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My February Reading Log

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: In the course of reading Coming to Terms: Consequences Impend (Clorinda Cathcart’s Circle Book 12) by L.A. Hall, I discovered I had somehow missed Tricks and Traps: Tables Turned (Clorinda Cathcart’s Circle Book 10)! Which I had not noticed, … Continue reading →

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My January Reading Log

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Orphans of Raspay: A Penric and Desdemona novella by Lois McMaster Bujold had fun twists and turns; there is currently one more novella in this series for me to read. I am a huge fan of Bujold so … Continue reading →

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My September, October, and November Reading Log

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Golden in Death by J.D. Robb is fiftieth in the Eve Dallas series, and yes I read it, and yes it checked in with many recurring characters including a couple we hadn’t seen in a while, and yes it … Continue reading →

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My July and August Reading Log

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: I reread Wild Horses and then The Danger by Dick Francis. A friend recommended the author to me in high school; I’d read and re-read all of them over the years, but boxed them up about five years ago, … Continue reading →

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Return of the Reading Log: March and April, 2020

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Rat-Catcher’s Daughter by K.J. Charles is a short romance between an ace trans music hall singer and an ace man who works as a fence for the notorious Lilywhite Boys. Both are in danger from an upstart criminal, … Continue reading →

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My February Reading Log

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Jade Temptress by Jeannie Lin is the second of her historical romance mysteries set in Tang Dynasty China. The heroine Mingyu, a highly trained courtesan, discovers one of her highest-ranking clients spectacularly dead and must work with big, … Continue reading →

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My January Reading Log

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson is a lowkey romance that takes place just before and during World War One. The hero is a surgeon of working-class Scottish origins, the heroine is an aristocratic-class woman who becomes an ambulance … Continue reading →

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My November Reading Log

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Connections in Death by J.D. Robb is 48th in the Eve Dallas series of futuristic mysteries, and yet I bought it and read it and enjoyed it. Formulaic books are great for when I only have tiny bits of … Continue reading →

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My October Reading Log

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Forbidden Stars by Tim Pratt is third in the Axiom space opera series. Like the previous books, it is banter-tastic, and has a lot of clever solutions to life-threatening problems as Our Heroes try to rescue colonists who’ve … Continue reading →

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My September Reading Log

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

I read a lengthy anonymous review book this month, so my other reading was a bit sparse! Fiction: A Dream Defiant by Susanna Fraser is a short historical romance that I’ve been meaning to read for literally years. Set during … Continue reading →

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