Dec 5 2013
Dear Readers, When readers talk about their favorite books that feature gay or LGBT protagonists, Mary Renault’s The Charioteer is usually at or near the top of their lists. Renault is most well known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece, one of which, The Persian Boy, may be even more well-known and well-loved(…)
Jul 23 2012
Note: This review was originally run in 2012, but at that time the book became unavailable due to Dorchester publishing problems. Carina Press picked it up and republished it. Dear Ms. Everett, I requested this book from Netgalley because I was intrigued by the blurb, which begins, “Dogged for years by painful gossip about his(…)
Mar 22 2011
Yesterday was a study in opposites. Barry Eisler, a hardcover author of the John Rain series, broke the news that he had turned down a $500,000 offer for two books from St. Martin’s Press and is going to self publish his next Rain book. Eisler is good friends with Joe Konrath and has been increasingly(…)
Nov 27 2007
Dear Mrs Gabaldon, I put pen to paper to tell you how much I have enjoyed the latest batch of short stories about Lord John Gray. I think he is, by far, my favorite character you’ve invented and I dare to hope that you have several more stories in mind for him beyond the one(…)
Aug 27 2007
Dear Mrs. Gabaldon, A few years ago when the first Lord John book (Lord John and the Private Matter) was released I made a mental note to myself that I ought to try this one out. After all I had enjoyed Outlander (though got bogged down in the next one and never finished it). Alas,(…)
Jul 18 2007
Dear Ms Gaia, I love books set during WWII. There’s so much scope for drama, heartbreak, courage and bravery. Your book appealed to me because of the setting and the fact that from the blurb, the heroine looked like she is more in charge of her own sexuality than in most historicals and that it(…)
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