As I’ve been pounding away at the new stand alone novel (70,000 words down, 50,000 left to go!), I’ve been dipping into old comfort reads, first a Mary Stewart fest, and now some Lord Peter Wimsey. — Mary Stewart, My Brother Michael. While Nine Coaches Waiting will always be my favorite Mary Stewart (followed closely…

Apologies, all! I’m still in contest-judging mode, which means there’s little to report this week. However, I can say that I’ve started reading Juliana Gray’s A Duke Never Yields, which comes out on February 5th, and it is absolutely worth all those starred reviews. This is the third in the Affairs by Moonlight trilogy, but…

My apologies. I am going to have to be mum about most of what I read this week, since I’m judging yet another contest, which means that all of the books I’m reading for that are off-limits. (There is some draconian language in the judging form about that.) The one book I read this week…

Here’s what I’ve been reading this week: — Barbara Michaels, Smoke and Mirrors. This is one of my less frequent Michaels re-reads. The inside look at a political campaign is fascinating (and reminds me of one of my old teen favorites, The President’s Daughter, by Ellen Emerson White), but this one has never captured my…

Here’s what I’ve been reading this week: — Elsie Lee, Prior Betrothal. In the past, I’ve tended to avoid Elsie Lee’s historicals, sticking with her 1960s romantic suspense (with the notable exception of Silence Is Golden, a Victorian-set, classic Gothic, annual re-read for me). But there was an Elsie Lee Regency in the care package…

The nice thing about long airport delays is that they do provide plenty of time for reading. Here’s what I’ve been reading this week: — Beatriz Williams, A Hundred Summers. Beautifully written, thought-provoking, heart-warming… I can keep going. I loved this book. It’s a pitch-perfect glimpse into the world of New York’s elite in the…

Happy Friday! Here’s what I’ve been reading this week: — Julia Spencer-Fleming, To Darkness and to Death, et al. I finished up my Julia Spencer-Fleming marathon with To Darkness and to Death, All Mortal Flesh, I Shall Not Want, and One Was a Soldier, and then felt very bereft when I was done. It was…

It’s Friday, which means… Weekly Reading Round-Up time! Here’s what I’ve been reading: — Donna Andrews, Six Geese A-Slaying. This is the Christmas installment of the madcap Meg Langslow mystery series. It’s ten books in, but the uninitiated can read it without getting too lost. My favorite in the series, though, is still the first,…

This week, I re-read three very different books in three different genres: — Elizabeth Young, A Girl’s Best Friend. Rounding off my British chick lit fest, I read my second-favorite Liz Young novel, A Girl’s Best Friend, about a woman, her dog, and a rather dishy vet. There are some wonderful supporting characters and an…

It’s been British Chick Lit fest for me this week! It all started with: — Trisha Ashley, Twelve Days of Christmas. You know my weakness for house inheritance books, right? This one isn’t an inheritance– the heroine is hired to house-sit for the Christmas holidays– but it’s still the fun of the heroine exploring a…