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Monthly Archives: December 2011
New Year’s Resolutions of the Bookish Kind
Other people have a TBR pile. Ereaders don’t really lend themselves to that. I suppose you could say I have a TBR bitstream, but it doesn’t really mean the same thing. Or stack the same way. I really have two … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, books
Tagged book reviews, books and reading, NetGalley, personal libraries, TBR
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12 for 2012: My most anticipated books in 2012
It’s very difficult to figure out what books I’m looking forward to most in 2012. I mean when I started to look at lists, I realized that most of what I was anticipating were the next books in series, or … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, books, ebooks
Tagged Alex Grecian, Amanda Quick, book reviews, books, books and reading, C.S. Harris, Dana Stabenow, fantasy, forthcoming books, historical fiction, historical romance, J. D. Robb, Jayne Ann Krentz, Jean Johnson, John Scalzi, Lindsey Davis, mystery, Nalini Singh, paranormal, romance, science fiction, science fiction romance, Sharon Lee, Simon R. Green, Steve Miller, TBR, upcoming releases, urban fantasy
11 for 2011: Best reads of the year
2011 is coming to a close. It’s time to pause and reflect on the year that is ending. There’s a lovely quote from Garrison Keillor, “A book is a present that you can open again and again.” There’s a corollary … Continue reading
Posted in best book lists, book reviews, books, ebooks
Tagged best books, book reviews, books, books and reading, David Chandler, Diane Duane, ebooks, Ernest Cline, fantasy, genre fiction, Inez Kelley, Jim Butcher, Jo Anderton, Julie Kagawa, Laurie R. King, Lia Habel, Louise Penny, Michelle Sagara, mystery, Nina Croft, paranormal, science fiction, science fiction romance, TBR, urban fantasy, vampires
Beauty Dates the Beast
I’ll be honest. I read Beauty Dates the Beast for pure fun. And it absolutely totally was. Pure fun. In the middle of moving it was exactly what I was looking for. Jessica Sims’ Beauty Dates the Beast is about … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews
Tagged B Reviews, Jessica Sims, paranormal, romance
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No Proper Lady
No Proper Lady by Isabel Cooper appeared on a number of “best romance of 2011″ lists, including Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and RT Book Reviews Seal of Excellence and Finalist for Best Book of the Year. It had been on my TBR … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews
Tagged A Reviews, H.G. Wells, Isabel Cooper, romance, Sheri S. Tepper, The Time Machine, time travel romance
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Ebook Review Central for Dreamspinner Press for November 2011
Happy Boxing Day to those in the UK, Canada, NZ and Australia! For the rest of us, happy Monday. And welcome to the post-Christmas edition of Ebook Review Central, where it’s still November, and it’s time to look at Dreamspinner … Continue reading
Posted in Ebook Review Central, ebooks
Tagged book reviews, collection development, Dreamspinner Press, ebooks, M/M romance, romance
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What’s on my (mostly virtual) nightstand? Christmas 2011
It’s Christmas. We just demolished a turkey boob. There’s just the two of us humans plus the cats, so we only get a turkey breast. A whole turkey would be too much. Somewhere along the way, I started calling it … Continue reading
Posted in Virtual Nightstand
Tagged book reviews, books, books and reading, ebooks, fantasy, historical romance, mystery, paranormal, science fiction romance
