Travels with Zenobia; Emily of New Moon; Withering Tights; Powder and Patch

In 1926 Rose Wilder Lane and her friend Helen Dore Boylston traveled from Paris to Albania in a car they named Zenobia, and kept a humorous journal of their experience. I enjoyed the quick read, and it was fascinating how, while things have changed so very much, they have also stayed the same. Like the government red tape just for them to buy Zenobia in Paris reminded me of the hoops the DMV made my dad jump through to register a truck he bought salvaged out of state. Every time he gathered up the permits, certificates, signatures, and paperwork they requested and went in, they found ten more things for him to go and get. It was like a scavenger hunt with no end. But I digress.
"Emily of New Moon" by L. M. Montgomery is one I hadn't read as a child, but wanted to now after rereading all the Anne of Green Gables books for the millionth time. Emily, much like Anne, is orphaned and goes to live with maiden aunts on a farm called New Moon. Emily doesn't have as much spunk and fire as Anne, but she is whimsical and charming and it was a sweet book.
Louise Rennison is back! Not with Georgia, sadly, but with her younger cousin Tallulah in "Withering Tights". Tallulah is spending the summer at a college acting workshop in Yorkshire. She's not like Georgia: she's more serious and shy and not as prone to doing zany things just for the sake of it, but she still manages to get herself into some amusing situations. I enjoyed it, but damn, it made me miss Georgia so much.
And finally, a Georgette Heyer novel called "Powder and Patch". It was short, quick read. Philip is in love with Cleone, but she won't have him because he's coarse and countrified, so he goes to London to learn how to be a fop, and succeeds beyond anyone's expectations. Six months later when Cleone sees him again she's angry at him for being a gadabout and frivolous with his affections. Luckily for Philip, Cleone gets herself into a nasty entanglement and when he is able to free her of it they both realize how silly they've been and that they are meant to be together. Ah, happy ending.