Some of you know my love for Les Liaisons Dangereuses: it’s my favorite play (EVER), has spawned three of my favorite movies, and hands down, is the greatest epistolary novel of all time (OF ALL TIME). It’s got everything – love, sex, revenge, horrible people being horrible, comeuppance, banter, and no one learning anything, at all. Ever. So when Amanda (seriously, this was like SIX MONTHS AGO) said “Hey, there’s a retelling of Dangerous Liaisons … Continue reading Unforgivable Love by Sophfronia Scott →
It shouldn’t be a big shock that The Great British Bake Off is a well-loved show around these parts. And you all know how I feel about historical cooking and social history in general. And you should have a pretty good idea about how I feel about generalized shenanigans. (Pro. Very pro.) Now, if you put these things together, what you get is The Supersizers Go, aka “Literal RHG bait as produced by the … Continue reading Stuff You Should Be Watching: The Supersizers Go →
I said in the lightning review of The Sport of Baronets that Theresa Romain basically created a series just for me, and the first full-length book just confirms it. She reached into my head and found the references and plot that would make me happiest, and gave those thoughts a beautiful cover and said, “Here!” (Actually she threw out the NetGalley link and ran away and then Elyse and I tussled over it and I … Continue reading A Gentleman’s Game by Theresa Romain →
