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Day 2 and Emma is already testing my commitment to finding the good in her! We did see her tending lovingly to her father once again in these chapters. And she's lonely and isolated and needs a friend, so how nice that she invites Harriet Smith to come hang! Too bad she immediately launches a campaign to shame Harriet about her crush on Mr. Martin, who might not be rich but knows what a woman *really* wants! (A song performed by a shepherd's son.)

Repost for @Crinoline_Laphroaig

September means it's time for Emma. My print collection is up to 8. It's a busy month for me. Rather than committing to 2 chapters a day, I'm going to read as I can and listen some.

None of my editions are in the Litsy database so I'll need to add. What edition will you be reading?

#JaneAustenThenAndNow
#EverythingEmma
#Pemberlittens

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I'm really going to try to give Emma the benefit of the doubt this time! Today I'm calling out two things: first, Emma's evident care for her aging, anxious father; the girl has spent all of her teens graciously managing his emotional and mental health. Second, Mrs. Weston, a whole adult, apparently started treating Emma like a bestie when she was 13?! 😬 Not to be all 2025 about this, but I think we can confidently call Emma a parentified child.

Today the #PemberLittens start the Austen work that challenges me most- because while I admire the skilled construction of this world and the way all the action unfolds, I just don't like the central couple. Will this be the re-read that makes me see the light on spoiled, shallow Emma and scolding Knightley? I'm kicking off with a tattered paperback to see me through a rustic camping trip, then switching to a gorgeous Folio edition. Let's begin!

September means it's time for Emma. My print collection is up to 8. It's a busy month for me. Rather than committing to 2 chapters a day, I'm going to read as I can and listen some.

None of my editions are in the Litsy database so I'll need to add. What edition will you be reading?

#JaneAustenThenAndNow
#EverythingEmma
#Pemberlittens

#BookReport

I finished both No Straight Road Takes You There and The Cross #KLBR #DoorstopperKristin

I read Eden

#WeeklyForecast

Continue with my yearlong reads on the right

Continue with The South on audio

I‘ve started Seascrapper and want to finish that

Tomorrow is the beginning of a new month and therefore the beginning of some buddy reads; Emma #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow and I‘ll pick up Tombland #ShardlakeBR again

#Pemberlittens how was your August? Caught up on Rational Creatures & Dangerous To Know Anthologies. Really enjoyed NA & MP stories.

MP movie changed important things so it wasn't really in the spirit of Jane. But if you ignored that it was good.

Tagged book is part of Murder on Location series. Not MP but I enjoyed.

Jane Was Here was a delight!

Jane's part of The Watsons was brilliant. Continuation was mediocre.

#JaneAustenThenAndNow

It's been getting more and more chilly here in Michigan, so I'm very happy to take advantage of a sunshine-y day with some reading in the garden! Tirzah Price's latest Austen mystery was slow to start for me, but then suddenly I found I'd read more than 200 pages all at once. 😂 Planning to finish out the day with the final third of a different take on Fanny Price and, let's face it, probably a cocktail at some point. Happy Saturday, friends!

I got my #BookSpin list together! Seemed like I was early but then the calendar said September is Monday 😱 I‘ll tag the books in the comments below. @TheAromaofBooks

I liked this. As much as Henry annoyed me in MP, I could see their story playing out this way. Since I don't particularly like Edmund in the original, I was perfectly fine with seeing him (not entirely happily) married to Mary, leaving Fanny to make a more interesting match. Henry does a lot of soul searching in this, a la Darcy, and I liked this version of him. Fanny was given a smidge of humor, which helped me with her. #JaneAustenThenAndNow