Glamour in Glass

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Book 2 of the Glamourist Histories.
In which Jane and Vincent travel abroad to Belgium on honeymoon, discover a method of preserving glamour and become embroiled in The Hundred Days.
The style of the Glamourist histories is very much a gentle Regency fantasy - Austenesque with magic - though this has more glamour theory than romance compared to Book 1.

I found this an enjoyable quick read and am looking forward to the next in the series.

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Miladygrimm

Glamour in Glass | Mary Robinette Kowal

This book captures my romantic, espionage loving heart.

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suzisteffen

Glamour in Glass | Mary Robinette Kowal

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WOW was this book a hell of a lot more intense than I expected going in. WHEW OK BRING ON THE NEXT BOOK. I really ... don‘t want to spoil it but ... War! Betrayals! Spies! Lambs! Potential children! Kidnappings! Shoes! Magic! Consumption! Sheep! Did I say sheep!? Really enjoyable. Austen fans, DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS SERIES. (I mean this book is like 9 yrs old so I did, but anyway.) 4.5⭐️

suzisteffen @vumblereads this is the second in the series - the first is more of a P&P retelling. Anyway I have so many other suggestions but ... I‘ll stop with my April reads for now! 6y

vumblereads I checked on unmarriageable and I had forgotten that I marked it as want to read on my goodreads account 😂 but I had no idea it was a p&p retelling. Always open to more recommendations!

Unmarriageable: A Novel

suzisteffen @vumblereads OK!- a great but controversial one is

Mary B: A Novel

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suzisteffen @vumblereads & I liked Kate J. Christie‘s

Gay Pride and Prejudice

suzisteffen @vumblereads a cowboy one:

Cowboy Pride

vumblereads I might be interested in reading Mary B😁 6y

suzisteffen @vumblereads I REALLY enjoyed it, and it has made me look at every single other P&P retelling askance. 6y

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Laughterhp

Glamour in Glass | Mary Robinette Kowal

so-so

I started this book originally last year and put it down because I couldn‘t get into it. I read The Calculating Stars and listened to an author interview with Mary Robinette Kowal and decided to pick this back up and give it a try. I‘m glad that I did.

The beginning is slow, which is why I probably put it down in the first place and picked up in the second half when espionage and kidnapping starts happening. For this it gets a so-so.

Laughterhp Oops forgot to mention this is for #ReadingUSA2019 - IL (Author is from Chicago) @Librarybelle @Hooked_on_books @kaye @squirrelbrain @NatalieR @LapReader @Pamwurtzler @BarbaraBB @Addison_Reads @jessinikkip @MirrorMask 6y

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Laughterhp

Glamour in Glass | Mary Robinette Kowal

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Don‘t tell my boss, this is what happens when I have no WiFi. I‘ve been using my phone as a hot spot, but have terrible service at my house. So can‘t work too much.

So I‘m getting reading in while I wait for the Comcast Tech to get here and fix my WiFi.

#secretlyreadingduringwork #worstkeptsecret

gradcat Why, what‘s a woman to do (besides read while waiting for the cable guy)? 😂 6y

Laughterhp @gradcat Haha nothing else comes to mind for me! 😂 6y

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Laughterhp

Glamour in Glass | Mary Robinette Kowal

1. Glamour in Glass & Vicious by VE Schwab
2. Paperback or hardback. I try to buy paperback more because they‘re more convenient to read.
3. The Kite Runner. I‘m sure there are others. We had to read a lot of books I didn‘t care for in college.

#weekendreads

rachelsbrittain

rachelsbrittain Thanks for joining in 📚 6y

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mizzelle

Glamour in Glass | Mary Robinette Kowal

#RiotGrams Day 3 "Three Word Titles". I didn't include Mary Robinette Kowal's Shades of Milk and Honey that starts the series, because it didn't fit the prompt. #janeaustenwithmagic

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Lynnsoprano

Glamour in Glass | Mary Robinette Kowal

We are going to spend a week at the beach later this month--Sanibel Island is my favorite place in Florida--and while I love to read on the beach, I hate having to prop my sunglasses over my reading glasses. I made a great discovery: reading sunglasses! They're like old fashioned bifocals, so I have to get used to that, but I'm just so pleased to have gotten these.

Robothugs Those seashells have style. 😎 That's so awesome you got some good glasses for at the beach!! (edited) 7y

Clare-Dragonfly Excuse me, what's old-fashioned about bifocals? 😜🤓 Wait... I like being old-fashioned. 😁I actually have prescription (bifocal) sunglasses on order myself! Enjoy your new glasses! 7y

Meg11726 I love that beach. I lived in Fort Myers for awhile before we came back to Canada. It's beautiful there! 7y

Lynnsoprano @Clare-Dragonfly Old fashioned was probably the wrong word choice😊 I normally wear contacts for distance vision and use reading glasses, but I also have glasses with progressive lenses. With those, you can't tell that it's two different prescriptions, but the sunglasses have the obvious round magnifiers like my grandmother's bifocals many years ago. 7y

Lynnsoprano @Meg11726 My parents lived in North Ft. Myers for many years, so we'd often go to Sanibel for the day when we were with them. Since my mom passed two years ago we've only been once, and it's a long day to drive over and back. So we've rented a condo for a week. Can't wait! 7y

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casvelyn

Glamour in Glass | Mary Robinette Kowal

so-so

I thought it was just okay. More like Georgette Heyer than Jane Austen: fluffy romance without any serious social commentary. I wasn't going to continue with the series, but after reading the author's note at the end, I want to read everything Kowal ever wrote just because I like what she said about language and anachronisms.

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