Georgette Heyer

REVIEW:  A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer

REVIEW: A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer

Dear Readers, Sourcebooks is having a sale on Georgette Heyer ebooks this week (August 14-20), so I thought it would be a good time for another Heyer review. I noticed that A Civil Contract is one of the books on sale, and I’ve been wanting to write about it. Heyer fans really split on this(…)

REVIEW: Sprig Muslin by Georgette Heyer

REVIEW: Sprig Muslin by Georgette Heyer

Dear Readers, When I reviewed The Nonesuch a few months ago during Sourcebooks’ summer Heyer sale, I mentioned in passing that I really wanted to review Sprig Muslin, but it hadn’t been digitized yet. Now it is, so as promised, here’s a review. This book wasn’t in my Top 10 Heyer Regencies during the first decade(…)

REVIEW: False Colours by Georgette Heyer

REVIEW: False Colours by Georgette Heyer

sail under false colours (British & Australian) also sail under false colors (American & Australian) to pretend to be something that you are not in order to deceive people When we did a series of reviews on some of Georgette Heyer’s novels, many people listed “False Colours” as a favorite. Since I’d never read it,(…)

Thursday Midday Links: Simon & Schuster Staff Stars in YouTube Video for a Guidette Makeover

Thursday Midday Links: Simon & Schuster Staff Stars in YouTube Video for a Guidette Makeover

Kobo is entering the self publishing/publishing realm. To agents and others, this will come as no surprise. Kobo has been meeting with agents, hiring content editors, and with its major competitors thriving in the self publishing space, this is an inevitable move. Kobo currently has a deal with Smashwords to supply self published content. It(…)

REVIEW: Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer

REVIEW: Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer

Dear Readers, For my next Heyer book, I thought I read one new to me which means pretty much all the Regencies. Or all the mysteries. Or most of the … gosh, I have a lot of Heyer catching up to do. Anyway, what attracted me to “Black Sheep” was the information that the main(…)

REVIEW: Early Georgette Heyer series

REVIEW: Early Georgette Heyer series

Dear Readers. As part of our Georgette Heyer week here, I’ve decided to do lightning reviews of Heyer’s very early series. This series includes Heyer’s first runaway bestseller, the first Regency Romance evah, one of the most well-researched books about Waterloo evah, iconic heroes and the cross-dressing heroines who shoot them (well, not quite), duels,(…)

REVIEW: The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer

REVIEW: The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer

Dear Readers, When an author has published over fifty books, where do you start? I want to make the case for one of Georgette Heyer’s less frequently discussed novels. It features an on-the-shelf but still attractive spinster, a paragon of a hero, a brilliantly drawn cast of supporting characters, a country setting, and sparkling dialogue.(…)

REVIEW: Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer

REVIEW: Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer

Dear Readers, Tuesday August 16th would be La Heyer’s 109 birthday and to celebrate Jane urged us to dust off our copies of her books and write reviews. I pondered and thought and recalled how much I’ve always enjoyed “Powder and Patch.” I know it’s not one of the best beloved of her books but(…)

Georgette Heyer’s 109th birthday celebration: 46 ebooks for $1.99

Georgette Heyer’s 109th birthday celebration: 46 ebooks for $1.99

Tuesday, August 16 would have been Georgette Heyer’s 109th birthday. In honor of this most beloved author, who many call the Queen of Regency Romance, Sourcebooks is discounting EVERY SINGLE one of the eBooks we currently have available to $1.99 for one week,getting Heyer’s Birthday Party started a day early on August 15! That’s 46 books, plus the fabulous(…)

Monday Midday Links: Cobblestone Press Making the Wrong Kind of News

Monday Midday Links: Cobblestone Press Making the Wrong Kind of News

A Miami Herald article finally states the obvious when it comes to readers and books. Readers are looking to buy books at the cheapest prices possible and if digital books are pushing the prices down, then readers will flock to the digital books. “The whole book culture is changing, and in some ways, I think(…)

REVIEW: Sylvester by Georgette Heyer

REVIEW: Sylvester by Georgette Heyer

The third book in my class on Georgette Heyer is Sylvester. We’ve had the founding Regency romance, Regency Buck, and Cotillion, the book that makes fun of the tropes Regency Buck establishes. I chose Sylvester for our third book because I love it and because I love how Heyer again plays with the construction of(…)

REVIEW: Cotillion by Georgette Heyer

REVIEW: Cotillion by Georgette Heyer

The first book I assigned my continuing education class on Georgette Heyer at NC State was Regency Buck. The second was Cotillion, which I actually taught last week. As one of my students said, “It’s just delightful.” Cotillion shows up on “Favorite Heyer book” lists all the time, and I never really understood why. I(…)

REVIEW: Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer

REVIEW: Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer

I volunteer to teach a continuing education class at North Carolina State University’s Encore! program, which is a non-credit program for those 50-and-over. Once a year I get to teach a course of 6 classes on anything I want to, with students who really want to be there, without having to grade a damn thing.(…)

REVIEW: Black Moth by Georgette Heyer

REVIEW: Black Moth by Georgette Heyer

Dear Romance Readers Everywhere: I’m sure if you’ve ever had a conversation with more than…oh, two romance readers, one (or both) have them have told you to read Georgette Heyer’s books. Or squeeed over them. Or said how much Heyer has influenced her life. Or said something about how she just doesn’t get Heyer. Or(…)

GUEST REVIEW in Limerick Form: The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer

Complements of Lori S Green aka Jimerick. So many authors I greatly admire Have suggested I read Georgette Heyer Who in Regencies name Has well deserved fame So The Grand Sophy I thus did acquire. When Sophie and her cousins first meet The youngsters fall straight at her feet She has a dog and a(…)