Hi, all! I have to confess, I’ve been rather stagnant on the reading front recently. I’m deep in the throes of writing the new book, so I’ve been re-reading a mix of Dorothy Sayers and Jen Lancaster, with a couple of old John Bellairs book thrown in. (When I’m in heavy duty writing mode, I…

Among this week’s haul, I’ve read: — Rhys Bowen, Royal Flush The third in the lighthearted, 1930’s-set Lady Georgiana series. — Elspeth Huxley, Murder on Safari Not quite as M.M. Kaye as I’d hoped, but very eye-opening in terms of the mechanics of big game hunting in the 1930s. — Stella Gibbons, Nightingale Wood I…

I’m having the hardest time remembering what I’ve read this week, since it’s been all over the map. But here’s a selection: — Barbara Michaels, Witch. This used to be one of my favorite Barbara Michaels novels when I was a teenager. Somehow, between college and real life, my ancient copy was misplaced. It only…

On the fiction side, I was on a bit of a Susan Elizabeth Phillips kick this week. From Natural Born Charmer, it was an easy move to Match Me If You Can, and from there to This Heart of Mine. I know, I know. I was reading through the series backwards. What can I say?…

This has been an exceptionally good reading week. Here are my latest finds: — Meredith Duran, A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal I loved this book. As someone who cried over A Little Princess as a small child, I loved this tale of an Edwardian guttersnipe who finds out that she was stolen from her real…

This week has been a hodge-podge of old and new. I finally got around to Donna Andrews’ The Penguin Who Knew Too Much (for those who haven’t read the series, start with Murder With Peacocks), picked up Mary Balogh’s A Secret Affair (note to self: next time start with Book 1 in the series, not…

There are a whole bunch of new books I’ve been wanting to read (Meredith Duran’s A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal, Loretta Chase’s Silk is For Seduction, Tana French’s Faithful Place), but I’m saving them to use as bribery later in the summer, so, instead, I’ve been back to some old comfort reads. — Donna Andrews,…

I have to confess, between Turnip’s love scene (sixteen pages and still going… because Turnip just won’t stop talking), Q&A for the expanded e-book version of that Austen anthology, and some other random bits and pieces, there’s been a lot of writing going on here but not a lot of reading. What have you been…

Between the Poisoned Pen Conference and RWA, I have been surrounded by an embarrass de books. Here’s a sampling: — Laurie R. King, A Letter of Mary. I had the great honor of being on a panel with Laurie King at the Poisoned Pen Conference last week. I’d read Beekeeper’s Apprentice back in my teens,…

With RWA fast approaching, this week has been heavy on the romance, both re-reads and new reads. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Dream a Little Dream. I came late to SEP, but I’ve made up for it with a lot of re-reading. This one, about a woman at the end of her chance and the end…