I still haven't found anyone even a tiny bit like Georgette Heyer
Exactly! Once I'd read my way through all of Heyer's books, I thought, "Great, there must be loads more of this Regency Romance genre out there. Can't wait to read it." But actually nothing comes close to Heyer's style and wit. Everything I could find was more like "Mills and Boon in the 1800s".
I really enjoyed 'Inside the Victorian Home' by Judith Flanders, but didn't realise she'd written other books too. I must take a look at that one you mention.
Everything else I've been reading actually is Mills & Boon (or Avon or similar) in the 18th/19th C, so I can't really blame anyone. But if you ask who writes like Heyer, that's all you get and, no offense to them, they don't write like Heyer!
Maybe someone's hiding some gems in a different period? Maybe... *wistful*
I really enjoyed 'Inside the Victorian Home' by Judith Flanders, but didn't realise she'd written other books too. I must take a look at that one you mention.Oh, she's written quite a few & she's usually very good, too. I've really enjoyed all the ones I've read by her (although I haven't yet got the Inside the Victorian Home' one) - Consuming Passions, The Invention of Murder and The Victorian House are all good. The Victorian City is probably something her publisher foisted onto her as it's actually about Dickensian London, so covers his lifetime, and she clearly couldn't be more enthused about the subject. (Yesterday my reading section of it including very rude Victorian drinking songs. You can't ask for more,
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(I'm still not doing anything for [community profile] fandom_stocking. Luckily it should open soon and then I can relax and do something else!
Looks like reveals are pushed to the weekend now. I was kind of hoping for the window of opportunity to be closed, too, this year, because I feel just well enough to want to do something more but not well enough to actually do it, I think... :/
Yes, exactly! Oh no, I shall have to g on feeling guilty for days! /o\ (Well, I suppose I might manage something, you never know.) *sighs* Oh, fandom_stocking. Next year I'll try and make myself give it a miss!
Oh good, I'm glad the Carter Dickson turned out well, even if the BBC were evil about it. My favourite of his (so far) is one of the ones he wrote as John Dickson Carr, and it's about a modern (then!) detective who suddenly finds himself in 1829 England; so basically shrugs, rolls up his sleeves, and starts detecting then too. It's called "Fire, Burn!", and I rather recommend it.
I wish you much stress-free stamina. Nothing should ever be allowed to ruin reading.
That Carter Dickson sounds AMAZING. Even if I am preemptively very put out on Alleyn's behalf. I mean, Alleyn is used to dealing tactfully with a great deal, but still. All his hard work! D:
I hope you get the chance for more stress-free reading in the future. <3
It was good fun! I'm not sure how much more of it it would take to become annoying, but everyone is saying that his books under the John Dickson Carr name are v interesting and vary a lot, so I can see I shall have to see whether the library has any more of either.
Yes, poor Alleyn! Although, he would know Sir Henry Merriville's brilliant and eccentric reputation and would no doubt just say that it works for him, but obviously the rest of them have to stick to the dull but thorough routine work.
I am v hopeful about the reading! I think the Regency Romance cure seems to have worked. :-)
No, dammit. I keep feeling sure there must be! Someone must be able to write entertaining comedy of manners probably set at some point in the past... where are they???
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Exactly! Once I'd read my way through all of Heyer's books, I thought, "Great, there must be loads more of this Regency Romance genre out there. Can't wait to read it." But actually nothing comes close to Heyer's style and wit. Everything I could find was more like "Mills and Boon in the 1800s".
I really enjoyed 'Inside the Victorian Home' by Judith Flanders, but didn't realise she'd written other books too. I must take a look at that one you mention.
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Maybe someone's hiding some gems in a different period? Maybe... *wistful*
I really enjoyed 'Inside the Victorian Home' by Judith Flanders, but didn't realise she'd written other books too. I must take a look at that one you mention.Oh, she's written quite a few & she's usually very good, too. I've really enjoyed all the ones I've read by her (although I haven't yet got the Inside the Victorian Home' one) - Consuming Passions, The Invention of Murder and The Victorian House are all good. The Victorian City is probably something her publisher foisted onto her as it's actually about Dickensian London, so covers his lifetime, and she clearly couldn't be more enthused about the subject. (Yesterday my reading section of it including very rude Victorian drinking songs. You can't ask for more, ( ... )
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Looks like reveals are pushed to the weekend now. I was kind of hoping for the window of opportunity to be closed, too, this year, because I feel just well enough to want to do something more but not well enough to actually do it, I think... :/
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I wish you much stress-free stamina. Nothing should ever be allowed to ruin reading.
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I hope you get the chance for more stress-free reading in the future. <3
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Yes, poor Alleyn! Although, he would know Sir Henry Merriville's brilliant and eccentric reputation and would no doubt just say that it works for him, but obviously the rest of them have to stick to the dull but thorough routine work.
I am v hopeful about the reading! I think the Regency Romance cure seems to have worked. :-)
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Just readThe Spirit of St Mary Mead. I must say it sounds all too plausible!
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:-/
Still, at least we do have Heyer.
ETA: And thank you! :-D
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