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 Happy birthday to Beverly Cleary, who turned 103 on April 12! (Upworthy) Booksellers Announce First Annual Romance Bookstore Day to take place on August 17,… Read more »
The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope
The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope Published by Houghton Mifflin on 2006 (first published Dec. 1958) Genres: Historical Fiction, YA (Young Adult) Format: Hardcover Source: my personal collection Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Newly orphaned Peggy Grahame is caught off-guard when she first… April 11, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★★½
Outrageous Things I’ve Done for the Love of Books
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 Outrageous Things I’ve Done for the Love of Books. Outrageous Things I’ve Done for the Love of Books I had… Read more »
Sunday Post – 4/07/2019
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! My Week It’s been nice to have the week off from indexing to try to get… Read more »
News & Notes – 4/06/2019: RIP, Vonda McIntyre
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 The 2019 Hugo Award nominations are out, and it’s a strong and blessedly Puppy-free list. And I’ve actually read one of this year’s nominated… Read more »
WIP Wednesday – April 3, 2019
WIP Wednesday (for “Work In Progress”) is a meme where we share our current fibery projects. It was started by Nicole @ Book-Wyrm-Knits, who also reviews books at book-wyrm-reads. Spinning I finished spinning and plying most of the Malabrigo merino in “Whales’ Road.” I still need to soak it to set the… Read more »
Ten Things That Make Me Pick Up a Book
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 Ten Things That Make Me Pick Up a Book. Ten Things That Make Me Pick Up a Book I realized… Read more »
Start Spinning by Maggie Casey
Start Spinning by Maggie Casey Published by Interweave Press on April 1, 2008 Genres: Crafts, Nonfiction Pages: 120 Format: Paperback Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads For knitters, crocheters, and weavers ready to make their own yarn, this handy guide provides detailed… April 1, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★★★
Sunday Post – 3/31/2019
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! My Week I’m back! You may have noticed I didn’t post at all between March 19… Read more »
A Conquest Impossible to Resist (Stephanie Laurens)
A Conquest Impossible to Resist by Stephanie Laurens Series: Cynsters Next Generation #7 Published by self-published on March 14, 2019 Genres: Historical Romance Pages: 435 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Also in this series: By Winter’s Light, The Greatest Challenge… March 28, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★