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Old Friends and New Fancies
Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen | Sybil Brinton
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The first Jane Austen sequel ever written! Originally published in 1914, this charming and original sequel to the novels of Jane Austen intertwines the lives of the most beloved characters from all six Austen novels with new characters of the author's devising. Inventive matchmaking leads numerous pairs of lovers through the inevitable (and entertaining) difficulties they must encounter before they are united in the end. Old Friends and New Fancies is a gratifying read for any Jane Austen enthusiast. "This is the ultimate Jane Austen sequel....Virtually all the characters left standing at the end of the novels-most particularly the unmarried ones-must all meet up... Broken engagements will follow, a few false trails and threatened unacceptable matches must be endured before the Forces of Good prevail." -Charles Wenz, Life Member of the Jane Austen Society
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dabbe
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peanutnine
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I'm behind on reviews again, but felt the same as most #pemberlittens with this one. It was decent but there were sooo many characters to keep track of and while I liked revisiting some of my favorites, I don't know that the couples paired were the best matched. Glad to have read this though, especially with the #hashtagbrigade

peanutnine #2023ReadySetRead title starts with 'O' @Clwojick 8mo
BarkingMadRead Definitely the general consensus!! I think she could have cut the characters in half and been just as successful 8mo
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dabbe
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A fun romp with the #pemberlittens and the #hashtagbrigade, led by the ever-hilarious and insightful @BarkingMadRead. Considered the first “fan“ Austen novel as well as pastiche, I enjoyed the attempt by Brinton to include most every main/minor character from all of Austen's novels. However, there were a ton of characters to keep track of, and some were only mentioned briefly. I also found Kitty to be a brat. Still, I loved reading with the group!

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TheAromaofBooks
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Soft pick. I enjoyed this one - and I especially enjoyed reading it, as always, with the #HashtagBrigade - but I think this book would have benefited from either narrowing its focus or being spread out over multiple books. We have every single character Austen ever thought about creating all milling about, and three different love stories, so it's a lot to jam in. In the end, I wanted to like it more than I did, mainly because I'm not actually ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) convinced that any of the three couples are still going to happy in ten years! 😂 Still, a fun little romp, and kudos to Brinton for managing to work so many of Austen's characters into one story!

Thanks for hosting @BarkingMadRead - reading as a group increases my enjoyment of these books by about 1000%!!!

#MtTBR
#BookChain
#AlphabeticalBingo @Clwojick
#BookSpinBingo
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BarkingMadRead This seems to be the general consensus 🤣🤣 9mo
eeclayton I'm especially doubtful about Mary+Fitz. Her passive aggressive way of problem solving may not be conducive to married bliss in the long run. 9mo
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TheAromaofBooks @eeclayton - For sure. I wish we could have seen a scene of them actually having a conversation about their misunderstandings and working through them. And I just... Kitty as the helpmeet in a parish??? Georgianna, who is sweet and kind but rich and spoiled, as the wife of a seagoing fellow who is gone for months at a time??? None of these really matched up for me 😂 9mo
eeclayton While I agree about Kitty, her engagement actually makes sense to me. She was disappointed and then welcomed the first person who was interested in her. That doesn't mean I see happy spouses in the future 😂 It's a great point that all of these conversations take place off-screen. Even with Georgiana+William, we see them meeting, but aren't given what is said. 9mo
willaful I actually think it could work for Georgina, because she's used to being the family pet and she'll just keep being that while William's at sea. Kitty I don't see at all. She'll be bored and useless. 9mo
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DebinHawaii
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Read with the #hashtagbrigade for the #PemberLittens I am happy to have finally read this one. I am giving it a soft pick for sentimental & 💕of Jane Austen reasons + it was early fan fiction. Reading it in a chapter-a-day format with funny hashtags from @BarkingMadRead was the way to go here as the many characters & the extra angst might have annoyed me in bigger doses.

BarkingMadRead I totally agree!! 9mo
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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A bit over the top with misunderstandings, broken engagements, and then there is Kitty Bennet. The most annoying character of the book. I found myself agreeing with Mrs Bennet and yelling "Oh! hang Kitty! what has she to do with it?"

Not my favorite Austenesque but fun Chapter a Day Readalong. Thank you @BarkingMadRead for hosting and all the fun memes!

BarkingMadRead 😍😍 9mo
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mcctrish
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This was delightful! A 1914 fan fiction compendium of all of Jane Austen‘s characters living in one story and living out their lives. I might need a physical copy to put in my shrine

Crinoline_Laphroaig This pic makes me happy! 9mo
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eeclayton
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Mehso-so

#pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade
A sequel to all six published Austen novels, Old Friends and New Fancies manages to star, revisit or at least mention most of the characters we know and love from the Austen books. The first chapters were quite confusing for me, it wasn't easy to follow who was who and how people knew one another. The connections were quite clever, but that's all I can say on the positive side. ⬇️

eeclayton Sadly, most characters lost their charm, they all acted and sounded similarly throughout the book. The plot revolved around three budding romances, which weren't too compelling without the layers of Austen's character studies and social commentary.
All in all, it was an interesting read, but nothing that you shouldn't miss.
Thanks @BarkingMadRead for hosting ❤️
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willaful I agree, only the buddy read really made it fun for me. (edited) 9mo
eeclayton @willaful Oh yes, that part made it absolutely worth it 😊 9mo
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eeclayton If Charlotte Brontë had written it, William Price would never come back from sea 😂 Thank you @BarkingMadRead for hosting another fun buddy read! 9mo
Ruthiella @eeclayton 😆😆😆 Totally! Thanks you @BarkingMadRead for the leadership! It was fun. 9mo
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Deblovestoread You make reading along so fun! Thank you. 9mo
TheBookHippie Thank you so much for all your work! Highlight of my mornings!! 9mo
TheBookHippie @eeclayton This is why I love Brontë ? 9mo
BarkingMadRead I‘m so glad you‘re all having as much fun as I am 🤣🤣 9mo
ravenlee Hooray! We made it! That was fun. 9mo
Allylu You make reading these selections a blast! I look forward to the hashtags every day! 9mo
mcctrish #allswellthatendswell that was a frantic wrap up 🤣🤣 and @eeclayton I had that EXACT thought 🤣🤣 9mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I enjoyed this one, but didn't LOVE it. Too many characters for me to really feel like I got to know anyone, and I'm honestly not totally convinced about the long-term happiness of any of the three main couples 😂 But still a fun little romp! 9mo
julieclair Okay, full confession… I just could not get into this book, so it was a DNF for me. But I loved reading the hashtags and looking at the memes each day! Always good for a laugh! Great job hosting, as always. Thank you. 👍🏆🙌 9mo
rubyslippersreads I enjoyed this, but what made it really fun was reading it with all of you. 😊 9mo
DebinHawaii This was cute & I‘m glad to get it off my Kindle TBR FINALLY! I‘m going to give it a soft pick for being early fan fiction & for sentimental reasons but I think a chapter-a-day with #hashtagbrigade & #PemberLittens was definitely the way to go as I don‘t think it had enough oomph on it‘s own. Thank you for the stellar hosting & all the fun @BarkingMadRead 😘 9mo
Cuilin I really enjoyed reading along and seeing your posts, thanks @BarkingMadRead It was a delightful like not love for me. 9mo
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Librarybelle
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What a delightful read! Brinton‘s book that entangles Austen‘s characters in a variety of circumstances is playful and endearing. While not quite Austen‘s prose, the narration does well in imitation. I‘m so glad I finally had a chance to read this! Thanks to #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade for selecting this one! #Booked2023 #FeaturesALoveTriangle

BarkingMadRead I‘m so glad you liked it!! 9mo
Cinfhen Sounds good 9mo
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Cuilin One down, two to go. 🤞 Georgiana 💍 Kitty 👰‍♀️ 9mo
mcctrish #mrpriceisinasnit poor Georgiana, she tries to follow the girl code and it bites her in the 🍑#hosbeforebros (edited) 9mo
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Bookwormjillk Finally 9mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk All it took was for Fitz to almost bite the dust to get good ol' Mary to come around. 🙄 9mo
julieclair This meme!!!! 😂😂😂 9mo
BarkingMadRead @julieclair I actually got put in Facebook jail for typing this out 🤣 #hatespeech 9mo
julieclair No way! 🤣🤣🤣 9mo
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I thoroughly enjoyed this one! It took me awhile to get into it, but I really loved seeing more of Georgiana's story. Thanks for hosting, @BarkingMadRead 📚

BarkingMadRead I‘m glad you enjoyed it!!! 9mo
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Bookwormjillk Gross is right 9mo
Bookwormjillk Also so out of character for Elizabeth to try and talk G into a marriage she doesn‘t want 9mo
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I thought the same. Elizabeth would never! 9mo
mcctrish 🎶another one bites the dust 🎶 9mo
Ruthiella His timing couldn‘t have been worse. Sure, he didn‘t know about William, but her cousin is practically on his deathbed! 9mo
dabbe Is it just me or does it seem like his rushed “falling in love“ is similar to Kitty's? Being a “man“, though, he gets to take it all the way to a proposal, which is (like everyone has already said) GROSS! 🤢 9mo
willaful Well, if Tom goes back to Isabella Thorpe, he'll definitely #GetWhatHeDeserves. 🙄 9mo
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mcctrish I knew something had to happen to shake Mary into having sense #poorfitz and she was still trying to back pedal until the last second 🤦🏻‍♀️ 9mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig I would have never thought to make Col F and Mary a couple. 9mo
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Bookwormjillk Poor Fitz poor Mary. Gotta move that plot along somehow though. 9mo
ravenlee Not Fitz! 9mo
Cuilin Mary, Mary quite contrary!! And with only a few pages left, the narrative needs to pick up the pace. 9mo
willaful @Bookwormjillk The convenient accident is a classic for a reason. 😁 9mo
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Crinoline_Laphroaig After all that drama. 🤦‍♀️ 9mo
dabbe It's clear that Kitty still has a lot of growing up to do. Will she jump over to #campmoreland now? #sheisnotready At least Georgiana can say “yes“ to Price now, right? 9mo
mcctrish I wonder does #mrmacdonaldhaveafarm ? I fear there‘s no going back to these original offers. Who did Mr Bertram like before someone put Georgiana into his head? Will Price ever show his head again around these parts? 9mo
Bookwormjillk Poor Georgiana feels like she‘s being sent away. 9mo
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Cuilin Mary is getting on my wick. 🙄 9mo
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Bookwormjillk 🚊🔥 9mo
BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie 🦆🔥🦆🔥🦆🔥🦆🔥 9mo
eeclayton @Cuilin Couldn't agree more! 9mo
Ruthiella Fitz and Mary both seem determined to play the martyr. Yet another thing they have in common. 🙄 Let‘s hope Elizabeth can help put this right! 😃 9mo
willaful LOL, best meme ever!

Mary is indeed annoying, but I feel like this is one place in the book that really makes sense to me given the original characters. (Though I still think #MaryWasRetconned.) I can see what happened with Edmund affecting her like this.
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mcctrish Mary is totally getting on my wick @Cuilin am I wrong in remembering it took quite a few requests from Fitz to finally get a foot in the door at the Crawfords and then all everyone can talk about is Mary is engaged ?! Fitz is wise to steer clear Mary will have her knickers in a knot over something every damn day 9mo
Cuilin @mcctrish she‘s one who says go away and then gets mad when they go away. #StayClearFitz 9mo
dabbe @Cuilin #ruhroh ... When you say to “stay clear“ you know that's code talk for “never give up and waste away until you get her!“ Whew. The two (ahem) older people have more drama than the younger folks! 🤣🤩🤗 9mo
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ravenlee
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It‘s not JA, but it‘s pretty close. I loved the bringing together of characters from various stories and seeing their interactions. Some of the characters seemed spot-on (cough, Emma) while others didn‘t work for me quite as well (Mary Crawford took some getting used to). Most of our beloved friends are the older generation now and focus shifts to younger siblings Georgiana, Kitty, William Price, and James Morland. Nicely handled overall.

ravenlee Thanks to #PemberLittens #hashtagbrigade and especially @BarkingMadRead for this one! 9mo
Cuilin I love this cover 😍 9mo
BarkingMadRead I‘m glad you liked it!!! 9mo
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julieclair This meme! 💯🤣 9mo
Bookwormjillk Ha! Perfect! 9mo
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Crinoline_Laphroaig Anyone else feeling the need to say "Oh! hang Kitty! what has she to do with it?" 9mo
dabbe Georgianna is all “You're supposed to love Kitty!“ And Price is all “I never did anything to show Kitty I was interested!“ And Georgianna's all “But you did“ and Price is all “But I didn't“ and Kitty is all “Waughhhhhhhh!“ And I'm all GET ON WITH IT, YOU TEENAGERS! #teenangstydramaaintforeveryone

In those days, just asking a woman to dance was a big deal, so, Price, it was kinda hard to see a Kitty-or-Georgianna come-on. Or am I blind?
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E.Bolhafner this meme
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mcctrish I am exhausted by Kitty #wherethehellismoreland can‘t Georgiana have something for once 9mo
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Ruthiella I can‘t say that I am surprised. Let‘s see how this pans out…😬 9mo
peanutnine So much drama! But I'm glad the truth is out! 9mo
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Cuilin Oh Price! The 🎭! 9mo
willaful Well, I was all too right about it causing a Mr. Elton situation -- in fact, I'm kind of disgusted with the author for borrowing so much from that scene, for such a completely different character. Feh. 9mo
BarkingMadRead @willaful I thought the same! 9mo
TheAromaofBooks @willaful - Especially since I don't like Price for Georgianna anyway... #hopefullythisgoesnowhere (edited) 9mo
willaful @TheAromaofBooks Oh, why not? I don't particularly care one way of another.... 9mo
rubyslippersreads @TheAromaofBooks @willaful Better Price than Tom Bertram. 9mo
Bookwormjillk Waiting to see if Tom will die at sea 9mo
TheAromaofBooks @willaful - I don't know, he just seems kind of shallow. Even though the whole thing with Kitty is way more on her building fantasies, he DID flirt with her, ask her for the first two dances more than once, etc. But it may partially be because this author hasn't done much character development overall haha @rubyslippersreads - RIGHT!? I actually think Miss Bingley would be the perfect match for Bertram 😂 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk obviously someone needs to die at sea 🤷🏻‍♀️⚓️ 9mo
rubyslippersreads @TheAromaofBooks They are perfect for each other! 🤣 9mo
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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#Pemberlittens in my On This Day - Our first read! Whenever conversation is about how did you deal with the Pandemic, I always tell people about @sprainedbrain bring us together to read Jane.

Now I'm off to catch up current Readalong with @BarkingMadRead and the #HashtagBrigade 😊

BarkingMadRead I love this 💕💕💕 9mo
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Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣 @BarkingMadRead love this pic 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk my search for love triangle memes was not so successful! This was my best option 🤣🤣 it‘s cute though 🤷🏻‍♀️ 9mo
RaeLovesToRead Haha! The best pic! 9mo
eeclayton Love the meme 😂 I don't understand Price, if he's into Georgiana, why does he ask Kitty for the first two dances? 9mo
Ruthiella Considering Kitty is part of the pile-up, this picture is perfect ! 👌😹 9mo
BarkingMadRead @eeclayton I don‘t know. I‘m wondering if she wrangled them out of him some how. Or he thought he‘d get it out of the way before he focused on Georgiana? Boys 🙄 9mo
dabbe Tom, Price, Moreland.
Georgianna and Kitty.
Someone's gonna lose BIGLY.
And we're still waiting for Mary Crawford and her sister to show up. As Queen Latifah said in the HAIRSPRAY finale, “It's time to wrap this mother up!“ 😄
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willaful dabbe - seriously! 😁

So William deliberately passed by Georgina to get to Kitty -- who thinks he's decided he should just let Tom have her because he's not worthy enough? 🤦🏻‍♀️
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mcctrish I Am So Confused!!!! And yes @dabbe this needs to wrap up 9mo
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Chapter 18: charades! #missbingleystealstheshow #orsoshesays 🤷🏻‍♀️ #courtship #emmamovieflashbacks #gwennethversion #whatdoesitmean #maybenothing #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade
(Totally not the right scene, but the right characters 🤣)

Bookwormjillk I‘m here for Mrs J. I love her. 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk she‘s just saying what we are all thinking 🤣🤣 9mo
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TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk WORD!!!! 💯🤭 9mo
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead 🤣😅EXACTLY. 9mo
mcctrish When will Miss Crawford show up?! Who does Tom Bertram like? I can just picture Mrs J talking in a stage whisper 🤣🤣 @Bookwormjillk 9mo
dabbe Mrs. J won't spill any 🫘 now, will she? #ofcoursenot #rollseyesintobackofhead 9mo
willaful I thought it was a bit cheesy of the author to reuse the riddle from Emma. But I enjoyed the description of the charades; it reminded me of Louisa May Alcott.

Kind of nice Miss Bingley got a chance to shine, since I don't think anyone's going to write a husband for her. 😂
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BarkingMadRead @willaful for real. I don‘t think she‘s ever getting married 🤣 9mo
willaful @BarkingMadRead It seems like Tom Bertram would be perfect for her? But no sign she's at all interested in matrimony, actually. Maybe she's embraced single life! 9mo
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mcctrish Mrs Jennings is STIRRING THE POT!!! She and Kitty are cut from the same cloth, seeing things where they aren‘t 🤣 maybe Georgiana will stop being dazzled by all her lights and see what‘s in front of her 🎶blinded by the light 🎶 9mo
TheAromaofBooks I do feel like this author has captured Mrs. Jennings PERFECTLY 😂 9mo
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Bookwormjillk Love the Kitty and Mrs J combo 9mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk the Jennings/Kitty connection is on point! 9mo
rubyslippersreads @BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk Mrs. Jennings and Kitty are the perfect match. 9mo
Ruthiella @rubyslippersreads This is maybe the one true meeting of soulmates in the book. 😂 9mo
dabbe Now all we need is for Miss Crawford and Moreland to show up at Pemberley to make things REALLY interesting! 🤩🤣🤩 9mo
BarkingMadRead @dabbe that would be amazing!! #allthedrama 9mo
willaful #TeamKittyandMrsJennings 😂

So I am totally spoiled by reading Regency romances... the idea that a *baronet* was aiming high had me going “huh?“ 😂
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peanutnine Charades seem SO intense! Also Bertram is way too into it again. He needs to pursue acting, he loves it so much 9mo
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Crinoline_Laphroaig Charades and Kitty are so over the top! 9mo
willaful “Her won esteem for Mr. Price depended on his not disappointing Kitty, and she would admit no suspicion which might imperil it.“ Just as I feared. He is going to have a time with her, though hopefully less uncomfortably and more successfully than Emma and Mr. Elton.

And what a stink Kitty is going to raise. Though at this point, I wouldn't put it past her to choose Moreland and have a scene tearfully rejecting the completely bewildered Price. 😁
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Bookwormjillk Yup, seems like it 9mo
Librarybelle Agreed! 9mo
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Ruthiella I‘m thinking back and do we have any real confirmation of his initial preference for Kitty except as per Kitty‘s interpretation? 🤔. Also, anybody catch the return of Isabella Thorpe? #Ohnoshedidnt 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella I believe it‘s all been Kitty and Emma saying so, I don‘t remember him ever showing any interest 9mo
mcctrish #kittyisthenewlydia this chapter has reached a feverish pitch #whohascaughtmrpriceseye can Mr Moreland make an appearance? #theresgoingtobeaballatpemberley I‘m getting beauty and the beast vibes 🎶 tale as old as time 🎶 ( for the ball when Georgiana will realize Mr Price has eyes for her ) 🎶barely even friends and then somebody bends unexpectedly 🎶 9mo
TheAromaofBooks @mcctrish - Thank you for that perfection 😂 9mo
dabbe Elizabeth seems to be the “Emma“ in this book. And now I can't get the song “Matchmaker“ or “Beauty and the Beast“ out of my head! 🤣 9mo
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Chapter 14: Elizabeth hears back from Anne Wentworth….. 🤯🤯 #notengaged #maryisill #orissheheartbroken #timetovisitpemberley #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk I think the problem I'm having with this book is that the adults just aren't interesting. The gift of Jane Austen is young adult angst not 30 somethings writing letters and talking about young adult angst. At least it's short! 9mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm amazed at how we managed to get EVERY Austen character in this book. 9mo
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BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig I know! Quite the stretch, it makes me head hurt sometimes 🤣 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk yes! It‘s definitely missing that special Jane Austen something 9mo
Morr_Books @BarkingMadRead So sorry! I am so far behind on this read. It does not feel like I will catch up before the end. These chapters feel longer than Cranford for some reason. 9mo
Ruthiella When Anne Wentworth references her empty nursery, do we think her children are grown? Or did she never have any? Somehow it made me sad. 9mo
mcctrish @Morr_Books some of these chapters do go onnnnn and not much happens 🤣#annisntdeadjusttouringolddutchcities #thelettersaysnoengagent #cantevenimagineitanyways #letsgetmisscrawfordtopemberley #nowwherethehelldidthecolonelgetto thinking of the song from fiddler on the roof 🎶matchmaker matchmaker 🎶 9mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 9mo
willaful @ruthiella Me too. I'm not sure how much time has supposedly passed for each couple.

I thought it was vaguely interesting that, though Anne and Elizabeth aren't on first name terms, Anne refers to Frederick in her letter. I wonder what the etiquette behind that is.
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Ruthiella @willaful Maybe that was a boo boo on the part of the author…🤔 9mo
rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella I got the impression they never had children. 9mo
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Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm caught up! Darcy still anti ball. 😄 9mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig "he did not believe that Pemberley had really been primarily designed for giving balls in; but his family could perceive that his opposition was not intended to be very serious, and the discussion terminated with his promising to talk it over with Elizabeth, and even to consider the middle of November as being a date likely to suit the convenience of both households." 9mo
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BarkingMadRead @Crinoline_Laphroaig so many things never change 🙄🙄 9mo
Ruthiella I love Mrs. Jennings. So happy to see her again. She has such a big heart. 9mo
Bookwormjillk Yay! A ball! 9mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig @Ruthiella and I liked Elizabeth's defense of her. 9mo
ravenlee I can picture Mrs. Jennings trying to play her game, “What letter does his name…” and Kitty rushing in “hisnameisPriceandhe‘salieutenantinthenavyandhe…” 9mo
willaful I don't remember Mrs. Jennings! I assume she's from Sense and Sensibility?

I wonder why the book is being so coy about Marianne. It seems a little late to bring her in and give her another husband.
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Ruthiella @willaful Yes, she‘s from S&S. She‘s the mother of Lady Middleton. Sir John is Mrs. Dashwood‘s cousin who provides a cottage for Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters once Fanny Dashwood convinces her husband to do nothing for his stepmother and half sisters. She‘s a little low class and makes off color remarks but truly is a kind and generous woman. 9mo
dabbe Are we all hoping it'll be Price and Georgianna and Moreland and Kitty? That's what I'm hoping for! And Mrs. Jennings is still a hoot! 😀 9mo
BarkingMadRead @dabbe that‘s what I‘m hoping for! 9mo
mcctrish Mrs Jennings makes me think of June George “I‘m not a regular mom. I‘m a cool mom” from Mean Girls 9mo
Ruthiella @dabbe That‘s the pairing I‘m thinking of too! 9mo
peanutnine @dabbe definitely hoping for Georgiana and Price, they are a much better match. Not sure about Kitty and Morland yet, she needs to mature a bit more first I think 9mo
rubyslippersreads @willaful I‘m wondering about Marianne too. 9mo
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Ruthiella I do feel for James! Disappointed in love TWICE now and both times by Carrie Mulligan. 😂 9mo
DebinHawaii @Ruthiella Hah! Perfect!!! 🤣🤣🤣 9mo
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mcctrish What a roller coaster this is! 9mo
Bookwormjillk I still think Mr B is an idiot goofball but I really felt his disappointment when he realized his quiet time was going to be disrupted by daughter drama 9mo
ravenlee @Bookwormjillk right? He‘s thinking he left all the crazy behind at Longbourn yet here it is again, following him. Just can‘t get a moment‘s peace anywhere. 9mo
dabbe And the only library Mr. B likes better than his is Darcy's. If the man could just be left alone in the library, he'd be happy as a clam. Hmmm. Sounds like a lot of us Littens, too. 🤣🤩🤣 9mo
willaful Georgina #dothprotesttoomuch, I think. Cognitive dissonance.

I suspect Kitty will come around to James in the end but frankly #hecoulddobetter.
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Crinoline_Laphroaig @dabbe yes, please leave me alone in the Library! 9mo
Ruthiella @willaful I suspect you are right…and that Price and Georgina may actually be the grand romance…do ya think? 🤔 9mo
willaful @Ruthiella If he can convince her he's not a total cad for not wanting to marry a girl he danced with a couple of times. 🙄 9mo
rubyslippersreads I think James should have taken Mr. B‘s hint about finding a wife who had some household skills. 🤣 9mo
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Chapter 11: Fitz runs off to Ireland and Georgiana wants to help… everyone 🤷🏻‍♀️ #somehowsheangersemma #footmeetmouth #priceisvefyattentive #shethinksitsbecauseofkitty #whatcouldgowrong #staytuned #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

willaful I laughed so hard at William's comment about Fanny and Edmund thinking “everything is wrong.“ It's such an irate reader's perspective! 9mo
Bookwormjillk What could go wrong indeed 🤣 9mo
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TheAromaofBooks @willaful - I also got a snicker out of the Fanny/Edmund description! 😂 9mo
TheAromaofBooks I thought it was hilarious to see Emma still being Emma, like 100% convinced her plan is the ONLY way things could EVER go down! #gladsheisstillimpressedwithherself 9mo
dabbe It seems Brinton has cast the Knightleys in a negative light. Georgianna was appalled to have to sit next to George. And Emma was quite rude to Georgianna as well. You'd think she would have learned from her own novel and that she would have brightened up George somewhat. I'm not keen on Kitty either, nor was I in P&P. But I love Georgianna! 9mo
mcctrish Georgianna has become quite the little sleuth #puttingallthepiecestogether maybe she and Mr Price can go on a ‘date‘ to talk about ‘kitty‘ and confront Miss Crawford about her engagement to the old man 9mo
ravenlee I have always disliked Emma (my second-least favorite JA heroine after Fanny, and it seems like Brinton is on the same page), and here she seems to be right back to the beginning of her book. 9mo
rubyslippersreads @TheAromaofBooks @ravenlee I don‘t think Mr. Knightley was able to stop Emma from matchmaking. 😄 9mo
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Ruthiella On only chapter five! Hope to catch up on all the shenanigans soon! 😂 9mo
Librarybelle I feel bad so Fitzwilliam! 9mo
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mcctrish What the hell is going on with Mary?! How does everyone know about this old guy but the Darcy family ? 9mo
Bookwormjillk I hope it‘s just a rumor 9mo
dabbe Baronet Sir Walter Elliot is an ass. 🫏 The rumors simply can't be true. Please? 9mo
Deblovestoread Did anyone else catch the appearance of John Thorpe? If he is involved in the rumor then I have to believe it‘s just that, a rumor. 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Deblovestoread I thought the same. He‘s so untrustworthy 9mo
peanutnine @Deblovestoread same, Thorpe is such a red flag 🚩 9mo
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willaful As we thought! I think it's being set up for Kitty to not be the right one for him, but on the other hand, I can't see her being the right one for James either and she has to marry somebody! #womenssphere #jk 9mo
Cuilin Georgiana seems a bit smitten with Price. Who will Moreland prefer? Hmm 9mo
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mcctrish Is it just me or was Kitty over the top? She loooovvveeess Price, but first thing she‘s doing is forbidding him from setting sail?! Sounds like she will have a marriage like her parents, all snips and barbs. If I was WP I‘d rather someone who was interested in my travels and happy enough to amuse one self #makesgoodchoiceswilliamprice #iskittythenewlydia 9mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I was thinking the same. If he was trying to decide which to choose, I think he would go for the girl who supports him! 9mo
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish she does seem like the new Lydia! 9mo
willaful @mctrish I think it makes sense that Kitty is still Kitty-ish. She was always heavily influenced by Lydia and a complete turnaround seems more unlikely.
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dabbe @willaful Why can't Kitty live at Pemberley and be mentored by Elizabeth and/or Georgianna? Seems like a big enough place. Or am I way out of line with that idea? Glad she didn't go traipsing after Lydia this time. 9mo
willaful @dabbe I sort of thought she had. Maybe her mom wanted to keep her home. 9mo
willaful @dabbe Yes, she did. “Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. In society so superior to what she had generally known, her improvement was great. She was not of so ungovernable a temper as Lydia; and, removed from the influence of Lydia‘s example, she became, by proper attention and management, less irritable, less ignorant, and less insipid.“ 9mo
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Out watering the garden and listening. Determined to catch up today @BarkingMadRead #Pemberlittens #HashtagBrigade 💦🏡🎧

BarkingMadRead So pretty!!!! 9mo
Tamra That frog! 🪷 9mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig @Tamra he's so fabulous 9mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Bookwormjillk Yay for characters I know. #RIPWoodhouse 9mo
Librarybelle I rolled my eyes over Emma‘s scheming! 9mo
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BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle she never learns 9mo
Librarybelle @BarkingMadRead And you think she would have learned…😂 9mo
ashlynn.majeske I agree. Can't she just learn for once? 9mo
Deblovestoread London, a much bigger playground for Emma‘s tricks and I think Kitty shouldn‘t be thinking William Price is her beaux yet…. 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Deblovestoread I‘m waiting for him to prefer Georgiana 💥 9mo
Cuilin @Bookwormjillk #RIPColonelBrandon too. Where‘s Marianne???? 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Cuilin right? I‘ll have to check my character list and see if she‘s on it 9mo
willaful Surely there must be a nice, #noflannel wearing man for Marianne in this?

I'm also expecting William to prefer G, though I had previously thought she and James would be the match. Kitty and James certainly doesn't seem very likely. Who else is at a loose end, matrimony-wise?
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mcctrish @BarkingMadRead the whole time I‘m reading this I‘m thinking “oh no, is this going to go all J Geils band ‘love stinks‘ 🎶he loves her, but she loves him, and he loves somebody else, you just can‘t win🎶 also why does every chapter make me think of a song? 9mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣 I love that! 9mo
dabbe @BarkingMadRead I am, too! We already know she prefers him; it's hard to pin down Price's feelings though just yet. 9mo
dabbe @mcctrish Your songs are awesome! 🤩🤩🤩 9mo
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dabbe Don't know if this will help anyone, but I created a character sheet because I so confused. Here's the link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pkmFCAXqbkwcQ4FE-VABqOqzWzjRh7jludnOOI7o... 9mo
Ruthiella Excellent! Thank you. 😊 9mo
willaful I love this level of commitment. 😁 9mo
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Bookwormjillk Thank you!! 9mo
mcctrish @willaful same ❤️ 9mo
dabbe @Ruthiella 😊 9mo
dabbe @willaful It would never exist right now if I weren't retired. 😁 9mo
dabbe @mcctrish 💚 9mo
rubyslippersreads Thanks. I had gotten stuck on Mr. Yates. 9mo
Librarybelle Thank you! 9mo
julieclair Thank you for sharing! Three cheers for retirement! 😆🥳 9mo
Deblovestoread Perfect! Thank you! 9mo
Cuilin Fabulous 9mo
TheAromaofBooks Oh my gosh this is amazing!! I have a hand-scratched family tree type of deal, but this is next level! I love it!! 9mo
dabbe @rubyslippersreads Better than me! I'm stuck on everyone except the characters from P&P and Emma. 🤣🤣🤣 9mo
dabbe @julieclair It's amazing the silly things you can do when you have time. 🤩 9mo
dabbe @Cuilin 😘 9mo
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Bookwormjillk At least I know who Lydia and Kitty are 🤣 9mo
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willaful This is truly the #namedrop chapter. 9mo
BarkingMadRead @willaful seriously 🙄 9mo
TheAromaofBooks I am enjoying this one, but the number of names and connections is truly dizzying! 9mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk 🤣🤣 same and I feel like this chapter was a Peter Gabriel song 🎶 Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane
Jane plays with Willy, Willy is happy again🎶
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Bookwormjillk Just finished this one. It‘s starting to make sense a little now 🤪 9mo
willaful I'm enjoying the read, but I think it's definitely lacking the deeper shades of characterization Austen brings to her books. The bad guys and good guys are all so obvious and they've all recognized each other and made friends. 9mo
mcctrish Lady Catherine is quite the pushover #hellhathnofury and all that for Miss Steele, I wish one of the gentlemen ( Darcy or the Colonel) would just yell at their aunt “for god‘s sake woman, you have stirred up a hive of trouble over idle gossip put in your ear by conniving hussies” and call it a day (edited) 9mo
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Chapter 5: my head is spinning and I had to #consultthegoogle #somuchdrama after a ton of drama, Lizzie gets Mary invited to Catherine‘s reception #enterMrYates #sosalty #sinsofthebrother #poorColonel #fingerscrossed #flashbacktoLizziesGarden #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #almostcaughtup

Bookwormjillk I feel like I‘m going to have to re-read all the books now 9mo
willaful I'm curious about Mrs. Grant's saying “If you only knew the real truth of the matter--if you only knew who had suffered and who was to be blamed!“ What do you suppose she's referring to? I don't think Mary should be blamed for her brother's actions but I also don't think that was the reason Edmund broke with her. I don't mind seeing Mary redeemed but I don't like her being whitewashed. 9mo
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peanutnine @willaful I think that is just bias from Mrs Grant on her sister's behalf, seeing her heartache. I hope that Mary recognizes how she acted poorly and learned from it 9mo
TheAromaofBooks I finally had to sit down and write out little mini family trees to help me remember who is who! Part of the problem is Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey are the two Austens I have read the fewest times and a LOT of the characters are from those two books!! 9mo
ravenlee I was doing all right keeping everybody straight until Mr. Yates showed up. I knew, from the guide at the beginning, he was from MP, but I couldn‘t place him. When he became important, though, I got frustrated and had to look up “who the hell is Mr. Yates?!” 9mo
TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks brilliant. I‘m going to do the same so I don‘t wear the Google out 😅😂 9mo
TheBookHippie @ravenlee 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😅😂🤷🏻‍♀️same. 9mo
mcctrish Lady Catherine “I know things, but I‘m not telling you what! Suffice to say you should be ashamed. But I‘m not getting into it. So get out of my house and feel badly. And no I won‘t say why!” For the love of god, women, spit it out!!!! 9mo
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peanutnine Ugh the Steeles are always so annoying 🙄 9mo
Bookwormjillk I like that Lizzie is so spunky in this book 9mo
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AnnR It seems the Colonel has met someone who might make him happy. With the meddlesome Steeles and snooty Lady Catherine involved, what could possibly go wrong? As an aside, I started off with the ebook version but I couldn't get into it. I broke down and got the multi-person narrated audio version, hoping it would draw me into the story more. (edited) 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Ann_Reads ohhhh interesting! I hope the audiobook helps! 9mo
mcctrish Lady Catherine has a bee in her bonnet about everyone ( and yes, they all need to ditch the Steeles) 9mo
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Bookwormjillk This book is confusing me. I need a chart of characters. 9mo
Librarybelle It‘s testing my knowledge of the main and secondary characters too, @Bookwormjillk ! My edition has a character list at the beginning, which was a good refresher for me. So far, I find it interesting how the author has intertwined the different Austen books - very plausible. 9mo
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BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle my edition has a list of characters at the beginning as well, but google has also been my friend. I‘m super aware of all the P&P and S&S characters, as well as Emma, but the rest aren‘t as familiar! 9mo
Deblovestoread Thankful for the list of characters. It has really stretched my memory of whose who and the role they played in their book. 9mo
peanutnine So many characters!! I just finished reading Mansfield Park so that's been helpful. What's throwing me off the most is remembering everyone's new married names 9mo
mcctrish I am feeling so rusty ☹️ and all this talk of vicars and curates has me thinking of Grantchester ( I just binged the early seasons ) so I feel like there should be a murder right about now 🤣🤣🤣 9mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish a murder would be delightful 🤣 I can think of a few victims I wouldn‘t mind seeing gone 🤣🤣 9mo
mcctrish @BarkingMadRead we were spoiled with Cranford 🤣🤣 9mo
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 9mo
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish they can‘t all be Cranford 🤣 9mo
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willaful I think it's interesting how the author assumes readers all already know the backstory of each of the characters.

Also, yet another who wants to rehabilitate Mary Crawford! I remember reading a “sequel“ -- Joan Aiken, maybe -- which was clearly of the mind that Mary got #arawdeal and should've been the real heroine. Never mind the whole #beingafortunehunter thing.
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Ruthiella @willaful I loved Mary Crawford and was annoyed by Fanny, but I need to re-read 9mo
willaful @Ruthiella Fanny is definitely all wet, but Mary pretty much #dugherowngrave IIRC. I don't mind her growing from the experience and having a HEA though! (edited) 9mo
Cuilin So many characters. There was a moment where a Nancy showed up and I was like where did you come from? 9mo
ravenlee @Cuilin that threw me for a minute too, and I had to rack my brain to remember Nancy is a nickname for Anne (which I should remember, as an Anne) 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Cuilin @ravenlee yeah, it took me a minute to see that Nancy is Anne #annenotnancy #dontconfuseme #toomanypeople 9mo
TheAromaofBooks Sooo many characters all at once and @willaful is right about just being expected to remember them!!! I was never a Mary fan and read another sequel where she died, so I was also a little like, “wait, she's not dead??“ 😂 But poor Brandon! I love that guy, and everyone always wants to kill him off! #Brandon4lyfe 9mo
ravenlee Exactly! @TheAromaofBooks Why is Col Brandon always the first to get knocked off? He‘s one of the best Austen characters. And I feel more sympathetic to him as I find myself on the wrong side of 35 (okay, 40) - he‘s supposed to be sooo old and he‘s not even middle aged?! 9mo
TheAromaofBooks @ravenlee - Right?? Everyone so down on him because he wears flannel! 😂 9mo
dabbe @ravenlee I can't ever picture Col. Brandon again without thinking or seeing Alan Rickman, who is also gone. 💔

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dabbe @willaful Agreed! It's been a while since I've read some of Austen's books, and boy am I having to go back and research to remember the gist of each person from the Austen novels. 😅 #whew 9mo
BarkingMadRead @dabbe same! I mostly have the gist but I definitely needed a bit of a refresher 9mo
willaful Brandon got knocked off?! I missed that.

Now I want to read an AU where Marianne dies and Brandon and Mary Crawford get married. #justkidding #donthateme
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BarkingMadRead @willaful I hate that Brandon died! Whyyyy does everyone kill him off?!? 9mo
willaful Oh, I did remember wrong. It wasn't fortunate hunting, it was Mary's moral failings in Edmund's eyes. 9mo
Morr_Books @BarkingMadRead Can you add me? I'd love to join the discussion. 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Morr_Books absolutely! 9mo
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BarkingMadRead
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mcctrish He was a safe choice ? 9mo
TheBookHippie @mcctrish 😵‍💫 9mo
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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I hate that for everyone involved! 9mo
mcctrish @TheBookHippie I was going to use that exact emoji 🤣 9mo
mcctrish And @BarkingMadRead yep, nobody is happy 9mo
TheBookHippie @mcctrish it‘s exactly that. 9mo
willaful I'm still trying to work out how it happened. Did Darcy pressure them? 9mo
BarkingMadRead @willaful I kinda feel like he did. I think he meant well, though 9mo
willaful Oh of course. He wanted her safe and of course they would love each other. 🙄 9mo
TheAromaofBooks It's not even the age different that bothers me as much as just... feeling like Georgianna hasn't had an opportunity to meet any other options! 9mo
AnnR Georgiana still seems very sheltered and naive. 9mo
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This is the ebook version that my library had to borrow. I like the mint green cover @BarkingMadRead

Also I'm very glad that I finished reading Mansfield Park in time to start this one so I know all the characters now 😅

#pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead I love the color of that cover! 10mo
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dabbe
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#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

“There is one characteristic which may be safely said to belong to nearly all happily-married couples––that of desiring to see equally happy marriages among their young friends; and in some cases, where their wishes are strong and circumstances seem favourable to the exertion of their own efforts, they may even embark upon the perilous but delightful course of helping those persons whose minds are as yet not made ⬇️

dabbe 'cont.

up, to form a decision respecting this important crisis in life, and this done, to assist in clearing the way in order that this decision may forthwith be acted upon.“

#whenasentenceequalsanentireparagraph 😳
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jdiehr That's a long one! 10mo
TheBookgeekFrau That's one hell of a sentence! 😂 10mo
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Bklover That is an awfully long sentence! 10mo
dabbe @jdiehr, @TheBookgeekFrau, & @Bklover, it certainly is! I had to read it a few times for it to make sense. 🤣🤣🤣 Hope the whole book isn't like this! 🤩 10mo
TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe It would really suck if it was 😖 10mo
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Allylu
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@BarkingMadRead This is my cover - not exciting, but quaint. Can‘t wait to get started today! #Pemberlittens #HashtagBrigade

BarkingMadRead I have the same one!! 10mo
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repost for @BarkingMadRead:

Y‘all. I totally forgot to bring my copy on my trip for #blc23 (Book Lovers Con). I will catch up and start posting on Monday at some point! Until then, show me what version you have, I love seeing all of the different covers. I didn‘t have a chance to check out the setup, but I‘m assuming a chapter a day will work! #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2593816

BarkingMadRead Thank you for sharing! Anyone can join us, drop a comment on the original post if you‘d like to read among! Full disclosure: the hashtags are often sarcastic and always spoilers 🤣 10mo
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Librarybelle
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While I may have this rather generic cover on my eBook copy of the book, I am excited to read this one! A former staff member of mine, who also shares the love of Jane Austen, told me this one is really good. It‘s been on my to read list for quite some time, so I am so glad it is this month‘s #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade read!

BarkingMadRead I like this cover! 10mo
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I started this today with the #PemberLittens #hashtagbrigade and before I knew it I was finishing Chapter 2! I‘m quite enjoying glimpses of these old friends.

BarkingMadRead Ohhhh this is a great cover! 10mo
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TheBookHippie
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#hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens my used copy find!!!

willaful Nice! I think this is the cover used on my ebook edition. 10mo
TheBookHippie @Singout this is our next read!! 10mo
TheBookHippie @willaful I was shocked to find it used!! 10mo
Singout Wow, looks intriguing! 10mo
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mcctrish
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I‘m reading on my kindle for #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade every new month I laugh at myself because I‘ve spent days feeling the emptiness of no chapter to read and then it‘s a new month and I completely forget about my new book to start 🤦🏻‍♀️

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@BarkingMadRead I'm doing the Audible/ Kindle Combo for June #HastingBrigade. Particularly like the teacup photo on audio. 27 Chapters so Chapter A Day with some wiggle room.

It's my Birthday this month. I celebrate for as many days as I am years old. While there are a few big things mostly it's small treats like spending time with #Pemberlittens. I call it Days of Fun. Up to 57 Days!

🎉 Day 1/57 #57DaysofFun

Bookwormjillk Love that idea! 10mo
BarkingMadRead Happy birthday month!! 10mo
kspenmoll I love your idea for your birthday! 9mo
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