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Georgette Heyer ONLY book club...

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LadyDamerel · 11/04/2012 22:28

...could we start one?

I know there are loads of GH fans on here, so what do you think?

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lazymonkeyface · 13/04/2012 17:29

Oo will buy them!

Right, so chronological it is, starting at Black Moth. Shall we say 2 weeks from Monday to review so people have time to buy it?

LeonieDeSaintVire · 13/04/2012 17:20

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LadyDamerel · 13/04/2012 17:05

Chronological order it is then!

I haven't read Black Moth so it's a good excuse to add to my collection.

Shall we say a fortnight to begin with but if people are struggling to finish in time then we'll extend it?

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IAmSherlocked · 13/04/2012 17:00

Fortnight is fine for me but we need other opinions!

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 13/04/2012 16:54

Shall we do chronological order then? Seems the easiest.

How long are we going to allow to read each book? Please bear in mind that I am currently finding myself falling asleep on the sofa with exhaustion before 10pm, so I don't get very much reading time! :)

1 per week? 1 per fortnight?

WillowInGloves · 13/04/2012 16:32

Ooh, Cousin Kate - one I don't have! [heads for Amazon ...]
Am happy to do chronological and start with Black Moth.

Started the Corinthian last night! :-)

IAmSherlocked · 13/04/2012 16:09

I love GH and have done since a teenager - am up for discussions of the Regency romances but not bothered about her other stuff, tbh. Black Moth would be an interesting one to start with.

lazymonkeyface · 13/04/2012 16:03

Leonie is that the detective ones?

LeonieDeSaintVire · 13/04/2012 14:36

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pinkhebe · 13/04/2012 14:29

I got all the detective novels from the book people about a year ago - sadly they no longer have them

LeonieDeSaintVire · 13/04/2012 14:26

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WyrdMother · 13/04/2012 14:11

I'm happy to read any and all and in any order, though the detective ones can be hard work to find (I'd have to pre-order them from the library other than the three I found in Charity shops) and I agree the quality is variable, I've found (for example) April Lady almost impossible to re-read.

I'm still game though.

Cousin Kate was the first I ever read as my mum had a copy and I have a lurking fondness for it for that reason, but it isn't my favorite.

lazymonkeyface · 13/04/2012 14:01

id be happy to read detective ones too.

LeonieDeSaintVire · 13/04/2012 13:18

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MooncupGoddess · 13/04/2012 13:12

I have read The Great Roxburgh And Instead of the Thorn, which is rather an odd novel set and written in the early 1920s about a woman who gets married young and is freaked out by sex.

TBH I wouldn't particularly recommend either of them, and in my view the first few and last few books GH wrote are not very good (Powder and Patch, The Masqueraders etc are pretty ropey too... and I hated Cousin Kate, it's the only one I could never reread, but perhaps I'm in a minority here). She really got into her stride in the late 1920s with Devil's Cub, Regency Buck etc.

LeonieDeSaintVire · 13/04/2012 13:07

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DilysPrice · 13/04/2012 12:37

I'd suggest reading everything which happens later than 1700, in order of publication, and I'd be up for including all the detective novels in print as well, but maybe other people don't fancy them.

lazymonkeyface · 13/04/2012 11:42

I've never read any of the detective ones!

So, whend we start?

DilysPrice · 13/04/2012 10:01

Date order works for me. Black Moth is kind of rubbish, but in an interesting way that gives us lots to talk about.

LeonieDeSaintVire · 13/04/2012 08:44

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Gigondas · 13/04/2012 08:29

Another big fan here . Grand sophy is favourite but like most of them. Is there an actual first choice to read yet?

lazymonkeyface · 13/04/2012 08:26

Ah, the black moth was the first she wrote

lazymonkeyface · 13/04/2012 08:24

Marking my place for update on first book.

What if we read the one which was written first? I don't know which one that was tho and just read them in order? Then we will get to all the favourites buy in a fair way?

DilysPrice · 13/04/2012 07:41

I'm in (though not mad keen on Cousin Kate tbh).

I do London GH location spotting, especially in St James St, partly based on JK's book about her locations, (which was very poorly written I thought - put me off reading her biography).

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