The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl
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The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl
Tonight's dance is a total let-down since the Thorpe siblings prove they're the absolute worst, abandoning and ignoring Catherine. On the plus side, Henry Tilney is back! He's with a young lady but instead of flying into a jealous rage about it, Catherine sensibly, and correctly, assumes the girl is his sister. Sadly, Cath has to turn down Henry's invitation to dance because she's stupidly promised herself to John Thorpe, resident dirtbag.
Ch.8
Catherine sits abandoned by Isabella and her brother waiting for John Thorpe to come claim his dance (which he is far less eager to do now that the opportunity is present) when she sees Mr. Tilney with his sister (whom she does NOT mistake for his wife).
Despite this, she cannot dance with him as stupid John Thorpe keeps getting in the way and Isabella is too distracted making sure she is the center of attention to commiserate.
so-soBelated review…
Honestly, I didn't enjoy this. I didn't find it engaging, for all its action. The characters held promise, but weren't developed at all. I was initially excited about a strong female protagonist in Cora, but her characterization & role flattened as the book went on. Cooper sacrifices character development for horrific action sequences and scenic descriptions that fell flat. There were problematic racial stereotypes galore, but⤵️
#tlt #threelistThursday
Faves: tagged
Pride and Prejudice
Frankenstein
I‘ve read and really liked David Copperfield. I expect to read Dickens‘ other books this year for #whattheDickens and I‘ll probably read Mansfield Park someday
I recently bought The Three Musketeers so I‘m looking forward to that one
Not a huge fan of the books I read in high school and college: The Scarlet Letter and Candide
None of us are doing great on this first round! #TLT @dabbe
3 I loved
Austen (all)
Frankenstein
North and South 😍
3 I thought had the funnest titles
The Life & Opinions of Tome at Murr
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Life of a good-for-nothing
3 on my TBR
Dangerous Liaisons
House of Seven Gables
Fall of the House of Usher
Play along with this link:
https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1700s
#threelistthursday #tlt
Pretty crappy score. My face reading the books listed from the 1700s: 😳! I'm hoping to do better as we move chronologically forward in time! 🤣
Three chick-lit faves are in the pic above.
Link to play: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1700s
Is this Austen‘s way of letting us know that we have met the villain already?
Doesn‘t like reading
#PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow
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