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 […]
Noble Bookworms – Historical Fiction and Sports
I’ve been slacking on our monthly book club round-ups, but, in reality, that’s good for you. It means this post is a two-for-one and is […]
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 […]
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 […]
Better Know a Library Staffer: Jackie
Here on the blog the other Matchmakers and I share what we are reading, watching, or listening to quite frequently, but we don’t often hear […]
Andrea’s Best Books: 2016
It’s been another happy year of reading for me, and this year I don’t feel like making a list. I would rather write short book […]
“Changes”-Researching & Rethinking Tupac Shakur
The Rose That Grew from Concrete Tupac Shakur’s most intimate and honest thoughts were uncovered only after his death with the instant classic The Rose […]
Scarlet Women
A feminist take on the Holmes & Watson tradition? Yes, please! Novelist Sherry Thomas launches a new mystery series with A Study in Scarlet Women. It’s […]
