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Can you imagine a life where all you have to do is summer in the Italian countryside?

A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

October 31, 2020 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR12 BINGO: I Wish Double BINGO! Vertical: The Roaring 20s, Pandemic, Friendship, Green, I Wish Horizontal: Money, No Money, Repeat, I Wish, Violet The title of my review comes from the classic episode of The Office in which we learn about the Finer Things Club. Oscar: Can you imagine a life where all you have to do is summer in the Italian countryside? Pam: And spend time with George Emerson. That’s what I would do. That sums up why I selected A Room with a View […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, classics, E.M. Forster, Edwardian romance, KimMiE"

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, classics, E.M. Forster, Edwardian romance, KimMiE" ·
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A Historical Romance with Bustles

January 28, 2014 by Mrs. Julien 2 Comments

The Importance of Being Wicked is a romantic comedy of manners of the “you are everything I never knew I always wanted” variety. Victoria Alexander’s dialogue is wonderfully droll. I should have loved the book and yet it took me forever to get through. As my romance total climbs, I sometimes think I am losing interest in the genre, but the real issue is that it is taking better stories to claim my attention. Winfield Elliott, Viscount Stillwell, has been engaged and left at the altar three […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, Edwardian romance, historical romance, romance, Victoria Alexander

Mrs. Julien's CBR6 Review No:7 · Genres: Romance · Tags: #CBR6, Edwardian romance, historical romance, romance, Victoria Alexander ·
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