Closer to the Chest by Mercedes Lackey Series: Herald Spy #3 Published by DAW Books on Oct. 4, 2016 Genres: Fantasy Pages: 381 Format: eARC, Hardcover Source: the library, the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Kobo Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Closer to… November 30, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 ★★★½
Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning and bestselling author of science fiction and fantasy, died Monday at the age of 88. LeGuin is best known for The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, The Lathe of Heaven, and her EarthSea Cycle, beginning with A Wizard of EarthSea, but she also wrote short stories, poetry, children’s books… Read more »
Snowspelled Series: The Harwood Spellbook #1 on September 4, 2017 Pages: 166 Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop Add to Goodreads In nineteenth-century Angland, magic is reserved for gentlemen while ladies attend to the more practical business of politics. But Cassandra Harwood has never followed the rules… Four months ago, Cassandra Harwood… September 14, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 10 ★★★★½
Women dominated the Hugos this year, winning all the fiction categories as well as graphic story and best related work. At least four of them are women of color, making this year’s Hugo Awards a resounding YES to diversity in science fiction and fantasy. N. K. Jemisin won Best Novel for… 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 Michiko Kakutani, Chief ‘Times’ Book Critic, Steps Down After Nearly 4 Decades (NPR Books) ‘Sensational’ lost play by Peter Pan author JM Barrie published… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is 10 Books From X Genre That I’ve Recently Added To My TBR List. Rather than pick the ten books most recently added to my TBR list*, I picked the titles added… Read more »
The Redemption of Althalus on December 2000 (first hardcover edition) Pages: 742 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads It would be sheer folly to try to conceal the true nature of Althalus, for his flaws are the stuff of legend. He is, as all men know, a thief, a liar, an… May 18, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★½
Shades of Milk and Honey Series: Glamourist Histories #1 on August 3, 2010 Pages: 304 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Shades of Milk and Honey, Without a Summer Shades of Milk and Honey is an intimate portrait of Jane Ellsworth, a woman ahead of her time in a… 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 YA Authors Get Out the Vote with #firstvote16 (Publishers Weekly) The National Book Foundation announced its 2016 “5 Under 35” honorees. And the LA Times interviewed… Read more »
In the Dragon’s Eye is where I share the books I’ve got my acquisitive eye on: the ones I’m really excited about and hope to read and perhaps add to the hoard. I also link to “Waiting On” Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Cover links take you… Read more »
