Posts Tagged as ‘romance’

June 11, 2008

‘Fool’s Errand’ by Louis Bayard

The first of the holiday reads…

Gorgeous, just gorgeous! This book is warm, funny, lively, involving and, er, did I mention gorgeous?
It tells the story of Patrick, a gay man living in Washington DC who falls asleep at a friend’s house and sees the man of his dreams. But has he dreamt ‘Scottie’ (so called because [...]

June 8, 2008

‘The Benefits of Passion’ by Catherine Fox

One from the files to keep you going until I have time to report on the holiday reading. 
I started out by loving this book. It tells the story of a thirty-something woman, single and training to be a priest, who suddenly starts to hear her body-clock ticking and to take her mind off [...]

May 24, 2008

‘Love is a Four Letter Word’ by Claire Calman

I have to admit to struggling with this book. It started off quite well – very much chick-lit, but snappy and smart and quite true-to-life. The heroine moved to a new area and the details of the house move were straight out of real life, with mishaps galore and boxes that gradually migrated around the [...]

May 15, 2008

‘Kushiel’s Dart’ by Jacqueline Carey

I first started this book over a year ago, read a few chapters and put it down. A couple of months ago, I picked it up again, determined to get further with it, or at least find out why I hadn’t liked it first time round. Second time around, I was pleasantly surprised, and found [...]