new fannishness, yays

[_xehra]

Am officially now obsessed with Georgette Heyer novels. She writes regency stuff (like Jane Austen, only easier to read and, I shudder to say it, with slightly cooler heroines) and also detective-y stuff (like Agatha Christie, but less stuffy

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(good to see you back around, even if no one can have cooler regency heroines than Miss Austen -- just more anachronistic ones! She says, as she can't wait to finally see Lost in Austen)

[_xehra]

Thanks hon!! Good to be back. And yes, I blaspheme!
Lost in Austen? Do tell! My goodness I am so out of the loop!!

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Lost in Austen is basically filmed fanfiction (the Austen Blog ladies were not impressed!) from ITV. Amanda, the heroine, accidentally steps through a portal in her bathroom and swaps places with Lizzie. Hilarity follows, with Amanda being a huge P&P fan and her presence really, really screwing with things. Apparently you will never watch the Colin Firth series the same again!

[_xehra]

Sounds delicious! I can only imagine the screams eminating from the hallowed halls of pemberley.com!! Oh do let me know if you hear they wills screen it here! Do you think ABC will pick it up?

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I keep hoping, but regardless, I am going to get my hands on a copy. I mean, surely the ABC will click that this would be Of The Good, but I'm not game to email them in case they crush my fragile hopes.

Edited to add here is a link to the screams and teeth gnashing