Group Reads 2017/2018

[Karlyne]

And I can't remember it!

[Jay-me (Janet)]

I quite like Charity Girl - there are definitely ones that I like less than that one.

However I have recently read it, so I would vote for Bath Tangle as that is the next paperback I have lined up for when I have finished Convenient Marriage.

[QNPoohBear]

I can't remember Charity Girl but I don't think I liked it. I enjoyed all the others very much. Frederica is my favorite and I own it so I'm always ready for a reread.

[Karlyne]

Even after reading the synopsis, I barely remember it!

[Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review)]

Frederica gets my vote!

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

Update: & I'm counting QNPB's post as a vote for Frederica

Bath Tangle - 7
Frederica - 6
April Lady -3
The Nonesuch - 1
Charity Girl - 0

[Kim]

Frederica, please.

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

Kim wrote: "Frederica, please."

So now we have a tie. :)

[Teresa]

My poor Nonsuch. Not even getting a look in :( ! To be honest I'd be happy reading any of the above.

[Abigail]

I’m sure we’ll get back to Waldo in due course!

[Susan in NC]

Yes! And I agree with teresa, I'd enjoy reading any of them....

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

Bath Tangle - 7
Frederica - 7
April Lady -3
The Nonesuch - 1
Charity Girl - 0

Only another 2 days to vote!

[Teresa]

It's tense!! The pressure is mounting!!! Will it be Frederica or will it be Bath Tangle!!! The world awaits with bated breath! :):)

[Barb in Maryland]

Teresa wrote: "It's tense!! The pressure is mounting!!! Will it be Frederica or will it be Bath Tangle!!! The world awaits with bated breath! :):)"

Oh, Teresa, LOL!! Personally, I'm hoping for a Frederica victory, as Bath Tangle is in my bottom 5.

[Jan]

Yeah Bath Tangle's not one of my favs.

[Belinda]

Frederica

[Marissa]

A vote for the Baluchistan Hound...er, Frederica. ;)

[Christine PNW]

Frederica takes a lead!

[Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review)]

Moonlight Reader wrote: "Frederica takes a lead!"

Woo hoo!

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

(Roughly) 24 hours to go!

Frederica - 9
Bath Tangle - 7
April Lady -3
The Nonesuch - 1
Charity Girl - 0

[Pamela]

I just ordered/received The Nonesuch, but since it has no hope of winning, I'll vote for:

Frederica!

One of my top favorites. I never mind rereading it.

[Critterbee❇]

Egad and curses! I thought BT had it! Well, Frederica is one of my favorites, too, so no worries here.

[Pamela]

That should say that I "never" mind rereading it!

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

I'm going to call it now as a win for Frederica as our October read. :)

[Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review)]

Carol ♔Type, Oh Queen!♕ wrote: "I'm going to call it now as a win for Frederica as our October read. :)"

Yay! one of my favourites :D

[Susan in NC]

Yes, looking forward to a reread with the group - I loved it first time!

[Sheila (in LA)]

I am excited about it, I know it is a popular one!

[Teresa]

I haven't read this one in years so I'll definitely be back for it.

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

Yes, Frederica was always going to win - it is top of the list Louise S created.

If our new members haven't seen the list & would like to vote, here's the list.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

From memory, Charity Girl has only been nominated once & April Lady & Bath Tangle haven't been nominated at all, which is quite telling. But as I said I'm fond of Giles & Nell & love the Bath setting in Bath Tangle.

I've worked it out approximately & April Lady & Bath Tangle will be read in 2019, Charity Girl in the first half of 2020. :)

Edited because I messed up the link.

[Teresa]

Holy God I'll be too old to see the book by then :):)

[Kim]

It is good that books will get a read, not all are 1st tier Heyers, but it gives us a greater context.

[Lesley]

I've joined the wait list for Frederica. There are 10 others before me (popular!) so I hope I'll get it in time to read with the group rather than after. :)

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

Lesley~aka Ella's Gran wrote: "I've joined the wait list for Frederica. There are 10 others before me (popular!) so I hope I'll get it in time to read with the group rather than after. :)"

Good to hear how popular GH still is though! My spare copy disintegrated or I would send it to you Lesley. :)

[Kim]

For me, GH led to Jane Austen. For others, JA leads to GH, only so many JAs available. And although there is a rich field of JA pastiches, not all are worth the paper upon which they are printed. Candidates for road maintenance in Edinburgh, where I read in an Isabel Dalhousie book they use chopped up remaindered books--many of them romances--beneath the road topping.

[Lesley]

Carol ♔Type, Oh Queen!♕ wrote: "Lesley~aka Ella's Gran wrote: "I've joined the wait list for Frederica. There are 10 others before me (popular!) so I hope I'll get it in time to read with the group rather than after. :)"

Good to..."

It is all good but thanks for the thought. I get mine from Open Library ebook, so I can enlarge the print on my iPad which makes for a more comfortable read these days. Now I've found I can load their books on Bluefire on my iPad it is even better than reading online - and I get any illustrations too.

[Kim]

This information about the roads then led to philosophical musings on Isabel's part, as nearly everything does.

[Susan in NC]

Kim wrote: "This information about the roads then led to philosophical musings on Isabel's part, as nearly everything does."

Thanks for reminding me if this series, I read the first book and need to get back to Isabel again!

[Karlyne]

I like to read philosophical thoughts. Which is why Isabel is one of my favorite still-living characters...

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

Sorry I checked why the reminder for Behold Heres Poison didn't work - & I had set it for September 2018 Sorry about that. Anyone who has their reminder set for 5 days should get it though.

Sorry about that!

[Susan in NC]

Thanks Carol, for all you do - I'm a mystery buff, so looking forward to this one!

[Karlyne]

So we're starting on the 1st?

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

Karlyne wrote: "So we're starting on the 1st?"

Yup!

[Karlyne]

Okiedokie!

[QNPoohBear]

I'm looking forward to the discussion for Behold Here's Poison!

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

QNPoohBear wrote: "I'm looking forward to the discussion for Behold Here's Poison!"

Same here!

[Carolm]

Just waiting for my copy of Behold Here's Poison to arrive from the library.

[Sheila (in LA)]

I picked up my copy on Saturday, along with The Masqueraders, which arrived the same day--I don't know what happened there. Looking forward to reading both of them!

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

& time to make our decision about our November read - our final group read of the year.

As usual this will be by consensus.:)

I am going to make a strong plea for Beauvallet If we don't read it this month, we won't read it as a group till some time in 2020.

But I don't want to completely kill the group if most of you don't like this title. Since Bath Tangle did so well in our last vote, I'm going to suggest this one as well. I think it will create some good discussion & as I remember there was some interesting information about Bath.

Finally I will put up The Great Roxhythe Whatever you do don't purchase the edition I linked to though. That is a nasty rip off of photocopied pages bound together. Anne & I both got taken.

So let the voting begin!

I vote for Beauvallet

[Susan in NC]

I vote Bath Tangle because that's the only of the three titles I own! But I'll have plenty of time to pick up a copy of the other titles from the library if we go with beauvallet or roxhythe.

Thanks for keeping us organized, Carol.

[Barb in Maryland]

Beauvallet, please! I really love it and I really dislike Bath Tangle.