Happy New Year to all my blogger buddies!!I am looking forward to 2010 with the fabulous new historical fiction titles that are coming out. I would love to be able to JUST read for a living! Available for your reading pleasure are some fabulous new releases during this week in the historical genre.Leslie Carroll has a...

Booking Through Thursday is hosted by Deb:It’s the last day of the year, and you know what that means … nostalgia and looking back.What were your favorite books of the year? (Books that were new to you in 2009, if not necessarily published this year.)I did post my favorite 2009 books, my Top Ten 2009-published books can...

It's my One year Blog(o)(i)versary!!! The powers that be will have to get that word into the dictionary soon so I can figure out how to spell it. Here are my first few posts last December. You can stop laughing any time.Lots of amazing friends I've found, and SOO MANY AMAZING BOOKS I've found.. thanks to the wonderfulness...

The Boleyn Wife by Brandy PurdyPublisher: Kensington (January 26, 2010)Historical FictionISBN-13: 978-0758238443Review Copy provided by the authorThe Burton Review Rating:Description:Shy, plain Lady Jane Parker feels out of place in Henry VIII's courtly world of glamour and intrigue--until she meets the handsome George...

Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. And I am adding what I purchased, swapped, etc.This is a sample of what I received for Christmas, I mentioned some other titles before so these are the ones I have not mentioned. The second one is on sale...

I read about 64 books in 2009. They included genres of historical fiction, general fiction, regency styles, and non-fiction. This was my first year of reviewing books for authors and publishers, and it has opened up my reading world to many new authors that I otherwise may not have read. It has been the inspiration...

Booking Through Thursday is hosted by Deb:Given the choice, which do you prefer? Real history? Or historical fiction? (Assume, for the purposes of this discussion that they are equally well-written and engaging.)OH MY!! My favorite topic. History is my favorite genre to read about, both fiction and non-fiction alike!!...

TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by ShouldBeReading and asks you to:♠Grab your current read.♠Let the book fall open to a random page.♠Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page.♠You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations...

Paperback: 384 pagesPublisher: Pocket (January 5, 2010)ISBN-13: 978-1416583271Review copy provided by the authorThe Burton Review Rating:Product Description:THE SECRETS OF THE TUDOR COURT SERIES IS "RICH AND LUSHLY DETAILED, TEEMING WITH PASSION AND INTRIGUE," SAID ROMANTIC TIMES. NOW TALENTED KATE EMERSON CONTINUES A...

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Devil’s Cub by Georgette HeyerProduct ISBN: 9781402219535Historical RomanceReissued by Sourcebooks, originally issued in 1932Publication Date: November 2009Review Copy from the publisherThe Burton Review Rating:See my other Heyer reviewsSynopsis: Devil's Cub is one of Georgette Heyer's most famous and memorable novels,...

Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share what books that we found in our mailboxes last week. And I am adding what I purchased, swapped, etc. From Paperbackswap: My Dream of You by Nuala O'Faolain This compelling novel by Nuala O'Faolain intertwines the stories of two women, an Irish travel...