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.
Tag: Laurie R. King
Locked Rooms Revisited – an expanded review of Laurie R. King’s novel
Locked Rooms Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #8 on June 21, 2005 Pages: 528 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Locked Rooms, Dreaming Spies, The Murder of Mary Russell, Riviera Gold, Mary Russell’s War: And Other Stories of Suspense, The Lantern’s Dance En route to San… August 10, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews, Treasures from the Hoard 2 ★★★★★
News & Notes – 3/25/2017
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 Outrage as Belarus arrests authors, publishers in crackdown. (The Guardian) New bill would let presidents appoint the Register of Copyrights. Currently, that authority rests in the Librarian… Read more »
The Murder of Mary Russell – Review, Excerpt, & Giveaway
The Murder of Mary Russell Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #14 on April 5, 2016 Pages: 384 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Locked Rooms, Dreaming Spies, Locked Rooms, Riviera Gold, Mary Russell’s War: And Other Stories of Suspense, The Lantern’s Dance Laurie R. King’s bestselling… Read more »
In the Dragon’s Eye: The Murder of Mary Russell (King)
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 »
Ten Books/Series to Read If You’re In The Mood For Historical Mystery
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. I tend to read more British mystery than anything else, so this list is weighted heavily in that direction. I’ve also tried to… Read more »
Ten Series To Try If You Love Agatha Christie
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books to Read if You Love/Hate This Super-Popular Book/Author. Agatha Christie is often called the Queen of British mystery. At the very least, she’s one of the grandes dames of classic British… Read more »
My Top Ten Book Heroines
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 »
Dreaming Spies
Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #13 Published by Bantam on February 17th 2015 Genres: British mystery, Historical Mystery Pages: 352 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Locked Rooms, The Murder of Mary Russell, Locked Rooms, Riviera Gold,… Read more »
Top Ten Books on My 2014 Winter TBR List
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books on My Winter To-Be-Read List. I actually made two lists, one of books that are coming out between Dec. 21 and March 21, and one of books that are… Read more »