I’ve been in a place for the past couple of months where it’s been hard to read anything new. Like my brain is just not willing to focus on a new thing, and the only things that can keep my attention are things I’ve read already, and things I know so well that it’s like snuggling up with my favorite blankie and my teddy bear and listening to my mom tell me a story. One … Continue reading The Lady by Anne McCaffrey
Since I’m traveling, it’s hard to have a concept of time right now. Spending time with my family is like my very own torturous Groundhog Day. Hope you all are staying safe and comfortable, depending on whichever season you’re experiencing. Also…it’s July, which always feels like the longest month of the year. … If you’re in the market for new fashionable masks with fabric options, eShakti is now making them! They are a little backed … Continue reading Links: Masks, National Parks, & More
It’s time for September’s Whatcha Reading! If you’re new here, Whatcha Reading is the post where we gush or gripe about all the books we’ve been reading this month. And sometimes, it’s awfully terrible on our wallets. We wish we could say we were genuinely sorry about that. Sarah: I am very much looking forward to this month’s discussion of what you’re reading. I’ve DNFd several books in a row for a variety of reasons, … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? September 2017 Edition
The final adventure in the New York Times bestselling Temeraire series that started with the beloved His Majesty’s Dragon which has won fans of Napoleonic-era military history, Anne McCaffrey’s Pern novels, and Patrick O’Brian’s seafaring adventures. The deadly campaign in Russia has cost both Napoleon and those allied against him. Napoleon has been denied his victory…but at a terrible price. Lawrence and the dragon Temeraire pursue the fleeing French army back west, but are demoralized … Continue reading League of Dragons
Here is a text transcript of Podcast 99. Recommendations for Young Readers – Part I. You can listen to the mp3 here, or you can read on! This podcast transcript was painstakingly crafted from locally sourced, free-range alphabet letters by Garlic Knitter. Many thanks. Here are the books we discuss: [music] Sarah Wendell: Hello, and welcome to another DBSA podcast. I’m Sarah Wendell from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, and with me is Jane Litte and … Continue reading Podcast Transcript 99. Recommendations for Young Readers - Part I
It's the last day of March, but some of the best deals on ebooks are still going on. Here's a look at the most popular ebook sales from the past four weeks. The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey is a boxed set of three novels, Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon. It's still on sale for $1.99. McCaffrey's Dragonriders is a much-loved science fiction/fantasy series and this omnibus has a 4+ star average on … Continue reading Books on Sale: Recapping This Month’s Most Popular Deals
Heads up, audiobook fans! For the month of March (which means 2 more weeks of sale!) Tantor has all romance audiobooks available for digital download direct from Tantor on sale for $6.99 each. HOT DIGGITY! Use discount code SBMar14 to activate the sale. It might take a little browsing to find the titles that are available as “Tantor downloads,” as I can't find a way to isolate those titles. What you want to look … Continue reading Books on Sale: Got Pern? How about Audiobooks? New Adult? Urban Fantasy?
This is the first of many interviews conducted at the Nebula Awards Alethea is the author of Enchanted, a Young Adult fairytale that was nominated for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy. I can't begin to tell you how nice Alethea was to me during the weekend. I'm a little shy but I knew that I could count on Alethea, at any gathering, to draw me into a conversation and … Continue reading An Interview With Alethea Kontis
This request comes from Aurora, who remembers a few things about a book, and these things are all… well, just read on: On the library shelves between Judith Krantz and Anne McCaffrey lies a historical romance set in Scotland. The hero and heroine were childhood enemies of a fierce and devilish nature, so horrible that the youthful feud culminated in her tying a jar of bees? wasps? to his family jewels (which supposedly results in … Continue reading HaBO: Bees and the Family Jewels
Vera is searching for book she first encountered on vacation many years ago: On to business. Sadly, I didn't read a lot of romance novels when I was a kid. I still don't, in fact; in my moments of weakness I find there's a lot of, erm, well-written fanfiction to see me through (holla, “Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman” trilogy. I read ALL of you back when you were still archived at pemberley.com…). Anyway, this is a … Continue reading HaBO: She Didn’t Get to Finish the Book
While compiling the Rachel Gibson “Which One First?” recommendation list (which I'll be posting this week), several readers mentioned what I've termed the “Frayed Cover Recommendation.” To quote Rita, who was talking about See Jane Score ( A | BN | K | S ), “My copy is worn to the point that the cover is completely frayed.” YES. Exactly. When a book has been re-read so many times, the cover has fallen apart, and perhaps … Continue reading Frayed Cover Recommendations
