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…

Mostly, I’ve been re-reading Elizabeth Peters mysteries, her non-series books, like The Love Talker and Devil May Care. But one book really did stand out this week: The Charm School, by Susan Wiggs. I can’t remember who recommended it to me, but, whoever you are, thank you. I adored this book. It was a combination…

I had a lot of time to read on planes last weekend. Okay, I had a lot of time to read on a plane last weekend. Here’s what I had with me: — Julia Quinn, Just Like Heaven I’m a big Julia Quinn fan from way back. (I found her before the Bridgertons!) As many…

Based on the recommendations of many here, the big read for the week was Game of Thrones. I was impressed by the author’s ability to juggle multiple interweaving plot threads so smoothly. And I did not expect the ending of Book I. Right now, I’m re-reading an old favorite, Elizabeth Peters’ Die for Love. After…

This week wound up being a YA reading week for me. About three trends behind everyone else, I finally read: — Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games. I see the point of the hype. Underneath the post-apocalyptic framework, the book is essentially a classic, fairy-tale quest, and very compelling. Something about it reminded me of one…