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Venetia
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bookshelves: romance, owned, audiobook
Jul 15, 2008
bookshelves: romance, owned, audiobook
Read 4 times. Last read September 2022.
Re-read September 2022: A great listen, this time with Melissa. It's a great spouse-time activity.
One of my favorite Heyer romances, I enjoyed listening to this with my youngest as we commuted to and from her school (which is on the way to my work). I'm so glad we've started listening to these outstanding novels (we started with The Grand Sophy). Not only are the stories great, but discussing them with her is an added delight.
One of my favorite Heyer romances, I enjoyed listening to this with my youngest as we commuted to and from her school (which is on the way to my work). I'm so glad we've started listening to these outstanding novels (we started with The Grand Sophy). Not only are the stories great, but discussing them with her is an added delight.
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2008
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2008
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July 15, 2008
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July 15, 2008
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romance
July 15, 2008
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owned
October 10, 2018
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Started Reading
October 15, 2018
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Finished Reading
September 8, 2021
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Started Reading
September 10, 2021
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audiobook
September 10, 2021
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Finished Reading
September, 2022
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Started Reading
September, 2022
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Oct 16, 2018 06:45AM
This is my favorite Heyer romance as well. You and your daughter spending time together listening / discussing these stories sounds wonderful. She will have such great memories!
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Thanks, Lyuda! I hope she is building great memories. I know that I am. 😊
I know she will. :) And you will be surprised how she as adult would remember these wonderful times spent together even better than you. (Speaking as a mother of two adult-now kids).
I love this book. I have a question. Orgies are mentioned quite a few times in the book. There’s even a comment at the end by Dameral about Venetia presiding over them. Am I wrong in thinking Heyer means parties with excessive drinking and people of loose morals rather than sex parties?
Good question. His comment there has always felt a little "off" to me because he is a bit jealous to have meant it in the modern sexual sense. So I've always translated that in my head to something along the lines of 'revelry'. But I don't know how canonical that interpretation is. Dameral is a huge tease and could as easily have been tweaking Venetia about her ignorance of what exactly it means, too. Hard to say.
Great review here from Tadiana offers a really convincing explanation for the "orgy" comment that works for me./review/show...
Love it so much! One of my very favorite books!
Jenn wrote: "Love it so much! One of my very favorite books!"Mine too. Hence the reread this week. 😁
I think this is her best!
Mary wrote: "I think this is her best!"I have the hardest time picking a Heyer favorite. But this is certainly a top contender!
weird stuff to listen to with your child
Kristina wrote: "weird stuff to listen to with your child"Ah. It might be unclear that her school is a local college. So still weird, I'll give you that. But we had some fun discussions...
