Temeraire! Oh my goodness, thank you for posting that! I saw a post on that book but had totally forgotten the title. I think I may just love that book to pieces.

The Elizabeth Peters mystery sound very good - and I think I may be checking out The Daughter of Time very soon.

And I *love* The Young Wizards books. They need so much more attention and love - then again, they have a fairly sane fandom, unlike other children's fantasy novels I can think of. Speaking of kiddie lit, have you read the Bartimaeus books by Jonathan Stroud yet? So much love for those books. So much love.