This week’s links include: more on the Hugo Awards controversy; OpenAI lawsuits; Balzer + Bray moves to MacMillan; fantasy and romantasy explained; GenZ turns to physical books & libraries; diversity in romance; book banning (again); a fiction piece about a fearsome giant snail; a fantastic review of Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell mystery series; and more.
The Gorgon Agenda by Lisa Shearin Series: SPI Files #8 on January 24, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Fantasy, Urban Fantasy Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the author Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Audible Add to Goodreads A planet-killing weapon, sinister sisters, and immortal monsters. All in a day’s work for the… January 25, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★★½
Scales and Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis Series: Regency Dragons #1 Published by Five Fathoms Press on October 4, 2021 Genres: Historical Fantasy Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the author Purchase: Amazon | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Kat, Incorrigible, Masks and Shadows, The Dragon with a Chocolate… October 4, 2021 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 ★★★★★
Merlin and the Dragons by Jane Yolen Illustrator: Li Ming Published by Dutton on September 1, 1995 Genres: Picture Books Format: Hardcover Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads One dark night young King Arthur goes to the old magician, Merlin, and… February 5, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★★½
Bookish News Lost chapter of world’s first novel [The Tale of Genji] found in Japanese storeroom (The Guardian) The Tiptree Award has been renamed the Otherwise Award after controversy over naming the award for James Tiptree Jr./Alice Shelton. Prior winners of the Tiptree Award may use either appellation. (Locus Magazine)… Read more »
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron Series: Heartstrikers #1 Published by self-published Genres: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy Format: Kindle or ebook Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads As the smallest dragon in the Heartstriker clan, Julius survives by a simple code:… December 3, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 11 ★★★★½
An updated version of this post is now a separate page, which you can see here. As anyone who looks at my logo can tell, I love dragons! That said, I haven’t read all the books on this list (not even close), so I can’t vouch for the… 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 ‘It Just Felt Very Wrong’: Sherman Alexie’s Accusers Go On The Record (NPR) In a follow-up report, Alexie has declined the Carnegie medal… Read more »
The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart on May 30, 2017 Pages: 256 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Aventurine is a brave young dragon ready to explore the world outside of her family’s mountain cave . . . if only they’d let her leave it. Her family thinks she’s too young… May 31, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 6 ★★★★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 Book News The ALA announced the Top Ten Challenged Books of 2016. They include several books challenged because they feature LGBT characters (including two books about transgender… Read more »
