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Absolutely delightful! I‘m so glad you posted about it @QuietlyLaura !

A Regency adventure shared through letters between two cousins. Strong female leads, unlikely romantic matches - It was as if you took a Georgette Heyer and added magic! It was wonderful!

1988 for #192025

I listened to and loved the tagged book Sorcery and Cecelia which is the story of two cousins during a Regency era full of magic told in an epistolary style. It‘s a lot of fun and now a comforting listen for me.

#LittensWantToKnow @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This was a fun middle-grade story set in Regency England where magic exists. Cousins Kate and Cecelia share their adventures in Society via letters. This epistolary style made me feel as if I was receiving the letters myself. I really enjoyed it!
#audiobook #middlegrade #historical #fantasy

I listened to this on audiobook and it was so good! Great story, great world building, and how awesome to see how two ladies who no one expects to do anything but be ladies can have such a huge impact on big events in their world. Two best friends and cousins must navigate a complex political and magical plot set in regency England. 4.5/5 stars, read this for a light and fun YA magical regency romance

To Whom It May Concern, 📝

1. Love this whole trilogy! ❤️
2. Years ago, I read a novel that was told entirely through internet chat room logs! 💬
3. When there are multiple POVs, I think it works better having multiple authors. We get entirely unique voices for the characters.

#SundayFunday Have a great day and tag me!

4/5 ⭐️ The book started off a little slow for me, but it ended up being lots of fun! I enjoyed the cute Regency-era romances too! Thanks for a great #LMPBC round ladies!

When I started this book I didn‘t realize it was epistolary. At first I didn‘t care for it because I felt like I was being told everything and not shown. However, I did get used to it and started to really enjoy the story. I don‘t want to say too much more because it‘s a #LMPBC book and 1 more person still has to read it.

I‘m hoping to get to the post office tomorrow and mail it out to you @Catsandbooks

Sarah!! Look what finally arrived! I‘ll try to read it this month and get it onto @Catsandbooks ! #LMPBC

On that note, checking in with my other #LMPBC group. I haven‘t gotten the next Agatha Christie book. Has it been sent? @Marmie7

Although I read this one for #LMPBC this time around, it's an old favorite of mine & I was happy to revisit it. In the Afterword, the authors explain that they didn't intend to write a book originally - they were literally just having fun playing the "letters game" where you write to each other as characters you've made up. They said ahead of time they agreed on the setting & that was pretty much it - but when their story arc ran its course ⬇️

I rearranged a bunch of books on Friday so my TBR is in a new location - more convenient in general but less convenient for photographing haha Anyway here is my #WeeklyForecast - mostly finishing off my #BookSpinBingo board!! The tagged book is for #LMPBC but the rest are Christmas reads. My goal for #DashingDecember is to read all 9 books left on my board (A Christmas Carol is extra so I am not sure I will get to it). The post-it ones are my ⬇️

Both my #LMPBC books came yesterday!! @hes7 @Chrissyreadit I am excited about both of these!!

#GroupR #GroupC @Readergrrl @cwarnier @Laughterhp @Catsandbooks

Sweet and silly, magic and regency England, told through cousins correspondence with each other. I loved it. #lmpbc

My 7 year old Kobo ereader seems to be slowly dying, so I've been using this Kindle I got used. It's a 10 year old model!
Got page turn buttons back, yay.

Con: NO justification options at all?! Really amazon?
Pro: Send files to kindle's email address, it gets converted AND my left justification sticks on most, but not all files I've tried, huh.

Like many, I've re-read more frequently this year. This is light fun #fantasy #epistolary letters.

Yes!! Tagging the book I‘m choosing for next round of #lmpbc in case anyone one else would be interested. Why yes, I Love coffee! Along with some fellow #cbbc buddies @Mommamanzi @Avanders @BookwormAHN @BethM
Who else loves coffee and reading? Please join in!!!

#20series20days Day 3
The Cecelia and Kate novels are great fun. Regency England, manners and balls and dresses, plus magic and a nefarious scheme, all wrapped up in an epistolary format with witty dialogue. 😄 I'm convincing myself! I think a reread may be in order!
@Andrew65

Since author Gail Carriger talked about this book on episode 191 of the Reading Envy Podcast, I‘ve seen several of you reading it. Me too! This is an epistolary novel between two friends in Regency England but a version that also contains magic. It is very enjoyable as they navigate tricky witches and social expectations.

This was great fun: a novel that evolved from a game of letters between two writer friends, set in post-Napoleonic England, with magic. ✨ I (surprisingly) enjoyed the epistolary format. The storyline is silly in the best way—the men are the foolish ones for a change—and I thoroughly enjoyed this light read with good writing and strong female protagonists.

What a sweet book. I heard Gail Carriger talk about this on the @ReadingEnvy podcast and it appealed to me. An early nineteenth century setting (with the addition of magic) and a convoluted mystery to be solved by two cousins, Kate and Cecy, who are quite irrepressible in flouting society rules whenever it suits them. Told as a series of letters - definitely one for those who like magic, mystery and 19th century 💜🧙‍♀️🔮

@Sace @TheAromaofBooks @Laughterhp here are my choices. Sorcery and Cecilia would be my first choice. These all would be light/fluffy/ funny I believe. What do you think? I will tag other books in comments. #lmpbc

I am utterly disappointed in my past self. I remember being actually disappointed in this and now I'm bewildered how that could've happened. So weird how reading experiences vary.

This was charming, funny, and who doesn't love manners combined with magic? Cecilia and Kate are wonderfully no-nonsense heroines and the storytelling via letters works splendidly. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ugh Monday. But I'm continuing my reread binge.

Lackey's book get points for having the most horrendous cover, but since I'm listening it, I don't have to see it too much.

I remember having some trouble with Wrede, but let's see how I feel now. I do like how these books are structured, the way the story is told via letters.

And you can hardly go amiss with Le Guin.

A very light, YA regency romantic fantasy. Really cute, and the bits of humor and wizardry kept me interested, although it took me longer to read than expected.

I especially love the concept: this is an epistolary novel that consists of letters between two cousins/friends: Cecelia is stuck in the country while Kate is out for a season in London and magical mystery ensues. The two authors each wrote a character—that works well!

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Pretty good if very light

A bit of magic and mystery this morning with an attentive lap dog. (She‘s just thrilled I don‘t have to work today!) 🐶 #rereading #dogsoflitsy #beaglesoflitsy

Excuse my Leslie Knope bag that I propped my books up on but I couldn‘t wait until my train arrived home before sharing what I got today! So excited 😍
Pulp Fiction bookstore, you win again 🙌 #bookhaul #allthescifiandfantasyplease

Charming little book and was a perfect read for when you want a little romance, fantasy and mystery. I look forward to the rest of the trilogy

Forgot to do #manicmonday #letterS on Monday, so here‘s my late entry just in time for Thanksgiving! @JoScho

📖 Sorcery and Cecelia, by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
✒️ Maggie Stiefvater
📺 Sherlock
🍣 Sushi

It's 60 degrees (happy place!) and I have my tea, my book, my stitching, my tablet, and my sofa.... Sunday may now commence. 😁

"I find that most amusing, don't you?"

"Not really," I said, and spilt my chocolate on her.

A mash-up of #Regency romance, cosy mystery and magic. I enjoyed the first one (Sorcery & Cecelia, left) but the charm started to wear thin in the next two.

#150PnPCoverParty @CrowCAH @LeahBergen

This was a cute little book! It wasn't a terrific or life changing book really, but I enjoyed it. It was fun and light. I think middle schoolers and young teens would really like it. Cecelia and Kate have a great relationship.

Technically they're cousins, but I think that Kate and Cecelia (and the authors who write them) feel like the best of #girlfriends. #anditsaugust @RealLifeReading

I thought this book was hilarious and the perfect brain candy for a busy long weekend. I'm intrigued by the idea that it started as a Letter Game between the two authors. The subtitle is The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, so I found a picture of one on the web.

I really really hated this book. One of those books that many loved and I... well I REALLY didn't. 🤢🤢🤢🤣🤣🤣#didntlikeitstillfinished #marchintoreading

Some of my favorite examples of #epistolary novels are the Cecelia & Kate books by Wrede and Stevermer, who wrote them by writing letters to each other as their characters, two cousins dealing with the London Season in the midst of magical hijinks. Absolutely hilarious and delightfully fun, these books remain some of my favorites. (I discovered book 1 is missing; I must have foisted it upon yet another friend.) #readjanuary 💫🍫☕️🗝🇬🇧

Another #repost of an earlier review for #epistolary novel lovers. This one has both magic and a Regency England setting. I love that it began as a Letters game between two author friends!
It is also part of the #sirensreadingchallenge 😉
Previous review:
http://litsy.com/p/ZW4zT1RQR1dr

#readjanuary #epistolarynovels

Some YA fantasy for you all, with some rather grandiose titles. These books inspired my love for epistolary novels. (And yes, it does bother me that they are not all the same edition) #longtitle (s) #booktober @RealLifeReading

An entertaining and fluffy regency read with magic, mystery, meddlesome aunts, and two cousins stuck in the middle of it all. I enjoyed this quite a bit. Sometimes it's nice to take a break from more serious reads.

One day late for #recommendsday, but this fanciful, Regency-era omnibus is on sale today. 😀📚❤️

This was an obvious #favauthorcolab for today's #augustphotochallenge. I love both these authors, and @Wandering_Resident and I started so many letter games in high school after reading this! (Did we ever make it past about the 3rd letter?...)

This epistolary novel of 'Magic and mystery in Regency London' is remarkable because it started as a 'Letter Game' between 2 author friends - they wrote letters (this was the 80s when that still happened!) to each other in character without ever revealing plot ideas. At the end they realized they had a book🙂 Thankfully this mass pb original was rereleased in HC years later so weirdos like me could have duplicate copies📚 #authorcollab

Authors Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer created these epistolary novels (this volume collects two) by each creating a character and writing to each other. Consider them YA Regency romance with magic!
#augustofpages #authorcollab #bookphotochallenge

Always love to come back to this book. Been reread so many times that the cover is rolling up! Love rereading a bit before bed. Always inspires me to write and be creative! Patricia C Wrede is one of my favourite writers!