Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Not fair, koala bear!

My sister now torments her 3 girls... Fortunately her eldest child doesn't practice the same techniques.

@Jane & Sandra - I can't stay in the bathroom once the plug has been pulled out of the bathtub... thanks big sis! She's now really sorry, as she has 5 kids, and 8 grandkids and can see how a little gentle *teasing* can lead to 'issues' :). You'd think I'd have grown out of it at nearly 40! But, no matter how hard I try, the plug comes out and I run! Soooo embarassing!

@Charlotte - Georgette will fit nearly ANY where! If not, we'll help make it so :)

The more the merrier!

LOL Annie - it sounds like your psych issue wins over mine by a LONG way! :) What in the world did she do to you when the plug was pulled??!! Wait - perhaps you had better NOT tell me... I don't want to get the same issues. (Not that we have a bath.) :)

Jane (PS) wrote: "LOL Annie - it sounds like your psych issue wins over mine by a LONG way! :) What in the world did she do to you when the plug was pulled??!! Wait - perhaps you had better NOT tell me... I don't ..."

Not tooooo bad. Just the exasperated threat: if you don't get out, you'll get sucked down the plug-hole.

So - not taking that chance. Just in case. You can never be too careful around inanimate things ;)

Hahaha. I used to worry that my toes would get stuck in the plug hole - Mum told me a child had to have the fire service come to the house to get his fingers out. (I suspect this was pure deterrent material.) From then on I was always VERY careful to keep clear when the water was released. Imagine the embarrassment of being naked with all those men in the bathroom, trying to free my fingers/toes! ...Clearly a towel draped over didn't occur to my young mind... :)

Ummmm... confession time... something I don't think I've ever told anyone - I did get my tongue stuck up the TAP - trying to lick the drops. Ok, I was about 4. But still - trauma!!!

LOL! That must have hurt.

My pregnant aunt had a craving for ice: she licked the freezer and her tongue stuck! Then the doorbell rang - RIPPED her tongue off the freezer side. Ooowwww!

You guys are just cracking me up. LOL.

@ Jane - that reminds me of the scene in dumb and dumber with jim carey when he's on the ski lift and likes the pole and it gets stuck ;)

I've got 3 olders sisters and thanks to them I still can't look at a picture of Lou Ferrigno as The Incredible Hulk.

They used to sit on me and force me to watch it (it was the eyes that freaked me out - plus the fact he was painted green). I always tried to hide behind the sofa but they'd drag me back out again.

LOL, Charlotte. It was such a bad green too, with a bad wig!!

@Jane - yep! Blood and everything!

@Charlotte - those big sisters are nasty! LOL.
Now, as adults, I willingly spend a lot of time with them :)

Hahaha! I think there are a lot of scarred younger sisters on this site. ...You will note that Sandra (an older sister) is amazingly quiet on her antecdotes!... Charlotte is in with Annie and me. Where do you fit DDee??

eldest of 3...I did used to wreak havoc though...my little sister has a mild form of cerebal palsy (weak left side) and so she was always the perfect child and I used to rebel when I got in trouble for her stuff...

So you are scarred in the reverse!

yeah...compared to my little sister, I am small - i'm only 5'3" and she is like 5'11" and outweighs me by a good 70lbs probably (if not more)

LOL - completely overpowered after your sister hit the mid-teens!!?? ...unless you were a nimble runner!!

Well, anecdotes aside...... I always got in trouble for stuff my sister and brother did, even when I wasn't home. It became a joke in the end. Single parent mum had trouble controlling them, so it was my job . LOL

Mind you, they only had to look at each other to start WWIII. And they still don't talk to each other much, both of them in their 40's now, but they both talk to me. LOL. So, I couldn't of been tooooo bad.

Ha! My older sister used to get into trouble for causing my little brother and me to fight as well!! :) I think it was just that my sister and I got along pretty well, but my brother (3 yrs younger than me - so a 9 yr age gap to my sister) had trouble joining in... (Perhaps we didn't include him either *shame-faced admission*)

We all get along REALLY well now though, you'll be happy to know. :)

My brother & sister are 17 mths apart & he is the younger. He & I love reading, sci-fi etc so we always got along. I think my sister may have felt left out, cause the brother was the only boy etc etc and I'd already been around for 6 yrs before she turned up. But who's to know now some 40 yrs later. LOL.

Mind you, she's the pretty one, and the one who earned a doctorate in social science/psychology and has 4 gorgeous daughters of her own.

It all comes down to common interests I suppose...

My husband and I 'borrow' my sisters kids during the hols! ...Actually, the kids want to ride our horses and we are happy to have them 'cos they DON'T fight (unlike my childhood), they are happy to pitch in and do some farm work in exchange for the rides and training, and are pretty independent (no need for hand holding). :)

That sounds like a great holiday for a kid. In fact I had that holiday - pony camp for a week. Loved it!!!

Yes - one now owns her own horse (given to her for some work by another property owner when she did some mustering for him) and both have been taught by my husband to break in a horse. They love it. Pretty active kids. In their downtime here they read all my books... They are now old enough that they have free range of my library... (Hope their mother doesn't mind *grins*.)

I borrow my nieces - we go shopping or to the cinema (as they are in their late teens mainly). But I do get along really well with my sisters. My eldest sister likes to read - she claims I got her hooked on Crime Novels (she only ever read Danielle Steel etc before). Still can't convince her to try anything with Vampires though.

Charlotte (Buried in Books) wrote: "I borrow my nieces - we go shopping or to the cinema (as they are in their late teens mainly). But I do get along really well with my sisters. My eldest sister likes to read - she claims I got h..."

They sound like a similar age to my nieces now... When we are back at the coast we do the shops/cinema sort of stuff with them. They now want to teach my husband to surf (on a surfboard)... That should be a hoot! :)

anyone read Friday's Child? thoughts? its on a list for another challenge that I might read

It is a long time since I read that one, so I can't help you. I think this is one of Annie's or Sandra's favs though...

Yep, I enjoy Friday's Child.

The heroine is not the smart kick-ass type but the young sweet type, but not stupid. I imagine it would be a quick read and fun at the same time. The hero's buddies are entertaining. Go for it Delicious Dee!

i'm not sure if i will yet...its going to depend on what number of roll on the dice for the challenge...each number corresponds to a different category/book list to read from

Finished The Nonesuch - here's my review I think I would have rated it higher than 4* if there hadn't been so much Tiffany! Or maybe it was so much excusing her behavior because she was so young (17), when girls were entering the Marriage Mart at that age.

I'm currently listening to The Grand Sophy: I KNOW I'll enjoy it!

I'm contemplating The Nonesuch 'cos of Mrs Underwood (oops - Underhill!!) - for the female character A-Z challenge. However I listened to it only about 6 months ago. I agree: 4 stars. I used to rate it 5 stars, but I think I got a bit frustrated this last time with Ancilla and her unwillingness to confront Waldo about her 'brat' concerns... Tiffany is annoying too - why they pandered SO much to her is amazing!!

well, I didn't get the roll of the die for Friday's Child (ended up needing a dog featuring an animal) and a paranorma/fantasy...but when I go on my next adventure i'm going to look...I have a pretty good used bookstore, so might see if they have any of the re-issued ones

RRRC A Year of Georgette Heyer 2011
1/12 Completed

January - Behold, Here's Poison 19/1/11 ★★★
February - These Old Shades
March - Devil's Cub
April - The Grand Sophy
May - The Quiet Gentleman
June - The Corinthian
July - Simon the Coldheart
August - Envious Casca
September - Pistols for Two
October - Powder and Patch
November - Sylvester
December - tbd



January read - Behold, Here's Poison - here's my review

Yay Sandra & BJ Rose!

Got to get my reading into gear :)

Completed: 1/13

1. Bath Tangle (1955)
2. Black Sheep (1966)
3. The Corinthian (1940)
4. The Foundling (1948)
5. The Grand Sophy (1950) - √ 26-Jan 5 stars!
6. Lady of Quality (1972)
7. The Quiet Gentleman (1951)
8. Sylvester (1957)
9. The Talisman Ring (1936)
10. The Toll-Gate (1954)
11. The Unknown Ajax (1959)
12. Venetia (1958)
13. The Private World of Georgette Heyer
Bonus: Powder and Patch (1923)('cos it is so short!!)

(1950): It's been quite a few years since I read this. I loved it even more than I remembered! Sophy is such a strong character - I loved her comment to Charles when he is dressing her down on one of the many occasions: 'Your scolds are capital, Charles!'. Just a delightful read.

I can see that my GH reading list will grow and grow and grown this year!

Will start reading The Black Moth tomorrow.

Yes! But first I want to clear some annoying TBRs!

Unfortunately my bookcover for the Grand Sophy isn't shown on GRs, but I just had to note to you all that the cover actually depicts Miss Wraxton looking after Lord Bromford!! Ha!

Hahahaha!! I'll have to see if I can find the cover Jane.

Give me some details and I'll see if I can find it.

It was published by Pan in Great Britain - the 14th printing in 1982. Original Pan edition was 1960. It doesn't seem to have an ISDN but on the price label it has the following numbers 0 330 20070 4. Hope you find it Sandra!! :)

I've seen lots of covers but none for 1982 and 0330200704 is the ISBN. Unfortunately it is a re-used ISBN so another cover comes up for an earlier edition.

So I tried Abebooks, WorldCat, LoC, Amazon & Fantastic Fiction.

So you'll have to scan it or take a photo and post it/create an alternative edition. If you do I'll give you a hand, no probs.

I have the book (obviously) - so I should just take a photo of the cover and upload it onto my computer. What then? I'm afraid I'm not too technical on this stuff! I had enough trouble putting profile pics onto this site! :)

OK then Jane. I can create an alternative edition for you with the info I've got plus a bit more.

How many pages does it have?

Info I've got -
Pan, 1982, ISBN 0330200704, title is obviously The Grand Sophy and Georgette Heyer the author.

Now to the photo. Do you save photos to your computer? If you do you can just do that and when you get to that stage, just shout out and I'll tell you what to do next.

If not, tell me & we'll figure something out.

Yup - saved the photo onto my desktop.

This edition was published in association with William Heinemann and was printed and bound in Great Britain by Cox and Wyman Ltd, Reading. Just in case this helps.:)

Nope we don't need that info.

Now the tricky part is I'm not sure what you see as a non-librarian. I've created the book and if you can't see the edit button I'll need you to upload the photo to your profile, not as profile pic, just as another photo and then I can copy and paste it.

If you can see the edit button just below the details but above the review section then you can upload the photo directly from your computer.

So have a look and let me know what you see.

Ok - I found it, but you have to have librarian status to edit the book details - which I don't have...

I'm trying to upload the photo onto my page, but it seems to be stuck! ...OK - it is now there! Good luck Sandra and THANKS! :)

BTW - got to go to bed - but I'll admire your handiwork in the morning. :)

OK the cover is up. And what a cracker! Didn't see it anywhere else.

Tell me how many pages it has and we're done!

316 pages exlcuding the last couple of pages of other best sellers by Pan. Strangely the last page of the story isn't numbered! The eighties was a weird decade.

All my other GHeyer books are by Pan in the same timeframe - early '80s. I'll take due note of how their covers compare to the characters as I go through them :)

Sandra and I will have this process down pat soon - well, Sandra already does: I will be Sandra's able assistant if more of this anomolies arise!

ok - debating which GH to read for Feb...what are your guys favs? I was thinking Frederica because its an F book, in case I don't like the one I currently have picked, but i'm open for suggestions