{"id":367,"date":"2016-12-04T17:55:37","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T17:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/?p=367"},"modified":"2018-11-16T22:49:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T22:49:45","slug":"birthday-regencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/12\/04\/birthday-regencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Regencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">[December 2016] I recently had a birthday, and my kind relatives treated me to Amazon gift cards. Naturally, I rushed to the Amazon Kindle store to buy as many books as I could with their largesse. Since I\u2019m rereading Georgette Heyer at the moment, I thought it would be an interesting contrast to try something more recent for comparison. My tastes just now running to traditional rather than bodice-ripper, I searched particularly for that style, although it was difficult to find them &#8211; they tend to be well-buried amongst all those covers with flowing skirts and off-the-shoulder numbers. But here\u2019s what I came up with, in three categories (prices in \u00a3 alongside):<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">1) Older books (pre-2001):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/12\/17\/review-the-nomad-harp-by-laura-matthews\/\">The Nomad Harp<\/a>: Laura Matthews 2.67 1980 4*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/12\/23\/review-the-mysterious-heir-by-edith-layton\/\">The Mysterious Heir<\/a>: Edith Layton 3.85 1984 4*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/12\/27\/review-brighton-road-by-susan-carroll\/\">Brighton Road<\/a>: Susan Carroll 2.20 1988 5*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/12\/31\/review-the-rake-by-mary-jo-putney\/\">The Rake<\/a>: Mary Jo Putney 4.02 1989 4*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/03\/15\/review-cousin-cecilia-by-joan-smith\/\">Cousin Cecilia<\/a>: Joan Smith 2.99 1990 4*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/10\/29\/review-lord-of-scoundrels-by-loretta-chase\/\">Lord of Scoundrels<\/a>: Loretta Chase 3.99 1995 4*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/01\/21\/review-reforming-lord-ragsdale-by-carla-kelly\/\">Reforming Lord Ragsdale<\/a>: Carla Kelly 2.49 1995 4*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/29\/review-one-night-for-lovea-summer-to-remember-by-mary-balogh\/\">One Night For Love<\/a>: Mary Balogh 4.99 1999 5*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/29\/review-one-night-for-lovea-summer-to-remember-by-mary-balogh\/\">A Summer To Remember<\/a>: Mary Balogh 5.99 2002 5*<\/li>\n<li>The Viscount Who Loved Me: Julia Quinn 3.33 2000 [Abandoned; I can&#8217;t read a Regency where the heroine talks about being in a snit (first recorded use: 1939)]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">2) More recent (2001-2012):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/11\/07\/review-the-silent-governess-by-julie-klassen\/\">The Silent Governess<\/a>: Julie Klassen 3.69 2010 3*<\/li>\n<li>The Kiss Of A Stranger: Sarah M Eden 1.09 2011 [Not read yet]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/23\/review-edenbrooke-by-julianne-donaldson\/\">Edenbrooke<\/a>: Julianne Donaldson 8.59 2012 4*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">3) The latest thing &#8211; the three bestsellers in the US on the day I looked:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Duke\u2019s Everburning Passion: Charlotte Stone 0.99 [Not read; the author has been banned from Amazon]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/03\/04\/review-youre-the-rogue-that-i-want-by-samantha-holt\/\">You\u2019re The Rogue That I Want<\/a>: Samantha Holt 3.27 3*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/29\/review-gaining-the-gentleman-by-eleanor-meyers\/\">Gaining the Gentleman<\/a>: Eleanor Meyers 0.99 DNF [The author has been banned from Amazon]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">My reviews are my own very opinionated opinion, but it&#8217;s clear that my tastes align better with older Regencies than with more recent books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[December 2016] I recently had a birthday, and my kind relatives treated me to Amazon gift cards. Naturally, I rushed to the Amazon Kindle store to buy as many books as I could with their largesse. Since I\u2019m rereading Georgette Heyer at the moment, I thought it would be an interesting contrast to try something [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthday-regencies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1617,"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/1617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marykingswood.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}