A friend pointed this article out in the latest online issue of PUBLISHERS WEEKLY -- most of this "Beyond Her Book" blog/article is reprinted from an issue of The Onion, but with the addition of photos of relevant steamy romance novels ( Read more... )

( Jane Austen cut-out card )

Having already written my "sci-fi television this weekend" post, I can now fill in the various ways I managed to fill the rest of my time this weekend, so as not to actually have to work on my dissertation until today ( Read more... )

I just searched for all Georgette Heyer titles on Amazon.com, for a lark (and to make sure I'm not missing any), and came across this volume, published in 2001:

Georgette Heyer: A Critical Retrospective (Paperback) by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas
544 pages, Prinnyworld Press (March 1, 2001)

Book Description:
Fully indexed collection of articles on ( Read more... )

I've been having so much fun discussing Georgette Heyer novels (and being reminded that I have more "favorites" among her books than can be listed at one sitting), that I thought I'd send up a test balloon and see if there might be anyone else among my LJ friends who harbors a secret fondness for the romance novels of Elsie Lee ( Read more... )

I just caught up with missmurchison's answers to the "dork" meme from last night, and I have to confess that

1) I, too, own nearly every book ever written by Georgette Heyer, and would not dream of surrendering any of them -- even the duplicate copies, and even the attempt-at-contract-busting mystery novel Penhallow. ( Read more... )

I need another media addiction like I need several more non-functional holes in my head, but I can't help it: I'm hooked on PBS' showing of a British 'reality show' called "Regency House Party."

After all these years of NEVER, EVER soiling my virgin eyes with the watching of any so-called 'reality' programming, I've been lured in by a PBS-tote- ( Read more... )