Weekly Reading Round-Up

This week, most of my reading was for a contest, which makes for a rather dull round-up, since I’m not allowed to talk about any of it. But… I am in desperate need of post-contest-reading recommendations. What have you been reading this week? And what have you read recently that you’ve loved?

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Pinkorama Winners!

The grand prize winner of this year’s Pinkorama is… The Eagle Peeps Only Once, by Carrie and Laura! Take a bow, ladies! Those costumes were unpeepably amazing. Who knew a sugary confection could look quite so military and French? As soon as I have ARCs of The English Wife, one will be wending your way!…

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ACCORDING TO A SOURCE Winner

The winner of my advance copy of According to a Source is… Jillian D! (Of Comment #7.) Congrats, Jillian! If you let me know where to send it, I’ll pop your book in the mail to you. As always, stay tuned for a new give away next Monday– and also a special guest If You…

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THE ENGLISH WIFE has a cover!

The English Wife has been completely finished, edited, copyedited, and proofed for months now. But, somehow, no matter how final the text may be, a book never feels quite real until it has a cover. And here it is! What do you think? The English Wife takes place in the winter of 1899, when New…

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Monday Give Away: ACCORDING TO A SOURCE

As we get ready for beach read season, here’s something fun and frothy for your beach bag: Abby Stern’s According to a Source, a Hollywood insider’s novel about a gossip columnist whose life and work begin to collide. Here’s the official blurb: Ella Warren loves her job working for celebrity news magazine, The Life, as…

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SISTERS OF ALMEDA STREET Winner

With all the Pinkorama excitement, I forgot to announce the winner of this week’s Monday Give Away! The winner of my ARC of The Sisters of Alameda Street is… … Connie Lee! Congratulations, Connie! If you let me know where to send it, I’ll put your book in the mail to you. Stay tuned for…

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The 2017 Pinkorama Round-Up

In the order in which I received them, I bring you… the 2017 Pinkoramae! 1) That Summer, by Randy. Fresh off the plane from New York, Julia encounters a mysterious portrait in the house she inherited in a London suburb. Who is that mysterious peep in the portrait? Click here for a full description and…

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Pinkorama #5: POET PEEP

For our fifth Pinkorama, Candace and Cassandra bring us… “Oh no! It’s a highway-peep…oh wait it’s worse it’s a poet-peep!” Yes, you guessed it: the one, the only Augustus Whittlesby. And now over to Candace and Cassandra, who write: In this scene from The Garden Intrigue, we visualize a moment detailed from the correspondence from…

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Pinkorama #4: THE PASSION OF THE PURPLE PEEPMARIA

For our fourth Pinkorama, Terrie brings us… The Passion of the Purple Peepmaria Or My Life As a Lizard, by Miss Gwendolyn Meadows. It’s spring of 1805. After a close encounter with the Naughty Hellfire Club in the Roman ruins beneath Bath, Miss Gwendolyn Meadows and Colonel Reid share a heated moment in a theatre…

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Pinkorama #3: THE EAGLE PEEPS ONLY ONCE

For our third Pinkorama, Laura and Carrie present to us… Rossio Square: The Eagle Peeps Only Once, or, Love at First Peep. It’s the final book of the Pink Carnation series, The Lure of the Moonflower. Or, to get us in scene, it’s Lisbon, 1807. The Portuguese royal family has fled to Brazil just moments…

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