About

About Me

My name is Keis­hon and I’ve been an avid reader for 18 years. The first book I read was by V.C. Andrews, Flow­ers In the Attic. I went on to read the entire series about a group of kids whose mother aban­dons them in their grandmother’s attic.

Next came romance. I started with a gothic romance title called, The House of a Thou­sand Lanterns by Vic­to­ria Holt and even­tu­ally read her entire back­list (or as much of it as I could find at the time) then I moved onto LaVyrle Spencer, Judith Ivory, Laura Kin­sale, Judith McNaught, Diana Gabal­don, Mary Balogh, Amanda Quick and so on and so forth. I am always look­ing for new authors to try.

Romance Fiction Today

My atti­tude about romance today is this: I’ve been there and done that. Any romance writ­ten today has to really impress me. I’ve learned to find romance else­where, how­ever - in my mys­tery read­ing (Julia Spencer-Fleming’s series or Dana Stabenow’s now defunct Liam Camp­bell series) and fan­tasy where Cather­ine Asaro’s work usu­ally has a strong roman­tic sub­plot like Pri­mary Inver­sion and young adult novels like Sarah Dessen’s The Truth About For­ever or Annette Curtis Klause’s Blood and Chocolate.

Blog

This is a reader blog with one blog author. I started this blog because I enjoy read­ing and dis­cussing books and I plan to do that for as long as I find it fun to do so. I do have a full-​time job and a social life. I post books/commentary at my leisure. I do try to post reg­u­larly but it won’t be an every­day thing. I do tend to pro­vide absurd com­men­tary about read­ers and my quirky read­ing habits. All opin­ions are welcome.

Recommendations

My opin­ion on books won’t mean any­thing to you unless we enjoy the same books. Do we share the same tastes in books? Check the archives. Read my reviews. Here is a short list [cough] of my favorites. Of course, I am always look­ing to add to this list.

Romance Favorites

[ A defin­i­tive list of favorites ]

Heart of the West by Pene­lope Williamson
The Shadow and the Star by Laura Kin­sale
Flow­ers From the Storm by Laura Kin­sale
Beast by Judith Ivory
The Propo­si­tion by Judith Ivory
Bliss by Judy Cuevas
Dance by Judy Cuevas
Indis­creet by Mary Balogh
Heart­less by Mary Balogh
The Noto­ri­ous Rake by Mary Balogh
Thun­der and Roses by Mary Jo Putney
Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught
The Boyfriend School by Sarah Bird
Risky Games by Olga Bicos
Per­fect Timing by Olga Bicos
One Summer by Karen Robards
Maggy’s Child by Karen Robards

Mystery Favorites

The Last Coyote by Michael Con­nelly (or any of his mys­ter­ies)
The 37th Hour by Jodi Comp­ton
In The Bleak Mid­win­ter by Julia Spencer-​Fleming (and the rest)
Cold Pur­suit by T.Jefferson Parker
Shut­ter Island by Dennis Lehane
Mystic River byDennis Lehane
A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane (and the rest of the series)
Frac­tured by Karin Slaugh­ter (second book in the Will Trent series)

Contact Me

I actu­ally enjoy receiv­ing email (if it’s not spam). Got a rec for me? Want to leave me feed­back? Just drop me a line if you want to get in touch.