Weekly Reading Round-Up
Happy Friday, all! Don’t you hate it when you finish a really brilliant series (or what there currently is of it) and then you have to decide whether you want to immediately re-read it or slink off to read something else? I finished The Last Graduate, Book II in Naomi Novik’s incredibly immersive Scholomance series,…
Read MorePink Carnation Read Along Month 12: THE LURE OF THE MOONFLOWER
After eleven books (and one Christmas novella), it’s time to hit the road with none other than the Pink Carnation herself. Can the Pink Carnation find the missing Portuguese monarch before the French do? And can Eloise make it to the altar without something going catastrophically wrong? That’s right! It’s time for the final Pink…
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Happy Friday, all! It’s been a topsy turvy week here in New York in all sorts of ways, including swinging from snow to seventy degrees. So I suppose it makes sense that my reading is all over the place, too? After finishing the last of Elizabeth Daly’s Henry Gamadge mysteries, I moved on to the…
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Happy Friday, all! It’s winter again here in New York– with snow and sleet the other day– so I’ve retreated to the equivalent of a warm blanket with vintage cozy mysteries, finishing the last few books in Elizabeth Daly’s 1940s Henry Gamadge series. I’ve heard the term “American Agatha Christie” uttered many times about many…
Read MoreBook Releases, Sales, and Events, Oh My!
It’s been a busy week or so, and I’ve completely dropped the ball on posting about everything, so… here’s a compendium of this and that. — Band of Sisters came out in paperback March 1st! I’m thrilled to announce that it’s an Indie Next pick– and a Costco pick! So head over to your favorite…
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Happy Friday, all! It’s been something of a whirlwind of a week: I took my very first plane trip since 2020 to meet up with the other two thirds of Team W to plot the fifth (!!) Team W collaboration, Band of Sisters came out in paperback on Tuesday, All the Ways We Said Goodbye…
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Happy Friday, all! I just sent the latest round of revisions on Smith Book II, aka the Cuba book– now tentatively titled Two Wars and a Wedding— to my editor, so I’m feeling thoroughly bewildered and bemused and desperately trying to remember all the things I’m meant to be doing but have forgotten about while…
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Happy Friday, all! I’ve been back in the revision cave with Smith Book II, aka The Cuba Book, aka the Book That Will Not Die. (At some point, this book will actually have a title! And be done.) I’ve found when I’m deep in the throes of writing or revising I need a very particular…
Read MorePink Carnation Read Along Month 11: THE MARK OF THE MIDNIGHT MANZANILLA
Get out your garlic! There’s a vampire among the ton— or possibly not. But Sally Fitzhugh is determined to find out. Which means… It’s time for Pink XI: The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla, in which Turnip’s younger sister gets her own book (and an attack stoat), Miss Gwen gets a run away bestseller, and…
Read MoreHappy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day, all! Here’s wishing everyone a day filled with love, in all of its forms. In honor of Valentine’s Day, here are two links. (I feel like the Count who Counts: “One! One link! Two! Two links!” And, really, what says love like the Count?) The first is… my traditional Valentine’s Day post,…
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