The Vanishing Man by Charles Finch

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 Book Reviews 11 ★★★★★

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The Omnivore’s Hundred tag

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 »

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Sunday Post – 7/21/2019

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 »

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News & Notes – 7/20/2019

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 »

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My Top Ten Auto-Buy Authors

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 »

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Sunday Post – 7/14/2019

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 »

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POC actors in “white” roles? Whyever not?

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 »

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Tour de Fleece, Week 1 (WIP Wednesday, 7/10/2019)

Tour de Fleece, Week 1 (WIP Wednesday, 7/10/2019)

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 It’s day five of Tour de Fleece, the online spin-along event where spinners (of fiber) challenge themselves to spin along with the cyclists… Read more »

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