Category Archives: romance novels

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

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Victoria Janssen

Untie My Heart (2002) by Judith Ivory is one of my favorite romance novels, 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, … 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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My September and October Reading Logs

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Nonfiction: In War’s Dark Shadow: The Russians before the Great War by W. Bruce Lincoln took me a year or more to finish. This book is from the 1980s, when it was a big deal that Lincoln had actually been … Continue reading →

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My August Reading Log

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Nonfiction: Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction by John Rieder is highly recommended if if you’re at all interested in the subject. This book helped me make/clarify a plethora of mental connections between colonialism and Social Darwinism and racism … Continue reading →

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My February/March Reading Log

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

I’m finally caught up!!! Fiction: Mind Magic (Lupi Book 12) by Eileen Wilks introduces a new character, a teenager named Demi who has Asperger’s. She was involved in an illegal government project to boost the power of Gifted kids until … Continue reading →

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My September Reading Log

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee is space opera fantasy. From the plot description, I was expecting it to be a difficult read, but in fact the complex, fascinating, and unusual worldbuilding is really clearly presented, so I followed … Continue reading →

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My May and June Reading Log

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Wonder City Stories by Jude McLaughlin went along well with my recent comics reading. Wonder City is full of superheroes, and they all have stories: young superheroes just starting out, old superheroes who aren’t sure what timeline they’re in, … Continue reading →

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My February Reading Log

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Taking the Lead by Cecilia Tan is a contemporary romance with BDSM, first in a new series. The heroine and her sister have inherited their gazillionaire grandfather’s secret Hollywood BDSM club, and the hero is a rock star who’s … Continue reading →

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My December Reading Log

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: There’s Something About Ari by L.B. Gregg was novella length, I think, a m/m romance that never took off for me, though I did finish it. I picked up another in a long-running series. Obsession in Death by J.D. … Continue reading →

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