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it’s christmas…in july…

A Christmas Party by Georgette Heyer

August 11, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Recommendation by auntadadoom! I have lots of conflicted feelings about Heyer, namely of the “she’s a trash human being” variety. Is it okay-er for an author who has long since passed, when there are plenty more trash human beings whose books we do read? Not entirely certain! Having read quite a few of Heyer’s Regency thoroughly researched frippery books, to the point where I was hitting a string of forgettable ones, I was pretty excited to pick up something completely different! This time, a Christmas-themed […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: georgette heyer

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:89 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: georgette heyer ·
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book cover of THE TRANSFORMATION OF PHILIP JETTAN

I’d say they should marry other people but they are both annoying aholes so …

The Transformation of Philip Jettan by Georgette Heyer

June 8, 2022 by auntadadoom 1 Comment

I think this is my last Heyer for a while. I feel like such a curmudgeon when I read what’s intended to be a light-hearted romp and find every character revolting. So Georgette Heyer is mainly known for her regency romances, but she also wrote many murder mysteries (one of which was the first and last Heyer I actually enjoyed this year) and some books set in the earlier powdered wig era … and The Transformation of Philip Jettan is one of those. In fact […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: georgette heyer

auntadadoom's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: georgette heyer ·
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Sophy is fine, Charles is a pill

The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer

June 1, 2022 by auntadadoom 3 Comments

You realllly need to sell the plus side of a crabby-Darcy character type, or my reaction to any reasonably nice woman ending up with him is gonna be “Ehhhh … I don’t get it.” I enjoyed A Christmas Party earlier this year, the first time I’d read one of Georgette Heyer’s mysteries, and the jacket quotes on The Grand Sophy persuaded me that this would be a fun comical romance. And the setup is indeed fun — Sophy, raised from a young age by her diplomat […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: georgette heyer

auntadadoom's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: georgette heyer ·
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book cover of "A Christmas Party" by Georgette Heyer

Like a Hallmark Christmas movie but playful and there’s a murder

A Christmas Party by Georgette Heyer

March 30, 2022 by auntadadoom 3 Comments

I had read a couple of Georgette Heyer’s romance books — Frederica is a favorite — but A Christmas Party is the first mystery of hers that I’ve given a try. It’s solid! As the book opens, Joseph Herriard is busy preparing the house for a Christmas party. It’s not his house — it belongs to his crotchety brother, Nathaniel, but Joseph is determined to gather the family for a festive cozy time. Unfortunately his family includes all kinds of confounding characters — besides the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: georgette heyer

auntadadoom's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: georgette heyer ·
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Including a character named after a Georgette Heyer character who runs off to Gretna Green

Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffith

January 19, 2022 by Bothari43 2 Comments

This was a cleverly-told mystery, a level up from a ‘cozy.’ Plus, it’s got a bunch of characters who are mega-fans of Georgette Heyer, so that’s just fun.  Clare is an English teacher who keeps extensive diaries. When a fellow English teacher is murdered, and the police question her about a conference the two of them attended, Clare goes back to her diaries to read her thoughts about the weekend in question. She finds a new note at the bottom of the page: “Hello, Clare. […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Elly Griffith, georgette heyer, literary mystery, multiple perspectives, women detectives

Bothari43's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Elly Griffith, georgette heyer, literary mystery, multiple perspectives, women detectives ·
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Delicious Froth

The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer

March 29, 2020 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

In fraught times such as these, I am so glad I still have one or two Georgette Heyers that I have not yet gotten around to reading.  So even though this might not be prime Heyer, it was a delight nevertheless.   The ultimate Corinthian, Sir Richard Wyndham (he of the Windham Fall fame) is being pushed into marriage with a suitable bride, a veritable (as she is in no ways loath to admit) iceberg.  Even her own brother, Cedric, advises Windham to make a […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, History, Romance Tagged With: georgette heyer, Regency, Romance, the importance of the arrangement of one's cravet

elderberrywine's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, History, Romance · Tags: georgette heyer, Regency, Romance, the importance of the arrangement of one's cravet ·
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