Currently, I'm reading a book for anonymous review; If Chins Could Kill, a memoir by Bruce Campbell, which has a great raconteur-style prose; and About Time Volume 4 (the Tom Baker era of Doctor Who).

About Time Volume 4 is much less dense that Volume 3, so I'm already to the point where Leela is going to be introduced. It's reminding me how ( Read more... )

"Under Her Uniform" by Victoria Janssen:

Kindle, $2.99

Nook, $2.99

Harlequin e-book (Adobe editions), $2.39 and UK Mills and Boon linkIsobel Hailey has disguised herself as a man so she can fight in the British Army in World War I. Only a few people know the truth, including her two officer lovers--so why can’t she stop thinking about handsome ( Read more... )

I just finished A Test of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries)
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This post's purpose is to collect my common tags in one place, so readers (and I!) can easily access entries on several subjects.

It is more difficult than I would have expected to find books in English on Belgium in World War One. The ones there are, I am pretty sure I have found already. But I am bemused that there are so few ( Read more... )

I have not been in that great a mood since I woke up Monday morning, but am trying to look forward to rehearsal tonight - we're going to start on Bach's Ascension and Easter Oratorios, which I've never sung before.

Got awesome library loot yesterday, research for The Moonlight Marriage:

Redier, Antoine, The story of Louise de Bettignies; ( Read more... )

ReconciliationWhen you are standing at your hero's grave ( Read more... )

The RainbowWatch the white dawn gleam ( Read more... )

When you think of World War One, what are the connotative meanings you have for the phrase?

Do any of those connotations dominate?

If you follow this journal, has the research material and poetry I've posted affected your perceptions of World War One? Did you learn anything you didn't know before?

RendezvousI have a rendezvous with Death ( Read more... )