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These Old Shades | 
pickI‘ve been telling everyone how much I am enjoying Georgette Heyer‘s mystery novels although I‘ve never read her romances, so a friend has lent me a few. In this one an English Duke in mid C18th France gets more than he bargains for when he rescues a peasant boy from his abusive family. The atmosphere is very different from the mysteries, but there is the same strength of plotting and characterisation. Most enjoyable. #romantsy
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Stavolta viaggio leggera con La pedina scambiata di Georgette #Heyer. Un bel libricino uscito nel 1926 ambientato nella nobiltà inglese e francese del 1700, quindi trine, pizzi e intrighi nobiliari. Cercavo questo 👍
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pan@thearomaofbooks @hes7 @readergrrl I will try to get this sent off early next week.
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Overall I am glad read this because it is out of my normal reading comfort zone.
With that said, I don't think I would have finished it if it would not have been for #LMPBC
I just felt like it moved too slow for me, and there were parts that I was lost or thought why is this here.
@cwarnier Finally finished this novel! I don‘t know what took me so long! Just busy, I guess... Fun read! I enjoyed the dialogue and time period. I started the next book in our #LMPBC group, The Knockout Queen, yesterday and I can‘t put it down! I must be getting out of my book slump. Yay!! I‘ll be mailing that one out by the end of the week!
Check-in post for #LMPBC #GroupR - The book I sent @Readergrrl (you know, on Jan 4...) is finally IN CONNECTICUT - as of yesterday, in Manchester. Has everyone else received their books for this month?? I still haven't gotten the one that @hes7 mailed me & I wasn't sure if Hallie & @cwarnier received their books yet??
#BookReport - Another solid reading week. Checked off five of these books plus the tagged book. The rest of these, plus four Kindle books, are what remains on my #BookSpinBingo card so I am using #DashingDecember as an incentive to get them finished!! More on that during tomorrow's #WeeklyForecast...
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pickThis one started a bit slow, but I ended up really enjoying this tale of intrigue & romance. I wasn't surprised to find that this is one of Heyer's first books - it's a little more ponderous (and French lol) than her later books, so I don't think I would recommend this one as a starting point if you've never read her before. Still a fun & entertaining adventure. This was an #LMPBC read so it will be heading off to @Readergrrl hopefully next week!
Super excited about the #DashingDecember Readathon!!! I have ten books left on my #BookSpinBingo board, so my goal is to clear the board by the end of the readathon!!! I'm about halfway through the tagged book, so it's possible that I'll only have nine books to go by the time the readathon starts haha
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so-soThis was a surprisingly engaging book. I enjoyed it as a before-bed read with fun characters and dialogue. The story was intriguing, though not so complex that I missed much when I fell asleep while reading. I had some issues with the romantic element (namely the cringeworthy age difference) and it was a bit silly, overall, but it was nice to feel transported into Georgian era Paris.
panI hate to say it but I did not like this book! I finished it but I hate read it 🙈 Mostly I just did not like the relationship between the Duke & Leonie. He treated her like a child; she acted like one. Sometimes she would act like a dog, sitting at his feet admiring him. I just was not feeling it. I did laugh out loud several times but that wasn‘t enough to save the book for me. I‘ll try one more by her though because I do want to like her!
so-soI enjoyed the story, but the evident discrimination from the time and age of publication left a bad taste.
Wow. I've got some updates to do. Giving my second Heyer a whirl, thanks to a library book sale last week...
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My most recent book purchase and my first Heyer. Thanks for the recommendation @RestlessFickleBookHoarder
I‘m currently reading this Georgette Heyer and loving it!
This one is set a little earlier in time than her usual Regency era novels (in about 1785) and opens with the Duke of Avon mincing along the streets of Paris in his red high heels and purple cloak. 😆
pickAnother lovely historical #romantsy novel written by the queen Georgette Heyer. Written in the 1920‘s this story is still fun and a touch naughty. It was a beautiful fall day - here‘s a view from the pier in Sidney
pickOverwrought and wonderful. A wicked Duke, a fiery young heroine, and as much Georgian social drama as you could reasonably ask for.
Picked these up in the secondhand bookshop across the road from the hotel this morning. These Old Shades is one of my favourite Heyers and now I have a 1960s Pan copy instead of a 1980s (ish) one. And an Arabella and a Friday's Child for mum. Boom. 💥 📚 🎉🎈#romantsy
Gifts from my online book group secret Santa! I can't wait to dive into all three. Have you read Georgette Heyer? Which is your favorite?
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Opening line:
"A gentleman was strolling down a side street in Paris, on his way back from the house of one Madame de Verchoureux."
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I had a difficult start with this, but I'm warming to it now. It's laugh out loud funny at parts and Léon has thoroughly charmed me. Just the sidekick Monseigneur (aka. "Satanas") and his family needed. #bestsidekick #booktober #romantsy #libraryhaul
pickGeorgette Heyer - These old Shades ****
It was the OSRBC's old school read of september. I just finished the devastatingly horrible new school read and found this book far more pleasing. It's really old school and British though, like Austen and Brönte. So there's humor, quite a few misunderstandings and they drink a lot of tea and French wine. But if you crave a sex-scene, you'll starve ?
#romantsy #OSRBC
Pumpkin spice Cheerios. Dinner of champions. #OSRBC
