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This was my first Jane Austen. I am surprised how much I enjoyed reading it. The pluses for me were: the main character, Anne, whom I really liked; I liked her way of thinking and perspective about people and things in her society; and I loved the romantic intrigue, the underlying energy that was in play. I was kinda disappointed by the ending. There was a slow buildup throughout the novel and then: Boom. The ending was just factual. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Any Jane Austen could be a #bookIhavereread, but Persuasion has probably been read the most often. #gratefulreads @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Drew an illustration inspired by my recent Persuasion reread, it‘s on Redbubble too now
https://www.redbubble.com/people/greenrainart/works/42648277-persuiasion-anne-an...

I've been rereading through Austen and had the pleasure to read my absolute favorite of them all this weekend.

I'm always hunting the Über Edition for my favorites. For some, it is a challence.. For Persuasion, it only took hmm maybe 5 editions to find this one. 📚👾

Comfort reread

This is my first Jane Austen although it is her last book. I am surprised at how much I am enjoying this! Don‘t really want to put it down!

#CoverLove #Day2 #CoverCrush #7Days7Covers

Came into Charlotte for some Euros and now I‘m eating all the pumpkin things while i read. Plus a little lemon tart pallet cleanser

#7Covers7Days

Day 1

#wellnesswednesday #selfcare

I forgot to post a cover yesterday so today you get 2!
#7covers7days #covercrush
Want to join us @Tiffiney ?

#7days7covers #covercrush Day 1

Thanks for the tag @CarolynM 😘

@Jas16 would you like to have a go? 7 days, 7 covers you love, no explanation - and tag someone new each time.

#covercrush #7days7covers Day 3

@ju.ca.no Juliaaaaa, I am tagging you to share your favourite 7 covers. 😀

@batsy Thank you for gifting me this. 😍

Obligatory oatmeal pic. #livingmybestlife #wellnesswednesday #selfcare

1- This book is set over the better part of a year but the autumn portion has always stayed with me. 🌾🍂
2- Camping next weekend. I'm hopeful there will be beautiful colors in the high country. I always seem to miss peak leaf viewing. 🏕🍁🍂🍃
3- Nope. My oldest is in the workforce, my youngest in the navy, and the grand is still a toddler. 🤗
#wondrouswednesday @eggs

The peer pressure is real. Are you happy now @Cinfhen 🤣🤣🤣

I‘m a sucker for beautiful covers and I could probably spend seven days just doing JA covers. 😍

#covercrush #7days7covers Day 1

This was an enjoyable read. I liked the lovers separated over several years, only to be reunited and have awkward exchanges. All of the usual jealousy, mixed signals and longing happens in this book in a beautiful way.

One of my textbooks!! I have 15 in total! Also reading Wuthering Heights!

1) The Satanic Verses by Salmon Rushdie
2) Persuasion by Jane Austen (over and over again)
3) 484 (totally not kidding)
5) The Feather Thief 4 stars would recommend. It was facinating.
5) Meh I don't tag, I invite anyone who wants to to play.

Favorite edition of my favorite book

I do love a good Austen quiz!

Which Jane Austen heroine are you? I agree with my result... and I love Anne. ❤️

https://bookriot.com/2018/10/09/jane-austen-heroine-quiz/

#AustenInAugust #ToBeFondOfQuizzes

My weekend reading stack since I was unable to participate last weekend in the #24in48
Need to finish off those #bookjunkietrials prompts
Not shown here but on my Kobo that I want to try to fit in as well:
• An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
• The Invasion by Peadar O‘Guilin
• Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
Wish me luck!!
#currentlyreading #weekendstack

#24in48 #hour36 #literaryloot

Probably my favorite bookish swag has to be this bracelet I found on Etsy that has the full text of The Letter. 😍 I also bought this blanket from Litographs with the text of the novel. Fully opened, it displays the view at Lyme, if I remember correctly.

1. P&P.
2. After the Kiera Knightley film version came out.
3. MacFayden!
4. Elinor Dashwood. Or was it Eleanor Thompson 🤣
5. Captain Wentworth
6. Willoughby and maybe Colonel Brandon (he‘s a little villainy when he dresses as Snape!) 🧙‍♂️
7. Thompson‘s S&S. Perfectly captures the soul of the characters and the heart of the story!

@sprainedbrain #austentatious

Not too long ago, I received a lovely literary postcard in the mail from a dear friend. It features one of the most beautiful and profound quotes from "Persuasion" by Jane Austen. ?✒? "I am half agony, half hope."

#book #author #writer #postcard #janeausten #persuasion #austen #novel #books #letters #mail #post #literaryquotes #bookquotes #literature #halfagonyhalfhope #lovereading #snailmail #friendship #novelist

??"Voi mi trafiggete l‘anima. Io sono tra l‘agonia e la speranza. Non ditemi che è troppo tardi, che questo prezioso sentimento è svanito per sempre"

??“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are #gone for ever.” ???

#QuotsyJuly19 @TK-421

I know these books are to do with walking & geology, but they are all places on #thecoast where I live! Have tagged the Jane Austen book because it takes place in Lyme Regis. #lilithjuly @Cinfhen @KarenUK

#currentlyreading

Last Saturday it was Sherlock Holmes vs. The Three Musketeers—Sherlock won the cover battle pretty handily.

This week the decision might be a little harder—I‘m going with Persuasion vs. Sense & Sensibility. Let me know if you have a favorite!

I finished my first book of the #EclecticReadathon! 🎉I only had about 15 minutes left of the audiobook when the Readathon started, so it‘s nice to already feel accomplished! I think I‘ll dig into some graphic novels next.

I read this about seven years ago. Out of all the Austen novels, I remembered the least about this one. Though I cannot easily relate to this heroine, I was invested and rooting for her from the start. Austen again weaves human nature so well into the tale I‘m glad for the reread. #ArdentlyAustenBookClub

As I was thinking about staging a photo, I determined the photo on the cover was simply perfect.

#BookNerdBliss
#BookishEncouragement

“She was deep in the happiness of such misery, or the misery of such happiness, instantly.” Well dang, if that isn‘t exactly what falling in love feels like.

“She prized the frank, the open-hearted, the eager character beyond all others. Warmth and enthusiasm did captivate her still. She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who sometimes looked or said a careless or hasty thing, than of those whose presence of mind never varied, whose tongue never slipped.”

#jazzyjune @Eggs Persuasion is about #lovelost The couple goes through quite a bit of heartache before they are reunited. One of my favourite stories.

Why yes I do like Jane Austen.

Some of my #BookCon purchases from yesterday. Isn't that Jane Austen miniature library gorgeous?!

Of all Austen‘s heroines, Anne Elliot is one I‘ve always sympathised most strongly with. And this particular line; oof, I have lived this.

Anne's family doesn't approve of her engagement so she breaks it off and he joins the Navy. Eight years later, he dates Anne's friend who hits her head and he runs away. He comes back to hang with Anne and her family and friends but she's dating someone else. He overhears her talking about how women love the longest and he writes her a letter... no spoilers!

#badsummary
How about you @kramerh77 @NikkiKey94

I got The Halal Guys for dinner. There is gyro meat somewhere under all that delicious sauce. 🤤#food

Somehow I don‘t think this is what Jane Austen would have had for lunch in her time. #food #janeausten

Tea time with Anne Elliot. #tea #janeausten

Some chamomile tea to close out the evening. #tea

Sadness is going in thinking you had a free drink, but were actually 1 purchase away. ☹️ Tomorrow though! #tea

Taking a break from yardwork for some lunch and reading. The cute boots I got from Tractor Supply for $20. 💐🌸🌼

People that call Jane Austen a “romance writer with no substance” just kill me. She was extremely satirical and was extremely perceptive. 💗💗💗

One of my favorite books and I can't say no to a pretty cover!

What are your favorite books that you collect new editions of?

#Multiples
#NewEdition #Persuasion #JaneAusten #Austen #WentworthisaDream #NotMyDarcy #Sailaway

My favorite Austen- I just wish she could‘ve finished it!

“And the while I‘m away I‘ll write home every day and send all my loving to you.”

#allmyloving
#anglophileapril

*thanks to all of you that played along with us this month! It‘s been so fun to see what everyone comes up with. And many thanks @Cinfhen for letting us play along with you!

This is the box that made me cancel my #coffeeandaclassic subscription box. Idk why, but everyone else on IG had a beautiful, pink, hardcover. Mine was neither beautiful, pink, or hard. I reached out to them...no response, so I cancelled. Comparison is the thief of joy, I guess.