Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson (Gaslight Mystery #1) Berkley Published May 1, 1999 (Yes, I realize I originally published this a week early. I blame the cold medicine I was taking.) This month’s challenge was for a book recommended by a friend. I’ll confess that I did have this series recommended by a friend, though they were recommending the...

A Kiss for Midwinter by Coutney Milan (Brothers Sinister #1.5) Amazon Digital Published December 16, 2012 The challenge this month was for a short read. To be honest, I haven’t had this in my TBR pile long (I bought it the day after Christmas), but this novella highlights many things I enjoy about short form writing: it was fast-paced, it was focused on the...

Wendy, the Super Librarian, is doing it again. “It” in this case is the 2013 TBR Challenge, an opportunity to go through the TBR pile you’ve got stacking up either in physical books or on your tablet/iDevice and actually read some of them. Considering I’ve got a house filled with books I haven’t read yet and I don’t want to admit...