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REVIEW: Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
Dear Ms. Moran: I can trace my fascination with Ancient Egypt back to my middle school days when I saw a picture in my social studies textbook of an Egyptian battery. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten...
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REVIEW: The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
Dear Ms. Moran: While I was reading your new novel, The Heretic Queen, I kept thinking about Shelley’s poem about Ramesses II, “Ozymandias,” especially these lines: `My name is Ozymandias, King of...
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REVIEW: Heartless by Nathalie Gray
Dear Ms. Gray, Now normally I don’t read paranormals, erotic romance or novellas as I’ve found they usually don’t work for me in any combination or alone. So imagine my surprise when this one does....
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REVIEW: Changeless by Gail Carriger
Note: This review will contains spoilers for the first book in the series, Soulless. If you prefer to be unspoiled I suggest skipping this review. Dear Ms. Carriger: Changeless starts of slow and ends...
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REVIEW: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Dear Ms. Peters: Not since I discovered the JD Robb In Death series have I enjoyed such a rich reading glom as I am now with the Amelia Peabody books. There is a particular pleasure in discovering a...
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Haiku Review: Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
We briefly enjoyed regular haiku reviews and then our haiku-ist retired. Over Christmas, I found this in my inbox. How fun, right? Bring back the haiku review. Lovely cover art Plus Cleopatra’s...
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REVIEW: Wedding of The Season by Laura Lee Guhrke
Dear Ms. Guhrke: When I read a couple of books in your bachelor girls series, I wasn't sure your historical voice was compatible with my reader's ear. Then Jane started urging me to read your new...
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Haiku Review: Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
(Lots of spoilers ahead – beware!) What happened here, Dray? Your first book was so very good. This one screwed the pooch. In first book, Selene takes control of her own fate ends on happy note...
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REVIEW: The Other Guy’s Bride by Connie Brockway
Dear Ms. Brockway, When I found out the news that this story is about Harry and Dizzy’s daughter, I was initially excited. Until I sat and thought for a minute and realized that it’s been so long since...
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Friday Links: Strange Alliances, CDC study on sex, Kobo problems
First up, no deals today, just the news. I don’t publish this to promote this deal but to share with the reading audience one of the strangest things I have received in my inbox (and trust me, I see a...
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REVIEW: Dead Romantic by Ruth Saberton
What do you do if you come face to face with a ghost? Put it down to a bump on the head and work stress if you’re a respected academic like Cleo Carpenter. With Christmas approaching, professional...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw
In the Fourth Century A.D., independent and determined young Charis is forbidden to become a doctor because she is a woman. Disguising herself as a eunuch, she flees Ephesus and an unwanted marriage...
View ArticleREVIEW: A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
Dear Ms. Raybourn: This is the third in the Veronica Speedwell mystery series, and the fourth Deanna Raybourn title I’ve read. (In addition to the first two books in this series, I read the first Lady...
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REVIEW: Changeless by Gail Carriger
Note: This review will contains spoilers for the first book in the series, Soulless. If you prefer to be unspoiled I suggest skipping this review. Dear Ms. Carriger: Changeless starts of slow and ends...
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REVIEW: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Dear Ms. Peters: Not since I discovered the JD Robb In Death series have I enjoyed such a rich reading glom as I am now with the Amelia Peabody books. There is a particular pleasure in discovering a...
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Haiku Review: Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
We briefly enjoyed regular haiku reviews and then our haiku-ist retired. Over Christmas, I found this in my inbox. How fun, right? Bring back the haiku review. Lovely cover art Plus Cleopatra’s...
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REVIEW: Wedding of The Season by Laura Lee Guhrke
Dear Ms. Guhrke: When I read a couple of books in your bachelor girls series, I wasn't sure your historical voice was compatible with my reader's ear. Then Jane started urging me to read your new...
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Haiku Review: Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
(Lots of spoilers ahead – beware!) What happened here, Dray? Your first book was so very good. This one screwed the pooch. In first book, Selene takes control of her own fate ends on happy note...
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REVIEW: The Other Guy’s Bride by Connie Brockway
Dear Ms. Brockway, When I found out the news that this story is about Harry and Dizzy’s daughter, I was initially excited. Until I sat and thought for a minute and realized that it’s been so long since...
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Friday Links: Strange Alliances, CDC study on sex, Kobo problems
First up, no deals today, just the news. I don’t publish this to promote this deal but to share with the reading audience one of the strangest things I have received in my inbox (and trust me, I see a...
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