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I couldn‘t remember which Wodehouse featured Bertie on a millionaire‘s yacht - turns out it‘s this one! Not one I particularly enjoy. Bertie and Jeeves part ways due to Bertie‘s banjolele playing. Bertie is also evicted for the same reason, so he heads to a cottage in the country where he may play in peace. Unfortunately, the country also holds a former fiancée, her steamroller father, Sir Roderick Glossup, and a crazy replacement valet. ⬇️

Another stand-alone gem by Wodehouse. Sally is a nice girl of modest means who lives in a New York boarding house and has to work for a living. She suddenly inherits money, and her world changes. Again (see my previous review), hijinx ensue on both sides of the Atlantic, but true love triumphs in the end. A rags to riches to rags story with a happy ending. I loved sparky Sally and her practical approach to life.

I listened to this in installments on the Classic Tales podcast, wonderfully read by B. J. Harrison. It was delightful, as all of Wodehouse‘s pre-war work is. Young Jimmy pretends to be a master burglar, ends up breaking into the police chief‘s house, further complicates things by falling in love with the Chief‘s daughter. Hijinx ensue on both sides of the Atlantic. Apparently this has also been published under the title A Gentleman of Leisure.

My favorite book of November was The Inimitable Jeeves, which I read with my #HappyFiction buddies, @Chrissyreadit , @mabell and @TheAromaofBooks . 🙂
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Bertie is roped into a visit to Deverill Hall, a country house owned by friends of his Aunt Agatha. Once there he finds an over-abundance of aunts, several couples on the outs and himself impersonating Gussie Fink-Nottle. Thankfully Jeeves is there to set things straight and help everyone out of their trouble.

I always find PG Wodehouse so comforting when I‘m busy and stressed, and this was no exception. I‘d be lying if I said it was as good or as funny as the Jeeves and Wooster books but I still got a lot out of reading it and had a great time.

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1. This is a tough one. My shortlist would be - 😄😁🤣😂😐😑🙄. If I had to guess the one I use most, I'd probably say 😄. Not quite laughing myself to tears, more like I just heard something wry and witty.

2. Anything by Wodehouse. I'll say the tagged book, because it's the first one of his I read.

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While this isn't my favorite Wodehouse book, his writing exists on its own scale, where even a not-great Wodehouse is still better than most other books 😂 While this one is somewhat lacking aunts, it has most of the other Wodehouse trademarks of crisscrossed lovers, insurance fraud, tightfisted uncles, double-crossing and triple-crossing, and some smooth-talking Americans. An absolute delight. 😁

Finished my 6th book for the #SummerEndReadathon. It was a fun read for the classics book club I'm in. @TheSpineView