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$1.99 deal: The 20th Anniversary Edition: Goodreads had dozens of choices and I couldn't find the anniversary edition. Here is the US Amazon link so you can decide if you'd like this or not. I read this years ago, and now you can have an Ebook copy.
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00IHZ91T...
There are over ten-thousand ratings: 78% 5-stars & 11% 4-stars
J. W. wrote: "$1.99 deal: The 20th Anniversary Edition: Goodreads had dozens of choices and I couldn't find the anniversary edition. Here is the US Amazon link so you can decide if you'd like this or not. I re..."
I read this in college 20 years ago and found it fascinating. :-)
I'm currently reading the recent book from Veronica Speedwell series by the author Deanne Raybourn. I love this series and also another completed series by the author called Lady Julia Grey series. Both are set in Victorian era and belong to the mystery/thriller category with a but of romance mixed together. I love her heroines. They are bold as brass and full of spunk especially Veronica. If you're a fan of the historical mystery genre, please try these series. They are really good.
Also try the victorian bookshop mystery by Kate Parker. It's a completed 5 book series and quite interesting.
One reviewer remarked that book #1 in the last series is clean. I love book shops. I love Victorian. I love clean. On the list it goes. :-)
Andrea Penrose writes a very good murder mystery series set in Regency times. They are the Wrexford and Sloane series. I've just read the latest one Murder on the Serpentine Bridge and it's an excellent read. I love the series.
Marlene, I read that series couple of years ago and if I remember right, they are all clean except maybe some kisses. I agree with you about clean books and book shops and I should include libraries in the list. Teresa, I have enjoyed the series you talk of except the latest one. They are good. If you like this series you might also like Sebastian st. Cyr series which is one of my most favorite historical mystery series. And even India black series with a very cheeky heroine but unfortunately the series was dropped abruptly after 4 books I think.
Thank you abmom. Is it Murder at the Royal Botanic gardens the one you mean? If it is, I wasn't over keen on that one either. But the new one is well back on track. I loved it! I read an ARC of it and it will be published next month.
dream on by Angie Hockman is good. I'm halfway through already
Bewitching by Jill Barnett is well, magical. I couldn’t help myself. I wish The Victorian Bookshop mysteries were on Kindle.
A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
This is an surprisingly good regency tale with a Georgette Heyeresque feel. I just know you, my fellow JAFF lovers, will enjoy it too!
Here’s my review of The Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting if you’re interested in a JAFF lover’s POV:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Definitely one for Austen lovers.
Tandie wrote: "A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
This is an surprisingly good regency tale with a Georgette Heyeresque feel. I just know you, my fell..."
Sounds fun, I love Georgette Heyer! Thanks for the recommendation, the timing was perfect. I just finished my current audiobook today and was looking for a new one to listen to while I walk and so I looked this up after your comment and was lucky enough to be able to check out the audiobook from Libby!!!
I looked, and my library has it! I'm focusing on books I own (and Net Galley books for favorite authors), but I think it sounds interesting.
Not Austenesque but of the period: I’m currently reading a recently rediscovered 1808 novelette in letters, told from the point of view of a mulatto character from the West Indies who travels to England in obedience to her father’s will, which dictates that she must either marry a cousin from a wealthy merchant’s family or become a dependent of another cousin: The Woman of Colour (anonymous).It’s published in an edition with a lot of context about Black characters in British fiction going back to the 17th century. The story is rather sentimental and melodramatic but interesting because of the point of view. Usually Black characters were secondary and seen through the lens of white main characters; this flips the camera and shows white characters from a Black perspective. It’s an odd mix of perceptive and clueless.
Teresa wrote: "Andrea Penrose writes a very good murder mystery series set in Regency times. They are the Wrexford and Sloane series. I've just read the latest one Murder on the Serpentine Bridge and it's an exce..."I was just trying to remember this series the other day. I really liked the India Black ones I read.
I wonder why it was dropped.
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You have my curiosity aroused. Thanks, Abigail!
For Sanditon fans who want to know more about what a Miss Lambe character might be like! :-)
Abigail wrote: "Usually Black characters were secondary and seen through the lens of white main characters; this flips the camera and shows white characters from a Black perspective. It’s an odd mix of perceptive and clueless."Interesting! You are always SO perceptive, Abigail!
You flatter me. I am finding the book very interesting, though.
Abigail wrote: "You flatter me. I am finding the book very interesting, though."I actually ended up reading your review on that book today. Ha! (I only read 5 reviews per day.)
If you're looking for a fun Halloween read, I just finished Magical Midlife Madness by K. F. Breene and I can't recommend it highly enough!Here's a link to my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Free if you have K.U. It's a stand-alone and also the first in a series with the same characters - I'm on to the second book now.
I was just leaving a review for my other literary passion, early and mid 20th century Queens of Crime (in this case a Margary Allingham Campion story) and found a review from fellow group member Abigail Bok.It brought a smile to my face!
Always glad to make someone smile! Which Campion novel was it?
I’m making my way back through them for the first time since my teens.It was Dancers in Mourning which is not my favourite - the actors are rather OTT and Campion is a little off. I am mostly listening to them on Audible. David Thorpe narrates most of them and he has a very easy voice. He does a lovely East Anglian accent which is what I grew up with.
I have found Patricia Wentworth for the first time and am enjoying her too.
Abigail wrote: "That’s a lot of reviews!"Once upon a time, I read all of my friends' reviews everyday! That got to be too much. :-) I enjoy reading reviews, so 5 per day most days is about right for me. That way I don't overdo it.
Oh that Amazing Grace book and The Italian Girl sound good.
If you like Regency-era mysteries, you might like the Sebastian St,. Cyr series by C. S. Harris; the first one is What Angels Fear. I didn’t love it myself because it read too modern for me, but others love the series.
Perhaps I shall try that in '23. Thanks for the suggestion.
A Regency mystery series I like better is the one by S. K. Rizzolo that begins with The Rose in the Wheel. (Sorry, Goodreads randomly doesn’t allow me to link to titles, and this is one of the random times.)
Abigail wrote: "A Regency mystery series I like better is the one by S. K. Rizzolo that begins with The Rose in the Wheel. (Sorry, Goodreads randomly doesn’t allow me to link to titles, and this is one of the rand..."I will look for that. I didn’t like the one St Cyr I tried.
Wow! Her books are expensive. Luckily one of my libraries had the first one. I’m intrigued by the description.
I’ve read all of Patricia Wentworth’s Miss Silver mysteries. I was trying to make my way through the Campion books but when pandemic started and then I had some serious health issues in 2021 and got distracted. I did enjoy them. Audio is a good idea.
Just read a 1948 American domestic comedy by Shirley Jackson, Life Among the Savages. For anyone who has raised unruly children it will strike a chord. Cleverly done, though ultimately it made me a bit sad because the narrator was too smart for the life she was leading. It has many laugh-out-loud moments.
Hi, I know it is late to be adding this but I had an email from an author from another genre with a link for a "Stuff Your Kindle! One Day Only! Sale" saying they have 800+ Free Amazon Books for Today (December 26, 2022) from all genres and I wanted to make sure to let everyone here know. Here is the link and good luck finding some great deals: https://www.romancebookworms.com/kindle
I am also posting this under "Promotion Place- December"
currently reading the dressmaker of prospect heights by kitty zeldish and the sisters of sea view by Julie klassen
Austenesque Lovers TBR Challenge 2022
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