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Tuesday, August 16 would have been Georgette Heyer’s 109th birthday. In honor of this most beloved author, who many call the Queen of Regency Romance, online e-book retailers (such as Sourcebooks, Barnes & Noble or Amazon) are discounting EVERY SINGLE one of the eBooks currently available to $1.99 for one week, getting Heyer’s Birthday Party started a day early on August 15!
That’s 46 books by Georgette Heyer, plus the fabulous reader companion, Georgette Heyer’s Regency World by Jennifer Kloester, available for $1.99 from August 15-August 21.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MS. HEYER!
eBooks Available for $1.99
August 15-August 21, 2011
Heyer’s Birthday: August 16, 2011
Edited to add: Personally, I've snabbled up Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle, Frederica (this is one that, inexplicably, is not available on the Nook, so I got it at Sourcebooks), Arabella, Venetia, The Grand Sophy (great fun, although be warned, there's a startlingly anti-Semetic scene in the middle of the book), The Foundling, The Nonesuch, Friday's Child, Cotillion and The Corinthian. I also picked up Georgette Heyer's Regency World. The Unknown Ajax is another one I would have bought if it had been available on the Nook. I didn't check Sourcebooks for that one). One of my very favorites is A Civil Contract, but that doesn't seem to be available as an ebook at all. I'll keep watching for it.
You might also look at the ones that Jo Walton (user name=papersky site=livejournal.com> recommends here. Her top list is quite close to my own.
My top picks I'd say are Frederica (screamingly funny), Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle (how can I resist the heroine, who is a novelist?), The Grand Sophy (also screamingly funny, with that caveat I mentioned earlier), Cotillion (Jo's right, the ending REALLY takes you by surprise, Venetia and A Civil Contract.
The book I hate the most is The Reluctant Widow. Lordy, but I wanted to bitch-slap the heroine. One of the most unlikeable central characters I've ever encountered. Why on earth did the hero want such a shrew? Run, run the other way!
That’s 46 books by Georgette Heyer, plus the fabulous reader companion, Georgette Heyer’s Regency World by Jennifer Kloester, available for $1.99 from August 15-August 21.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MS. HEYER!
eBooks Available for $1.99
August 15-August 21, 2011
Heyer’s Birthday: August 16, 2011
Edited to add: Personally, I've snabbled up Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle, Frederica (this is one that, inexplicably, is not available on the Nook, so I got it at Sourcebooks), Arabella, Venetia, The Grand Sophy (great fun, although be warned, there's a startlingly anti-Semetic scene in the middle of the book), The Foundling, The Nonesuch, Friday's Child, Cotillion and The Corinthian. I also picked up Georgette Heyer's Regency World. The Unknown Ajax is another one I would have bought if it had been available on the Nook. I didn't check Sourcebooks for that one). One of my very favorites is A Civil Contract, but that doesn't seem to be available as an ebook at all. I'll keep watching for it.
You might also look at the ones that Jo Walton (user name=papersky site=livejournal.com> recommends here. Her top list is quite close to my own.
My top picks I'd say are Frederica (screamingly funny), Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle (how can I resist the heroine, who is a novelist?), The Grand Sophy (also screamingly funny, with that caveat I mentioned earlier), Cotillion (Jo's right, the ending REALLY takes you by surprise, Venetia and A Civil Contract.
The book I hate the most is The Reluctant Widow. Lordy, but I wanted to bitch-slap the heroine. One of the most unlikeable central characters I've ever encountered. Why on earth did the hero want such a shrew? Run, run the other way!