Books and Chocolate

  I love that Dean Street Press has re-published so many out-of-print women authors in their Furrowed Middlebrow imprint -- some of the mor...

Never was a girl more in love with the whole adventure of living, and less equipped to hold her own in it, than the Halo Spear who had come ...

He lived one of those lives that seem otiose because they are not linked to any community of interest, because all the riches stored in them...

It's been more than ten years since I became a hard-core fan of the Victorian novel, and since then I've read most of the male autho...

I love a long, epic story, and if it's historical fiction and involves travel, better still. I was so looking forward to  Green Dolphin ...

Victorian sensation is my kind of escapist fiction -- normally chock-full of over-the-top swooning, scandal, mistaken identities, dubious wo...

It's never too late to sign up for another challenge, is it? Once again, I'm signing up for the Victorian Reading Challenge at Becky...

I was stuck in two very long books last week (that I wasn't particularly enjoying) and in desperation, I took one of the shortest books ...

I've been a big fan of British/PBS television series for years, but somehow, I missed watching All Creatures Great and Small. I guess I ...

I've been really trying to read more plays the last couple of years, for several reasons. First, because I've really gotten into the...