Weekly Reading Round-Up
I’ve been rather boring and continuing my re-read of my bookshelf’s greatest hits. I finished off the Sarah Caudwell mysteries with– sadly– the fourth and last, The Sirens Sang of Murder, then read one of my favorite Georgette Heyer Regencies, The Nonesuch. Right now, I’m in the middle of Dorothy Sayers’s Clouds of Witness. (For…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Ask Away!
Since I didn’t really do book tour for The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, I wanted to make sure to make myself available to answer any questions you might have about Purple Plumeria, the next stand alone, the upcoming 2014 Pink book, or… well, anything, really. So this is your chance! Ask away and I’ll…
Read MoreHappy Labor Day!
Here’s hoping those of you in the U.S. are having a wonderful Monday off! “If You Like” will appear again as usual next week. In the meantime, for your entertainment on this holiday Monday, check out this Buzzfeed article on “21 Jokes Only History Nerds Will Understand“. I rather like #18…. Which one is your…
Read MoreScottsdale– Today!
You can find me on-screen at the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, AZ at 2:00 today, crashing the Rhys Bowen Heirs and Graces book event to talk about The Passion of the Purple Plumeria and whatever else you’d like. (Unfortunately, due to the limitations of technology, my part of the event won’t be available on live-stream…
Read MorePhoenix, AZ– This Saturday!
Hi, Phoenix friends! I’m appearing at the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale tomorrow. Well, sort of. I’ll be crashing Rhys Bowen’s Heirs and Graces book event via Skype (which is doubly fun for me, since I love Rhys Bowen’s 1930s set Royal Spyness mystery series). The event starts at 2:00 and I’ll be Skyping in around…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
The re-read marathon continues! This week, I re-read two more of the Sarah Caudwell mysteries: The Shortest Way to Hades and The Sirens Sang of Murder. For those of you watching the new PBS series, Silk, these tongue in cheek books about British barristers make a fun companion read. They’re a little bit Rumpole of…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: A SUMMER ENGAGEMENT
Stand Alone #2 has a title! It’s going to be called A Summer Engagement. In summer of 1849, a member of the fledgling Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood is hired to paint the portrait of a wealthy antiquarian’s young wife in the garden of their home in Herne Hill…. In summer of 2009, a young American woman returns…
Read MoreIf You Like
The topic of today’s post is “Better Together”. There are books I tend to read in pairs, simply because something in one makes me think of the other. Sometimes it’s theme, other times it’s location, and still other times it’s just personal association. Here are some of my reading pairings: — L.M. Montgomery’s The Blue…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This has been an exceptionally good reading week, with one new book and two rediscovered favorites. — Georgette Heyer, These Old Shades. I am ashamed to admit that I had never read this particular Heyer before. Its sequel, Devil’s Cub, is one of my all time favorites, but back in my grad school days in…
Read MoreOut and About on the Internet
I’ve been out and about on the internet these past few days! On Saturday, I was thrilled to get to be part of Read a Romance Month, a celebration of the genre to which ninety-three (yep, ninety-three, including me) authors contributed essays on why romance– and romance novels– matter. You can find my essay about…
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