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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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MooncupGoddess · 12/04/2012 23:09

edam - have you read the Jane Aiken Hodge biog? It's very well done and readable, whereas I've heard the new one is rather a disappointment.

LeonieDeSaintVire · 12/04/2012 23:09

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ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 12/04/2012 23:06

You're very kind, LadyDamerel, but I fear I struggle to get the reading done for the book groups I'm already in. I am most attracted to the idea of a nuncheon, though.

IShallWearMidnight · 12/04/2012 23:05

LadyDamerel - what did you have in mind - a general GH love in or an "everyone read and discuss a particular book"? I'm up for either.

edam · 12/04/2012 23:05

I have loved Georgette Heyer since I was a teenager - my favourite cosy re-reads. Not many comfort reads are so witty.

She had an interesting life, although I'm finding the recent biography heavy going - it's such a shame her family allowed someone who has done a PhD and writes in an extremely leaden style to do Georgette's biography (rather than a real writer with some flair). But I'm such a fan I'm wading through this 'ooh, get me, I've done loads of research' nonsense.

MooncupGoddess · 12/04/2012 23:04

Grin at Venetia and LadyD.

I know them all practically by heart, though slightly Hmm that LadyD didn't mention Hugo Darracott.

Don't bother with My Lord John. It is full of ghastly would-be archaic dialogue and really quite dull.

IShallWearMidnight · 12/04/2012 23:02

Daedalus - start with Frederica, or maybe the Grand Sophy which was my first. And GH is most definitely not trash! It's historically accurate literature I'll have you know Wink.

VenetiaLanyon · 12/04/2012 23:01

ladydamerel, are you me? Wink

IShallWearMidnight · 12/04/2012 23:00

Maryz - have a look here for as much GH as you can shake a snuff box at.

Took DD2 (age 14, massive GH fan as well) to the Royal Pavillion in Brighton last weekend which was Very Exciting. We had a nuncheon on the terrace, and then came home and squealed over Regency Buck and A Civil Contract Grin.

DD1 is at university in Bath which is also Very Exciting, and I had a nuncheon in the Assembly Rooms with her earlier in the year. Her BF is getting used to weird squeaks whenever they walk past or down a street mentioned in one of the books. There may have been a few text conversations along the lines of " laura place, who lives there?" " im walking down it now, does it say what number?" "are you sure, go and get the book and check" Wink.

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LadyDamerel · 12/04/2012 22:53

I MN through the evening then read when I go to bed and end up engrossed till daft o'clock. I really ought to go to bed earlier!

Auntie, are they first reads or re-reads for you? That's about the speed I read at - 2 or 3 books a week unless they're really fat books (Wolf Hall took about 10 days, that was an epic read).

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Auntiestablishment · 12/04/2012 22:49

Just beginning Reluctant Widow after Regency Buck and Devil's Cub in the last week.

PassTheTwiglets · 12/04/2012 22:44

I read quickly enough when I get round to it but there's always something else to do instead, for me. I prefer TV once the kids are in bed, though DH and I have been saying that we ought to switch the TV off and read. Sop I tend to read 2 oages here, 3 pages there amd the upshot is that it takes me at least 2 months to get through a book at the moment. So honestly don't wait for me :)

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LadyDamerel · 12/04/2012 22:42

How long would it take you Twigs? I'm a ridiculously fast reader so I may be under-estimating how long it would take people.

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PassTheTwiglets · 12/04/2012 22:38

I am 3 pages into Frederica but am far from being able to read a book in a fortnight, sadly. But if it's a book I've already read then I'm up for it :)

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 12/04/2012 22:33

Liked Sir Waldo a lot but the end of The Nonesuch seemed v abrupt.

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LadyDamerel · 12/04/2012 21:47

Roxy, they are comfort reads for me too. Proper escapism in a way no other books can match.

So what about a proper book club then? Pick one book, (re)read and meet back up to discuss a sennight or fortnight later? Could we manage that?

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Maryz · 12/04/2012 21:46

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ApuskiMcClusky · 12/04/2012 21:46

Ah, I am rediscovering the joys of GH since getting my kindle, having grown up with reading my mum's copies. The Grand Sophy is my favourite, but I also have a soft spot for the Talisman Ring because it makes me laugh, and Venetia. I like the ones with 'managing females' the best!

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LadyDamerel · 12/04/2012 21:44

I'm in love with most of them, Humphrey. Worth, Alverstoke, Sylvester, Damerel, Sir Waldo, John Staple, Robert Beaumaris, Oliver Carleton, Miles Calverleigh - any will do.

::floozy emoticon::

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Maryz · 12/04/2012 21:43

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RoxyRobin · 12/04/2012 21:43

I love her books - and so did my formidable spinster great-aunts (both teachers in the 1930s), my GP aunt and my aunt who was a medical mission sister and nursed King Hussein of Jordan. She said he had the hairiest chest she'd ever seen on a man (I was a bit taken aback by this comment from a nun!). But I digress.

They are my comfort-read when things take a turn for the bad, and mine, too, are dropping to bits.

They just don't make men like that any more.

pinkhebe · 12/04/2012 21:42

I love GH. I've just replaced all my 2nd hand 20+yr old paperbacks with kindle ones Grin

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LadyDamerel · 12/04/2012 21:40

Cheers, Maudie! Are you sure you won;t join us? I am persuaded you would develop a tendre for the Marquis of Alverstoke...

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HumphreyCobbler · 12/04/2012 21:39

I am in love with Lord Worth.