I was a cranky reader on social media this year, so I was surprised to discover that like Jayne’s, my top ten list runneth over. In hindsight, I think some my crankiness was due to the difficulty I had finding satisfying reads in historical romance, traditionally my favorite genre. Please ... more >
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, performed by Rosamund Pike I’ve begun to make better use of my Audible membership, and my current listen is the Pride and Prejudice audiobook performed by actress Rosamund Pike. Pike’s performance is delightful and especially wonderful when it comes to the novel’s omniscient narrator. ... more >
Dear Ms. O’Keefe, Your latest release, Baby, Come Back, arrived in my inbox unsolicited. I had no plans to read it, since I had been disappointed in Burn Down the Night and since I had not read the companion book to Baby, Come Back, Bad Neighbor. Still, one night when ... more >
Dear M. O’Keefe: I started this series after Janine’s two very positive reviews of Everything I Left Unsaid and The Truth About Him; if I didn’t find the books quite as compelling as she did, they were interesting enough that I was eager to read the third book, Burn Down the ... more >
I also read and reviewed: Wild Embrace and Burn Down the Night (both with Janine), The Girl With All the Gifts, First Comes Love, First Star I See Tonight and The Young Blood. Wait for Me! by Deborah Mitford I’ve long been obsessed with the Mitford sisters, an obsession ... more >
Dear Reader, Sunita and I decided to tag team on this one and divvy up the novellas between us. Kaetrin & Sunita Play by Karina Bliss Play is book 2 in your Rock Solid series (I have the first book, Rise, on my TBR still). It’s a marriage in ... more >