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white_hartMy re-read of the book-format versions of the Comfortable Courtesan seems to have stalled rather over the last year; the last one I read was Favours Exchanged, in March last year. Partly I think this is because there has been a lot of new content on the blog over the last twelve months, and I find reading two different instalments in the series simultaneously rather confusing; partly it's simply because I've been reading more slowly and felt that I should prioritise completely new-to-me books over ones which are re-reads in a different format; and partly, I think, I was worried that when real life has become so uneventful, a series that normally feels like a wonderful escape into a peaceful and slower-paced world might lose its charm somewhat. However, I realised recently that I had half-a-dozen volumes sitting on* my TBR bookshelf, and thought I should probably try to catch up a bit.
Mistress in Her Household; is the first of three books covering the events of the main timeline from Eliza Ferraby's point of view. This was one of my favourite serials to read first time round and I enjoyed it just as much in book form. Eliza is one of my favourite characters in the series; sensible, level-headed, businesslike, but also full of wonder as she explores the relationship with Clorinda that completes the triangular relationship at the heart of the series. This first book in her trilogy is gentle and mostly uneventful, and reading it felt like a lovely escape from real life for a little while.
*or, in fact, under my TBR bookshelf, as it has got to the point where piling more and more books on top is starting to look potentially dangerous and I've had to resort to stacking them in the gap under the bottom shelf instead.
Mistress in Her Household; is the first of three books covering the events of the main timeline from Eliza Ferraby's point of view. This was one of my favourite serials to read first time round and I enjoyed it just as much in book form. Eliza is one of my favourite characters in the series; sensible, level-headed, businesslike, but also full of wonder as she explores the relationship with Clorinda that completes the triangular relationship at the heart of the series. This first book in her trilogy is gentle and mostly uneventful, and reading it felt like a lovely escape from real life for a little while.
*or, in fact, under my TBR bookshelf, as it has got to the point where piling more and more books on top is starting to look potentially dangerous and I've had to resort to stacking them in the gap under the bottom shelf instead.
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Date: 2021-02-22 08:03 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2021-02-27 04:48 pm (UTC)I didn't wind up getting the books for financial reasons, and also because I have the first twelve in epub form already. Maybe I'll splurge on a couple of Clorinda's Circle, I do love them so!