Weekly Reading Round-Up
Weekly Reading Round-Up
It’s a gloomy, rainy day today– perfect for books and tea! Here’s my reading round-up for this week: — Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. Years ago, my best friend told me I had to read this. Considering that this is the woman who gave me The Blue Castle, I Capture the…
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Here’s my haul for this week: — Elizabeth George, This Body of Death. This is #16 (16!) in the Inspector Lynley series. For those who haven’t read these before, I definitely recommend going to the beginning and starting with #1, since there are all sorts of ongoing interconnected plot lines. They’re a little bit “Criminal…
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One of the perks of book tour is the book recs. Huge thanks to Corey at the Union Station B&N and Barbara Peters of the Poisoned Pen for making my bag even heavier than it already would be by suggesting books and authors I wouldn’t have thought of. I now have a long, long list…
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Since things are a little crazy with Orchid Tour, instead of telling you what I’m reading this week, here are the books that meant a lot to me once upon a time, via Historical Tapestry. What are the books that have meant the most to you? And what are you reading now?
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What with the snow and slush, it’s been a heavy re-read week for me. Something about snow screams “comfort read!” Among those comfort reads are: — Elizabeth Peters, Street of the Five Moons Peters’ historical Amelia Peabody books are great, but my favorites will always be her Vicky Bliss series, about a (comparatively) modern art…
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I challenge you to say that three times fast! I can’t decide whether it sounds more like a Western or a Sci Fi movie: The Wrath of Weekly Reading Round-Up! Don’t mind me. I’m just a little slap-happy from Orchid launch. Here’s some of what I’ve been reading: — Georgette Heyer, The Unknown Ajax I…
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As we reflect on the year past and the year to come, what were your favorite reads of 2010? Consider this a sort of Yearly Reading Round-Up….
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As the weather gets cooler and the smell of pumpkin spice begins to permeate my Starbucks, I find myself turning back to mystery novels and ghost stories, in particular my collection of Barbara Michaels novels: The House of Many Shadows, Someone in the House, Here I Stay, and Stitches in Time. If only Miss Gwen’s…
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I’m afraid I don’t have a proper round-up this week (blah, blah, Pink IX, blah, blah), but I do have a new favorite author I’ve just discovered. And by discovered, I mean my ever-brilliant college roommate Claudia put the books in a box and mailed them to me, with a large note saying, “Read these!”…
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After that last minute excursion to the bookstore last week, here’s what wound up in the book pile:
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