Mary Balogh’s Slightly Married
My next Regency read is Mary Balogh’s Slightly Married, which came to my attention from NPR’s 2015 list of top 100 romances. In terms of research and plot, it was …
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Julia Quinn’s The Viscount Who Loved Me
Last time, we learned from Johanna Lindsey that large families can be hilarious. So why not make an even larger family for even more hilarity? While this may sound implausible, …
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Forever Amber reading update
Friends, readers, literateurs, I’m behind on my intended reading schedule. I finished Rebecca in April and here we are six weeks later and I’ve only managed 30% of Forever Amber. My …
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Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca: Shades of Jane Eyre
This gothic mystery featuring a new bride haunted by the overwhelming presence of the last wife is often cited as a great romance. But is it really a romance? Book …
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Rereading Robin McKinley’s The Blue Sword
I’ve unfortunately been ill yet again. This time I used my bedrest on The Blue Sword, an adolescent fantasy of a warrior woman who gets magical gifts, a great horse, …
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Mary Johnston’s To Have and To Hold
To Have and To Hold is a gilded age tale of love and adventure by Virginian author, Mary Johnston, who set the tale in the history of her home: Colonial …
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