Joke of the week:
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Book of the week:
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What I’ve been watching:
Historically inaccurate but utterly bonkers and entirely brilliant enough to be forgiven for it.
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What I’ve been eating:
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Upcoming buddy read event:
Our next buddy read event has a twist! Participants can read either Pride and Prejudice or Emma. Which Austen is the better? Convince the other team via the sharing of quotes and impressions along the way.
You can join our #Janeaustenbuddyread over in my Facebook group, which is hosting the event. So far, we have more readers for Emma than Pride and Prejudice.
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What I’m reading right now:
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Until next week… ☕📚
Theresa Smith Writes 
I really love them both so I’m not sure which to read. Maybe P&P because it’s been longer since I visited that story in any way but I saw the new film version of Emma recently (not quite the same I know!).
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I love both of them too and even though I voted for Emma, I’m still kind of undecided. I really wanted to see the new version of Emma but the cinema’s shut for Covid before it got to us (we are always behind).
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I’ve been enjoying The Great as well. I read Massie’s huge biography last year, which was interesting but quite dense, so this tv series is a fun balance.
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I’m keen for a series two. It’s very clever and I’m pining a bit now because I’ve finished it.
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Regarding the Austen, Northinger Abbey is my favorite so… Hm… P&P is a tad better than Emma.
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I actually really like Sense and Sensibility.
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Everyone has their favorite. By the way, I read what she wrote of Sanditon and I’m convinced it would have been her masterpiece. The set ups she had there were really intriguing and with so much potential.
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I haven’t read that yet but I did recently buy a copy. I’d like to check it out. I was reluctant because she didn’t finish it but in the end, I don’t want to miss out on more of her writing.
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I reviewed it on my blog. It really needed editing, but you can see the bones of something that could have been great. It is only what 60 some odd pages – it won’t take you hardly any time to read.
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Your Jane Austen Readalong looks good. I prefer Emma over P& P, but they are both excellent of course.
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They really are.
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I have heard so many good things about Tsarina! It’s been too long since I read Russian historical fiction!
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It’s very long…500 pages with small print. But it is covering a lot of ground. It’s quite dense with military/political tactics given that it’s about Peter the Great, but surprisingly, it’s still an easy read.
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I’m really looking forward to the buddy read and hoping for some more company on Team Pride and Prejudice 😀
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I’m still wavering as to whether I’ll read both. This weekend is a long weekend for us and most of my family will be away so it’s doable!
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Really looking forward to seeing the P&P v E Austen chatter play out over on Facebook 😉 And I’ve got a copy of Tsarina on my side-table waiting for me, but I’ve been feeling a bit 50/50 about picking it up… hoping your thoughts will push me off the fence, one way or the other!
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My review for Tsarina will be up on Wednesday but I can tell you now that I really liked the book. Does yours have that quote on the front about Game of Thrones looking like a nursery rhyme in comparison? Well, let me tell you, it does. And it’s bloody awesome. 😄 Brutal as all get out though!
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