Waiting on Wednesday (WoW) is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson Patricia Briggs 9780425265000, Hardcover, Pub. Date: September 2, 2014 A collection of all-new and previously published short stories featuring Mercy Thompson, “one of the best heroines in the urban fantasy genre today” (Fiction Vixen … Continue reading Waiting on Wednesday: Shifting Shadows by Patricia Briggs
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Happy Day After May Day
I posted this picture yesterday on Facebook for May Day because I'm a children's book fanatic: And then The Bloggess made my life SO much better by linking to this picture instead: Click on the link to see the rest of the "Classic Children's Books Written for Adults".
Talk Nerdy to Me
This is the most adorable, awkward, nerdy, empowering parody music video ever. I already loved the original song - Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty" - but this brings it to a whole new level, because clearly, what the original was missing was books.
Book Review: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
What I love most about Holly Black as a writer is that she makes it seem so easy to completely explode apart a genre with her own unique take.
Happy Earth Day!
Waiting on Wednesday: What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman
Waiting on Wednesday (WoW) is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman 9780804137607, Three Rivers Press, Paperback, $14.99, Pub. Date: May 20, 2014 Kristin Newman spent her 20s and 30s dealing with the stresses of her high-pressure job as a television comedy writer, … Continue reading Waiting on Wednesday: What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman
Waiting on Wednesday: Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick
Waiting on Wednesday (WoW) is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. Otherwise Engaged, Ladies of Lantern Street #3 by Amanda Quick 9780399165146, Penguin Putnam, Hardcover, $26.95, Pub. Date: April 22, 2014 Miss Amity Doncaster, world traveler, is accustomed to adventure and risk. Benedict Stanbridge, a man of science and a spy for the … Continue reading Waiting on Wednesday: Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick
Waiting on Wednesday: The Collector by Nora Roberts
Waiting on Wednesday (WoW) is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. The Collector by Nora Roberts 9780399171086, Penguin Putnam, Hardcover, $27.95, Pub. Date: April 15, 2014 When professional house-sitter Lila Emerson witnesses a murder/suicide from her current apartment-sitting job, life as she knows it takes a dramatic turn. Suddenly, the woman … Continue reading Waiting on Wednesday: The Collector by Nora Roberts
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten “Gateway” Books/Authors In My Reading Journey
The Broke and the Bookish, a brilliant book blog, hosts a weekly top ten list meme. I like this meme because I like lists. I like this meme because it reminds me of the Top 5 lists from High Fidelity (by Nick Hornby as a book, starring John Cusak as a movie). And I like this … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten “Gateway” Books/Authors In My Reading Journey
Book Review: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter ISBN: 9780061928123 (Hardcover | Published June 12, 2012 | Harper) I'm in an informal book club with a group of lovely women my friend Jaime (a landscape architect) brought together. We came together to celebrate Jaime's birthday, and in a very natural way throughout the course of the evening, we decided … Continue reading Book Review: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
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