Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Characters That Would Have Sat at My Lunch Table. I wasn’t terribly popular in elementary and middle school; I was bookish and introverted and not very athletic. I spent… Read more »
Tag: Harry Potter
Awesome Book Cakes
Cakes have gone way beyond the simple round, two-layer frosted cake we all associate with birthdays. These days, cake-making has become an art, and cake-makers vie to create the most beautiful or astounding cakes. A fair number of them are inspired by books. There are children’s book cakes: Alice in… Read more »
News & Notes – 8/02/14
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: News Corp, HarperCollins Complete Purchase of Harlequin. Harlequin will operate as a subsidiary of… Read more »
News & Notes – 7/12/14
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: The Amazon-Hachette dispute continues to escalate. Here’s a slightly pro-Amazon take (GigaOm) and a… Read more »
J. K. Rowling offers new short piece on Harry Potter
Rita Skeeter covers the appearance of Harry Potter and other DA members at the Quidditch World Cup. Writing for the Daily Prophet with her usual mix of sensationalism and snide innuendo, Skeeter uses Potter, Weasley, and Granger’s attendance at the World Cup to pass along news and gossip about the… Read more »
News & Notes – 4/26/14
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: Poe statue to be unveiled in Boston in October (Boston Magazine) Apple trial remains… Read more »
News & Notes – 4/19/14
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: The 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced on Monday. Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch is… Read more »
Bookish Stuff I’d Love to Own
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Bookish Things (That Aren’t Books) That I’d Like to Own. So I’m not exactly lusting after all of these, but I would really like to own them (not necessarily… Read more »
News & Notes – 3/15/14
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: Amazon raises the price of Prime to $99 per year. According to the email… Read more »
New & Notes – 2/08/14
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: Ms. Rowling… You’re kidding, right? J. K. Rowling regrets pairing Hermione and Ron. The… Read more »