This has been making me feel more energized about reading for the first time in years! I’m hoping publishers continue reissuing some of the much-loved but out of print books along with each month’s new releases. Harlequin also has reissues of some very early titles coming out in celebration of their 60th anniversary, and their Famous Firsts reissues gave readers a chance to read some debuts of authors who are now very well known. I’m still very glad to see them getting back on shelves, though, and I understand Mira will be reissuing more of Wiggs’ backlist. Though I’ve seen worse titles than the ones employed with this trilogy, these more unimaginative titles take some of the fun out of discovering a books’ contents after all. They’ve reissued Susan Wiggs’ Tudor Rose trilogy with beautiful covers, though I was disappointed to see that they took away the imaginative, romantic original titles and gave everything more generic titles. Harlequin has been getting into the reissue game, too. I can’t wait to reread it, and revisit Renaissance Venice. Avon has reprinted some of Christina Dodd’s older books from the now-defunct HarperMonogram line as well as Susan Wiggs’ Lord of the Night, which is one of my very favorite historicals. However, now I’m starting to see lots of good reissues out there. I would find a series I wanted to follow only to discover the first few books were out of print. One of the difficulties of keeping up with romance for me used to be that books had such limited shelf lives compared to other genres. They’ve also reissued some of Laura Kinsale’s novels with absolutely beautiful covers. I haven’t gotten to read them all yet, but I’ve been collecting them and replacing some of my more tattered books.

For the past year or so, I’ve been enjoying the gorgeous reissues that Sourcebooks has been doing of Georgette Heyer’s novels. Not only are there a lot of good new books out there, but there are more good reissues than I’ve seen in ages. This has been a very good reading year so far.

Cherished by Vivi Holt