they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt, and shut themselves up, to read novels together. Yes, novels; - for I will not adapt that ungenerous and impolitic custom so common with novel writers, of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances, to the number of which they are themselves adding
#PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow
April Recap: A great reading month where I finished 20 books thanks to lots of commuter flights & airport reading.
I read books for: #SundayBuddyRead #SheSaid #NancyDrewBR #BobWhiteBuddies #EBBR #LiteraryCrew
#AuthorAMonth #ChildrensClassicRead2025
#RiseUpReads #Roll100 #FictionalTraveler #ThematicCozies #MonthlyNonFiction
#JaneAustenThenAndNow #Naturalitsy & 2 from #AuldLangSpine ⬇️
I didn‘t finish Rabbits for LSFBC but hope to finish in May
Riveted_Reader_Melissa, Soubhiville, TheBookHippie, JacqMac, Librarybelle, monalyisha, Ruthiella, TheSpineView, Catsandbooks, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, julieclair, AllDebooks
#BookReport
Read The Illustrious Client
Finished Our Share of Night
Continued with my yearlong reads on the right
Continued Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit and Autocracy Inc
I‘ve started Northanger Abbey #PembetLittens #JaneAustenThenandNow, Lamentation #ShardlakeBR and The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond
#WeeklyForecast
Continue with my current reads and hopefully finish some.
Start Sister in Law
Catherine hopes to meet Mr. Tilney again but suddenly he's nowhere to be found?! She's not disappointed for long, though, because an old acquaintance of Mrs. Allen's comes over to introduce herself and her beautiful daughter Isabella (and there's other daughters, too, but nobody cares). Catherine is delighted to have a friend in Bath, and I'm delighted by the last paragraph where the author snarkily relays how Mrs. Thorpe talks too damn much. 😆
"With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the Pump-room the next day, secure within herself of seeing Mr. Tilney there before the morning were over, and ready to meet him with a smile:—but no smile was demanded—Mr. Tilney did not appear."
Where oh where can Henry Tilney be? ?
#PemberLittens #TalkTilneyToMe
#JaneAustenThenAndNow
Ch.3
Gentle Reader, Tilney has been spotted! He is funny and a little silly poking fun at "accepted conversation". I should find myself very charmed by a Mr. Tilney and his amusing nonsense. Not to mention, he knows his muslins!
With Tilney around, Catherine's second ball in Bath is much more fun than the first - and she gets to dance!
#Pemberlittens
#JaneAustenThenandNow
#TalkTilneyToMe
Days go by and still Catherine and the Allens don't actually meet or speak with anyone at all. And then at last, a Master of Ceremonies takes pity on Catherine and introduces her to, not just Some Man, but THE Man. The witty, kind, utterly divine stone-cold fox (well, "near handsome", anyway) Mr. Henry Tilney. He is funny and charming and oozes respect for the ladies and damn if I wouldn't let him distress me with his nonsense any day of the week!
"The master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentlemanlike young man as a partner;—his name was Tilney."
It's Henry Tilney‼️?
#PemberLittens #TalkTilneyToMe
#JaneAustenThenAndNow
Absolutely nothing exciting happens as Catherine and the Allens make their way to Bath, and then absolutely nothing happens when they arrive, save for Mrs. A's 4-day search for the perfect gown. Finally, finally, they make their way to the Upper Rooms and it's...not great. They suffer through a long, hot, and utterly boring evening until Catherine happens to overhear the mildest compliment ever. And suddenly the whole night has been a success!
I'm listening to the Amazon Classics version of Northanger Abbey this month. This will be my second time reading this novel. Last time I realized belatedly that the edition I listened to was abridged, so while it was delightful I'm looking forward to getting the full experience this time around.
#JaneAustenThenandNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig
