Book Reviews

If you’re dying for a funny regency romance and you love Georgette Heyer, you’ll love A Very Merry Chase by Teresa Bohannon. The author sums it up, “Set in early 19th century Regency England, and harking back in style to the heyday of Georgette Heyer and Barbara Cartland, A Very Merry Chase is a comedy of manners and errors that boasts empire fashions, dashing characters, verbal sparring matches and witty repartee mingled with just a hint of mystery, danger and intrigue.”

It’s a classic Regency Romance and I give it four shiny big stars! When I started reading it was nearly bed time. I told myself I’d just read the first chapter. Ha! By four in the morning I had to force myself to stop and go to bed. After about two hours sleep I got up to see my Goblin off to work and then after waving him away with bloodshot eyes, I finished the book. It was that good! I loved all the main characters including the bad guy (who isn’t very lovable, but there’s something about him that makes me hope he has a happy end somewhere). I wish my characters could have dinner with Bohannan’s characters or meet them at a house party. I’ve never had that reaction to a regency romance before. After the short excerpt there’s a link to download a free pdf file of the first chapter (which I think is one of the funniest first chapters I’ve ever read!). [Read more…] about Book review: A Very Merry Chase…

Saturday I was really poorly. My pasty grey colouring even persuaded the Goblin I wasn’t pretending to be ill so I wouldn’t have to rake leaves off the drive (which had been our previously scheduled activity – he’s very organized and scheduled). Sitting up made me feel nearly as light headed as standing so I went back to bed (and back to sleep), but later in the day after waking up from a nap, I found myself lying there wanting to read something light. Something that wouldn’t require thinking or spawn the usual endless questions which fill my brain like bubbles from a soapy drain. I remembered of the three Georgette Heyer romances I’d bought a few weeks ago at the charity shop there was one (Cotillion) had I hadn’t yet read. The back of the book sounded boring, but I crawled back into bed with it and gave it a go. [Read more…] about A Book Review…

At 10 AM the sun was so bright and inviting I had to walk into town to find a treat (any excuse to be out in the sunshine). By 10:15, before I’d put my shoes on, the sky had clouded over. Hoping it would clear, I was soon out the door leaving my umbrella leaning against the wall. They say middle age makes women become invisible, but you couldn’t miss me in my red knit hat and red sweater! I was wearing a jean skirt…the black tights and shoes were an unfortunate choice. I looked like a Christmas fairy (in England it’s often a fairy they put on the top of the Christmas tree) a fat Christmas fairy who was too heavy for the sleigh so Santa left her behind. I’ve been craving red the last year or two, but I’m now craving golds and golden browns which means in a year’s time (when I’m craving pink or some other colour I can’t find) the clothing stores will be full of brown clothes and shoes because this is my life. [Read more…] about Treasure comes in all shapes and titles…