As we struggle out of our turkey comas, here’s the Emerald Ring playlist to get you up and dancing– or running off to Ireland with a group of spies in knee breeches. Take your pick.

For the best French Revolutionary spoof since Blackadder’s Pimpernel skit, check out this cartoon on Hark! A Vagrant.

Since I’m not fit for much except sprawling on a couch today anyway, it seemed a good time to catalog books. This week’s reads have been:

Wishing you all a happy, hearty (and heartburn-free) Thanksgiving!

The winner of the ARC of The Betrayal of the Blood Lily, chosen at random from among all the correct answers is…

This is the last day to enter the website contest to win an advance copy of The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (winner to be announced here tomorrow!), but, thanks to our own Miss Eliza, you have a chance to win another advance copy.

It was pointed out to me that there was, in fact, a Friday last week and I missed it. For those looking for the Weekly Reading Round-Up, I apologize. Weekly Reading Round-Up will resume this Friday– what better way to recover from the turkey coma than with a good book?

Last week, I had the great good fortune of getting to spend a few days with fellow writer and History Hoyden Tracy Grant

i, all! Just a quick reminder that we’re down to the last few days to enter the contest to win one of my two remaining advance copies of The Betrayal of the Blood Lily.

The Masque of the Black Tulip is featured today in a lovely post on Barbara Vey’s blog, Beyond Her Book.