30 Days of Kindle Meme: Day Six

Day 06 – A book on your Kindle that makes you happy

So, my Kindle includes a collection called "Desert Island".  In other words, if I could never have any more books than what is in this collection, these are the titles I absolutely must have.   I like the idea that I could just them out and read them, whenever, wherever. 

They are the books I adore.

As for making me happy, I think I would have to split between two of the Heyer titles that live in this collection. 

Cotillion is just happy and fluffy and the right amount of zany.  Plus I love that Kitty realizes just how lucky she is to avoid Jack.  Freddy, the guy in the book, is delightful.  It's a romp, with well-drawn characters and one of those families that just draws you in...because they are crazy.

The Nonesuch features Ancilla Trent, a blue-stocking governess to a spoiled brat with tons of money and feminine charms.  The brat ever-so-gently gets her comeuppance.  The gentle, well-bred girl gets the guy worth having.  And Ancilla, the governess, gets to marry one of Heyer's best heroes, Sir Waldo Hawkridge.  People get what they deserve, in general, and the small world the characters inhabit is exquisitely drawn.

Both of them are romances, obviously, but their endings are just perfect.  They're both books that I could pick up when in a blue mood, and smile by the end.

DV

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Yuletide Approaches

 EEEEEEEEEEEE!  YULETIDE!  EEEEEEEEE!

 Okay, so now that I have that out of my system...

 Official post is here.  They are sticking to the nomination rules from last year, which makes me a little sad, but I guess if it makes it easier to run this awesome challenge, then let's roll with it.

 The important part of this is the timeline, of course.

• Nominations: September 24th - October 3rd
• Cleanup and Public Eligibility Review: October 4th - 14th
• Signups: October 15th - 28th
• Assignments: Early November
• Assignments Due: December 22nd

 More time to write, awesome!

 There's a Nomination Wrangling post here if you want to game the system a little.  Not sure if I'll use it or not.

 DV