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 »
The Unholy by Heather Graham
The Unholy by Heather Graham Series: Krewe of Hunters #6 Published by Harlequin MIRA on June 26, 2012 Genres: Paranormal romantic suspense Pages: 366 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Phantom Evil,… December 16, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★½
10 Days ’til Christmas! — Sunday Post, 12/15/2019
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’m in Utah, visiting my dad and stepmom. Mr. Bookwyrm had to stay home… Read more »
News & Notes – 12/14/2019
Bookish News Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2019 is singular “they.” (Merriam-Webster) Worth Reading/Viewing ‘I thought you’d like to read this’: the etiquette of gifting books (Elle Hunt, The Guardian) Romance Is a Billion-Dollar Literary Industry. So Why Is It Still So Overlooked? (Samantha Leach, Glamour) Space aging: where… Read more »
Sunday Post – 12/08/2019
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 We decorated the tree and put up the scene this week, beginning last Sunday…. Read more »