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 Goodreads rolls out new Rereading feature. I’ve been waiting for this since I first joined Goodreads. I’m so excited! Bookstore sales rose 2.5% in… Read more »
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2016 Reading Challenge Lark of The Bookwyrm’s Hoard has completed her goal of reading 180 books in 2016! hide 234 of 180 (100%) view books I smashed my Goodreads Reading Challenge goal, reaching 180 books a whole three-and-a-half months early and finishing with a total of 235 books. Granted,… 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. In Memoriam: Carrie Fisher Carrie Fisher, who was best known for her iconic portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, died Dec. 27 after suffering… 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 Penguin Random House Gave Away 100K Books in Three Days as part of its #GiveaBook campaign. (GalleyCat) The Goodreads Choice Awards were announced. The… Read more »
The Backlist Reader Challenge (#BacklistReader) is a year-long challenge hosted by The Bookwyrm’s Hoard. It’s for all those older books that have been piling up on your TBR pile and list — not just the ones you own, but the ones you’ve been wanting to read for a while. My Goals I’m setting my goal at 24… Read more »
Got a Goodreads “to-read” list a mile long? Have you been reading so many new books that you don’t have time to get to the older titles on your want-to-read list? That’s what happened to me, so I came up with The Backlist Reader Challenge. The Backlist Reader Challenge (#BacklistReader)… Read more »
The HoHoHo RAT is underway! I hope you’re enjoying all the holiday books you’ve picked out for the read-a-thon. And if you haven’t signed up yet, what are you waiting for? Since I like looking at holiday-themed book covers almost as much as I like reading them, I decided to challenge… Read more »
The HoHoHo Read-A-Thon starts in three weeks! Well, just over three weeks, but close enough. It’s time to sign up and start thinking about what I’m going to read. I know I’m going to be pretty busy with both work and choruses that week, so my goal is to read… Read more »
The Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon is exactly what it sounds like: a challenge to read books from your TBR pile, whether that pile is physical or virtual. ARCs, audiobooks, paperbacks—they all count. About the Read-a-thon From Monday, September 12th, to Monday, September 26th, wrap-up on the 27th Sign up in… Read more »
The Make Me Read It Read-A-Thon is hosted by Ely @ Tea and Titles and Val @ The Innocent Smiley and runs July 9-16, 2016 I’m joining the Make Me Read It Read-A-Thon! Basically, this is a readathon where you, gentle reader, get to choose what I will read. So how does this work? Look… Read more »
