Okay, so I dropped the ball on the second week of my P&P read-along — but with good reason, my internet was down! That has been happening a lot recently and it is so frustrating! Plus, I think the repairman knows what’s wrong but is too lazy to do it, which is even more irksome. […]
Today I have a guest post by Samantha from The Little Munchkin Reader sharing how she discovered Jane Austen and how it impacted her. The works of Miss Jane Austen have entered into readers lives in different ways. For some it was from watching a short movie clip and for others it was reading […]
The Classics Club is hosted at Goodreads by Jillian. The objective of the club or project is to read 50+ books within the next five years. My target date is March 11, 2017. I don’t plan on setting a definite number of books as I can be very fickle. Although, due to the vast number of […]
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” are the opening lines of Pride and Prejudice. My how far we have come, from believing that life is incomplete without a husband to Go Daddy commercials. Although, that thought is […]
Even in Jane Austen’s time there were book reviews. Here are a few thoughts her peers had on her works. Sense and Sensibility Published: 1811 Sense and Sensibility was criticized the status of women down to the price of tea. In the end people were torn down the middle either by her portrayal of realism […]
While searching on the internet to learn more on Jane Austen I found a grouping of letters written to her sister Cassandra. I thought this would be an interesting way to get a closer look into her everyday life. Steventon: Saturday (January 9, 1796). In the first place I hope you will live twenty-three years […]
To better understand these motives Jon Krakauer, the author flip-flops between the heinous, unbelievable actions of 1984 and the creation of the Mormon religion and its prophet, Joseph Smith. Discovering the golden plates and the start of the religion was very interesting but the disturbing subject of polygamy and how Fundamentalists behave then and now […]
My introduction to Jane Austen was through Pride and Prejudice (of course) via a friend’s recommendation. I was 14 at the time and in 8th grade. I am ashamed to admit that I didn’t get what all the fuss was about. The language was a bit above my head at the time and it was […]
This morning was not only my birthday but the first real snow of winter. Due to these two factors I plan on spending some time reading today. Then I saw the GoodReads Catch-Up Read-a-Thon hosted by Once Upon A Chapter What a perfect way to celebrate the day! Anyway, here’s the details: *Will run from […]
“I tried to go on like I never knew you I’m awake but my world is half asleep I pray for this heart to be unbroken But without you all I’m going to be is incomplete” Man I loved the Backstreet Boys growing up (I guess that dates me). and I thought these lyrics would […]