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Still reading EJ's This Duchess of Mine and after that Villiers' book.

I'm reading The Reckless Bride by Stephanie Laurens. It's the final book in her Black Cobra series and very good!

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I am reading John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.

Kasey wrote: "I am reading John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath."

I haven't read that since college but still remember it so very well.

I'm reading The Girl Who Played With Fire.

I'm starting this week with Alyzon Whitestarr by Isobelle Carmody.

I just finished The Marriage Go Round a fascinating academic text ( believe it or not) on why Americans marry and divorce more than people in other countries. Also read the devil wore plaid, which didn't really work for me. Not sure what's next

I'm reading The Wild Marquis by Miranda Neville. I LIKE it a lot so far! Lol!

Alinutza4u wrote: "Still reading EJ's This Duchess of Mine and after that Villiers' book."

i would love to know your thoughts on Villier's book :)
its my absolute favorite of eloisa's

Cindy wrote: "I'm reading The Girl Who Played With Fire."

I have these books in my TBR pile. How are you liking them?

PJ, I am only about a hundred pages in so far, but I am starting to get into it now.

I really liked The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. And this one started out even better, with more of a running start. I'm only about 100 pages into it, but so far, so good.

I just finished Crossed Quills, an old trad Regency by Carola Dunn. The H/H are different from the usual. She's a radical political writer continuing her deceased father's work under the pseudonym Prometheus. He's newly come into a title and eager to take his place in the House of Lords, but the speeches he writes are burdened by the florid prose he used as a writer of Gothic romances. He seeks help from Prometheus, thinking the political writer is a man. Secrets complicate the romance, but love conquers all. I liked it a lot, and it reminded me of how much fun good trad Regencies were. I miss them.

My other books by Lisa Brown just came so I guess I'll read those next. I'm also reading Rex Stout, but that's because I'm trying to get my son to read new books and he'll read them with me.

This isn't exactly what I'm reading, but its relevant to historical romances and I have to share this with someone...so...according to my daughter (and I have no idea where she found this but it does make me wonder what she's learning at college) in the language of flowers lime blossoms mean fornication. I keep trying to imagine a scene where a gentleman gives a lady a bouquet that includes lime blossoms. So far, I can't come up with one. I wonder if the language of fans has a gesture with a similar meaning...

Cindy, that is good to hear. Hopefully, I will get to them soon.

Dls wrote: "My other books by Lisa Brown just came so I guess I'll read those next. I'm also reading Rex Stout, but that's because I'm trying to get my son to read new books and he'll read them with me.

Thi..."
DLS, that is too funny! Lime blossoms smell like limes, and would make a bouquet smell rather strange. I think an unusual iris/orchid that looked like a Georgia O'Keefe painting, (without the reference to Ms. O'Keefe, of course) might work better in a work of romantic fiction. I can imagine the villian performing surgery on a poor Iris blossom to achieve his goal.

Just finished Sunrise in a Garden of Love & Evil by Barbara Monajem. Secondary characters totally made this book. Had such issues with the "hero".

Also reading Crave by JR Ward.

My daughter suggests that one uses it in a bouquet to a mistress . She also reports that one could send hate flowers . Who knew?

I just started Lisa browns crazy for loving you. Not sure yet if it's any good but she has an unmistakeable writing style.

EJFan, Joyce supposedly said that he expected readers to devote their lives to reading him. I confess that I sometimes felt as if I were doing just that. I can see why Joyce didn't write for a year after finishing Ulysses. I'm glad I read it, but I'm equally glad I'll never have to reread the full text. And I still haven't been able to complete Finnegans Wake.

I started Robyn Carr's January release Promise Canyon today, but I had to stop and make a list of Virgin River characters. This is novel #11 in the series, and I'm having a hard time keeping all those VR residents straight. :)

I am finally reading Eloisa´s A Kiss At Midnight.