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 Locus Award winners were announced at the Locus Awards Weekend (July 22-24). Best SF Novel went to John Scalzi’s The Collapsing Empire, Best Fantasy… Read more »
Happy Father’s Day! (Sunday Post – 6/17/2018)
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 The ants appear to be deterred from entering the inside of the house, though… Read more »
News & Notes – 06/16/2018
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Worth Reading/Viewing BookExpo and BookCon 2018: Authors Explore the Multiplicities of Diversity (Publishers Weekly) BookExpo 2018: Reaching the Romance Reader (Shelf Awareness) A BookExpo panel… Read more »
The Cottages on Silver Beach (RaeAnne Thayne)
The Cottages on Silver Beach by RaeAnne Thayne Series: Haven Point #8 Published by HQN Books Genres: Contemporary Romance, Western Romance Pages: 384 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Snow Angel Cove, Redemption Bay, Evergreen Springs,… Read more »
Books That Make Me Want to Travel
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 Books That Awaken the Travel Bug in Me. Lots of books make me want to travel — often to places… Read more »
COYER Summer Birthday Bash – My Goals
The COYER Big Summer Birthday Bash has started! COYER stands for “Clean Out Your E-Reader,” but for a while now, the summer COYER event has allowed print and audiobooks in addition to ebooks. The challenge is sponsored by Michelle and Berls of Because Reading Is Better Than Real Life. This… Read more »
Sunday Post – 6/10/2018
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 Last Sunday’s Haydn concert went very well. I’m so blessed to be able to… Read more »
News & Notes – 6/09/2018
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 Bill Gates gives a book to every US student graduating [college] in 2018. Well, an ebook. Specifically, Hans Roslings Factfulness: Ten Reasons Why… Read more »
In the Dragon’s Eye: June 2018 New Releases
June Books I Can’t Wait to Read Island of the Mad by Laurie R. King (June 12) Last year’s The Murder of Mary Russell dropped a bombshell on my understanding of one character and on other characters’ relationships to that person. I’m excited to see how (and if) they are coping… Read more »
Sunday Post – 6/03/2018
The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimberly, 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 had a lovely time at my college reunion last weekend! (Other than the… Read more »