Most young women her age would love nothing more than an extended trip to Bath, but Marianne Daventry is not like most young women. She’s a true country woman, unhappy in a crowded city — especially when one member of that crowd is her philandering, wealth-hungry cousin. Her father dropped her unceremoniously with relatives upon…
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Mini-Reviews: What I Read Over the Holidays
One of the many great things about Christmas is getting to spend 12 hours a day eating and reading. I’ve worked my way through enough turkey, dressing, and apple pie to fell an elephant, and read the following books. Cotillion, Georgette Heyer My love for Georgette Heyer is nearly endless, and Cotillion served to reinforce…
Liebster Award from Desktop Retreat
I’ve followed Trish at Desktop Retreat for about four years now, and am grateful she thought of me when passing out the Liebster Award. She the one who got me hooked on the Mistress of the Art of Death series, and I enjoy the bookish quotes and art she posts. The Q&A 1. At what…
Top Ten Tuesday: My Spring TBR List
(Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish.) Looking at my main TBR list is a little overwhelming, so at the beginning of each year I like to make a separate, much shorter list of books to tackle. Here’s some of the books from that list I’d…
Top Ten Tuesday: Authors Who Deserve More Recognition
(Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish.) This week’s list is a tricky one: my idea of an under-recognized author could be different from everyone else’s. I also seem to read older authors and novels than a lot of the bloggers I follow, which tends to…