Fantastic, congratulations Alice :)

Thank you so much, Jason!

Alice........how awesome!

Thanks, Fran. I'm grateful for the exposure!

Belated congratulations, Alice! The Green Phoenix: A Novel of the Woman Who Re-Made Asia, Empress Xiaozhuang is on my to-read shelf.

Thank you so much, Werner! I'd love to hear your thoughts on the novel :)

I'm looking forward to it, Alice! But given that it's one of 399 books on that shelf, it'll probably be awhile until I get to it. (Sigh!)

Werner, I understand. Hopefully, the uniqueness of my novel in terms of time and place and historical characters will be an impetus for you to pick it up sooner rather than later :)

Alice wrote: "Werner, I understand. Hopefully, the uniqueness of my novel in terms of time and place and historical characters will be an impetus for you to pick it up sooner rather than later :)"

I'm actually hoping to do just that, Alice --though for me, at this point "sooner rather than later" means "hopefully sometime early in 2019 rather than in a subsequent year." :-) That puts it fairly near the top of the pile, since I generally only read 30-some books a year, and some of those are review books or group reads.

Haha, isn't that a common problem for most readers - too many books, too little time?

Alice wrote: "Haha, isn't that a common problem for most readers - too many books, too little time?"

That phrase is pretty much my mantra, Alice! :-)

Werner wrote: "Alice wrote: "Haha, isn't that a common problem for most readers - too many books, too little time?"

That phrase is pretty much my mantra, Alice! :-)"

Werner...if I might intercede....."The Green Phoenix" was awesome.....just saying........

Thanks for the tip, Fran!