Cambridge! (The Massachusetts One). Sunday, 5/15.
Nothing says home like your old supermarket! I’m so thrilled that Team W will be speaking today at Porter Square Bookstore— right next to the Star Market that sustained me through grad school and law school! (The official supermarket of the Pink Carnation series?) Come join me, Karen, and Beatriz today at 4:00 as we…
Read MoreNewport!!! (Saturday, 5/14)
Hello from the train! I’m feeling very Gilded Age as the route from New York to Rhode Island unspools outside my Amtrak window (anyone else remember all those Edith Wharton train scenes?)– which is appropriate, since tonight we launch the new Team W book, The Lost Summers of Newport, at the 1892 Newport cottage, Rough…
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Hello from House of Plague! With two poor little ones hit hard by Influenza A, I’ve mostly been reading the dosage guidelines on the sides of the Children’s Motrin bottles. But when I’ve been able to get away from sponging brows and wiping noses, I’ve been reading M.L. Longworth’s Death at the Chateau Bremont. I…
Read MoreThe 2022 Pinkorama Round-Up
Calling all 2022 Pinkorama participants to take a bow! It’s time for the 2022 Pinkorama Round Up! This year, we’ve got sepia toned memories of Edwardian England, a nativity play plagued with pudding, and two best friends hiding behind a shrubbery (shrubbus verdantus, anyone?). Before we go further– I know, I know, you’re waiting for…
Read MoreTwo days until NEWPORT!
Are you ready to delve into The Lost Summers of Newport? In 1899, a music teacher is hired to help a shy new money heiress win the heart of an Italian prince… In 1957, an unhappy society wife’s life is falling to bits in the lead up to the Tiffany Ball… and in 2019, a…
Read MorePinkorama #3: “Peep-times in the Park”
Our third and final Pinkorama of 2022 is brought to you by returning champions Candace and Cassandra, who take us way back to the beginning of the Pink Carnation series to bring us… Penelope and Charlotte hiding behind shrubbery in The Masque of the Black Tulip! Candace and Cassandra write: Inspired by Chapter 15, of…
Read MorePinkorama #2: “Puddings, Performances, and Peeps”
Our second Pinkorama of 2022 comes from returning champions Carrie and Laura and features fan favorite Turnip Fitzhugh in all his sugary glory in “Puddings, Performances, and Peeps; or, The Havey Cavey Nativity Where Turnip Makes His Move” with captions by the artistes (and interpolations by the author). The Scene: Mrs Climpson’s Annual Christmas Pageant,…
Read MorePinkorama #1: “Fall of Popeeps”
It is with great joy that I present to you the first of the 2022 Pinkoramae! Little did I know when I launched the first Pinkorama (aka Pink Carnation Peep Diorama Contest) back in the mists of time in 2010 that twelve (12!!!!) years later this would be a joyful annual tradition, not just here…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Happy Friday, all! It’s been rather a rocky week with sneezing small people, book tour prep, and all the things, so there was less reading time in there than I would have liked. I did, however, go back to T. Kingfisher’s Nettle and Bone, and loved it on the second go, especially since about a…
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Happy Friday, all! I started the week off with the most recent in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series (think Harry Potter meets police procedural with a secret supernatural police unit in modern London). This one opens with a man killed by magic in London’s silver vaults, and, unsurprisingly, soon-to-be-dad Peter Grant is on the…
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