Feb 20 2013
Dear Ms. St. George, Years ago, after reading the DIK review for “A Century of American Romance” at AAR, I tracked down all twelve of the OOP books and read half of them. I can’t recall why I didn’t continue considering how good I thought those six were but, there you have it. Reading a(…)
Dec 26 2012
“Come forth with an open mind, for an unconventional tale of love.. Dublin native Freda Wilson considers herself to be an acquired taste. She has a habit of making offensive jokes and speaking her mind too often. She doesn’t have the best track record with first impressions, which is why she gets a surprise when(…)
Sep 25 2012
Dear Ms. Kramer: Before Loving Lady Marcia, I had not read any of your books. However, when news of the book’s title hit online, it raised a lot of eyebrows, including mine, especially when your publisher disavowed any substantive relationship between the book and the “Brady Bunch” series. I fully admit that curiosity drew me(…)
Aug 7 2012
Dear Ms. French– OK, deep breath and here goes. I love your work but I’ve read this book three times now and I really don’t get it. Broken Harbour is obsessively readable and jammed with sumptuous language. It has a fabulous first person narrator with an idiosyncratic voice. And yet, Broken Harbour didn’t add up for me.(…)
Oct 14 2011
A lot of my time the past week or so has been taken up with washing machine repairs and acclimating my new kittens to their new home. Guess which has been more fun. But I have gotten a little reading and movie watching squeezed in now and then. Flawless by Carrie Lofty – A book(…)
Oct 13 2010
Dear Ms. Schama: I approached Wild Romance: A Victorian Story of A Marriage, A Trial, and A Self-Made Woman with appreciation and excitement at the possibility of an academic study of cultural history crossing over to popular contemporary readership. The volatile story of Theresa Longworth's secret marriage to an Irish peer and subsequent battle to(…)
Aug 9 2010
“The world, young man, you’ll find, is the strangest place in which we’re ever going to live. And strangest of all is the people in it.” Dear. Mr. Caldwell, The title alone, “The Pig Did It,” was sufficient to make me want to at least try this novel of love, death or maybe murder, the(…)
May 5 2010
Dear Ms. Martin: I am really ambivalent about this book. On the one hand, it’s a straight contemporary in an usual setting (Ireland) featuring a very strong heroine. I should love that. On the other hand, it features my least favorite type of hero. I came away from the story dissatisfied, wishing that Aislinn could(…)
Apr 30 2010
The Closer You Get (aka American Women [US title]) 2000 Genre: Comedy/Romance Grade: Not a bad way to spent 95 minutes. I liked “The Full Monty” and “Waking Ned Devine” which are two films, along with the “Ballykissangel” series, which are mentioned in the “if you like these you’ll like “The Closer You Get” lists.(…)
Sep 15 2009
Dear Ms. McAllister, Click here to go to eHarlequin.com Recently a friend of mine recommended you as a “Presents” author whose heroes aren’t assholes. She said something like, “They don’t suck.” Telling me something is different from the normal is like baiting a juicy worm on a hook for a hungry fish. So yeah, I(…)
Sep 8 2009
Dear Ms. James: One of my favorite things about your new book, Highland Rebel, is the author’s note at the very end, in which you discuss the historical context of the novel and its fascinating protagonists. This may seem like a trivial thing to highlight, but the thoughtfulness of that note and the enthusiasm for(…)
Sep 4 2009
The Abduction Club (2002) Genre: Historical/Comedy/Drama/Romance Grade: B Ever since I first heard about this movie, while looking for art pics to be used for Lynne Connolly’s “Richard and Rose” series for my reviews “back in the day” when these weren’t available anymore after the original epublisher did an early version of what we now(…)
Aug 12 2009
Note: There are going to be some spoilers later on. Dear Ms. Sheehan, I’m glad that your publishers have figured out how to spell your first name. On the arc I received, it is spelled without a ‘c.’ When I checked the spelling to make sure I had your first name correct, I noticed it(…)
Jun 30 2008
Dear Mrs. McInerney, Since it doesn’t look like I’m going to get to Australia any time soon, your book will have to serve as a travelogue of sorts. The Australian Tourism Board can use it as a reason why people should fold themselves into tiny airplane seats for an ungodly number of hours. Screw the(…)
Nov 13 2007
Ladies, I’d like to thank all three of you for the opportunity to review your newest novellas in the “Love and Lore” anthology at Samhain. The covers are gorgeous, the stories are hot and the Samhain content warning is, as always, fun in and of itself. Who comes up with those warnings? If I’m reading(…)
JOINT REVIEW: Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh (and Giveaway)
Mockingjay 13 District Blog Tour: District 5, Our Giveaway
Something is very wrong with us, and it’s not bad reviews
Berkley Fall Giveaway
Author DeborahAnne MacGillivray Harasses Amazon Reader
Recent Comments