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Thanks for the recommends. I'm currently abusing the crap out of Amazon's 10 books for free checkout thing. I read quickly, and I have a feeling I'm going to be the reason they discontinue that policy/marketing idea. Read more

Yay! This is exactly the post I've been looking for. So many great suggestions. This year, I challenged myself, as well as the ten year old girl I nanny for, to read a book a week. We're already bookworms, so this will be a fun challenge. Anyone else tried this? And, on that note, have any suggestions for books a 10…

I've got some shit boys. Read more

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! I got into Sarah MacLean from your original romance post and she is the absolute best. I keep trying other authors, and I can't quite find anyone I like as much. (Lisa Kleypas' "Wallflower" series is a close second). Snappy dialogue, smart women and dirty sex scenes. I need moar from her. Read more

According to an interview she did with Smart Bitches her next set of novels are going to be based on modern celebrity scandals set in the Regency era. She's already working on the first book, based on the Solonge/Jay-Z elevator incident. Which makes me squee so fucking much! Read more

Normally I would not go off topic but how often do I have the chance to discuss historical romances on here?? Read more

Seriously Kelly, can you start a monthly review column because I would be so down with that. I got hooked on this series from the post you make about Nine Rules this summer. Clearly we jive when it comes to reading tastes, and there's a reason I bought an ereader: to load it chock full of happy, sappy goodness. Read more

That moment when you figure out the exact deal with Chase at the end of book 3....I can not recall a twist that shocked (and delighted me) more. I've torn through all of MacLean's books in the last year as well. She's a brilliant writer, but I think just as importantly, a great storyteller. I love that Jezebel… Read more

I am a romance author. True confession: I am also a Sarah MacLean fangirl. I love her books. I wait for them. They're the carrot that pulls me to the end of my latest deadline(s). Read more

I'm so glad you wrote this because I devoured Sarah Maclean's backlist this year and adored every book of hers I read. I was so pleased to find out Chase was a woman — and Georgiana to boot! Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover was such an excellent end to the Rules of Scoundrels and I can't wait to see what she writes… Read more

Egads ... I read "Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake" based on a recommendation from another Jezebel thread and I am HOOKED. They are wonderfully written, extremely sharp and also, well and truly sexy. I can't stop downloading them. Read more

These might get me reading Romance again. Read more

I just want to link to the organization Paul Farmer co-founded, Partners in Health. They work in a lot of different countries, most of which Farmer has done research in as an anthropologist, so they understand the context they're working in and they try to build infrastructure as well as respond to crises (they… Read more

I know! When I finished it, I laid it down on the table and said, "Well played, Ms. McLean, well played." And then I went back and re read all the other ones and dammit, I don't normally miss things like that. I'm a librarian, so I have romance paperbacks all over the place from work. Hawkins, Quinn, Milan....have… Read more

It took me a minute to realize Sarah MacLean is not the same set of words as Sarah McLachlan and I think maybe that brief, fleeting moment was one of the happiest of my life. Read more

Sarah MacLean and Tessa Dare are my two fave Regency writers right now. They hit me in all those junior-high-Julia-Quinn-obsessed areas. Read more

Try this website it divides books into topics that interest you, I like it because it allows me to weed out the themes I find insufferable. The period you are talking about usually falls first on each list under Medieval Romances. My favorite Knight and Lady Romance is For My Lady's Heart by Laura Kinsale. Read more

Have you read any by Colleen Gleason? Really well written books that are set during the reign of Henry II. I also really enjoyed Ann Lawrence's and Anna Markland's books. Read more

If history is any indication, I'm either being a broken record or callous here. Can a broken record be callous? Whatever. Anyway, I'm really irritated on some level by the amount of attention Ebola gets as malaria still kills many times more people than Ebola would likely ever kill. Just a quick blurb from the WHO: Read more

I have an acquaintance who is a nurse in the army national guard (or maybe in the reserve? I'm not sure) who was called up for that two month deployment people may have heard something about. I didn't find out she was going until she was already leaving, so didn't get a chance to tell her I'd send all the teddy bears,… Read more