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10 Books Read

Since my reading goal is 20 books this year, I guess I’ll stick to reporting my reading in increments of five. 6. Scandal Above Stairs (Kat Holloway Mysteries #2) by Jennifer Ashley. Fiction/Historical/Mystery/Victorian. 4 stars. 7. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore. Nonfiction/history/Women/Science/1920s/1930s. 4 stars. 8. Widow in … Continue reading 10 Books Read

Queen Charlotte of Britain Part I

I’ve been reading Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency by Bea Koch, which has a chapter on the royal women prominent in and around the Regency period: Queen Charlotte, Caroline who was Princess of Wales and Queen of England legally despite her husband’s best efforts to divorce her and disparage her, and Princess … Continue reading Queen Charlotte of Britain Part I

Happy 12th Birthday, Blog!

This blog has turned twelve overnight. I did not think I would have a blog for twelve years running. Like, who thought I ever had this much to say on some truly random topics? I don’t have anything special for Blog Birthday. I’m not blogging as much as I used to, for one thing. I … Continue reading Happy 12th Birthday, Blog!

Musings on the Romance Hero

I am playing with my plot bunny, which is a Regency historical romance idea. My hero and heroine have just met and don’t know what to make of each other. It’s amusing. Of course, as is evident from the last few posts, I have been on a long, Bridgerton-inspired historical romance kick. I started reading … Continue reading Musings on the Romance Hero

The First Regency Historical Romance I Read

One of the greatest and strangest things that have come about from adaptation of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series into a Netflix show is that, all of a sudden, Regency stuff seems trendy. It’s particularly weird when I’ve been intermittently reading Regency historical romance since I was, um, too young to be watching certain episodes of … Continue reading The First Regency Historical Romance I Read

5 Books Read

Woot. I have finished my first five books of 2021 and am reading my sixth and seventh books of the year now. Let’s hope if anything, that 2021 is the year I’ll actually be able to read more. What is it about winter that inspires reading? (The cold, definitely the cold) Truthfully, I should say … Continue reading 5 Books Read

An Assortment of Romance Recommendations

I’ve been hearing anecdotally (and by “anecdotally,” I mean from friends who’ve watched Bridgerton or know people who’ve watched it), that the Bridgerton books are being read. One of my best friends is in the midst of reading the books right now, in fact. There is also tangible evidence! The Duke and I was published … Continue reading An Assortment of Romance Recommendations

The Strange Places Plot Bunnies Lead

This post will be filled with cute bunnies, because man, we deserve all the cute bunnies we can get after this week. Since I finished watching season one of Bridgerton, I have gone back to re-read the Bridgerton books. I’m in the middle of the last one of the series, On The Way To The … Continue reading The Strange Places Plot Bunnies Lead

On Bridgerton

Did I binge watch Bridgerton on Netflix? You betcha. It’s terribly exciting to see a series in my favorite genre get adapted, particularly when that genre is often dismissed as fluff or cotton candy. Historical romance, particularly when it is set in the Regency, is largely fantasy: pretty dresses, handsome nobleman, fancy houses, balls, ponies, … Continue reading On Bridgerton

The 2020 Reading Stats

So, this was not a great year for reading for me. Granted, 2020 was not a great year at all, but in terms of reading, I found it incredibly hard to concentrate. I haven’t finished a book since I finished Book 20, so here we go: Out of 20 total books: 3 were nonfiction 1 … Continue reading The 2020 Reading Stats