Category Archives: Chick lit
The Austen Escape – Katherine Reay
My request for this book was followed by immediate regret, but it was predictable: another story about a woman taking an Austen-themed vacation, with the lagniappe of amnesia in her friend? It’s like catnip. I was a bit sorry to … Continue reading
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The Modern Woman’s Guide to Finding a Knight – Anna Klein
I was a devoted Rennie for many years – and would be still if I could manage it. I loved my home faire (being the one I’d been to most often) more than anything else or anywhere else on earth. … Continue reading
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The Lighthearted Quest
Apropos of nothing, I read this right in the middle of sort-of-accidentally watching a Spanish language series on Netflix called “The Time in Between”, and some of the coincidental echoes, especially in the setting, were a lot of fun. There … Continue reading
Seducing Mr. Sykes – Maggie Robinson
I am so deathly tired of the abuse of the English language in books. If I want to hear the language butchered I can take out my earbuds at work and listen for five minutes. It’s not just in early … Continue reading
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We Are All Welcome Here – Elizabeth Berg
The first book I ever read by Elizabeth Berg was something I read in one sitting, and was blown away by. That was Range of Motion, and it was a long time ago, and I don’t think I’ve loved any … Continue reading
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The Second Bride – Katharine Swartz
In the present day, a woman (Ellen) having the attic room of his home renovated is handed a piece of paper the builders find: the death certificate of a 22-year-old woman from 1872, Sarah Mills. She sets it aside, intrigued … Continue reading
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Mystic Horseman – Kathleen Eagle
I have to say, I’m a little surprised (pleasantly surprised, even, maybe a little) that Kathleen Eagle is not herself Native American. She’s married to a Native American, like one of the main characters in the story was, and so … Continue reading
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Must Love Breeches – Angela Quarles – Jane Wells
I surprised myself by requesting this book from Audiobookloudnoise.com (kidding – it’s now audiobookboom.com). I mean, I’m not a big romance fan, and I generally object to the time travel romance (been there, done that, got the torn bodice), and … Continue reading
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Pemberley to Waterloo – Anna Elliott
Volume II of The Diary of Georgiana Darcy picks up shortly after the first book’s triumphant end, and immediately throws cold water on the main couple’s joy (of course, otherwise there wouldn’t be a book). Napoleon has escaped his exile, … Continue reading
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Girl with Glasses – Marissa Walsh – Margie Lenhart
“Girl with Glasses” was not meant to be read aloud all of a piece like this. It’s a collection of essays and sketches and vignettes and lists; a few have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but more have … Continue reading
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