Bookish links for Saturday, July 17, 2010

CarrieK | July 17, 2010

Reviews and blog posts that have me adding to my to-read list: ~ Perfect Reader by Maggie Pouncey, reviewed by Swapna at S. Krishna’s Books. ~ Glimmerglass by Jenna Black, reviewed by The Story Siren. ~ Queen of Secrets by Jenny Meyerhoff, reviewed by Amy at My Friend Amy. ~ The Maytrees by Annie Dillard, [...]

Bookish links for Saturday, July 10, 2010

CarrieK | July 10, 2010

Author links: ~ Rebecca at The Book Lady’s Blog has a guest post by Beth Hoffman, author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt: Book Bloggers: Foxes of the Literary World. Discussion starters: ~ Michelle’s Masterful Musings: Free Speech and Blogging ~ Bookstore People: If you could pick one book that would represent America to foreigners, which book [...]

Bookish links for Saturday, July 3, 2010

CarrieK | July 2, 2010

Discussion starters: ~ The Bumbles Blog: Never apologize for what you read Reviews and blog posts that have me adding to my to-read list: ~ Crossing to Safety by Wallace Earl Stegner, reviewed by Carol at Magistramater. ~ Tomorrow River by Lesley Kagen, reviewed by Susan at Bloggin’ ’bout Books. ~ The Quickening by Michelle [...]

Bookish links for Saturday, June 5, 2010

CarrieK | June 5, 2010

Author links: ~ Shannon Hale: Morals and values and lessons, oh my! Discussion starters: ~ Insert Suitably Snappy Title Here: Literary mashups – what do you think? ~ Book Chick City: Genre Misconceptions – have you ever been wrong? ~ Becky’s Book Reviews: Imagine a Blog(ger) Without Guilt ~ Truth, Beauty, Freedom & Books: Objective [...]

Links for Saturday, May 8, 2010

CarrieK | May 8, 2010

Discussion starters: ~ Bookalicious: How to Write a Negative Review ~ Booklust: Commenting Etiquette ~ Rhapsody in Books: What Are Your Criteria for Following Blogs? ~ It’s All About Books: Attempting to List Genres ~ Things Mean a Lot: On the Meaning of Making Time to Read Reviews and blog posts that have me adding [...]

Wii Game Review: Spongebob’s Boating Bash

CarrieK | March 27, 2010

I have something a little different for you today here at Books and Movies. I was offered the chance to review a game for the Wii, and my kids would never have forgiven me if I’d said no. Any SpongeBob SquarePants fan worth his sea salt knows that this porous personality cannot get it together [...]

Bookish links for Saturday, March 27, 2010

CarrieK | March 27, 2010

Author links: ~ The Page Flipper has a guest post by Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth and The Dead-Tossed Waves. ~ Allison Winn Scotch, author of Time of My Life: Book Bloggers – Their Time Has Come. ~ Neil Gaiman writes for the Guardian on what it’s like to go [...]

The Sunday Salon – March 21, 2010 (The “bookish-links-for-Saturday-on-Sunday” edition)

CarrieK | March 20, 2010

Since I didn’t do a links post last week, I have a ton of links to share with you. I didn’t get to them on time for Saturday, though, so the Sunday Salon it is. Author links: ~ Serena at Savvy Verse & Wit has a guest post from Jamie Ford, author of Hotel on [...]