Comments on: REVIEW: A Most Lamentable Comedy by Janet Mullany

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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:55:51 +0000

[...] “A Most Lamentable Comedy” Janet Mullany [...]

By: Janine

Janine — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:47:25 +0000

And I just got the copy that Janine obtained for me at RWA this summer.

Yes, I took forever to get around to mailing it. Oh well, better late than never…

By: Statch

Statch — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:35:24 +0000

I’m so bummed — I found The Rules of Gentility in ebook format, but it was $10.95, and I’m not going to pay that for an ebook. (I have a Buywise membership at Fictionwise so it was discounted to around $8.00 but that’s still too much.) They both sound like books I would enjoy. I’ll just have to hope the publisher changes its pricing and also decides to issue the 2d book as an ebook.

By: MB

MB — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:56:08 +0000

I loved the humor in Rules of Gentility and have been eagerly waiting this one!

By: Jayne

Jayne — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:40:45 +0000

Re the unconventional relationships – yes, perfectly possible to have man with numerous previous mistresses wives and bastards all under the same roof. Think of the widely known menage a trois between the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and Lady Elizabeth Foster. Polite society was rather more flexible than it is given credit for.

Good point. Thanks for reminding me of it.

By: RStewie

RStewie — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:08:11 +0000

Thanks so much, Janet! I love to get her books she never would have read, and she likes Romance, but most times “can’t” admit to it.

LOL This sounds like a winner.

By: Janet Mullany

Janet Mullany — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:26:24 +0000

Next book from Little Black Dress is coming out maybe next spring–I don’t have a firm date yet but its working title is Improper Relations (I hope they let me keep it).

RStewie, I love Austen and Pratchett too and my friend who is an English professor said I quoted Austen all the way thru and she liked it. But then she is my friend, so…

By: RStewie

RStewie — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:30:18 +0000

My cousin is an English professor and loves Jane Austin, Terry Pratchett, and subversive writing humor…would these be a good match for her for a gift?

By: GrowlyCub

GrowlyCub — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:20:24 +0000

And the map is working too as an advertising tool. :) Well, mostly. It got me to check out the description of a book I saw several people buy all over the world (at least 3 different continents). It sounded kind of interesting, but not quite my cup of tea after all. So, interest piqued, no additional sale though… this time… :) Whoever thought that up, I hope they get extra pay from BD.com. And I’m kind of surprised Amazon didn’t come out with that first! :)

By: Jayne

Jayne — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:14:59 +0000

And I just got the copy that Janine obtained for me at RWA this summer. Signed by Janet too! It’s now sitting cheek to cheek with my copy of “Rules of Gentility” – alas not signed.

And yes – when’s the next book? Soon, I hope….

By: Jayne

Jayne — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:12:52 +0000

And that map, oh my. I’ve stared at it – hypnotized – for quite a while yesterday watching what others were buying!

I could sit for ages watching that map. Major time suck! ;)

By: Vicky Dreiling

Vicky Dreiling — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:01:57 +0000

Congrats to Janet on another fabulous, smart and witty book! I gobbled up comedy (and by the way it’s super easy to order as listed in a post above – I got it fast, too).

Janet, I only have one question: When is the next book coming out?????

Cheers!

By: Kate Pearce

Kate Pearce — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:57:31 +0000

I loved this book it is just so ‘British’ and tongue in cheek-rather like its author.

By: Janet Mullany

Janet Mullany — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:29:45 +0000

@GrowlyCub:

And when I just checked to see what price they are offering on this book, Lamentable flashed up on the screen as having just been bought. :)

GrowlyCub, if you only knew how long I've spent watching the map to see this very thing! I am SO jealous. Janet

By: Janine

Janine — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:41:52 +0000

Ah good, I see the problem has been fixed!

By: Janine

Janine — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:37:08 +0000

Oops, the cover picture and the purchase links are for the wrong book — Mullany’s The Rules of Gentility, rather than A Most Lamentable Comedy. I just emailed Jane and Jayne about fixing this. I tried inserting some purchase links but they didn’t work.

You can find the book at:

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk (UK – ships free worldwide)

http://www.amazon.co.uk (UK)

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca (Canada)

By: GrowlyCub

GrowlyCub — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:29:51 +0000

Definitely check out bookdepository.com. I just bought one of the detested trade-sized titles for half price yesterday. They seem to have great deals right around release date for some books.

And that map, oh my. I’ve stared at it – hypnotized – for quite a while yesterday watching what others were buying!

And when I just checked to see what price they are offering on this book, Lamentable flashed up on the screen as having just been bought. :)

By: Miranda Neville

Miranda Neville — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:23:35 +0000

Ditto on the grocery list. This book needs a US publisher. Read it and die laughing.

By: Kalen Hughes

Kalen Hughes — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:23:15 +0000

Man, yet another for my TBR Cache (this has been an expensive week for me!). . . Thank god it can’t fall on me and crush me into oblivion, LOL!

By: Janet Mullany

Janet Mullany — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:04:50 +0000

Thanks, Jayne, and here’s a buy link with free shipping worldwide–www.bookdepository.com –and a hypnotic map where you can see sales occur all over the world (better than tv).
Big thanks, Maggie, Susan and Marsha for the votes of support.
Janet