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12 for 2012: The Best Dozen Books of My Year
It’s surprisingly difficult to decide which books were the absolute best from the year. Not so much the first few, those were kind of easy. But when it gets down to the last three or four, that’s where the nail-biting … Continue reading
Posted in best book lists
Tagged Andrea Kane, book reviews, books and reading, contemporary romance, Diana Gabaldon, fantasy, Gay Hendricks, historical fiction, Jane Kindred, Jim Butcher, John A. Heldt, L.E. Modesitt Jr., Louise Penny, Michelle Sagara, mystery, Nicci French, paranormal romance, Ruthie Knox, Tamara Hogan, time travel romance, Tinker Lindsay, urban fantasy
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A Labor of Love: Picking the Best Ebook Romances of 2012
It looks like an annual tradition. Well, I’ve done it two years in a row, so I’m hopeful. One of the pleasures of being a book reviewer and a librarian is that I review ebooks for Library Journal, one of … Continue reading
Ebook Review Central, Samhain Publishing, August 2012
We return, not to the thrilling days of yesteryear, but to the August 2012 titles from Samhain Publishing. And readers did find some of the titles pretty thrilling, at least according to the reviews. Others, not so much. Let’s not … Continue reading
Ebook Review Central, Carina Press, July 2012
The July 2012 Carina Press titles, at least when it comes to which ones got the most reviews, could definitely be said to owe something to the “Fifty Shades” effect. The hottest books — in the erotic sense — were … Continue reading
Ebook Review Central, Hexapub, June 2012
This is the Creepy Crawly edition of Ebook Review Central. Why Creepy Crawly? Six publishers, six legs. Spider-post. (Yes, we saw Spider-Man last week. Not bad, not bad at all.) But we’re talking publishers, and not necessarily superheroes, although there … Continue reading
Posted in Ebook Review Central, ebooks
Tagged Amber Quill Press, Astraea Press, book reviews, Cat Grant, Curiosity Quills, erotic romance, Heather Massey, Liquid Silver Books, M/M romance, mystery, Rachel Haimowitz, Red Sage Publishing, Riptide Publishing, Sherlock Holmes, steampunk, T.D. McKinney, Terry Wylis
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ARCs, Stacks and Hauls
“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.” The quote is from Desiderius Erasmus. How totally appropriate, but also one I’ve lived by long before I knew it existed. … Continue reading
Posted in Advance Reading Copies, ARCs, books
Tagged Advance Reading Copies, ARCs, book reviews, books and reading, collection development, ebooks, Edelweiss, NetGalley
Armchair BEA: Interview and Introduction
This is BEA week. Who or what is BEA you might ask? BEA is Book Expo America, the show where book people do business. And it’s usually in New York in early June. It certainly is this year, although there … Continue reading
Posted in About, Armchair BEA, BEA, BookExpo America
Tagged blog tours, blogging, book reviews, books, books and reading, TBR
