Blog Archive
Julia Quinn Delivers Some Good News Amidst the Bad
If you live in Laredo, Texas, shopping for books just got a lot harder. On January 16th, with the closing of its’ sole bookstore – a B.Dalton – the city of a quarter million people became…
My Trouble With Courtesans
If you spend much time around romance, particularly historical romance, you know that mistresses show up fairly often. Many, especially in older books, take the form of the woman that was kept by the hero before…
Because It's Been Really Stressful Lately
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ-jv8g1YVI&feature=player_embedded# I’m going to treat us all to one of my favorite cat videos. And, since cruising for cute cats on YouTube is one of my favorite things to do when…er, I’m wasting time on the…
Ella Enchanted: Introducing Myself to Romance
Before Harry Potter swept in and defined my generation, two books left remarkable impressions on me. Two very different books, but they had a strong impact on me and many of my peers. I’m going to…
Recovery for Haiti
Normally, I like to blog about hobbies, music and things I do for fun. However, the earthquake in Haiti has been what occupies much of my thoughts lately. Seeing human misery on such a scale, it…
Embarrassment
At the moment I’m reading The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie, but I stopped, because I was so embarrassed at a main character’s actions. Do you know this phenomenon? You read a novel about a character…
Vancouver, Here We Come!
I do not watch sports. Ever. I’m not a fairweather fan; I’m an indoor unenthusiast. I did go through a long figure-skating period, which has all but died. But every four years, I resurrect my dormant sportie. The time…