A Bit of BLOOD LILY
Happy New Year, all! 2010 has already started with a bang for the Pink Carnation. In only four days, the paperback of Night Jasmine comes out. In just over a week, on January 12th, we have The Betrayal of the Blood Lily! Between January 5th and January 11th, I’ll be hosting daily mini-contests on the…
Read MoreBest Books of 2009
As the old year draws to a close, I’ve been seeing “best of” lists popping up all over the place. It made me stop and think about what I’ve been reading this year. Some of the books that caught my fancy were new releases, like Gail Carriger’s Soulless or Meredith Duran’s Bound by Your Touch;…
Read MoreTuesday: the Official Day of the Pink Series
Consulting a calendar, I just realized that: — the paperback of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine comes out exactly a week from today, on Tuesday, January 5th, while — The Betrayal of the Blood Lily comes out exactly two weeks from today, on Tuesday, January 12th, — and, just to keep up the Tuesday…
Read MoreMore Casting Fun
My family has a holiday tradition of giving each other movies– almost always BBC comedies or costume dramas– and then watching them all in great, multi-hour marathons. One of this year’s BBC haul was Lark Rise to Candleford, from which my little sister chose this actress to play Letty from Deception of the Emerald Ring:…
Read MoreHappy Holidays!
I just wanted to pop in from gingerbread baking (we will ignore the fact that I may have absentmindedly put in an extra cup of flour while thinking about something else– oops) to wish everyone an absolutely splendid holiday.
Read MoreHoliday Reads
Hi, all! I was just beginning to pack for the holidays and realized I’d run through most of my traditional seasonally themed reads already. I tend to read them in subcategories. I have British chick lit Christmas books (Kate Saunder’s “The Marrying Game”, Liz Young’s “Fair Game”, Harriet Evans’ “Going Home”), mysteries (Barbara Michaels’ “Stitches…
Read MoreTurnip Gets a Book!
Since today is Miss Jane Austen’s 234th birthday (happy birthday, Miss Austen!), it seemed an appropriate time to make my grand announcement about the next book. All this past summer, I’ve been secretly working away on a special project: a book set in Bath in Christmas of 1803, featuring Jane Austen, Turnip Fitzhugh, and a…
Read MoreThe Crimson Rose Playlist
More fun with casting…
… from Miss Eliza! What do you think of her choice for Henrietta? (Who, by the way, once again absolutely swept the character popularity contest, beating out Amy, Letty, Mary, and all the guys.) For more fun with casting, you can also check out other peoples’ picks on Storycasting.
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Sorry! I’m a bit behind today on my posting. It’s been one of those weeks. However, I have read some good books this week, starting with:
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