Dear Author

Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view

Misc

For miscellaneous stuff that goes on at Dear Author.

Open Thread for Readers for April 2020

Misc / / 9 Comments

Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general?

Open Library is now a National Emergency Library

Misc / 6 Comments

Welcome to Open Library   I got an email today about the Open Library. They are now suspending all wait lists and increasing the amount of loans to 10 at a time. This is available worldwide. To address our unprecedented global and immediate need for access to reading and research materials, ... more >

Jennie

Reading List by Jennie for October through December, Part One

Book Reviews / Reading Lists / / / / / / / 8 Comments

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft I’ve made it a habit over the past six years to try to read a “classic horror” novel around Halloween, starting with 2013’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and going up to last year’s The Fall of the House of Usher. Most ... more >

Janine avatar

Janine’s Best of 2019

A Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 19 Comments

Recommended Read

I was tempted to make a list of my favorites among the 2019-published books I read this year. In the end I decided to focus on my favorite 2019 reads (first time reads; I didn’t include books I had read / reviewed in prior years) without regard to their year ... more >

Holiday News Bits and a fun video

Misc / 5 Comments

Let’s read and watch some good things. A merry tradition: Christmas dinner free at Tennessee diner — Wow, can’t afford a meal? Don’t have anyone to eat with on Christmas? Here’s a group of people making a difference.   A Tennessee diner serves up a free Christmas Day meal to anyone ... more >

Kaetrin’s Best of 2019 List

Reading Lists / Top Ten Lists / / / / / 9 Comments

This year I decided to do my best of list a little early. I don’t have any new releases on my list until next year so I felt it was safe. I had a fantastic reading year; I met my Goodreads challenge with more than a month to spare and ... more >

Copyright

© Dear Author Media Network, LLC. This basically means you shouldn't copy our content without permission. We are very liberal with our permission. Just ask us!

FTC Disclaimer

We do not purchase all the books we review here. Some we receive from the authors, some we receive from the publisher, and some we receive through a third party service like Net Galley. Some books we purchase ourselves. Login