If You Like….
Today we have a guest post from Christine, on a dual topic: female friendships (Henrietta would approve of this one!) and journeys of self-discovery. Meredith A. asked about what books to read from other genres if you like historical romantic fiction. I started thinking about common themes in historical romance fiction that I like, other…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Right now, I’m immersed in the swash and buckle of Georgette Heyer’s The Black Moth. I’m always struck by how much closer Heyer’s early books are to swashbucklers such as Sabatini’s The Lion’s Skin than to her own later Regencies. It’s so interesting watching an author evolve…. What have you been reading this week?
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: A SUMMER ENGAGEMENT
Since I just went over the copy edits for the next stand alone, A Summer Engagement, this weekend, now seemed like a good time to share the first chapter with you. Those of you who follow me here on this website know that I have a weakness for “house books”, i.e. books where the heroine…
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Today’s guest If You Like is from Kari P, who takes us to a genre far, far away to explore the wonderful world of Sci Fi, Fantasy and Paranormal…. Are you ready for magic, witches and wizards, oh my? If You Like…Semi-Nerd Books or Nerd “Lite” As a child I loved Star Trek. This is…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Between Pink XI and baby, I’ve been a little slow on the reading front this week. (Sally Fitzhugh’s pet stoat was giving me some trouble.) Here’s what I’ve been reading in between diapering and stoat-wrangling: — Jane O’Connor, Almost True Confessions: Closet Sleuth Spills All. A very fun murder mystery set around editorial circles and…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: The Publication Schedule
Want to know what’s in the queue for the coming year? Here’s the publication schedule…. — March 25, 2014: The Ashford Affair in paperback (with a snazzy new cover). — May 27, 2014: A Summer Engagement (hardcover). — August 2014: The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla, aka Pink XI (trade paperback). Covers and more details…
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Missing your Downton Abbey fix? Thanks to today’s guest poster, Ashley, we have enough Downton read-a-likes to keep us all happy until Masterpiece Theatre starts back up again…. I looked back through Lauren’s “If You Like” archives and found that she posted a Downton Abbey list in January of 2013. In an effort not to…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
What with one thing and another, my reading this week has been mostly limited to Moo Baa La La La and My First London Bus, although I did just start Jane O’Connor’s Almost True Confessions: Closet Sleuth Spills All, which is amusing me mightily, since it sketches a very familiar sub-section of New York life.…
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We have a special treat for If You Like today: a guest post from historical novelist Beverly Swerling. Beverly is the author of a trio of books set in my own beloved New York (City of Dreams, City of Glory, and City of Promise, chronicling New York from New Amsterdam through the Gilded Age), her…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Mine is a very short round-up this week. I fell under the thrall of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne books (isn’t that an Anne-like way to put it?). Right now, I’m finishing up Anne of Ingleside. Revelation of the week: Miss Cornelia is definitely one of the antecedents of Miss Gwen. They are, as Anne would put…
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