Tag: Victorian

• Book Review: The Wedding People by Alison Espach

  Yes, I am late to the party. Yes, the rest of the world of book reviewers read this book and reviewed it already. Tons of people have read this book for their book clubs. Somehow, I got behind on this one. Last night, well after midnight, I finished The Wedding People by Alison Espach (Henry…

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  March 27, 2025

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  Alfred Hitchcock, Alison Espach, book clubs, book hangover, book-review, books, Daphne du Maurier, depression, fiction, Goodreads, Henry Holt and Co., Joan Fontaine, Kindle, Laurence Olivier, literature, Manderley, Mrs. Dalloway, mystery, Newport, novel, reading, Rebecca, Rhode Island, Romance, romcom, The Wedding People, Victorian, Virginia Woolf, writing

• Book Review: Of Manners and Murder: A Dear Hermoine Mystery #1, by Anastasia Hastings

  Perusing the NetGalley offerings, this book screamed, “Read me!” Set in Victorian England in 1885? A headstrong female protagonist solving a mystery? Yes, please. As I started reading the first in this new mystery series, I was immediately struck by how Violet reminded me of Eliza Scarlet from the compelling PBS Masterpiece series Miss Scarlet…

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  February 26, 2023

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  A J Pearce, Agony Aunt, Dear Mrs. Bird, England, Masterpiece, Miss Scarlet & The Duke, mystery, PBS, Victorian