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January Reading Part 1

I’ve been reading the books in Philippa Gregory’s Cousins’ War series this month. First I reread The White Queen, then I read the Red Queen, Lady of the Rivers and the non-fiction Women of the Cousins’ War.

The White Queen – This book is about Elizabeth Woodville, a commoner, widow, from a Lancastrian family, who [...]

September reads

I read 14 books in September, putting me at 99 books for the year so far.

I had a mix of things this time, some mysteries, some romance, some regular fiction & some non-fiction.

Starting with the mysteries, I discovered a new series, only 2 books so far but a 3rd due out in February.

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August reads

I read 10 books. 7 of them were romances but not all of them were Regency settings.

The other 2 were mysteries by the same author

Last Kashmiri Rose & The Damascened Blade by Barbara Cleverly. Both are set in 1920’s India and feature Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands, who is out [...]

July Reading

I read a lot this month. Both new and rereads.

I reread all of the books in the Bastion Club & Black Cobra Quartet by Stephanie Laurens, still in pursuit of my summer thesis on The Ever ‘Evolving’ Hero in Regency Romances.

This brings me to the first of the library books

The Secret Mistress [...]