This September, I will be traveling for the first time to Ireland and Scotland. And while I am extremely anxious about having to drive there–it’s the wrong side of the road for me!–I am thrilled to finally visit these two places. To prepare–I did just rewatch the first season of Outlander–I thought I’d ask for…
Babies and the decision to have or not to have them are part of every human’s life in some way. But in romance, the way having children or not having children is handled rarely reflects reality. I confess, I’ve never understood why we can’t discuss abortion. Perhaps it’s because I grew up in that era…
In a comment she wrote on my recent review of Sarina Bowen’s Good As Gold, Caroline wrote: When I look at Bowen’s output, it doesn’t surprise me that the quality is starting to fall off. I started to feel like something was off in the 2021-2 releases of the Brooklyn Bombshells (Bombshells, Shenanigans, and Love…
I have been on a truly splendiferous reading run lately. In the past three months, I have read eight books I’ve given flat out As to–or five stars on Goodreads–and three more that are 4 star/B+s. I can’t remember the last time so many books have so delighted me. A few on my list haven’t…
I’ve been asked, by friend who runs a few newspapers, to write a column about what are five romances that would change haters’ opinions about the genre. Whew. Tough gig. One way I considered is to list five misapprehensions about romance–it’s not funny, it’s too frothy, you can’t learn anything from it, the plots are…
It feels to me as though I’ve read many a romance where the lead or leads are writers or musicians but nowhere nearly as many featuring heroes and heroines who are visual artists. Off the top of my head, I recall that Sherry Thomas has a secondary character who’s a painter, the second Mackenzie novel…
When I think of Tennessee Williams, I think of A Streetcar Named Desire (the movie) and, in my head, I hear Vivian Leigh saying, “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” In the film, the viewer knows Blanche’s trust’s delusional and that the kindnesses done to her are, in truth, cruel or uncaring….
I’ve never been a fan of Twitter but, for years, it was a place I’d go to for news about romance and politics. No more. The new design is chaotic, I see nothing that I care about, and it feels downright unfriendly. It, like Facebook, has become a place where users have almost no ability…
To celebrate retirement–Dr. Feelgood’s–the two of us are on a three week trip through Europe. We are currently in Italy exploring, for two days, Lake Como. After this, we’ll travel to Switzerland, take a boat up the Rhine, check out the Vermeer exhibit in Amsterdam, and then spend a week in England with our eldest…
Dr. Feelgood and I are watching Daisy Jones and the Six. The fashion is on point–Riley Keough (Elvis’ granddaughter!) can rock macramé like a goddess. Unsurprisingly, the show has inspired 70s fashion renaissance–in my town, young women are dressed just like I was (way) back in the day! It’s tough to beat the 70s for…
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