Attention, all Laurie Colwin fans! There’s a new writer in the house, a writer who captures New York City upper-class family life in a comic […]
Genre Mash-up: Historical Mystery
Here it is: a historical mystery series launch in which the story does not take place in Victorian England! I know, I could hardly believe it […]
Historical Fiction: The Austrian Empire
Allison Pataki has written two breathtakingly beautiful historical novels featuring Empress Elisabeth (known as Sisi) of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of the 19th […]
Twentieth-Century Classics: Stella Gibbons
I tell everyone I know to read Stella Gibbons’ Cold Comfort Farm. And when I recommend it, I try to remember to mention that you […]
Genre Spotlight: Historical Fiction
I have nothing but praise for authors who set historical fiction in times and places that aren’t especially well-known. Because, you know, history is happening […]
Science Fiction: The Space Opera
I feel obliged to include this disclaimer: if four-letter words bother you, you will not like this book. You have been warned! However, if characters […]
Novels Set in New York City
Novels set in New York City… and there are a lot of them, aren’t there? So when I find one that’s really outstanding, it’s an […]
Victorian Mystery Series
Welcome to the Victorian era in England! Meet Veronica Speedwell, lepidopterist and world traveler! Today’s definition: a lepidopterist is “a person who studies and collects butterflies […]
Steampunk Series
I find this new steampunk series irresistible, and it’s not just because it has the word “custard” in the title. Although that definitely helps! Gail […]
