Random Musings of a Bibliophile

Friday Favorites  is a weekly meme hosted at  Tressa's Wishful Endings  that spotlights a favorite author, book, series, publisher, cover, blog, etc. Basically whatever bookish thing that you love, recommend, and want to tell others about. Today I'm going to take a detour from the ordinary and feature a favorite author of adult books. GASP! Yes, I read them too. Thanks to the vociferous praise of Chachic I discovered the novels of Laura Florand this year, and let me tell you they are well worth discovering. Sexy romance about hot Parisian men who MAKE DESSERT. Mostly out of chocolate. Yes. I devoured this entire series, and as each new book has come out I've read it immediately. Florand is now my favorite contemporary romance author. Actually scratch that. She is now my favorite romance author whatever the time period. (She is also an all around delightful person as I've discovered via Twitter.) Her Books: Novels: The Chocolate Thief The ...

Friday Favorites  is a weekly meme hosted at  Tressa's Wishful Endings  that spotlights a favorite author, book, series, publisher, cover, blog, etc. Basically whatever bookish thing that you love, recommend, and want to tell others about. I recently discovered this meme and thought it would be a fun way of putting the spotlight on some individual favorites. This week I'm featuring the book I'm currently reading aloud to Bit (an old favorite of mine): As a Tam Lin retelling, The Perilous Gard is also a perfect read for this time of year. I have a weak spot for Tam Lin retellings. Most of them don't live up to expectations. Or maybe it is more accurate to say that most of them don't live up to the standard set in this book. I love everything about The Perilous Gard , the setting, the mystery of the Queen and her people, the intrepid heroine, Katherine, and Christopher (who is amazing). This book also contains one of the best proposals/declarations of love ...