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Bob Sullivan's top ten everythingends & odd

Top ten things the Pilgrims would say if they were alive today

10. “This turkey tastes a little off. What breed did you say it was, ‘tofu’?”

9. “What time do the Indians arrive?”

8. “Well, I think thine clothes look equally as ridiculous!”

7. “And you can get advice on cooking your bird from that handheld talking machine?!”

6. “Big deal! So your ancestors came over on the Mayflower!”

5. “When we knew John McCain, of course, we called him ‘Little Johnny’.”

4. “Jebediah, look! Their leader appears to be a Native American!”

3. “There is no need to struggle! Why do you not just share the wishbone?!”

2. “Celebrating with giant balloons of cartoon animals! Why didn’t we think of that?!

1. “Hey! Let us out of this box! It’s dark in here!”
 

Bob Sullivan’s Top Ten Everything appears every Monday.

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Romancing history: not this week

Hi all.  Sorry, but there will not be a review for this week due to it being finals week for my two summer school classes.  However, I will be reviewing Celeste Bradley’s latest novel Devil in my Bed in two weeks.  She is a wonderful author and I have been very excited for this book to come out.  Happy reading!

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Romancing history: Surrender to the Devil by Lorraine Heath

Lorraine Heath’s latest novel Surrender to the Devil is book number three in her Scoundrels of St. James series. If you have not read the first two books, they are worth it. Heath has woven the backstory of five previous orphans (Luke, Jack, Frannie, Jim and Bill) who had banded together to work under a kidsman named Feagan. If you are familiar with Dickens’ Oliver Twist, the names and characterizations of both major and minor characters from the band of five and their acquaintances from the underworld might be familiar, and it plays wonderfully into their backstory. However, unlike Oliver and his friends, it is discovered that one of the boys (Luke) is the lost grandson of the Earl of Claybourne, and the Earl takes in Luke and his band of orphaned friends and their status in the world greatly improves.

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Romancing history: Wed Him Before You Bed Him by Sabrina Jeffries

Wed Him Before You Bed Him is book six in Sabrina Jeffries’ School For Heiresses series, and, I thought, the final book in the series. However, after reading the book, there are new characters and hints that there may be two more books, which is exciting because book six definitely lived up to the hype. [Read more →]

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Romancing history: The Virgin’s Secret by Victoria Alexander

So, I had originally planned to review This Duchess of Mine, the next to last book in Eloisa James’ current series, but I didn’t really like it. The characters were boring, and since most of my posts have leaned toward the negative, I thought I would write a positive review about a book that I did like, but is not as current as the novel by James. However, The Virgin’s Secret came out at the end of April 2009, so it is fairly current. Also, it is Alexander’s first book in a new series. [Read more →]

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Romancing history: Don’t Bargain with the Devil by Sabrina Jeffries

Book five in Sabrina Jeffries’ the School for Heiresses series, Don’t Bargain with the Devil, is the story of Lucinda Seton, a teacher at the finishing school all of the heroines in each novel of the series are in some way connected to, and the famous magician Diego Montalvo. [Read more →]

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Romancing history: To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt

I realize that the next book in Mary Balogh’s Huxtable series came out on Tuesday, May 19, but I won’t be reviewing it for today’s column. Instead, I will be reviewing To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt, who is one of the few historical romance novelists whose novels I enjoy for the writing itself (as opposed to just for the story). It is in the way she tells the story, the words she uses, the formatting she employs, as well as the direction the story progresses, that allows me to put her in a higher class than the typical romance novelist. [Read more →]

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Romancing history: At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh & Memoirs of A Scandalous Red Dress by Elizabeth Boyle

At Last Comes Love is the third book in Mary Balogh’s Huxtable series, and by far my favorite. Margaret Huxtable has told a bounder to her former love interest (whom she waited for while he was away at war, only to learn he has married another woman) that she is engaged. Rushing out of the ballroom before he can question her further about her fiance, she literally runs into Duncan Pennethorne, Earl of Sheringford, who must marry within the next fifteen days or risk losing his flow of income. [Read more →]

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Romancing history: Confessions of A Little Black Gown and Love Letters from a Duke by Elizabeth Boyle

So, book number two in Elizabeth Boyle’s Bachelor Chronicles series, Confessions of A Little Black Gown, came out at the very end of March, and since book number three comes out this next Tuesday (4/28), I thought it would be a good book to read while I await Mary Balogh’s book, which also comes out next Tuesday. If you find the infidelity with authors heinous, get over it. It just isn’t feasible to stick with just one author and patiently await her upcoming release with bated breath.  [Read more →]

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Romancing history: First Comes Marriage & Then Comes Seduction by Mary Balogh

Wandering the books section at CVS as I waited for a prescription to be filled, I came across First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh, which came out at the end of February 2009. I had never read anything by Balogh, and as I have about 20 or so authors I follow regularly, I generally am not in a position to be randomly picking up new authors. [Read more →]

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Romancing history: The Edge of Desire by Stephanie Laurens

For her seventh installment of the Bastion Club series, Stephanie Laurens, in The Edge of Desire, tells the story of Christian Allardyce, the Marquess of Dearne, and his long-lost love Lady Letitia Randall. Like the previous six novels in the series, the hero, Christian, has been away for the past ten years, a spy for England in France during the Napoleonic Wars. He returns, expecting that his love, Letitia, has waited for him, only to discover she married years before. [Read more →]