Book 1: An Uncivil Servant by Marian Devon

While sorting through the books, I pulled a few to start reading.  Because I was tired of shelving 500 books, not to mention helping to move the bookshelves in, I picked a short book.  This one.  An Uncivil Servant by Marian Devon.  It was published in 1994 by Fawcett Crest.  It is only 188 pages.

As of the time of this post, I'm 41 pages into the book, and we have had the first kiss between the main male character (MCM) and main female character (MCF), back on page 22.  But so far this book has a very light focus on "bedchamber" activities--just that incident and surrounding setup and aftermath.  In fact, it has a pretty light focus on the MCF and MCM period so far.  But that's not bad, because the book has wit and is fun on the plot and character level.

Anyway, this is just a brief update on my book escapade.  More later as I read on.

Debut Post

Though my love of Regency fiction started with Jane Austen, it really took root with Georgette Heyer.  So I have always been on a lookout for good Regency fiction, ones a little light on the activities of the bedchamber and heavy on the activities set in the world outside it--in other words, as close to Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen as I can get.  The Regency series by Zebra, Fawcett, et al. tended to come closest to fitting the bill, and even better, they are generally short, quick reads, but these are discontinued.  Just my luck, given that I only recently discovered them.

But my luck is not completely out.  Today, at a yard sale--to mix metaphors and continents--I struck gold!  For $30, I purchased approximately 560 books, most of which were the old Regency series (though there are a few other historicals, too) and most of which have covers. 

In honor of that find and to try to read them before too many decades pass, I decided to create a blog dedicated to my Regency reads, most of which will be yard sale finds (though occasionally, some will be from other second hand sources or even first hand :-) ).  While I am not quite sure by what criteria I will review the books, I will try include things like sweetness level and enjoyability and male-awesomeness.  If the books are still available, I'll try to include links to them for readers to look into--and sometimes these will be Amazon Affiliate or the like links.  But overall, my point is to enjoy these books and point out what I enjoy--and don't--about them, both as a reader and a writer.

I hope you enjoy this blog too, and don't be afraid to let me know your thoughts on the books or the reviews.

Thanks for reading!
Jodi, delving into the Ton