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REVIEW: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Dear Readers, As a child, I loved Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. It’s considered a classic novel and is the story of children beginning to blossom as they bring a locked, abandoned garden to life. I was introduced to Burnett via a serialized reading of Little Lord Fauntleroy that ... more >

REVIEW: My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale

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For those keeping track, this is number eight in my Laura Kinsale rereadapalooza, which started back in 2016 with The Prince of Midnight. My Sweet Folly is Kinsale’s tenth book, and has the distinction of being the first Kinsale book that I read when it was published, in 1997. Previously, ... more >

REVIEW: Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri

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Dear Tasha Suri, I greatly enjoyed your 2018 debut romantic fantasy novel, Empire of Sand, so I was eager for Realm of Ash, your recently-published follow up. The two books are interconnected despite being centered on different characters, so I recommend reading Empire of Sand first. Besides filling out the ... more >

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Janine’s Best of 2018

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I love end-of-year reading lists so I hope our readers share their own favorite books of 2018 in the comments. Here are the 2018 releases I enjoyed most: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Naomi Novik’s fantasy novel is the story of three young women’s quest for empowerment — a Jewish ... more >

REVIEW: Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

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Dear Ms. Suri, When I was queried by your publisher about reviewing Empire of Sand, your debut and a fantasy novel set in a world inspired by Mughal India, I thought it sounded promising, and I asked for an ARC. Mehr, the heroine of our story, is one of two ... more >

Friday News: India’s Romance writers, cover confusion, and “alt-right” Austen

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A romance novel in two weeks! – Forget the title of this article, because it distracts from the actual content, which is focused on Nikita Singh, who has written ten books (her first at age 19 while she was in pharmacy school) and is published by Penguin India. Singh is a Romance ... more >

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