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Hey Dude, Where’s My Bribe?
It has come to my attention that I have been cheated. Apparently there are authors out there paying for good reviews of their books. Well, I have given glowing reviews to a number of books lately. The...
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O Brave New World, That Has Such Books In It
Official blurb: The woman of his dreams…with the secret agent of his nightmares Alix Gordon is a woman who doesn’t take life too seriously. What’s the fun in that? So when she stumbles across occult...
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TBR Challenge Review: Does It Live Up to the Hype?
This month’s suggested theme is “All About The Hype (a book that created such chatter that it was inescapable).” I have to admit that I don’t have many titles like that TBR, because if there’s enough...
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Okay, You Showed Me Yours…
…so I’ll show you mine. Thanks to Twitter, I actually took advantage this year of the late November/early December ebook sales at Books On Board and eHarlequin. Considering that I make regular use of...
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TBR Challenge Review: Holiday Reading
I have to admit that the holiday spirit has been slow to gather for me this year. No decorating, no baking, minimal shopping or planning. Honestly, the thought of digging out and reading a...
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TBR Challenge 2013: Short Work, Long Read
My choice of a short read for January was another Harlequin Historical Undone — I bought quite a few of those and haven’t read them all, and I enjoy the freedom these authors have to choose historical...
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TBR Challenge: Listen to a Friend
DISCLAIMER: This review posted a week early because I had a massive brain fart about how to count to “third Wednesday.” TBR Challenge day is actually February 20, so I am delay this post for another...
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Our Jolly Holiday, Part III
This is the long-overdue third (and final, thankfully) installment about our UK holiday in the summer of 2012. I had some picture uploading issues, and there wasn’t much point without the photos, as...
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TBR Challenge: Getting Back in the Series
This month’s TBR Challenge is to read a book in a series you’ve gotten behind on. I had several to choose from. I picked Ganymede, the fourth book in the Clockwork Century steampunk series by Cherie...
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TBR Challenge: New-To-Me Author
I have quite a few books in my TBR by Elizabeth Chadwick; my eyes are always bigger than my appetite when it comes to lengthy historical fiction. That and epic fantasy were my go-to genres for many...
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Into Africa
This book is being released today, FINALLY. Edited to add: NetGalley lists the book as being published April 23. The author informs me that there’s still a week to go. Sorry for the confusion. I was...
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Are We On the Same Page?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about where and how I enjoy discussing the books I read with other people. For various reasons, I haven’t felt like I had good discussion lately; I have felt that my...
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TBR Challenge Review: More than One, a Review in Two Parts
This month’s challenge theme is to read a book by an author who has more than one book in the TBR. There were several possibilities for me, but I went to the print pile for a Judith Ivory. I’ve enjoyed...
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TBR Challenge: No RITA Connection
I had access to a very limited set of books while on holiday in Scotland, as my Kindle Paperwhite decided to become a Paperweight by forgetting all my books while I had no internet access to download...
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TBR Challenge: Classic Romance
For July, the challenge was to dig something “classic” out of the TBR — a book, an author, a trope, something classic in the genre. Wikipedia says “classic” is something that’s “a perfect example of a...
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August TBR Challenge Review: The Windup Girl
This shelf of books is bothering me. It contains a number of lovely hardback and trade paper editions of books that I intended to read when I bought them, along with a few books that I have read and...
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TBR Challenge Review, September Edition
The book I dragged off the dusty trade paperback shelf this month was Cold Magic by Kate Elliott, published in 2010. Again, a book I was excited about when I bought it, but just didn’t get around to...
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On the Same Page? Watch This Space
A while ago, I posted a list of books I planned to read, suggesting that anyone who was considering some of the same titles might want to join a discussion here. The first book to get the On the Same...
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On the Same Page: The Sword Dancer by Jeannie Lin
This is the fourth Tang Dynasty Harlequin Historical novel by Jeannie Lin; I’ve read and enjoyed them all, as well as her four novellas. There are things about Lin’s approach to historical romance...
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TBR Challenge: Were-Hyenas, Paranormal Enough?
The official suggested theme for TBR Challenge this month is “Paranormal or romantic suspense.” I have a few RS in the queue; I read very little in that genre but keep picking up titles that sound...
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