Reader's Corner

Revisiting Victoria Holt, Queen of Gothic Romance

Oct 14th

Posted by Avid Reader in Avid Musings

19 comments

I thought a post about Vic­to­ria Holt would be fun espe­cially since the pub­lisher has been reis­su­ing some of them with really nice cov­ers. And Yes. I am read­ing some new stuff. Mys­tery, of course. Romance –bah. Didn’t last long for me.
Here’s my brief his­tory with Vic­to­ria Holt. I started read­ing her when I was a senior in high school (back

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Reader’s Corner: Last Page Readers

Sep 18th

Posted by Avid Reader in Reader's Corner

16 comments

Believe it or not, there are read­ers out there who can­not help them­selves when it comes to know­ing how a book ends. They must always read the last page or the last chap­ter of a book. Is this you?
I recall hav­ing a con­ver­sa­tion via Twit­ter with Katiebabs aka KB from Bab­bling About Books and More where she admits to

Reader’s Corner: Glomming Author’s Backlist

Aug 21st

Posted by Avid Reader in Avid Musings

9 comments

If you’re an avid reader then you are already famil­iar with the term glom­ming. The term refers to a reader’s need to search for an author’s back­list when they’ve enjoyed their newer works. I just threw “need” in there as some read­ers feel com­pelled to find a new author’s past work. I used to do this but no longer.

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