News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff. Literary Losses James Gunn, science fiction author, editor, and SFWA Grand Master, died on December 23, 2020 at the age of 97. Gunn wrote several novels… Read more »
Worth Reading/Viewing The Evolution of the English Village Mystery, After the Golden Age (Deborah Crombie, CrimeReads) “Libraries are Not the Enemy:” A Guest Post from Wendy the SuperLibrarian on the Macmillan eBook Embargo (Smart Bitches, Trashy Books blog) The hunt for Shakespeare’s library: ‘I couldn’t stop looking if I wanted… Read more »
Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn Series: Rokesbys #1 Published by Avon on March 29, 2016 Genres: Historical Romance Pages: 384 Format: ARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy Sometimes you find love in the most… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Things I Love/Hate About Romance in Books. Wait, you want me to keep this down to a mere ten? You’ve got to be kidding me! OK, here are some of… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Things to Read When You Need Something Light and Fun. Of course, “light” and “fun” are both wide open to interpretation. To me, “light” usually implies some degree of… Read more »
Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn Series: Bridgertons #4 Genres: Historical Romance Also by this author: The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy, Because of Miss Bridgerton I’ve recently finished rereading Romancing Mister Bridgerton, a delightful, laugh-out-loud confection of a novel. It’s the fourth in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, and my… Read more »
