History and Romance

The Notebook by Roland Allen has been on my shelf for a long time - and I finally got around to giving it a try. I love stationery and was very interested in the concept - but I don't think I was really in the right frame of mind for quite dense nonfiction this week, unfortunately. Certain aspects of it were very interesting, but it was a bit dry and more about historical detail than human interest for me, so I didn't finish it.


Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts is the second in her Three Sisters Island trilogy - this time following deputy sheriff Ripley Todd in her journey to connect back to her magic and also find lasting love. It was - fine. I know what to expect from these books now, and I have to admit I'm getting a bit tired of them, as they are all very similar. The romance in this one was less problematic than the others I've read recently, which was a nice change and I liked how the supernatural threat built on what had happened in the first book, but it wasn't wildly compelling - and all the spell poems felt a bit twee. I'm less invested in finishing this series now - but I probably will at some point, just to round it off.