The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimba, 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 Thank goodness it’s a little bit cooler than last weekend! Mr. Bookwyrm and I… Read more »
News & Notes – 7/27/2019
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Yuval Noah Harari admits approving censored Russian translation of Sapiens in order to get the book past Russian censors. Censorship in Russia is… Read more »
The Vanishing Man by Charles Finch
The Vanishing Man by Charles Finch Series: Charles Lenox #0.2 Published by Minotaur Books on Feb. 19, 2019 Genres: Historical Mystery Pages: 304 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: An Old Betrayal, The Laws… July 26, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 11 ★★★★★
The Omnivore’s Hundred tag
I saw this tag on Book-Wyrm-Knits and thought it looked like fun. The original tag was posted by a blog called Very Good Taste, which is no longer online. To quote Nicole’s post, “The tag is the Omnivore’s Hundred, a foodie tag where you take a list of 100… Read more »
Sunday Post – 7/21/2019
The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimba, 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 Wow, it’s hot! It’s 97° F here, and headed toward 100°—and the humidity makes… Read more »
News & Notes – 7/20/2019
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News #BookstoresAgainstBorders Raises $30,000 and Counting (Publishers Weekly) Audible’s Captions Program Stirs Fears, Frustration Among Publishers (Publishers Weekly) Worth Reading/Viewing YA For Changing Times… Read more »
The Seekers (a Krewe of Hunters book by Heather Graham)
The Seekers by Heather Graham Series: Krewe of Hunters #28 Published by Harlequin MIRA on July 23, 2019 Genres: Paranormal romantic suspense Pages: 384 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Phantom Evil, The Hidden,… July 18, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★½
My Top Ten Auto-Buy Authors
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. My auto-buying habits have changed a lot in the past 5 or 6 years. I read more library… Read more »
Sunday Post – 7/14/2019
The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimba, 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 Tour de Fleece is going fairly well. I’ve managed to maintain my goal of… Read more »
POC actors in “white” roles? Whyever not?
This week saw exciting casting announcements for two projects I’ve been looking forward to: Disney’s live-action Little Mermaid remake, and the adaptation of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series. Both shows cast Black actors* in lead roles: 19-year-old Halle Bailey (of R&B duo Chloe x Halle) as Ariel, and a number of actors in… Read more »