Was behind on both my #PemberLittens Readalongs of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Jane Austen at Home. Between audio and kindle I'm caught up!🤓

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It's #ShadowhunterSunday on Instagram.
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It's Isabelle Appreciation Day - because to quote the hosts "our favorite whip wielding, heel wearing boss bitch has a birthday on May 15."

This paperback captures Izzy's spirit so well. It's one of my all-time favorite #Shadowhunter covers. ?????

I read Lady Susan last month as part of my #ayearofjaneausten. https://litsy.com/p/WURiVXd0UmF2

So fun to go back for reread with #PemberLittens @sprainedbrain and hear everyone's thoughts.

“Was that a Star Wars reference? Because if it was, I would like to declare my love all over again.” - Simon Lewis 🤓
#maythe4thbewithyou

2nd Read on Audible. Beautiful narration. Liked that one of Organizations is known as Garden. And all the gardening refrences.
"We‘re grown, I think you know—seeds planted, roots combing through time, until Garden repots us in different soil.....Garden goes to seed, blows us away, and we burrow into the braidedness of time and mesh with it. There is no scouring hedge to pass through; we are the hedge, entirely, rosebuds with thorns for petals."

Its #ShadowhunterSunday over on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CdBsyKiLtBn/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Today's Prompt - Outside: Show off your books with outdoor pic.

My favorite spring and #summerreading spot is in the shade on my deck. Perfect for morning tea and catching up on The Mortal Instruments Graphic Novels. 😎

#PemberLittens @BarkingMadRun I'm confused. Was going to listen to #TTOWH with this Audible freebie. Except Opening Line doesn't match up. Isn't the Opening Line: "You must go back with me to the autumn of 1827."⁉️

2X Reading. This time audiobook.

Rereading for #travelbybook #shetland and I just want to give Jimmy Perez a hug, tell him everything will be okay, and make him a cup of tea. 🫖

#Pemberlittens Jane aprroves of my 2 new #allaboutaustsen cookbooks.

While both modernize recipes inspired by novels Dinner w/Mr. D is a bit more traditional Britsh. Jane Austen's Table seems to have easier Americanized more doable recipes. Both have nice food history sections. Happy to have both in my collection. 👩🏻‍🍳#cookingthebooks

I'll be honest half the time I had no clue what I was reading. But it was really good! Time Traveling Spies who fall in love by letters sent across the Universe?

Definitely going to need a 2nd read to understand. I'm thinking audiobook next time.

That time I dressed up for #BetsysPartyinPlace and had afternoon champagne tea. No time for party today but plan #avisittodeepvalley in celebration of Maud Hart Lovelace's Birthday today. 🥳

Continuing my tradition to read anything on the American Library Association yearly Top 10 Challenged Book List that I haven't yet read.
7️⃣ - Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to women.

For me it was just meh. Teenage Boy Humor. Which is what teenage boys do. They're not exactly know for their empathy and intelligence.
#top10challengedbooks

I'm doing the good Auntie thing today. Picking up from Dental Surgery and watching over. So getting caught up on my Litsy Reviews.

Thanks for hosting at @MicrobeMom. I always have fun with #PemberLittens. This was my 2nd reading. It's the favorite book of a Library friend of mine so I read it few years ago. This time I did audio. Enjoyable but still love Jane more.

I loved everything about Season 1 of Bridgerton except for Daphne. Because of this I decided to skip Book 1.

It's amazing how this pretty standard Romance novel is transformed into the Blockbuster show. But that being said I actually liked the Bee story from the book better and how Love Triangle is pretty much non existent.

Will definitely read the next book that Seasons 3 is based on.

I" still haven‘t quite worked out how my Instagram works, which is very frustrating, as @GreatJoy69 now has over two hundred private messages."

This series is so fun! Mystery had me guessing till the end. Lovely ending especially this : "That might just be the wine and the Jane Austen, though."

It's #ShadowhunterSunday on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcvRIeyr_Uv/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y Today's Prompt Show Off your Shadowhunter Merch.

“Do you worry about him?” she asked Alec, surprising a laugh out of him.

“All the time,” he said. “Jace could get himself killed putting his pants on in the morning. Being his parabatai is a full-time job.”

What's going on with Audible? So is it now just use a Credit or it's Included? Nothing in-between?

"I still haven't quite worked out how my Instagram works, which is very frustrating. As @GreatJoy69 now has over 200 private messages." ?

Binged Read last few chapters on my Kindle cause I couldn't put it down. I go back to Audible and savour the ending a 2nd time. Brilliant as always.
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#ChroniclesofStMarys

Originally intrigued by the tittle. Felt like reading something Marianne Dashwood (my least favorite Austen heroine) would write about books. Pretentious “It is not every one,” said Elinor, “who has your passion for dead leaves.”

Finished this Audiobook yesterday so I would be ready for todays new Chronicles of St Mary's. Also because I was really enjoying. So far I've been kinda meh about the series. But I really liked this one. My favorite so far. 🧛🏻‍♂️ #VampireBookClub

Ways I'm like Max: "I shot off for tea and a pee, and not in that order, either."?
#thechroniclesofstmary

#Pemberlittens this showed up in my Google News: Crisis Magazine: Wuthering Heights in a Nutshell.
https://www.crisismagazine.com/2022/wuthering-heights-in-a-nutshell
Some twaddle about how "This happy ending serves as the final judgment on the novel itself, confirming that Emily Brontë, like the indomitable Nelly Dean, is on the side of the angels."

WTF! Wuthering Heights had a happy ending??? I'm off to read one about Pride and Prejudice.

MKA is a go to Summer read for me. This year I won an ARC from Goodreads and St Martin's Press. So Instead of reading poolside with tropical cocktail, I read in the spring while the tulips and daffodils are in bloom.

Throughly enjoyed it! Romance, Old houses on Tybee Island, and a Mystery that kept me guessing. I couldn't put it down.

And now I want a beach house to paint Typee Beach Glass blue with white trim and a coral front door. 🌊

Last story in Omnibus - Ambush or Adore weaves together Events of Finishing School Series all the way through to the end of Custard Protocol. I've been reading along the Overall Timeline. For now I'm pausing on Page 482 - Winter 1873 to read Meat Cute: The Hedgehog Incident and Parasol Protectorate Series. Will come back to this as I continue to reread entire Gail Carriger Parasolverse in Chronological Order. ⬇️

The #great2022parasolversereread moved on to one of my favorites.
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Enjoyed being back in this world.
Great fantasy story with a beautiful garden. Perfection.

"My magic runs strongest among my flowers."
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I join in #ShadowhunterSunday Challenge on Instagram. Today's prompt is #shadowhunterstack.

Didn't set out to have 3 Copies of COB. When I ordered #LitjoyCrate gave away hodgepodge of Shadowhunter books. Kept 10th Anniversary because it's so pretty. Paperback is part of Boxed Set. Love the covers. It's my Travel Set.

My favorite Character Magnus Bane who throws Birthday Party for his cat: "Chairman Meow deserves my every effort.”?

Happy #NationalBeerDay‼️

I love #BooksandBrewsClub sponsored by my Library and held at local Brewery. Glad will be discussing this Classic Sci Fi book because it's a lot to take in. Hearing other members thoughts to helps me to process. 📖📚🍻

After finishing The Thursday Murder Club I want to start a Book Club that, you guessed it, meets on Thursdays and talks Murder Mysteries.

This was such a great read! I love Spunky Pensioners. Residents of this retirement village have a more active social life that me! ⬇️

"It was sad to Fanny to lose all the pleasures of spring. She had not known before what pleasures she had to lose in passing March and April in a town. She had not known before, how much the beginnings and progress of vegetation had delighted her." - Mansfield Park

I was already delighted by this book and then there was a Jane Austen quote which made me love it even more.

Crudrat - Lovely addition to Gail Carriger pretty blue covers!

As I continue #great2022parasolversereread w/ Delightfully Deadly, glad I kept my original paperbacks. Subterranean Press is sooo pretty! Before making this #bluebookstack checked that table was dry and clean. And I'm certainly not going to take it with me to read when I'm out and about. Maybe I need some of those gloves people put on when touching rare documents.📘 🧤 💙🔷️👗

When people think of Jane Austen, they think of the Big Six: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion. And seem toforget that Lady Susan is a completed novel.

Not overly long, it's written in Epistolary form, which is not easy to read format. IMHO doesn't work well on audio. Reading aloud of who it's from, who received, and where it's written gets tiresome very quickly. ⬇️

#Pemberlittens forgotten I had this DVD until I read Alexis Hall's latest The Austathon Blog Post: What The F🤬 Did I Just Watch? https://quicunquevult.com/the-austathon-jane-austen-in-manhattan-1980/

Omg it's so bad! 1980 clothes and hair. Pretentious acting. Lead guy is constantly glowering. I feel need to Send dvd to @sprainedbrain so we could have Trash Talk Zoom Party. 😆

Hello Weekend #PemberLittens!
Listening to my #ayearwithjaneausten April Read - Lady Susan.

#MyMonthinBooks
While I haven't discussed much, I am keeping up Chapter a Day #PemberLittens Readalong of North and South.

Tagged Book Review: Marnie is not very likeable at first but she grows on you. Ending was a bit twee but overall enjoyable story.

Wow. It's been a long time since a book had me reading past my bedtime. Once I got started couldn‘t put it down. Yes, you have to suspend belief in a couple places but still has you hooked.

Been on my TBR for awhile but my #irlbookclub is discussing on Saturday, wanted to wait and read just before.

That dress! 💚💚💚💚💚

Sooo #PemberLittens @sprainedbrain Amazon is having one of those Spend $25 get $6 Ebook Credit. And this was on my Wish List. 😆

Enjoying all the posts @StayCurious @MicrobeMom @sprainedbrain and #PemberLittens discussions. We're doing the Spring Break/Staycation/Catchup over the next few days. I'm snatching moments to read. After a busy day of appointments and errands I got an hour of quiet time to read. 😊

Happy Spring!
"And the seasons roll through our literature, too, budding blossoming, fruiting and dying back. Think of it: the lazy summer days and golden harvests, the misty autumn walks and frozen fields in winter, and all the hopeful romance of spring."

I'm definitely a Seasonal Reader & have been saving this to start today. ⬇️

I was immediately charmed by Sunny. (Library Loan)But was left wondering on pronunciation of words I didn't recognize so I got it on Audible. It's was credit well spent. Narration is really good.

Love the fun cover of Sunny's adventures but story has a lot of depth with it's discussion of alcoholism and death. Also learned a lot about Punjabi Sikh community. I didn't always get the Fandom refrences but that did distract me from the story.

I'm finally finished! After years of entering Goodreads Giveaways I finally won something. I started reading this series right after TV show began. So this was a first time I was able to read as soon as book was published. But when my free copy of Bees arrived, I was hesitant to start reading.

So why did I wait 2 months to start reading? When I'm attached to these characters and I want to know what happens to them? ⬇️

My March #ayearofjaneausten read was Volume 3 Julvenalia. Quite the juxtaposition reading Sanditon immediately after. You could definitely see her growth as a writer and brilliance of what could have been. 📖 🧗‍♀️😔
#janeandwhatcouldhavebeen
#Pemberlittens @sprainedbrain

While I was planning on rereading Sanditon in December a part of my #ayearofjaneausten. I couldn't resist joining in with #PemberLittens @sprainedbrain Readalong. Mostly I listened to the 12 Chapters on Audible. Really liked the narration of this edition by Emila Fox. This pick is for audiobook. Tomorrow I'll post something about story.

Probably last read by the fire of the Season. But not to jinx it I'm not going to clean up the ash for a few days.

Hopefully I'll finish this over the weekend. I'm on Page 704.

My favorite part is Ian's roadtrip with all the women. "Or I'd be askin' him how to say, 'Clear off, ye brazen-faced trollop," in Mohawk."- Jenny Murray ?

Hey everyone say hello to my friend who just joined us!

@Arietta_Charles there's all sorts of fun here. I particularly love #PemberLittens Readalongs. We did all 6 Jane Austen over the course of a year. Now we vote every couple of months on what to read next.

Right now we've 3 Readalongs going: North and South, The Other Bennet Sister, and Sanditon. Follow @sprainedbrain she keeps us organized.
#litsywelcomewagon

2 from #2022mounttbr are going out the door to be donated and 2 New #botm come in. #progress 🤓

I was expecting to love this book about books. Maybe it's because the author is British and a lot of the books she talked about I have never read??? I did really like her thoughts about Little Women.

My favorite part was this quote at the end. Could be used to answer anyone who doesn't understand the bookworm in their life. "Leave us be. We're fine. More than fine. Readings are thing."

That's 2 Books of of #2022mounttbr.

🤣 This quote #PemberLittens! @sprainedbrain @MicrobeMom