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BarbaraJean
Black Sheep | Georgette Heyer
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This was SO MUCH FUN. I loved Miles & Abigail—their banter, humor, and romance, as well as the contrast & balance that becomes apparent between these two such well-matched characters. Heyer just gets everything right: Abigail‘s pitch-perfect near-caricature relatives—lovable and infuriating by turns—a surprising but thoroughly appealing male love interest, and comeuppance where it is due. ⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) The ending is WAY too abrupt, but also adorable. All the praise for my May #DoubleSpin + 1966 pick for #192025. @TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle 3w
Ruthiella Love your paperback collection! 3w
LeahBergen I liked this one, too! 3w
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TheAromaofBooks This is a favorite of mine. One thing I love is how often Heyer writes about slightly older heroines - instead of her being 16 or 17 and yearning for love, she's in her late 20s and happily single. And the way these two hit it off as friends at first just delights me! 3w
Librarybelle Lovely paperback edition! 3w
BarbaraJean @Ruthiella @Librarybelle Thank you! Library book sales have provided so many treasures! 3w
BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Yes, I loved that, too! This one could so easily have been about the niece, but Heyer chooses the less-conventional (and far more interesting) heroine instead. And the friends first vibe is my favorite (forever influenced by Anne and Gilbert!) 3w
CarolynM There are so many Heyer‘s I fear I‘ll never read them all, but I will look out for this one😊 2w
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TamTracy
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I read this as a palate cleanser between heavy books and enjoyed it much more than I expected. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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ShelleyBooksie
The Secret Hangman | Peter Lovesey
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#twoforTuesday
@dabbe , @TheSpineView

I recently discovered Peter Lovesey in the bargain book section. Really enjoying this one!

@DinoMom, @AshRob22 - wanna play?

dabbe I'll have to look into him! 😍 2mo
TheSpineView Thanks for playing 💜📖📚 2mo
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Sharpeipup
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Need to watch “Pride & Prejudice” now.

Powered_By_Plants Oh Yes 🙌, 🍿 🍿 I watched it the other day before watching the ‘pride and prejudice.. sort of ‘ stage show . Highly recommend it if you get the chance 😍 it was brilliant 🥰 2mo
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PatriciaU
Stone Wife | Peter Lovesey
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Peter Lovesey‘s recent death has prompted me to read some of his books. He is credited as the 1st mystery writer to set a whole series in the past with his Inspector Cribb series. I‘m reading his Peter Diamond series now. This one was about Chaucer!

rwmg Interesting. I don't think I'd ever heard of him - and he predates Ellis Peters. 2mo
PatriciaU I remember having to shelve all his books way back when I was a library page! 😂 2mo
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BennettBookworm
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Mehso-so

(Photo is Hating Game but review is for tagged book, ISRGOWH)
The main PRO of this book: it‘s set in Bath! I went there last summer, so reliving it was dreamy ❤️
Other than that, I was disappointed after loving The Good Part. Premise made it sound like the MC would consider multiple men, but it was VERY obvious from day 1 who the main love interest was. What ensued was a lot of “he‘s perfect, let me invent bogus obstacles,” and I‘m not about that.

BennettBookworm I liked the emphasis on friendships and the steamy writing tho! 3mo
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shanaqui
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There, all finished! There are aspects of it that feel like they could be streamlined (a particular mystery feels like it takes forever to solve given it's only a stepping stone on the way, and I'd solved it before the narrative condescended to get there), but I found myself sad when it was over. I'm glad I have a copy of Confounding Oaths (a loose sequel) out of the library ready to follow this. I love the narrative voice.

CarolynM I am really not a fantasy reader, but I will follow Alexis Hall anywhere and I loved the narrative voice in these books too. 3mo
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shanaqui

I stalled out on reading this for a bit because of life stuff, and also it didn't feel like the right mood for me at the time. Enjoying it a lot now; it's interesting how intrusive the narrator is and yet how easily you can forget it for a moment and narrow the focus to the character interactions.

I should have just 20 mins ish left to read (Kobo and Bookly's estimates vary widely)... but not sure if I'll have the time until late this evening. 😱

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rachelsbrittain
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Library haul

julesG Nice choices! 3mo
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Jas16
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Anna is divorced and has absolutely no desire to date until she suddenly needs to write a dating column in order to keep her job. When a basic foray back into dating is not fresh enough for the new big boss she agrees to let her kids pick her next few dates and to have her column go head to head with her work nemesis‘s dating column. I had a lot of fun with this story as Anna starts to trust herself and the world again and loved the Bath setting.

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