My reread basket is overflowing

So, I guess it’s time to clean it out, especially since I don’t seem to be in the mood to read anything new yet. In the last week or so, I’ve managed to reread:

First up, Only For You by Hannah Howell. She’s one of those authors that I’m not completely sold on but not completely turned off of either. The book that keeps me checking on her “progress” is this one. It’s not really a favorite and yet . . . I do tend to like to reread it every couple of years. (And that’s a thought, maybe I should arrange my favorites list by how often I reread them. Hmmm.) The thing I really like about this one is the heroine’s extra large family.

Which lead almost directly to a reread the most recent book I’ve read by Howell, Highland Warrior. Another one with a very large “clan” feel to it, this time on both sides of the equation. Although I have to admit that the hero’s exceptionally large selection of brothers seemed rather out of the ordinary. Okay, I’m sure it probably happened but this is the first time I’ve ever run across a man literally trying to breed his own army, on both sides of the covers. (Not the hero, his father.)

Next up is Donna Fletcher’s Legendary Warrior, which has one of Fletcher’s trademark intriguing heroines, a mapmaker by trade, commoner by birth. Of course, neither of those stop the hero from falling in love with her but that’s to be expected.

While rereading several of the ones on this list, I also revisited one of my favorite Agatha Christie short story collections, Poirot Investigates. It actually took me about a week to reread this one because I would read a story or two each night before bed, sort of like a bedtime snack. This is actually the collection that a lot of the one hour Poirot mysteries featuring David Suchet is based on and contains some of his most quirky cases. Not the most quirky because that probably goes to the stories in the Labors of Hercules collection but these are still interesting. And while looking the book up on Amazon, I discovered there’s also an audio CD version available narrated by Suchet. Oh, temptation.

Then I went on a Stephanie Lauren’s binge and reread three of hers in quick succession. A Lady of His Own, a Bastion Club book, was one I was sure I’d read but now I’m actually thinking I may have skimmed a lot of it because it sure felt like I was reading some of it for the first time. I still have no idea why.

After that one, I dove into A Rogue’s Proposal. What you have to understand here is that Demon’s story is probably my least favorite of all her books so it’s absolutely amazing that I pretty much reread it cover to cover. Certainly surprised me. I generally tiptoe through it like I’m navigating a field of landminds. I’m honestly not sure what it is that usually sets my teeth on edge about this one unless it’s the big deal that’s made over the difference in their ages. I mean, ten or even twelve years is not all the much in a historical but at times it seemed like there was more like thirty between them in Demon’s eyes at least. This time, it didn’t seem to bother me as much though. Go figure.

Another one that I hadn’t reread in a while was All About Love, which I mentioned a post or so back as jogging a memory about another book. I think the thing that surprised me about rereading it this time is how much I enjoyed the mystery in it and well the mystery paced the rest of the story. Very nice.

The last book in the basket is a double book by Susan Carroll that includes both The Wooing of Miss Masters and The Bishop’s Daughter. I only reread the first, a very nice little Regency far from the maddening crowd in London. Spoiler alert: It’s also interesting because it doesn’t end with them married. It doesn’t even end with her saying she loves him, just that she’ll think about it.