Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books I’d Love to See as Movies/TV Shows. There are quite a few fantasy and science fiction books/series that I think should be made into films or TV shows –… Read more »
Tag: Pern
News & Notes – 3/07/15
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Harper Lee tells persistent journalist to “Go away!” (Huffington Post) Children’s and YA Authors protest against the gendering of books. GalleyCat has a fairly… 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 »
Dragonholder (a biography of Anne McCaffrey)
Dragonholder by Todd McCaffrey Published by Open Road Media on December 23rd 2014 Genres: Biography & Autobiography Pages: 128 Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads An enthralling biography of one of the most luminous shining stars of fantasy and science fiction, world builder and dragon master Anne McCaffrey, written by… Read more »
Top Ten Places Books Make Me Want to Visit
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Places Books Have Made Me Want to Visit. I’m going to limit this to places I haven’t been yet, which means that some real places – England and Wales generally,… Read more »
Top Ten Characters That Would Have Sat at My Lunch Table
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 »
Frame-worthy Cover Art
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Book Covers I Would Frame as Pieces of Art. I have a feeling today’s Top Ten Tuesday posts are going to be heavy on YA covers, many of which… Read more »
Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern (review)
Description: When Anne McCaffrey passed in November 2011, it was not only those closest to her who mourned her death; legions of readers also felt the loss deeply. The pioneering science fiction author behind the Dragonriders of Pern® series crafted intricate stories, enthralling worlds, and strong heroines that profoundly… Read more »
In the Dragon’s Eye: Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern
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 add to the hoard. Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern, edited by Todd McCaffrey, is coming out on August 6, 2013, from Smart… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite SF/Fantasy Worlds
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is free choice. I decided to share my Top Ten Favorite SF/Fantasy Worlds. The wizarding world of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. OK, I could do without Voldemort and the Death Eaters,… Read more »