Unless you are a freak like me, and find Jane herself a fabulous cure for insomnia.

Sits in the freak corner with Plei. I like Emma but I can't read Austen anymore other than that. Much yawning ensues.

the one where I think she's on a swing, wearing a Union Jack shirt, are my mental pics of juliana.

That one (I feel) is a very good picture because (I think) it precisely captures my best attitude. So, thank you.

he didn't believe that something that looked kinda bleah on the rack would look really good with some curves underneath it

It's a skill, being able to picture clothing on someone who isn't there. I'm notsogood at picking out proper clothing from hangers myself. I need to try them on. So yay you on the dress!!

I dimly recall (it's been ~20 years or so) reading a historical novel set in 1067, with a Norman knight and a Saxon lady. She was named Rosemonde, or something equally French-sounding. I would have been happier if she'd been named Bertha or Dagmar. Heck, even Isabelle has its Germanic variants.

Calli, did it have roses on the cover? I think I'm thinking of the same book....

I love Austen. But my book group is pretty much evenly divided on her stuff, and it's all either true love or wrenching eye-rolls with the members. Not much middle ground.

I liked them in high school, mos def, but now I think I'd be like "Where's the urban pain and carnage?" I'm just really fickle, though. Jane, it's not you, it's me. And that evil seducer, Dennis Lehane.(I've changed a lot since high school.)

Austen would actually slightly nose out Shakespeare and CS Lewis if I could take the complete works of just one author to a desert island. My Regency heresy is that I'm fairly "meh" about Heyer. I enjoy her books as an occasional snack, but don't have any urge to read them over and over again.

I've read one or two of her books, but it's been awhile. I should try her again, especially given how much time I spend wondering if the similarity in our names is a good or a bad thing, since I'd be shelved right beside her if I use my real name.

She's also local, I believe.

I can lend you some of her books, if you'd like.

did it have roses on the cover? I think I'm thinking of the same book....

It may have had roses -- it's been a while. In the plot there was a question of child parentage settled by birthmarks (of course), and the rest of the book pretty much revolved around descriptions of clothing and of sex.

I appreciate Austen, but only really love one, and with a fierce hot love, and that's the one that seems to strike the least chords among the women I know. I'm a Persuasion freak.

Susan, there is no "subscribe" button under the title in any of my threads. Two links: Threadsuck and Unsubscribe. No Subscribe button.

Huh.

No Subscribe button.

Because you're already subscribed -- the option isn't relevant.

I can lend you some of her books, if you'd like.

That'd be cool. Pretty soon I'll have to swing by your way and bring you boxes of baby clothes along with the old Balogh Regencies you loaned me, anyway.