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 Unknown John Donne manuscript discovered in Suffolk (The Guardian) Linda Fairstein: literary group rescinds honor over role in Central Park Five case (The… Read more »
Closer to the Chest by Mercedes Lackey Series: Herald Spy #3 Published by DAW Books on Oct. 4, 2016 Genres: Fantasy Pages: 381 Format: eARC, Hardcover Source: the library, the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Closer to… November 30, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 ★★★½
The Backlist Reader Challenge 2019 The Backlist Reader Challenge (#BacklistReader) encourages you to read all those older books that have been piling up on your TBR pile or list—not just the books you already own, but also the books you’ve wanted to read for a long time but haven’t gotten around to yet…. Read more »
I’ve been doing really badly with challenges this year, but I’m going to give COYER another try this winter, because I really do enjoy the community and camaraderie that Michelle and Berls create/foster around this challenge. Besides, I have (cough) plenty of review copies I need to read and review!… Read more »
Nonfiction November is hosted by Katie at Doing Dewey, Julie at Julz Reads, Sarah at Sarah’s Bookshelves, and Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness, and Rennie at What’s Nonfiction? Last week’s topic is Reads Like Fiction and is hosted by Rennie at What’s Nonfiction? Nonfiction books often get praised for how they stack up to fiction. Does it matter to… Read more »
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 Last Sunday’s concert went really well! I was really proud of the two choruses… Read more »
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 Bookstore’s Tweet On The Sale Of A Children’s Book After 27 Years Goes Viral (NPR) B&N to Open Up to 15 Stores in… Read more »
Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating it today! I am thankful for all my blog friends and readers! And I’m thankful for books, and for eyes to read them and ears to listen to them, for the education and intelligence to understand them, and for easy access to… Read more »
Nonfiction November is hosted by Katie at Doing Dewey, Julie at Julz Reads, Sarah at Sarah’s Bookshelves, and Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness, and Rennie at What’s Nonfiction? This week’s topic is Reads Like Fiction and is hosted by Rennie at What’s Nonfiction? Nonfiction books often get praised for how they stack up to fiction. Does it matter to… Read more »
The Alphabetical tag/meme was created by Alex over at The Paperback Piano. I first came across it on Book-Wyrm-Knits, one of my favorite blogs. The rules are simple: Credit Alex for the idea, and link back Post your favourite authors, books and characters (ABCs) for a particular letter of the alphabet Post at… Read more »
