While our Ten Questions Series takes a summer vacation (don’t worry, it will be back in August!) we’ve decided to run a month of fun giveaways! This week we have a selection of signed books, advances copies and audiobooks we think you’ll love!
Continue reading “July Giveaways Week Three: Signed books, Advanced Copies, and Audiobooks”
Are you in a book club? Do you ever participate in group/buddy reads? Does reading a book with others change your overall perception of the work? I recently read the first two books of Nora Roberts’ The Guardian’s Trilogy, Stars of Fortune and Bay of Sighs, with friends and it made me wonder…
Continue reading “Books and Buddy Reads: Stars of Fortune and Bay of Sighs by Nora Roberts”
While our Ten Questions Series takes a summer vacation (don’t worry, it will be back in August!) we’ve decided to run a month of fun giveaways! Upcoming prizes will include signed books, advanced copies, and other fun surprises from some of our favorite authors including George RR Martin! This week we have a selection of signed books and other goodies we think you’ll love!
Continue reading “July Giveaways Week Two: Signed books by Alyson Richman, Debbie Macomber, and Allison Winn Scotch”
Our weekly Ten Questions Series will be taking a bit of a summer vacation (don’t worry, it will be back in August!) but we didn’t want to leave our Fridays empty this month so we’ve decided to run a month of fun giveaways! Upcoming giveaways will include signed books from Alyson Richman, Allison Winn Scotch, Debbie Macomber, and George RR Martin! As well a host of other surprises. To start things off, we have a selection of signed books we think you’ll love!
Continue reading “July Giveaways Week One: Signed books by Justin Cronin, Karen Kingsbury, and Kristina Douglas”
I vaguely remember reading something, last year maybe, about Paul Dini writing a Batman story based on events that happened to him in real life. It sounded like an interesting premise and I like Paul Dini (who doesn’t) so I thought, yeah I should read that. Then, in testament to my internet overstimulated brain, I promptly forgot all about it. Until a few days ago when Jim hands me Dark Night. I took a quick look at the cover and was like “ooooh a Paul Dini Batman story? Awesome!” “Um no. It’s not that kind of book,” Jim said, “it’s the book he wrote about his mugging. You want to read this.” Continue reading “Sunday Comics: Dark Night A True Batman Story by Paul Dini with Eduardo Risso”
The day a favorite author announces the release date for their latest novel is one of those wonderful bookworm moments–this book is real and is finally coming! Then there are the days, weeks, months of anticipation all leading up to the day that we (not so) patiently await delivery, those of us choosing a digital copy often waiting til the wee hours of the morning for our Kindles (Nooks etc) to update. And then, just when you think you can’t wait any longer–it arrives! Continue reading “Book Review: Mr. Darcy’s Journey by Abigail Reynolds”
June is Audiobooks Month and the Bookish Ladies are happy to take this opportunity to gush about one of our favorite things. This isn’t a review, a how to, or even a why you need to listen article. It’s simply our Audiobooks story. How we got into them, why we love them, and some of our favorites. Continue reading “Celebrating Audiobooks Month: Why We Love Audiobooks”
Have you ever picked up a book with the intention of just flipping through the first few pages and then coming up for air 30 minutes, an hour, or half a night later you realize you just couldn’t stop reading? That was how 32 Yolks started for me. Continue reading “Book Review: 32 Yolks by Eric Ripert”
In the final installment of our Ten Questions @ Book Expo America special event, we feature ten more authors including David Levithan, Marissa Meyer, and Gayle Forman plus a bonus extra from Justin Cronin! Instead of our usual author Q&A we’ve asked the authors we’ve spoken to at BEA to answer one simple question:
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WORD? Continue reading “Ten Authors One Question: Volume Four”
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