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Vive la France!
This subject has been on my mind for a while, but two recent-ish blogs got me writing: Joanna Bourne’s musings on the topic, and Lynn’s request for Italian-set romance novels. See, I love France. I love…
Speaking of Audiobooks: December 2010 Releases
The last category in My Unofficial Personal Listening Challenge for 2010 was Fantasy – another genre I tended to avoid. I chose Karen Marie Moning’s Darkfever knowing that it would also challenge me as a series…
Latte Envy
Over the last few weeks I’ve heard a lot of my friends rejoicing about the return of various holiday-flavored drinks to their favorite coffee houses. As if that isn’t enough, I see tweets and Facebook status…
Bring on the Blonds!
There is one matter of taste in which I appear to differ from most romance readers: I have a great fondness for blond heroes. Love’em. But I seem to be part of minority, because the majority…
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope all of you have a wonderful day of good food, family and friends, and rest. As I was in London last year, my Thanksgiving was a bit improvised, but lovely all the same–the people…
When Anachronisms Work
Anachronisms are the bane of historical fiction readers. Modern diction, technology, or mindsets can pull someone right out of the story. But sometimes I sort of like it. In Tessa Dare’s Three Nights With a Scoundrel,…
Perhaps perhaps perhaps …
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=891JllpodnMThis was today’s earworm. Lovely tune, funny text. Add to that those beautiful images of Doris Day and Cary Grant, and you’ll understand posting it here was just irresistable. Enjoy! – Rike Horstmann