Category Archives: romance novels

My May Reading Log

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Shirt on His Back is tenth in Barbara Hambly’s Benjamin January series. I always buy her new ones in hardcover, and the line of unread ones on my shelf is a little embarrassing, so I dove in. Such … Continue reading →

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My March Reading Log

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Mira’s Last Dance: Penric & Desdemona Book 5 by Lois McMaster Bujold was delightful to read, but it felt like it ended too soon, not just because it leaves the door open for the next story, but because it … Continue reading →

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My January Reading Log

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman is first in the contemporary Decker/Lazarus mystery series. A violent rape and then a brutal murder take place in a tightknit yeshiva community in California; we get the pov of Rina Lazarus, the … Continue reading →

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My November Reading Log

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch had some resolutions happen in the series! I shall not spoil which ones. The plot raised some new questions in Peter Grant’s quest to understand how magic works, because it’s always much more complicated … Continue reading →

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My October Reading Log

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Exit Strategy: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells concludes the series, at least so far, and made me very happy, except I still want more. There is a lot more world out there to explore, and a lot more … Continue reading →

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Love is in the Details: Crooked Hearts by Patricia Gaffney

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Victoria Janssen

I was a late convert to Patricia Gaffney’s novels. I’m not sure how that happened; back when I first became interested in romance novels, in the mid-1990s, I deliberately sought out classic novels in the genre. Perhaps in my catching … Continue reading →

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My March Reading Log

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas entertained me just as much as the first book in the series, and I am really bummed the third book isn’t out yet. I love the many female characters and the complexities … Continue reading →

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Stuart’s Coat: Sartorial Eroticism in Untie My Heart by Judith Ivory

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Victoria Janssen

Untie My Heart (2002) was Judith Ivory’s final romance novel, and I’d like to tell you about the hero’s fur coat. Well, that and the infamous “chair scene.” The heroine of Untie My Heart, Emma Hotchkiss, is a former con … Continue reading →

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My January Reading Log

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Victoria Janssen

Ursula K. LeGuin passed in January, and that was a very hard thing. Fiction: I ended up being sick over most of my winter holiday, and took refuge in The Comfortable Courtesan: Being Memoirs by Clorinda Cathcart (that has been … Continue reading →

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My November Reading Log

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Nonfiction: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is worth reading even if you aren’t a history buff, because it shows how very pervasive the genocide of America’s indigenous peoples is in our history and our … Continue reading →

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