Mansfield Park Revisited

Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment | Joan Aiken

Excellent #bookmail today!
The peacock feather is from Flannery O'Conner's Andalusia, her home in Millidgeville, Georgia. She was a big fan of the peacock and had a bunch.

LeahBergen How cool! 🦚 And I have this diary, too 👍 1y

batsy Ooh yes to that poetry diary! I keep looking lovingly at mine 😂 1y

Aimeesue @LeahBergen @batsy Between Litsy, GR and Net Galley, I was starting to have trouble keeping track of what was due when. This seemed like a lovely solution - all book tracking and nothing else ☺️ 1y

Jess_Read_This Oh wow! That peacock feather is a treasure! 1y

Aimeesue @Jess_Read_This I have five or six that I bought there, all in a vase on the mantle. Well, not a vase so much as a wine bottle shaped like a black cat, but same-same, right? 😂 1y

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Andrea313

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This was a quick and entertaining Mansfield sequel, even though I felt some of the characters didn't really track. But I did love this take on Susan, who had her sister Fanny's good moral sense with a great deal more spunk and backbone. I can say that I saw the ending coming and still felt WTF about it; but somehow that didn't ruin it for me. This was just a fun, fanfic-y look at a novel I love, and I was here for it! #PemberLittens

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Andrea313

Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment | Joan Aiken

Attempting to start my next read for the #PemberLittens, but Tom needs to make an inspection first. #TomKitten #CatsOfLitsy

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TheAromaofBooks

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Oh my gosh, life is crazy this week!!! I miss all of you - just haven't had much scrolling time!!!

This was a pleasant little read - a sequel to Mansfield Park. It honestly wasn't super gripping, and Aiken kills off Sir Thomas (my favorite character if I'm honest haha) on the first page, but it was fun to see where she took everyone. I'm not completely sure I agree with the romance, but if you're looking for a relaxing MP sequel for ⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) #PemberLitten reading, you may enjoy this one, which focuses mostly on Fanny's younger sister, Susan. @sprainedbrain

This one, which I actually finished on Wednesday, put me at 916/2500pgs for my #AwesomeApril goal @Andrew65 3y

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 3y

tracey38 I haven't had much scrolling time either. 😞 Good work towards your goal! 3y

TheAromaofBooks @tracey38 - It's so funny how I find myself actually missing people on here when I don't have time to scroll through my feed!!! But I only work seasonally, so this is just a busy time of year & I roll with it haha I'll catch up with everyone in June! 😂 3y

tracey38 @TheAromaofBooks it's true. I do miss people when I can't scroll. I've been working a lot of overtime and have just been so tired when I get home. 3y

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Lizzybennetgirl

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I finally finished! What a surprise ending... Fanny and Edmund ended up together. Who could have imagined! 🤣😂 All kidding aside, this was an interesting read, and definitely had me pondering what Austen was trying to get at writing such a heroine as Fanny. #pemberlittens

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Librarian-ish

Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment | Joan Aiken

so-so

I liked it, but I'm not sure I was totally sold on it. At about 2/3 of the way through, and I realized there was still so much left to resolve with so little of the book remaining. The ending definitely felt rushed (not totally unlike the original) and feelings and that had definitely not been explored besides the very barest of hints, were dumped on the reader. I would still recommend this to Austen fans, but get ready for some hasty resolutions.

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Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment | Joan Aiken