Strangely enough, I only heard about the July/Jane Austen tradition very recently (under a rock, apparently - in case anyone wants to know where I've been). I had 'Silas Marner' penciled in for my July classic read but have now gone for 'Mansfield Park' as a last-minute substitution, to ensure I get my 2022 Jane Austen membership card. I hope you like Cranford - it's a light and charming work which, for some reason has kept bringing me back over the decades - I think I've now read it four times, most recently last year. 'Persuasion' is a special book for me, as I studied it about 45 years ago as part of a two year A-level Eng. Lit. course that I did at night school with a young lady with whom I worked and on whom I was rather keen. The A-level worked out very well - I got a grade A pass - but sadly I eventually ended up getting somewhat lower marks from the young lady. Thanks for the video and I hope you enjoy all the books/videos that await you in July. Best wishes, Brian.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Brian 😃 up until now I've never been drawn to Jane Austen but I got pulled in by Booktube. I'm now interested to find out more. Glad to hear you're going for your Booktube Jane Austen Badge 😂 I loved reading about your experience of reading Persuasion. But if things had been different you might not be relaxing in sunny Florida now. I'm looking forward to Cranford, which I'm planning to start reading today. I hope you are keeping well. Take care

Persuasion is my favorite Jane Austen. You are in for a treat!

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

That's good to know. I'm looking forward to it. Thank you 😊

I hope you like Thin Places! It sounds interesting. Black Mamba Boy sounds nice, I haven't read much about Africa in World War II either. Yes it makes sense you don't want to watch or read a retelling before reading the original book. Happy reading in July!

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😃 I think Thin Places will be interesting. I've started Black Mamba Boy. I'm really liking the writing style. Really interesting time and place to read about.

"Tyger, Tyger" sounds fascinating - great choice to mix it up by reading poetry. I look forward to hearing what you make of it.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Heather. Yes I feel like I'll be able to dip in and out of the poetry in between all the different books I've planned to read. I might have over-committed but we'll see how it goes.

So glad you with be joining us for July’s Book Naturalists pick and also in the future! I love your woodstove in the background. My folks have one similar to it.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The woodstove is lovely in winter, especially when our boiler broke last year and we had no heating in the house 😑 It kept us going for a month. I'm looking forward to the Naturalists Book Club.

Lovely to hear all your plans for July! I hope the first week has gone well as you tackle Jane Austen and your buddy reads. Persuasion is a great book! Happy reading! 😊📚

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I hope you have made it safely to the UK and you all have your luggage 😀

@reddotreads2693

2 жыл бұрын

@@bookinwithdebra hi Debra! Yes thanks, we arrived safely with our luggage last Monday. However my husband, my youngest son and I all tested positive for covid on the first day! 😩 So lots of plans had to be scrapped! Today we are finally negative and are loving the summer hot weather! 😎😎😎

I hope you love all your books.. I loved that Tracy chevalier book. You know me I have a massive Tbr ☀️☀️😂😂

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

It's great to know you enjoyed Burning Bright. I wasn't sure about it from the blurb. I might get to it this month.b

I haven't heard of Lady Susan before. I'm glad you're here 🙂

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

It's one of the group reads for Jane Austen July and I had not heard of it before. It's a novella. After I read it I will watch the screen adaption.

Looks like a great TBR!! How exciting that you are reading Austen for the first time!! I think I would like to try The Bridgerton books too so I look forward to hearing what you think of it ☺️📚❤️

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm looking forward to immersing myself in Jane Austen's world.

I love that as a challenge!

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm having a good reading month so far. I hope you are keeping well 😊

Hahaha - glad to suck you into Persuasionalong 😈 I’m so excited for Black Mamba Boy! I’ve just finished the first chapter, and I like the writing style, so that bodes well! Blood & Sugar looks really good!!

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

😂 You're like a 'book pusher'. I've just started too. I really like the writing style. Will probably leave a check in msg in the next couple of days.

@GemofBooks

2 жыл бұрын

@@bookinwithdebra I am a book pusher 😂🤣 I push them on myself too, so you’re not alone 🤪 Perfect - the next chapter seems quite a bit longer, so check in in a couple of days sounds fab 👍🏻

Persuasion rocks!!

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

That's good to know you enjoyed it. It's early days in my reading.

I'll be watching the new Persuasion film this month, probably tomorrow - I heard it's bad, or at least a bad adaptation, so I actually can't wait to watch it! LOL!

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Art - yes the new adaption was 'an experience'. What did you think? I'm glad I watched the 1995 film version first, which I enjoyed.

@ArtBookshelfOdyssey

2 жыл бұрын

@@bookinwithdebra I just posted a video review of the new movie and a few other Jane Austen July books I'm reading. My feelings are mixed on it - there were parts I liked and parts I didn't. If you look at it as an adaptation it's awful. If you look at it as just a film - it's a bit better.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

@@ArtBookshelfOdyssey I need to watch your video soon. The written reviews are so bad, they are funny. I feel like they totally missed the point of Anne and what Jane Austen was writing about.

@ArtBookshelfOdyssey

2 жыл бұрын

@@bookinwithdebra Yeah me too, although I think I liked it more than some have - just as long as I don't look at it as an adaptation, then it's fine.

Look forward to seeing if Jane Austen is for you or not. Hey, while you're looking for Readathons/reading groups that might work for you, have you heard of Invisible Cities? It's run by a bunch of KZreadrs including Stephanie at Time to Read! And Nicole is here to learn - they read different novels from around the world, 2 new countries each month, it's low key you don't have to do anything and there's a discord where they share recommendations. Just figure that's you're thing.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Hello 😃 thanks for the reminder about Invisible Cities. Seeing it on Nicole's channel was one of the original inspirations for my Read Around the World challenge before I had my own channel. Although I've never checked out their Discord group. Thank you 🙂

HA! Can you IMAGINE an Austen book titled BLOOD AND SUGAR?? lol

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

No 😂 a very different world I think

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@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

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