bolger Hyde
Death with Dostoevsky by Katherine Bolger Hyde Series: Crime with the Classics #4 Published by Severn House Publishers Ltd on October 1, 2019 Genres: Cozy Mystery Pages: 288 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series:… December 27, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 1 ★★★★
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie Series: Poirot #20 Published by William Morrow on December 15, 2003 (first published December 19, 1938) Genres: British mystery, Christmas Pages: 272 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: my personal collection Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also… December 26, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★½
Books I Hope To Find Under My Tree (2019)
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. Books on my wish list I put very few books on my wish list this year, and only a few… Read more »
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Sunday Post – 12/22/2019 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 can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas! Mr. Bookwyrm and I… Read more »
The Backlist Reader Challenge 2020: Rules & Sign-up
The 2020 Challenge ends December 31, 2020, at midnight in your time zone. Click here to sign up for the 2021 Backlist Reader Challenge. The Backlist Reader Challenge 2020 Last year’s challenge was so successful — over 430 reviews! — that I decided to run it again this year. The… Read more »