Dear Ms. Thomas: I’m going to be lazy and steal the blurb: A Warrior in Disguise All her life, Mulan has trained for one purpose: to win the duel that every generation in her family must fight. If she prevails, she can reunite a pair of priceless heirloom swords separated ... more >
Dear Ms. Novik, Back in the day, I was a devoted reader of your Temeraire series, an alternate history fantasy series set in early 19th century England, about Captain William Laurence and his “brave but impulsive dragon,” Temeraire. I read the first…four? five? books in the series and then ... more >
Dear Readers: Sunita: This month the TBR Challenge category is “recommended read,” which gave me the chance to finally read The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery. Although I’ve read most of the Anne of Green Gables series countless times, I’d never read this stand-alone story. Susanna Kearsley generously gave me ... more >
Dear Ms. Valentine, I first came across your YA historical novel, The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, when The Book Smugglers reviewed it. Hapax also raved about it in our Open Thread for Readers for September. Everything I heard about this novel, especially that it was a Jazz Age set ... more >