If You Like….
If you like Judith McNaught, you’ll probably also like…. — Gaelen Foley’s The Duke or Devil Takes a Bride, featuring those trademark innocent heroines and tortured heroes; — Lisa Kleypas’ Secrets of a Summer Night, whose entrepreneurial hero reminds me quite a bit of Jason from Once and Always; — Elizabeth Stuart’s Heartstorm (with apologies,…
Read MoreThe Mistletoe Tour!
This November, I’ll be zig-zagging around the country to celebrate Turnip’s paperback debut. On November 1, I’ll be celebrating Mistletoe Publication Day with an event at the Mysterious Bookstore in New York with two of my favorite people: Deanna Raybourn and Tasha Alexander. On November 5th, I’ll be reading at the Book Cove in Pawling,…
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On the fiction side, I was on a bit of a Susan Elizabeth Phillips kick this week. From Natural Born Charmer, it was an easy move to Match Me If You Can, and from there to This Heart of Mine. I know, I know. I was reading through the series backwards. What can I say?…
Read MoreLiterature Map
Yesterday, in the If You Like comments, Amy N mentioned the Literature Map. I hadn’t heard of it before, but I clicked on the link, and, voila!, there it was: an If You Like on a grand scale. How cool is that? I’m not sure I agree with all their suggestions, but some, like Deanna…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Georgette Heyer
Since today is Georgette Heyer’s 109th birthday, it seemed a good time to share some of the ways in which Heyer has influenced the Pink books. I’ll confess: I was not initially a fan of Heyer. I picked up my first Heyer back in sixth grade, primarily because there was a quote from Judith McNaught…
Read MoreIf You Like….
If you like Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander, you’ll probably also like…. — Into the Wilderness, by Sara Donati (no time travel, but Claire shows up as part of an interwoven world); — Island of the Swans, by Ciji Ware; — Through a Glass Darkly, by Karleen Koen (again, no time travel, but a very lush, eighteenth…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This has been an exceptionally good reading week. Here are my latest finds: — Meredith Duran, A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal I loved this book. As someone who cried over A Little Princess as a small child, I loved this tale of an Edwardian guttersnipe who finds out that she was stolen from her real…
Read MoreMarzipan for Eloise
From Germany, Jenna sent me these adorable photos of marzipan pigs for Eloise. (If you’ve read Orchid Affair, you know the story.) How cute is that? In other news, if you head over to History Hoydens, you can find a post on the strange alchemy by which contemporary fiction transmutes itself into a historical artifact.…
Read MoreSix Months of Pink
Between August 29th and February 16th, we have Pink-mania, Pink, Pink and more Pink, as far as the bookshelf can stretch. Here’s the Pink publication schedule for the next few months: — August 29: The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, UK edition. — September 27: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, special “Read Pink”…
Read MoreNational Book Week
It’s National Book Week! What’s the 5th sentence on page 56 of the book you’re reading right now?
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