I’m wandering through a bookstore, or maybe I’m aimlessly searching suggestions, or looking at random lists on Amazon.com for something to read. Happily, I traipse through booktopias convinced that I’m going to find something wonderful to read and then…I am… Read More ›
Archive for May 2012
Julie Garwood: Or, Historicals For People Who Don’t Like Historicals
Julie Garwood writes historical romances for people who don’t read historical romance. I mean, don’t get me wrong, her books are not filled with anachronistic horror or light on the history-side necessarily. They’re just…easy and fun to read. In fact,… Read More ›
Johanna Lindsey: Or, The Malory Family Chart and Sanctity of Marriage
Johanna Lindsey is one of those authors who can be counted on to fulfill the tropes of the genre. In particular, she’s a pro at illustrating the rather usual occurence of illegitimate children in the English aristocratic family tree–in this… Read More ›
Catherine Anderson: Or, Vulnerable Heroines and Valiant Heroes
Catherine Anderson…here’s what you need to know: all of her books are about broken people–wonderfully broken people. Many authors write about the broken hero and people who gain strength by coming together…Anderson? She actually writes about the disabled, the handicapped–about… Read More ›
Review: Vicki Lewis Thompson’s Nerd in Shining Armor
A Books With Benefits Summer Pick Review: Vicki Lewis Thompson’s Nerd in Shining Armor VLT (we’ll call her VLT cuz she’s just so nummy) shines with a light and funny beach read. Genevieve Terrence, accepts her boss’s invitation to a… Read More ›
Sands: Or, The Modern Vampire and Sweet Tea
Once again, there is the return of the color-coded boxes because, as you’ll find with many series, it’s just too friggin’ complicated without the color coding. In this case, Sands is talking about “Atlantean Vampires” which, just for the record,… Read More ›
Feehan: Or, Lifemates and Leopards
I know I talk about Feehan a lot, but there’s a lot to be said for her (when she leaves the leopards alone…they’re like her kryptonite–case in point Dark Symphony and the whole slew of De La Cruz brothers). She’s… Read More ›
Kurland: Or, What Book Next, Ziggy?
Let me just start by saying…you’re welcome. No, really. I mean that in the nicest way/sense possible, but let me just tell you what a nightmare it is to figure out the hieroglyphic-level code of Lynn Kurland’s book reading order…. Read More ›
Cover Me: Why I Won’t Read…Donna Fletcher’s The Bewitching Twin
I’m wandering through a bookstore, or maybe I’m aimlessly searching suggestions, or looking at random lists on Amazon.com for something to read. Happily, I traipse through booktopias convinced that I’m going to find something wonderful to read and then…I am… Read More ›