tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post6477514326734028366..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Friday Forgotten (or Overlooked) Book: BEHOLD, HERE'S POISON (1936) by Georgette HeyerYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-75171954223044977802018-08-25T10:04:07.343-04:002018-08-25T10:04:07.343-04:00COTILLION is my absolute favorite Heyer Regency, t...COTILLION is my absolute favorite Heyer Regency, though THE GRAND SOPHY and FREDERICA are close seconds.Another is ARABELLA. I like the Heyer Regencies that make me laugh out loud more than anything else. Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-21047124546800834922018-07-07T15:26:18.827-04:002018-07-07T15:26:18.827-04:00This reminds me to add some of Heyer's non mys...This reminds me to add some of Heyer's non mystery books to my book sale list. I have added The Grand Sophy and Cotillion and I think those recommendations came from you.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-43381655159038659172018-07-07T14:38:36.068-04:002018-07-07T14:38:36.068-04:00I love the Regencies I've read by Heyer, Tracy...I love the Regencies I've read by Heyer, Tracy. I can clue you in to the best ones. :) Some of them are hilarious. Heyer's humor really comes out in her Regency books. I reread them all the time. Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-68298589583221631722018-07-07T14:30:04.056-04:002018-07-07T14:30:04.056-04:00BEHOLD, HERE'S POISON is my next read by Heyer...BEHOLD, HERE'S POISON is my next read by Heyer, so I skipped a lot of the plot description here. Very much looking forward to reading it, especially since it is a country house mystery. And I want to try some of the Regency romances... that I avoided for so long.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-73331214613102988362018-07-06T14:59:37.794-04:002018-07-06T14:59:37.794-04:00You're very welcome, Mudpuddle, thanks for the...You're very welcome, Mudpuddle, thanks for the kind words. I love GH too. I'm currently sort of rereading some of her Regencies as well as her mysteries. I like them on audio too. SO much fun.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-64227870326637680832018-07-06T14:58:17.698-04:002018-07-06T14:58:17.698-04:00Hahahaha!! You're too much, Mathew. 'Lackw...Hahahaha!! You're too much, Mathew. 'Lackwit' is one of Heyer's more memorable Regency insults. There are more...Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-21911553894634434142018-07-06T12:12:57.642-04:002018-07-06T12:12:57.642-04:00a very witty and trenchant post! i love the way G...a very witty and trenchant post! i love the way GH writes: i've read all the mysteries and some of the romances; while some of the latter are better than others, the mysteries are all good, imo... there's a pointed classiness about her writing that tickles the funny bone and satisfies the inner old crank... tx for a great review!Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-34093907968281294012018-07-06T10:56:31.002-04:002018-07-06T10:56:31.002-04:00You had me, hook line and sinker, at "semi-ri...You had me, hook line and sinker, at "semi-rich English lackwits." BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.com