Today, I am delighted to welcome Tony Riches back to my blog, this time to celebrate his recent release, Queen Anna Anna was born a Danish princess, daughter to the keen amateur chemist Sofia of Mecklenburg and Fredrik II. Her mother was a big fan of Tycho Brahe, not so Anna’s brother, Christian IV, both […]
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Of late, I’ve been thinking about choices. We make so many choices, don’t we, and sometimes we don’t quite understand that making one choice effectively kills opportunities f, K, Q and Z. So when next we haveto make a choice, the selection is smaller. Not necessarily a bad thing—having to choose can be difficult and
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Today, I have Tony Riches visiting me. He does that from time to time, usually because there’s a new exciting book of his to talk about. And yes, there IS a new exciting book to talk about, but as I haven’t read it yet, it will have to wait some weeks. Instead, I was chatting
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When I was asked to join this Yarde Book Promotion book tour, I had NO idea I would be hosting an author who lives in Sweden. But there you have it: Ms Jacobs lives in my country – lei è veramente la benvenuta qui! Not that there’s much Italian or Swedish in her book –
No Ordinary June – giving a Regency Romance some limelight Read More »
Today, I am helping Alison Morton celebrate her recent release, Heroica. There’s a review further down, but I am first going to turn you over to Alison’s capable hands – she’s written a post about language. Made me smile that, as I recall reading her first book and wondering just what on Earth “Stat!” meant.
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Today, I am welcoming Bart A. Charlow and his book That Catskill Summer to my blog – this as part of his Coffee Pot Book Club tour. I had only the vaguest idea of where the Catskills were located (even if I have VERY clear memories of Dirty Dancing) but now, after some time spent
Today, I am happy to welcome John Anthony Miller on my blog. This prolific author has penned various books, and this his latest is set in World War II, more specifically in Vienna. The author has kindly offered an excerpt (see below) but let us start with the cover and the blurb! Vienna, 1941 Monika
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heToday, I am visited by Jan Matthews and her book The Last Fatal Hour, set in teh aftermath of the American Civil War. I imagine reinventing yourself after having been very close to the horrors of battle is hard, but Leona Gladney seems to be doing fine – until things go awfully wrong… I give
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Today, I am visited by A.B. Michaels who is on a Coffee Pot Book Club tour with her book, The Twisted Road. I am somewhat partial to stories set in early 20th century San Francisco, and as to that earthquake, well, I had a phase when I totally adored Clark Gable (he was very, very
Some weeks ago, I posted my review (and her interesting guest post) of Char Newcomb’s latest, Rogues and Kings. Today, she visits as part of her Coffee Pot Book Club – this time with a snippet. And yes, I do believe this book deserves a lot of shout-outs, predominantly because I think it is an