I’m disappointed in my reading this year. I read 50 books, which is almost one per week, but most of that was concentrated in a couple of months. Most of the time, I found other things to do besides read. (The internet is my biggest temptation – it’s so easy to waste a few hours… Continue reading Best of 2010

I decided to read one of the older books from my TBR pile. I have a lot of Edith Layton books so that seemed like a good place to start. A True Lady by Edith Layton(1995, Georgian)Grade: 3.5 Cristabel is the daughter of a pirate, but she yearns to be an English lady like her… Continue reading A True Lady by Edith Layton

I haven’t read anything for a month! Actually, I did spend about three weeks reading At Home by Bill Bryson, which was enjoyable nonfiction, but I have been lax about my other reading. I will have to make up for it during my upcoming time off work. I picked up this one because one of… Continue reading Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas

I was looking for something short to read last night, and I grabbed this one off the TBR shelf. From 1984! Love the feathered hair. (I didn’t buy it until about ten years ago, though – I was a little too young for these in 1984. I was reading Kathleen Woodiwiss back then but I… Continue reading Trouble in Paradise by Jeanne Grant

I do love my Broadway divas. The library finally came through for me (after three tries!) and I was able to get a copy of this through Marina, the Maryland interlibrary loan system. (My copy came from Hagerstown – thanks!) Patti LuPone: A Memoir by Patti LuPone(2010, Biography)Grade: 3.5 Patti LuPone is well known as… Continue reading Patti LuPone: A Memoir by Patti LuPone

Beauty and the Beast stories are a guilty pleasure of mine, so I decided to pick up this YA book at the library. Beastly by Alex Flinn(2007, Young Adult)Grade: 3.5 When Kyle Kingsbury, the wealthy and self-centered son of a news anchor, plays a cruel trick on a strange new student at his high school,… Continue reading Beastly by Alex Flinn

I had to finish one more book before taking a huge bag of books to donate to our office book sale. I filled up an entire Container Store bag – one of the BIG ones! That’s a lot of books. A Rogue in Texas by Lorraine Heath(1999, Western)Grade: 4 In 1865, Grayson Rhodes, the illegitimate… Continue reading A Rogue in Texas by Lorraine Heath

Back to the TBR for a backlist book. I need to clear off a few more shelves! The Seduction of an English Lady by Cathy Maxwell(2004, Regency Historical)Grade: 3.5 When Colonel Colin Mandland appears at her door, Lady Rosalyn Wellborne gets an unpleasant shock – her cousin has sold her home! She has no choice… Continue reading The Seduction of an English Lady by Cathy Maxwell

This isn’t my usual type of book, but I was intrigued when I read the reviews. It also seemed an appropriate choice because of everything that’s been going on in the news recently. (It also didn’t hurt that it was a contemporary – the search for the great contemporary read continues.) Shining in the Sun… Continue reading Shining in the Sun by Alex Beecroft

An interesting book that lost its way in the second half. To Marry a British Lord by Judith O’Brien(1997, Victorian)Grade: 3.5 Ten years after fleeing war-torn Virginia, Constance Lloyd is a governess who finds herself unexpectedly engaged to the second son of the Duke of Hastings. But when Constance meets Phillip’s best friend, Joseph Smith,… Continue reading To Marry a British Lord by Judith O’Brien