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New to me books
The weather has been lovely and bright with sunshine and blue skies here although the gritters are now around on the roads late at night due to falling temperatures, it’s amazing we’ve had no rain now...
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Snowdrift and other stories by Georgette Heyer
This blogging malarkey is having a desperate effect on the to-be-read books in my house, it grows and grows, mainly because of book recommendations from fellow bloggers – not that I’m complaining...
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Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer
Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer was first published in 1941. I’ve read almost all of Georgette Heyer’s mystery novels now and I’ve enjoyed them all although some more than others. I like the witty...
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More book purchases
I’ve often seen copies of King Albert’s Book but as they’re over 100 years old they’re quite often in bad shape with torn pages, missing illustrations (they’re sort of tipped in) or drawn on. The book...
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The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer
The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer was first published in 1955 and my copy is a Book Club hardback from that date. This is more of a mystery/adventure book and is quite light on the romance – which is...
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A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer
Penguin, 2011, 671p. A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer was first published in 1961 and it’s quite different from her other books as there’s really not much in the way of humour in it, no witty...
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The Grand Sophy’s Duke of York?
At the moment I’m reading Georgette Heyer’s The Grand Sophy and really enjoying it. I’m not quite half-way through it but I really had to laugh when on page 165 I read: Lord Ombersely, who had gone...
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The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer was first published in 1950 and it’s a hoot. Sophy’s father Sir Horace who is a widower takes Sophy to live with his sister Lady Ombersley while he has some work to...
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An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer
An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer was first published in 1937, but mine is a modern paperback with an introduction by Rosemary Sutcliff and also an author’s note at the beginning in which Heyer says...
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Holiday book purchases
I managed to add eight more books to the many waiting in my TBR queue while we were away in Wales and East Sussex a few weeks ago. I bought All the Books of my Life by Sheila Kaye-Smith in a...
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2019 European Reading Challenge
This is my first year of participating in the 2019 European Reading Challenge which is hosted by Gilion @ Rose City Reader This is my wrap up post but I never did get around to posting any of these...
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Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer
Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer was first published in 1966 and my copy seems to be a first edition. If you’re wondering which book to read next from your to be read stacks and you just can’t make up...
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Bookshelf Travelling in Insane Times
Despite still being in lockdown, or maybe because of it, the time is going so fast and already it’s time for another Bookshelf Travelling in Insane Times which is hosted by Judith Reader in the...
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Bookshelf Travelling in Insane Times
It’s time for some more Bookshelf Travelling in Insane Times which is hosted by Judith at Reader in the Wilderness. The first shelf is in a small bookcase which is situated at the top of the stairs,...
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The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer
The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer was first published in 1936. This book doesn’t feature on my 20 Books of Summer list but I really needed a book to cheer me up. The news pandemical and political...
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Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer
Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer was first published in 1968, so it was the third last of her books and for me it seemed quite different from her other romances. The actual romance part was more or less...
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False Colours by Georgette Heyer
False Colours by Georgette Heyer was first published in 1963. Kit and Evelyn Fancot are identical male twins whose lives have gone in different directions with Kit going into the diplomatic service and...
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These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer was first published in 1926. The tale begins on a dark night in Paris in the reign of Louis XV. Justin Alastair – the notorious Duke of Avon who also goes by the...
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