For white and other non-black readers, one place to start the work of anti-racism in our own lives is by reading and supporting black authors (and other authors of color, but because of current events, right now the focus is on black authors.) Reading more diversely helps us see the… Read more »
Death with Dostoevsky by Katherine Bolger Hyde Series: Crime with the Classics #4 Published by Severn House Publishers Ltd on October 1, 2019 Genres: Cozy Mystery Pages: 288 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this… December 27, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 1 ★★★★
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie Series: Poirot #20 Published by William Morrow on December 15, 2003 (first published December 19, 1938) Genres: British mystery, Christmas Pages: 272 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: my personal collection Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads… December 26, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★½
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 »
Read and Buried by Eva Gates Series: Lighthouse Library Mystery #6 Published by Crooked Lane Books on October 15, 2019 Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author: By Book or… October 11, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Blog Tours, Book Reviews 4 ★★★★
By Book or By Crook by Eva Gates Series: Lighthouse Library Mystery #1 Published by NAL on February 3, 2015 Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery Pages: 339 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series:… October 10, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 ★★★★
Past Due for Murder by Victoria Gilbert Series: Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #3 Published by Crooked Lane Books on February 12, 2019 Genres: Cozy Mystery Pages: 297 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Shelved Under Murder, A Murder for the Books Also by this… February 18, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Giveaway 6
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Ten Books Set Outside the U.S. I’m expanding beyond traditional and cozy mystery to including a few romantic suspense novels (the Mary Stewarts) and one book that is more fiction, but does have… 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 The Agatha Award Nominees for 2015 have been announced. (Malice Domestic) The Agathas are awarded to the best traditional mysteries (i.e., no explicit sex,… Read more »
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 wants to ship stuff to you BEFORE you buy it. Yes, really. They’ve… Read more »
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