Sense and Sensibility

WWW Wednesday: August 2, 2017

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Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at Should be Reading and revived on Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three W’s!

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Currently Reading:  Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
This is a reread for me. I read it about 10 years ago, so I figured it was about time for a second round.

I remembered the story pretty much perfectly, but I had lost some of the nuance of the experience. For instance, I had forgotten how it felt like almost every conversation Elinor and Marianne have feels like borderline fighting!

I don’t like this one as much as Pride and Prejudice, but all of Austen’s works are good. I do think this one could do with a bit more snark though!

The main thing I’ve discovered during this reread:  I knew Marianne was dramatic, but it seems so much more over-the-top this time around!

Recently Finished:  The Beast is an Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale
I picked this book up for a booklr Read-A-Thon. I was too tired to keep reading a classic novel, and this one practically jumped off the shelves screaming to be read! (Not…you know…literally. I would have run away.)

It was the perfect one for Read-A-Thon. An quick, easy read, which was still engrossing enough to make me forget I was about to fall asleep!

I saw on Goodreads that the author is working on a second novel in the same genre, which I plan to keep an eye out for.

I wrote a review for this one, which you can read here!

Reading Next: The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
(Little Blue Envelope, book 2)
I figure my next book should be a fluffier sort of read. And since I read the first book in this duet ages back, it’s probably past time to get to this one!

I may actually start this book before I completely finish Sense and Sensibility if I find myself needing a break from the somewhat denser writing style.

Teaser Tuesday: August 1, 2017

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One consolation however remained for them, to which the exigence of the moment gave more than usual propriety; it was that of running with all possible speed down the steep side of the hill which led immediately to their garden gate.

– Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, page 40

Version:
Hardcover, Everyman’s Library Classics, #51, 367 pages
Published March 1992 by Everyman’s Library (first published 1811)

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR, or just share what you are currently reading. It is very easy to play along:

  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

July 30th Read-A-Thon Wrap-Up

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Oh, man, I enjoyed that! I’m actually glad I was only able to sleep 2 hours so I could participate in the Read-A-Thon all day long! (That is, I’m glad I remembered there was a Read-A-Thon after a few hours of staring at a wall wondering why I was awake…)

As for my goals, I said I would love to finish a whole book, but that all I really wanted was an entire day of reading. I’m happy to say I met both those rather vague goals!

I read the entirety of The Beast is an Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale and made progress (if a bit slower than I’d have liked) on Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.

Time Started:  9:16am
Time Ended:  11:59pm
Pages Read:  463  (The Beast is an Animal – 352 pages; Sense and Sensibility – 111 pages)

I took 2 breaks for meals, 2 for surfing the net to give my sleepy brain a break from reading, and 1 to have a chat with my husband after he finally got of work (most of the chat was about The Beast is an Animal anyway).

Thanks again to Mary @books-and-cookies for the fun Read-A-Thon! I hope we have another one soon!

July 30th Read-A-Thon Goals

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@books-and-cookies Read-A-Thon Day! (Learn More)

I’m not sure I have a firm goal here. It would be cool to finish a whole book, but as long as I get a full day of reading in I’m satisfied!

I’ll be starting with Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen since I am a chapter into it already.
If I get in the mood for something more modern I’ve got many others from the library I have been neglecting… *cough* Crashed *cough

(I’d also like to say that if any of you read-a-thon participants have Goodreads and would like to add me, please feel free! I’m “darkestwings” over there. I’m on mobile right now or I would add a link.)

Edit: Goodreads Link!