A Bookworm's World

Crossing Places was the first novel of Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway series. ( I reviewed it here ). I really enjoyed it and was happy ...

And the randomly chosen lucky winner of a copy of Love Me to Death by Allison Brennan , courtesy of Ballantine Books is: Winnie! Congr...

I started off this week with a review of Suzanne Desrocher's wonderful debut novel Bride of New France - a fantastic Canadian historic...

Well, the latest book to catch my eye as it passed over my library counter and under my scanner this week was Socks Appeal by Brenna Malone...

I don't usually read anything but adult fiction. But one of my avid teen patrons insisted I read the Suzanne Collins Hunger Games series...

Okay, I'm a bit of a crafty little devil. No, no not that kind. The kind that is obsessed with crafts, craft stores (love those 40% off ...

Bride of New France is a debut novel by Canadian Suzanne Desrochers . It arrived with a 'must read' recommendation that it definit...

And the randomly chosen winner of a copy of Arranged by Catherine McKenzie , courtesy of Harper Collins Canada is: Sandra ! Congratula...

I read Chris Cleave's New York Times bestseller Little Bee last year around this time. (Review here ) It was a stunningly powerful rea...

Well the latest book to catch my eye as it passed over my library counter and under my scanner was Playing With Books by Jason Thompson. S...

I'm a big fan of Laura Lippman . I've enjoyed her last two books which were stand alones, but I was thrilled to see that The Girl in...

The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly is a debut novel that has just landed on Indie Bound's January 2011 Indie Next list . Karen is a strai...

I've had Life on my nightstand for a couple of months now. I've got some old vinyl (High Tide and Green Grass - the original 1966 r...

Two books caught my eye as they passed over my library counter and under my scanner this week. Both are about libraries - albeit from one en...

 Robert Crais is firmly planted on my list of favourite authors. He has written some great stand alone novels, but it is the recurring chara...

I'm thrilled to welcome resident guest blogger Julia back to A Bookworm's World (We hope to see more of her in 2011!) A Secret Daugh...

It's that time of the year - resolution time. Well, thanks to the lovely folks at The Hachette Book Group , I have three copies of Denis...

Oh this one definitely caught my eye it passed over my library counter and under my scanner this week. Truly amazing little decorated cakes!...

Allison Brennan is an author I'd definitely heard of, (she's a New York Times bestselling author) but one I'd not had a chance ...