Oh damnit.

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Someone just recommended me two regency-era books by the same author and I have just looked her up. Georgette Heyer. Prolific. Apparently helped to define the genre. Recommended by all as superb in the romance and plotting departments.

Oh, damn it. There goes my summer

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I shall also look up this rec, thanks! XD It's been forever since I read a good book =.=

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A group favorite seems to be The Grand Sophy. ;)

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Wonderful *____* ~~♥ Thanks you X3

[issen4]

Yay! Georgette Heyer is great. Try the library and secondhand bookstores, if you can't find them. Her books are being re-released as well.

On LJ: heyer_haven

Website: http://www.georgette-heyer.com/

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I've already checked my library system and they are woefully understocked. The entire county only has two of her books! So I am going ahead with the plan and using Amazon to get a few of them used and then apparently spending the rest of the year my life however long it takes(!) looking for more.

Ooooh, LJ community... Thanks for the info!

[issen4]

Ask around in used bookstores as well, especially those that carry lots of paperback romances.

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Well, you see, I was thinking about used bookstores and how I couldn't imagine having many around for any number of reasons, but then something about the words "paperback romances" made me realize that I am merely fifteen minutes from a very popular beach and its adjacent summer properties. Quick search reveals a bunch of trading/used bookstores planted in the surrounding area. Score! Thanks again!

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Not to be the voice of dissent, but...

Oh, hell with it. To be the voice of dissent, I always found Heyer to be a little too formal and thoroughly researched for my taste. My mother has a near-complete collection, though, and I am obviously in the minority. I shall comfort myself with tawdry Jayne Ann Krentz novels in the corner. (Sure, they all taste alike, but I like that taste.)

As for locating the books, I find eBay to be handy when ordering in large-yet-incomplete batch quantities, and be sure to check the "for sale" section of your local libraries along with the used bookstores. And Amazon sellers aren't too difficult to buy from; just look for a more personalized ad that specifies good condition and has decent feedback. I've never had a problem with anything I've bought that way.

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Being the voice of dissent is fiiiine. Opinions are always appreciated. Especially since we tend to be scarily alike in our opinions of a great deal of things. Duly noted. I'm glad I only bought three for now.

I wonder what you mean by "thoroughly researched" though... I am a history junkie, so I like that sort of thing so long as it doesn't overshadow the plotting and characterization (which seem to be in top order from the various reviews I've read).

eBay scares the crap out of me for reasons I don't understand and can't really express. It's just so big! There's auctions and timing involved! If I do end up really liking her though, I'll probably bite the bullet and figure it out.

Oh good, that's how I bought them (96% positive feedback or higher, something personalized in the comments, bonus to places that arrive in less than 10 days).

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Georgette Heyer did not DEFINE the genre, she CREATED IT. *____

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I want my order to come in nooooow.

I never got a rec for Arabella! My tentative list of "multiple recommendations, read now!" after trawling through Amazon lists and some of the Heyer community were The Grand Sophy, Regency Buck, Lady of Quality, Frederica, The Convenient Marriage, Cotillion, The Unknown Ajax and the series (These Old Shades, Devil's Cub, Infamous Army). I just looked it up and Arabella sounds lovely! This just goes to show that I simply won't be able to stop until I've read them all. ;)

Recommend more, please!

the regrettable influence of Lord Byron upon society

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adsfjladsf WELL SINCE YOU ASKED *rolls up sleeves!*

I tend to love the ones where the heroine is really feisty and/or the hero is unconventional. Here are my favorites :D :D :D

1. The Grand Sophy! Which really is I think on everybody's favorites list, and quite rightly. I always think of it as Georgette's take on Mary Poppins. Or perhaps Mary Sue. I LOVE SOPHY SO MUCH. *_*

[Another one on everyone's favorites list is False Colors which I actually have never read but which apparently is a huge huge favorite among slash fans. :)) Another slash favorite is The Foundling - haha, this one is also my mom's favorite. :)) ]

2. Arabella, as previously discussed! Also, I deeply love Arabella herself. Cim was talking about how much she disliked Bertram but HOW CAN ANYONE DISLIKE BERTRAM. OH MAN AND ULYSSES ADSKLFJS;ADJFDSKL. *___* BOOKS WITH PETS!!!!!!!

3. The Masqueraders! <--- OH MAN I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. It's set about 30 years earlier than her typical novel and thus is Jacobian rather than Regency, with POLITICAL INTRIGUES,

why, he's nothing but a simpering, inching macaroni merchant!

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ALSO! I FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT REGENCY BUCK, I DON'T KNOW WHY. IN REGENCY BUCK, THE HEROINE MAKES FRIENDS WITH BEAU BRUMMELL DURING HER SEASON OUT AND SUBSEQUENTLY GETS HIT ON BY PRINNY HIMSELF, AHAHA. IT'S AWESOME AND IT TAKES PLACE IN BATH AND, UH, PRINNY'S DRUNK AND UNCOUTH AND IT'S SO AWESOME AND YOU'RE JUST LIKE, YEAH!!!! because only Georgette could plop the Prince Regent down into a romance novel as a fat drunken womanizer and have you be all I'M SO IMPRESSED BY HER HISTORICAL DETAIL!

Have I mentioned she also wrote just straight up Napoleonic history and things? About like the battle of Waterloo. WAR! oh i love her.