Hard to believe it’s been a year since I invented Hippie Bookworm and started this little blog called hippiebookworm.com. The idea actually grew out of the fact that I couldn’t…
Awards ceremonies foreshadow a great year for book adaptations in film
I’ve already written an article on how many films in 2012 were based on popular books. Now it’s time for the 2013 awards ceremonies to show just how well these…
e-Book Review: Countenance of War (Book 2 of The Black Douglas Trilogy)
Things have been insane these past days with my professional life. It seems like everyone was waiting for January to come so they could start all their new projects on…
Jumping Genres
Currently I’m reading J.K. Rowling’s new novel The Casual Vacancy and I can’t help but notice the marked differences between this work and the Harry Potter series for which we…
Books Authors & Movie Cameos
Nothing can be more flattering for an author than if their book becomes so popular they become courted by Hollywood production companies. This year, a record number of movies released…
Recommendations for your reading type (Part 3)
This is it. The end of my post recommending books to specific kinds of readers. I hope I touched on your genre of books and I hope that you found…
e-Book Review: A Kingdom’s Cost (Book 1 of The Black Douglas Trilogy)
I finally finished the historical fiction novel, A Kingdom’s Cost by J.R. Tomlin. It took me a few months because the language at first needed a little getting used. It…
Recommendations for your reading type (Part 2)
A few days ago I released an article recommending a group of novels to specific kinds of readers. Did you find that you belong to more than one of the…
Recommendations for your reading type (Part 1)
I recently read an article online about 5 different reading types that people fall into. While it was a good article, I found it to be limiting and I seemed to…
Honoring Kick-Ass Females in Modern Literature
Something that we’re learning about the 2012 London Olympics is that this Olympics is breaking down barriers for women in the field of athletics. For the first time in history…