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Faro's Daughter (Regency Romances, 5)
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bookshelves: borrowed, returned
Jun 09, 2019
bookshelves: borrowed, returned
Read 2 times. Last read June 6, 2019 to June 9, 2019.
Scrumptious.
I can't type it here, the Spoiler Stasi would waterboard me, but Z.O.M.G. this entire ending is the outside of enough! I pity the fool who doesn't indulge in the occasional Heyer. A diet of them would be akin to steamed pudding for breakfast, Queen of Puddings for lunch, and a Pavlova for dinner, but damme how they are like vintage champagne served with an exquisite entremet.
I can't type it here, the Spoiler Stasi would waterboard me, but Z.O.M.G. this entire ending is the outside of enough! I pity the fool who doesn't indulge in the occasional Heyer. A diet of them would be akin to steamed pudding for breakfast, Queen of Puddings for lunch, and a Pavlova for dinner, but damme how they are like vintage champagne served with an exquisite entremet.
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Reading Progress
Finished Reading
(Other Paperback Edition)
May 1, 2019
– Shelved
(Other Paperback Edition)
May 1, 2019
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to-read
(Other Paperback Edition)
May 21, 2019
– Shelved as:
borrowed
(Other Paperback Edition)
June 6, 2019
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Started Reading
June 6, 2019
– Shelved
June 6, 2019
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16.14%
""Really, Max, she is the dearest, sweetest—oh, there are no words to describe her!"
Mr. Ravenscar could have found several, but refrained."
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46
Mr. Ravenscar could have found several, but refrained."
June 8, 2019
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26.32%
""It is very possible," she acknowledged. "But I do not anticipate that {your cousin's infatuation} will want within the next two months {until he is of age}. I shall be at such pains, you see, to keep it alive."
She had the satisfaction of knowing that she had succeeded in putting him in a rage...she wondered indeed if her body might be discovered in some secluded corner of the Park someday."
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75
She had the satisfaction of knowing that she had succeeded in putting him in a rage...she wondered indeed if her body might be discovered in some secluded corner of the Park someday."
June 8, 2019
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36.49%
""...he winked once, very broadly, at Deborah."
First w-bomb and, it must be said, a most amusing one."
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104
First w-bomb and, it must be said, a most amusing one."
June 9, 2019
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47.37%
"It has been a very long time since I cared so much about fictional gambling. I'm not, and never have been, a gambler, so reading about it isn't usually very interesting to me. This chapter held my attention as firmly as any I've read in the recent past, an unusual event though one to be cherished."
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135
June 9, 2019
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51.58%
""But do you suppose I am to walk into {Ravenscar's} house, or club him in the open street, darlin'?"
Miss Grantham looked rather anxious. "I don't want him to be hurt, you know. At least, not much."
Haw...little angelflower that she is, she doesn't want the man she's plotting to kidnap to be hurt much."
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147
Miss Grantham looked rather anxious. "I don't want him to be hurt, you know. At least, not much."
Haw...little angelflower that she is, she doesn't want the man she's plotting to kidnap to be hurt much."
June 9, 2019
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57.54%
"I sense one of Mrs. Heyer's marvelous set-pieces coming in the next chapter! I must pause to fortify myself for the gales of laughter I anticipate will animate me."
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164
June 9, 2019
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63.51%
"Most agreeably madcap.
Now to acquaint myself with what the devil an "E.O. board" might be."
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181
Now to acquaint myself with what the devil an "E.O. board" might be."
June 9, 2019
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77.19%
"Miss Laxton's eyes brimmed over again. "You will marry {Deborah}, and I shall g-go into a nunnery, or s-something. You will soon f-forget me," she said bravely.
This frightful picture of the future made Adrian raise his head, and say forcefully: "No!"
***
LOLOL"
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This frightful picture of the future made Adrian raise his head, and say forcefully: "No!"
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LOLOL"
June 9, 2019
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88.42%
"Oh, it's almost over and I am sure that I suffer the most acute agonies as, page by perfidious page, I am led to chuckle and grin as the odium of completion grows closer and closer! Wicked book! I would command you to be twice as long had I but the proper sorcerous words."
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252
June 9, 2019
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93.33%
"I can't type it here, the Spoiler Stasi would waterboard me, but Z.O.M.G. this is the outside of enough! I pity the fool who doesn't indulge in the occasional Heyer. A diet of them would be akin to steamed pudding for breakfast, Queen of Puddings for lunch, and a Pavlova for dinner, but damme they are vintage champagne with an entremet."
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266
June 9, 2019
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Finished Reading
June 10, 2019
– Shelved as:
borrowed
June 10, 2019
– Shelved as:
returned
June 10, 2019
– Shelved as:
returned
(Other Paperback Edition)
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Jun 09, 2019 09:51PM
I wouldn't waterboard you, Richard. I would just close you up in a small room and wink at you until you screamed for mercy.
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Teal wrote: "I wouldn't waterboard you, Richard. I would just close you up in a small room and wink at you until you screamed for mercy.""Just". 😂
Teal wrote: "I wouldn't waterboard you, Richard. I would just close you up in a small room and wink at you until you screamed for mercy."Elena wrote: "Teal wrote: "I wouldn't waterboard you, Richard. I would just close you up in a small room and wink at you until you screamed for mercy."
"Just". 😂"
Really! "Just" indeed. The ghastly torment with which I am threatened is just as bad as the agonies of waterboarding.
The good news for you, Richard, is that this is an empty threat, because I actually cannot wink. I'm physically incapable of it -- I must not have the right muscle coordination or something. So you are safe. Sorry for the scare. But please -- no spoilers! There's always the chance that someone else will wink at you for it.
The more ordinary experience for me is the spoilerphobe does her damnedest to say something sarcastic and cutting. Alas, alack, I am proof against such weapons by utter and arctic cold indifference. Women have been insulting me since birth...nasty mother, two rude older sisters...so it's just not interesting to me anymore.
I've grown used to the pity ;) But fool? Nah.I think it all depends whether one prefers fake over real :P
Thoroughly enjoyed the review, and all the other comments.
Amy wrote: "Thoroughly enjoyed the review, and all the other comments."Thank you most kindly!
