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'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.
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Calli - Dec 30, 2004 7:54:27 am PST #59 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
erikaj - Dec 30, 2004 7:55:16 am PST #60 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
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.)
Susan W. - Dec 30, 2004 7:55:48 am PST #61 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
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.
P.M. Marc - Dec 30, 2004 7:57:34 am PST #62 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
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.
Calli - Dec 30, 2004 7:57:48 am PST #63 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
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.
deborah grabien - Dec 30, 2004 7:58:16 am PST #64 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
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.
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2004 7:59:32 am PST #65 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No Subscribe button.
Because you're already subscribed -- the option isn't relevant.
Susan W. - Dec 30, 2004 7:59:39 am PST #66 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
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.
Deena - Dec 30, 2004 8:00:10 am PST #67 of 10002
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Deb, that's because you're already subscribed. If you weren't, the unsubscribe button would be subscribe instead.
-t - Dec 30, 2004 8:00:15 am PST #68 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've never read any Austen at all. Or Brontë