January 3, 2025

Random Reading

A rogue reader’s annotated list of books, all kinds of short-form writing, and, of course, Medium articles read over the last few weeks

All material here appeared originally at Original Content.

Books — Is Anyone Else Surprised to See a Hero Threatening a Woman with Violence in a Georgette Heyer Novel?

It’s not unusual to find booky women of a certain age who have read Georgette Heyer in their youth. Heyer was a writer of historical romance, as well as some more contemporary mysteries and other things. We’re talking Regency romance. I read her books as a teenager and during exam weeks while in college. Heyer was writing, I believe from the 1920s, and she died in 1974.

Last week, during our usual December chaos, I turned to my college exam reading for diversion and read Heyer’s The Nonesuch, which I may or may not have read before. You can find a great deal about this book on-line, because Heyer still has quite the following.