Welcome to Litsy!

What a jaunty little read that was. My first Georgette Heyer. Love discovering #newtomeauthors. An enjoyable #palatecleanser ❤️

Just look what my lovely colleague, who first alerted me to Georgette Heyer, gifted me today. She bought this 1965 edition online. It had no dust cover and has some slight damage (a name cut out of the title page). She photocopied the dust cover from her own rare edition and put it on this one! So thoughtful 🥰. Book people are the best. 📚🙏❤️

I read this in one day! (A few weeks ago, I‘m pokey on my review 🙃)
I loved the beginning half, and enjoyed the whole book! The Marquis as a fatherly figure stole my heart ❤️ I loved Frederica, too, though I got rather put out with her in the latter portion with her uncomprehending treatment of Charis.

#LMPBC #GroupH

Quite pleased with my challenge progress this month. Obviously several books covered multiple challenges! 😂 Also I apparently got carried away and put MtTBR on here twice, whoops! Numbers in parentheses were my goals for that challenge this month. 27 books read & I should hit 6800pgs by the end of the day. January is always a strong challenge month since there are so many blanks to be filled, but I am hoping to continue focusing on the backlog⬇️

It‘s here @TheAromaofBooks ! And the Reese‘s isn‘t going to make it to the next stop 🤣

#LMPBC #GroupH

How can we already be heading into the last full week of January?? My #WeeklyForecast is to finish Frederica for #LMPBC and Not That Kind of Guy for the #TackleYourTBRbyColor challenge on StoryGraph. Then the next Cleo Fox mystery for a buddy read with my sister, and a graphic novel that came in for me from the library. We'll see how far I get as I have been a weird gaming-instead-of-reading mood!
@Cinfhen

Here's a surprise; this week's reading didn't go exactly to plan 😂 #BookReport this week - I did complete 2/3 of my #BacklistReadathon books and am currently reading the tagged book for #LMPBC. I also finished two of my chapter-a-day reads, Murder at the Vicarage and The Jane Austen Project, and read a random MG book from the 60s that wasn't on my windowsill at all, Indian Island Mystery. So a good week, just not a focused one!! @Cinfhen

Time to stack some readathons!!

My #BacklistReadathon goal is to read the next three Leaphorn & Chee books. For #JoyousJanuary I am hoping to read 7 books total, including the Hillerman books and the tagged book for #LMPBC . And of course, this all ties back into my goal to average 250pgs/day for #JumpStart2023 - I am currently ahead of schedule!!

@Clwojick @Andrew65 @Lizpixie

I love this book so much. As in 10/10 for me. Frederica is a new favorite character. I love the story- it reminded me of a version of The Five Little Peppers all grown up and having romances …. If you‘re curious about Heyer this is my favorite and a great place to start (I think) #lmpbc

Would Frederica work for you? I‘m okay searching out more options- I just have not read this one yet. I‘m ok getting a Heyer or Wodehouse book or other in genre too.

An excellent recommendation from @indiaro and my first georgette heyer! One of my biggest pet peeves is when romances have really rubbish one dimensional side characters and this one had such well developed, fun and interesting side characters. I loved the yearning and the gentle humour. I‘ll definitely be reading more by the author!

I‘m finally embarking on one of @indiaro ‘s favourite books and loving it so much 🥰 I‘ve never read a georgette heyer before and I‘m enjoying it a lot.

Up to 3 Bingos @jenniferw88 #Jennyis30

I love Georgette Heyer and this did not disappoint. The humor was fantastic, both main characters were likeable. I think someone should create a trope bingo for Heyer: a dedicated bachelor, young protege, nobility... There was no cross-dressing in this one. I missed that.

@Reviewsbylola #classicschallenge2020

I‘m up, had breakfast (poached eggs on toast) & now raring to go with the final day of the #MrBook1inaMilliom #24B4Monday Readathon.
With reading after midnight I‘m currently at 17 hrs 24 mins, Today I‘ll be finishing the audiobook of Frederica, & starting the audiobook of Rebecca. Then I will be reading the next section of my Group Read of The Bone Garden, as well as Starting Where Eagles Dare. A classical reading weekend. #litsyPartyofOne

At 3 hrs 50 mins for #MrBook1inaMillion #24B4Monday I started a new audiobook with a classic from Georgette Heyer. #LitsyPartyofOne

Today‘s been absolutely wonderful! A lie in this morning, breakfast with this charming novel, and then I spent the afternoon practicing watercolour painting. I‘ve been meaning to pick this back up again, and finally did it. I‘m quite rusty, (please don‘t judge my poor attempt, at free hand 🙈), but I know after a few tutorials, my technique (and confidence) will return. 🖼 I‘m in desperate need of new brushes too!

#artsandcrafts #georgetteheyer

1. Basically anything by Georgette Heyer.
2. Nope.
3. It‘s about the last spring-y day. 70 today, 80 tomorrow, 90 by Tuesday. 😭
4. Peas in tacos. 🤷🏼‍♀️😋
5. Heyyyyy (in my best Joey voice)
#friyayintro

Reader, I sporfled.

A Pick, with the caveat the heroine's love announcement was horrifically weak (a lot of this book is from the hero's pov, so we see him actively falling in love. The heroine, not as much). I'll try Heyer's Cotillion next.

My book likes: romances that make use of the phrase 'unholy amusement.'

Oh, I understand now, that m/m fiction I've been finding is just other readers having read Heyer and thinking, 'That romance is all very nice, but those two characters are obviously fucking.'

@erista , thank you! I picked these up at my post office this morning. I look forward to reading these!

I decided to reread another favorite...

Frederica manages to take care of her family very well, but when she wants to introduce her sister into society, she knows she needs help. She appeals to her distant connection, the Marquis of Alverstoke, who finds himself entertained by the family and so agrees to sponsor a ball. Soon the bored cynic finds himself falling in love...

Another strong, clever, competent heroine and engaging minor characters.

...need your five year old to hold the stack up. I LOVE #GeorgetteHeyer. And I‘ve already gotten two people to try her this year!! So who‘s next? I‘ve got 5 reasons why you should!! http://quirkybookworm.blogspot.com/2015/10/31-days-of-book-pics-favorite-author.... #bookstack #nicestack

Fourteen books by one of my all-time favorite authors. #novemberbythenumbers

@Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck

#humpdaypost

1. 4️⃣th Pic - Even though she hates when I do this, I screenshotted my daughter's (r) Snapchat story because she's away at Davidson College & I miss her
2. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 🙏🏿
3. Drizzly & warm 🌦
4. Frederica by Georgette Heyer because news was getting me down so I needed a little historical romance 💕
5. Labor Day plans - Tailgating & cheering on the University of Georgia Bulldogs with friends & family! ❤️🏈🖤

Who am I kidding? I can't pick a #favorite book! But my #favoriteauthor is Georgette Heyer. I wrote a whole post a few years ago about why YOU should read her too! http://www.quirkybookworm.blogspot.com/2015/10/31-days-of-book-pics-favorite-aut... // #springflingreading

#springflingreading #startswithF

I thought there would be more books that started with F on my shelves, but I found a few good ones!

@jess.how

Fun - Frederica is so focused on her family she forgets about herself. Alverstock is, he would assure you, utterly selfish and uninterested in other people. And they cross, in a simple request for help...the HEA is quite reasonable and convincing. I like Felix, too - wish we could see more of him.