Booking Through Thursday

It’s Thanksgiving in the U.S.A. today, so I know at least some of you are going to be as busy with turkey and family as I will be, so this week’s question is a simple one.

What books and authors are you particularly thankful for this year?

I’m thankful for a lot of books and authors, some of which are new to me and some of which are old favorites. Elizabeth Chadwick is an author I “discovered” about a year ago, and since then I’ve read nine of her well-written and researched novels. This year I also discovered the books by Susanna Kearsley, which are always good, creepy reads for a rainy fall afternoon. Along the same lines are the novels of Mary Stewart; a bit trashy, but good fun nonetheless. I’m also thankful for the Morland Dynasty series, by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, which I discovered this year as well. And, last but not least, the beautiful books that are published by Persephone: excellent women’s fiction and nonfiction, presented in those beautiful dove-gray covers and endpaper (be careful, their website is dangerous!). So far this year I’ve read The Priory, Monica, Miss Buncle’s Book, and The Making of a Marchioness. Persephone’s books never fail to surprise and delight, and I look forward to reading more from them in the future. I'm also thankful to those publishers who ever so graciously offer me advance review copies (Wolf Hall comes to mind)... or send them to me when I beg them! And thanks also to you (few) readers of this blog... thanks for reading along!