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When I heard that the BBC had produced a dramatic radio adaption of The Dark Is Rising, Susan Cooper’s best-known and perhaps best-loved children’s novel, I was over the moon. I have loved The Dark is Rising and its eponymous series since I first read the books in my late… January 18, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Narrator: Barbara Rosenblatt, John Franklyn-Robbins Published by Recorded Books on 3/06/2017 Genres: Memoir Pages: 97 Format: Audiobook Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository | Bookshop | Audible Add to Goodreads When Helene Hanff makes an innocent inquiry about the possibility of purchasing hard-to-find books… August 24, 2022 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★★★
The Anatomist’s Wife by Anna Lee Huber Series: Lady Darby #1 Published by Tantor Media on September 8, 2014 Genres: Historical Mystery Format: Audiobook Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: A Perilous Perspective Also by this author: A Perilous… August 9, 2021 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 ★★★★
The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse Narrator: Jonathan Cecil Series: Jeeves #7 Published by AudioGO on May 1, 2012 (originally published 1938) Genres: Fiction, Humor Format: Audiobook Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Audible Add to Goodreads “To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some… July 22, 2021 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 ★★★★½
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff. Bookish News ‘We cannot survive’: New York’s Strand bookstore appeals for help (The Guardian). Waterstones and Barnes & Noble CEO warns holiday sales are essential for… Read more »
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Narrator: Jim Dale on September 13, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy Format: Audiobook Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was… November 5, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 ★★★★★
Lingo by Gaston Dorren Published by Audible Studios on Dec. 1, 2015 (Audible); Nov. 1, 2014 (hardcover) Genres: Nonfiction Format: Audiobook Source: my personal collection Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Welcome to Europe as you’ve never known it before, seen through… July 20, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★★
It’s been a while since the last News & Notes, so I have more than usual for you today! Bookish News Translation Pays Off for Amazon, whose Amazon Crossing imprint has become “the most prolific publisher of translated literature in the U.S.” (Publishers Weekly) Sandler, Krasznahorkai, Sze, Broom, Choi Win… Read more »
The Last Moriarty by Charles Veley Narrator: Edward Petherbridge Series: Sherlock Holmes & Lucy James #1 Published by self-published on April 1, 2016 Genres: Historical Mystery Format: Audiobook Source: my personal collection Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Also by this author:… November 21, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 3 ★★★★
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