Now starring Libertus’ son, Junio… Rosemary Rowe’s The Rewards of Treachery is another excellent entry in her Libertus series – although in Treachery, the focus shifts from Libertus, who fled Glevum at the end of the previous book, to Libertus’ adopted son, Junio, who has taken up his father’s mosaic business, and also more-or-less inherited […]
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I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I know very little about the history of the Philippines, other than a few scant mentions waaaay back in my high school world history class. But now here’s my chance to fill the gap…A History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos by Luis H. Francia, who
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Murder in Westminster is the first in the Lady Worthing series by Vanessa Riley, whose earlier romance novel, The Duke, The Lady, and a Baby was one of Oprah Magazine‘s 25 must‑read Black romance novels. It’s on sale right now at Kindle US for $2.99, not price-matched (at least as of now) at Kobo US.
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Today is, at least according to Kindle US, Tolkien Reading Day, and they have a selection of 19 Tolkien books on sale for today only. I spot checked, and many, perhaps all, are also on sale at Kobo US… Here’s the link to the Kindle US page, and unfortunately I’m in a huge time-crunch right
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A cozy mystery with a bit of grit… Jane Adams has written a thoroughly engaging English countryside mystery featuring actress Rina Martin, who is now semi-retired and the “proprietress” of a Victorian era boarding house, Peverill Lodge. At first, the case appears pretty simple – so simple that there’s not really a case at all:
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The DK Eyewitness Ireland travel guide is $1.99 right now in the US. I’ve used some other DK travel guides in the past in DTB, and enjoyed them. Now I just have to find an excuse to travel to Ireland 😊… Buy at Kindle US | Kobo US
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Murder on the Iditarod Trail is the first in Sue Henry’s Jessie Arnold series, set in Alaska – as I’m sure you could have guessed! Per SYKM, this won a couple of “Best First” awards back when it was originally published. I remember this series as one of the earlier series I branched out into
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I’ve read a few of Diane Duane’s books, some in her Young Wizards series, and a couple of her stand-alone titles. I’ve liked all that I’ve read. Now it appears that her entire catalog is available in one package from her webstore at ebooks.direct. The package is called the “Give Me Everything You’ve Got” package,
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson is on sale today for $2.99 in the US. I read this a while back, mostly prompted by the lyrics to Al Stewart’s League of Notions (not a typo, since Stewart loves puns), and really enjoyed it,
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A fun, not-quite-cozy, mystery… David Rosenfelt’s Good Dog, Bad Cop is the fourth in his K-Team mystery series, which is itself a spin-off from his Andy Carpenter series, And somehow I’ve never read any of them. But I was recently offered an advance review copy of Good Dog, and, even without having any background from
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