This has been another exceedingly eclectic reading week, from YA to non-fiction with some romance in between. Here’s the week’s haul: – Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society. I have to admit, it was the cover that caught my eye on this one, a rickety old mansion. A young adult novel, it’s a little [...]

This has been a rather eclectic book week for me, spanning a number of genres. – Elizabeth Peters, The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits. I remembered why this one doesn’t make it back into the re-read rotation very frequently. Not that it’s bad– it’s just not up to the level of her others. – Patti [...]

This week, I did something I never, ever do. I re-read one of my own books. I don’t usually like reading my own work once it’s in proper book form. There’s too high a likelihood I’ll stumble across words I should have changed or paragraphs I should have chucked. But I had promised to write [...]

I’ve had my head down over the Kenya book this week (only one chapter left to go!) so it’s been a rather sparse reading round up. My first book of 2012 was A Lady Never Lies by Juliana Grey. I adored it. It’s set in the 1890s in an Italian villa (hello, Enchanted April!), and [...]

Welcome to the last reading round-up of the old year! Next time we convene our virtual salon, it will be 2012. Bizarre, no? As the old year barreled to a close, this is what I was reading: – Eve Stachniak, The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great. Catherine’s ascension seen through the eyes [...]

This is something of a reading round-up in reverse. Instead of the books I’ve already read this week, these are the books I have stashed away to read over the holiday: – Kate Morton’s The Distant Hours I’ve been saving this one as a bribe for finishing the 1920s book. It isn’t quite done, but…. [...]

Despite being in crazy deadline mode with the Kenya book (just six more chapters to go!), I’ve managed to cram in a fair amount of pleasure reading this week. Sometimes, it’s nice to listen to the voices from someone else’s head. Here’s what I’ve been reading: – Kristan Higgins, The Next Best Thing. It’s no [...]

I’ve had my head down over my 1920s book this week, so my reading list is rather sparse. – Barbara Taylor Bradford, A Woman of Substance. I blame Jessica for reminding me of this! Anyone else remember this from the 80s? It’s a doorstop, epic story of a woman who rises from poverty in Yorkshire [...]

What with the food coma factor, I’m having a hard time remembering what I read yesterday, much less earlier in the week, but here’s an attempted recreation…. – Lori Wilde, The First Love Cookie Club I was given this at RWA this summer, but it was July and this book looked decidedly Christmassy, so I [...]

For me, most holidays have some association with books. Christmas is Little Women and Debbie Macomber’s Angel books; Halloween is The Haunting of Hill House and assorted ghost stories; even the Fourth of July has Rainbow Valley and Rilla of Ingleside (I’m not sure why I’m reading about Canada on the Fourth of July, but [...]