I hope everyone is doing okay this week – that tornadoes and volcanoes have avoided you. It’s been a quiet week here, and I’ll take that. We’re supposed to have 50s through the weekend. That makes me happy because it means one more week without snow.

This week, library staff had our monthly book chat for a genre study. The subject was romance. I had a hard time finding the right book. I do read romances, but I’m picky. If it’s a contemporary one, I want it to be witty. If it’s a historical one, I expect good sex. And, I’m always a fan of the Beauty and the Beast trope. We discussed that as well. One of the librarians mentioned she enjoys the Groundhog Day trope in romances. Another one likes Cinderella. I wasn’t too far into Jenny Holiday’s Duke, Actually when I realized I read it last year when it came out. That’s okay. It meets more than one criteria for me. It’s a witty contemporary romance with sex. Part of the book is set in New York City at Christmas. It’s sort of a fairy tale because Max von Hansburg is a baron in the imaginary kingdom of Eldovia. Duke, Actually is the second in a trilogy set in Eldovia, following A Princess for Christmas. In the discussion yesterday, I referred to it as a Hallmark movie with sex.

Anyways, although I’m still reading Steeped in Secrets from last week, I had to set that one aside to read for the genre study. What about you? What are you reading this week?