What I'm Reading Wednesday
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thisbluespirit(Because let's do this thing. :-D)
What I've Just Finished Reading
Nothing, actually. Since last time, I finished The Return of Sherlock Holmes, read two more Regency Romances made of pure fluff, and meanwhile carried on reading and taking notes from Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England (which I haven't yet finished but continues to be very good).
What I'm Reading Now
Currently, a book randomly picked up in a charity shop, Mrs Jeffries on the Trail by Emily Brightwell, which is basically crime fluff rather than Romance fluff - one of a long series* about a Victorian housekeeper who solves crimes for her Inspector employer. Well, actually the whole household solves the mysteries, and she just co-ordinates them and tactfully hints about their finds to the Inspector. I'm not sure when they get the housework done. So far, all I can say is that it's certainly easy reading, which is what I wanted.
What I'm Reading Next
Ah, the part of the meme where I'm supposed to predict the future. Well, meme, it'll either be something off my to-read pile, or something random that I picked up somewhere else, or a safe re-read, I can tell you that much. *nods*
And when I've finished the current NF read, I'll probably start on The Book of Barnstaple, which is a bit more specific than general, but of use to me.
* Going by the list of about 100 others in the front, anyway. Mrs Jeffries keeps busy.
What I've Just Finished Reading
Nothing, actually. Since last time, I finished The Return of Sherlock Holmes, read two more Regency Romances made of pure fluff, and meanwhile carried on reading and taking notes from Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England (which I haven't yet finished but continues to be very good).
What I'm Reading Now
Currently, a book randomly picked up in a charity shop, Mrs Jeffries on the Trail by Emily Brightwell, which is basically crime fluff rather than Romance fluff - one of a long series* about a Victorian housekeeper who solves crimes for her Inspector employer. Well, actually the whole household solves the mysteries, and she just co-ordinates them and tactfully hints about their finds to the Inspector. I'm not sure when they get the housework done. So far, all I can say is that it's certainly easy reading, which is what I wanted.
What I'm Reading Next
Ah, the part of the meme where I'm supposed to predict the future. Well, meme, it'll either be something off my to-read pile, or something random that I picked up somewhere else, or a safe re-read, I can tell you that much. *nods*
And when I've finished the current NF read, I'll probably start on The Book of Barnstaple, which is a bit more specific than general, but of use to me.
* Going by the list of about 100 others in the front, anyway. Mrs Jeffries keeps busy.
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Date: 15 Feb 2017 06:54 pm (UTC)That sounds perfect. Not that I need any new books right now, but someday I will, and when I do, I'll open my Future Book Recs list and see this. <3
I've got a bundle of Regency fluff coming my way! Courtney Milan, Rose Lerner, and your girl Heyer, all floating toward me through the U.S. Mail. Heyer does not have an off-puttingly thrusting bare chest on the cover, but most of the others do.
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Date: 15 Feb 2017 08:27 pm (UTC)I don't know why everyone thinks Mrs Jeffries sounds good when I said it was basically fluff and nonsense, though. There are lots of other detective stories that would belong on your list before this one.
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Date: 15 Feb 2017 09:18 pm (UTC)I don't think there is any more unpleasantness? I think there is the detective novels, which is why I don't like them, but that one bit in the Grand Sophy is pretty much it, really, for the historical ones. But it would be understandable if it had given you an insurmountable prejudice.
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Date: 15 Feb 2017 07:38 pm (UTC)I completely forgot but I have that Jane Austen's England book! I know what I'm reading next.
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Date: 15 Feb 2017 08:27 pm (UTC)It's a good book! (The history one.)
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