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 »
Fact and fiction: Never the twain shall meet? — Part 1
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 »
Bookwyrm Alphabeticals: A
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 »
Sunday Post – 11/18/2018
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 a pretty good week, other than a cold that hit mid-week. I’m… Read more »
News & Notes – 11/17/2018
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 Amazon’s Grand Search For 2nd Headquarters Ends With Split: NYC And D.C. Suburb (NPR; NBC also takes a look) The 2018 National Book… Read more »
R.I.P, William Goldman
R.I.P, William Goldman—and thanks for the memories The author and screenwriter William Goldman has died at the age of 87. Goldman is best known for writing the The Princess Bride, which he subsequently turned into a screenplay; the movie has moved beyond cult-classic status to become a cultural icon. Goldman’s first screenplay was… Read more »
WIP Wednesday – 11/14/2018
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 Since my last WIP Wednesday post (10/24), I finished skeining the Bambino “Duckle Daisy” yarn, but since I haven’t washed it yet, I… Read more »
Bookish Items On My Wish List
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 Bookish Items/Merch I’d Like to Own. When it comes to spending money and finding space for more stuff, I’d usually… Read more »
Echoes of Evil by Heather Graham
Echoes of Evil by Heather Graham Series: Krewe of Hunters #26 Published by Harlequin MIRA on Sept. 18, 2018 Genres: Paranormal romantic suspense Pages: 329 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Phantom Evil, The… November 12, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 12 ★★½
Veterans Day and Remembrance Day: Sunday Post, 11/11/2018
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 Veteran’s Day here in the US, Remembrance Day in the UK and Commonwealth… Read more »