The Jane Austen Book CLub

I was wondering if we should read the books in order just like they did in The Jane Austen Book Club afterwards we can discuss the book and maybe answer some questions about the book, what we thought about it,why we either liked it or hated just like they do in some Book Clubs. Anyway I just thought I would throw this out to everyone and see how you liked the idea.

beatles1964

I like the idea. Maybe we would read one book a month? Any more might be tough for me.

I would enjoy that too. One a month seems reasonable.

Sounds good to me. I didn't read Jane Austen Book Club. Which do we start with?

I think we could do any order we want. Maybe in the order she wrote them, starting with Northanger Abbey?

I have it. Sounds like fun after having watched the PBS shows.

So, we're starting with Northanger Abbey? Good, I haven't read that one yet. I have all her novels in a wonderful hardcover my brother got me for Christmas!

So, we're starting with Northanger Abbey? Good, I haven't read that one yet. I have all her novels in a wonderful hardcover my brother got me for Christmas!

I guess this isn't the right thread but I'm too lazy to start a new one. I really did not like the book The Jane Austen Book Club which I feel certain you Austenites have read -- but you know I just finished watching the movie, and it actually quite good -- it really pointed out the relevance of Austen's work in the modern world in a fun, yet heartfelt way. I especially liked the "What would Jane do?" subliminal message scene. Anyway - A rare example of the movie being better than the book.

I happen to be reading Northanger Abbey right now and since I have never read it before I would love to discuss it when I am done.

OK everyone has agreed we'll start with Northanger Abbey. Some people are much slower readers than others so I want to make sure everyone gets enough time to finish reading the book. We should probably all agree to have the book read by a certain date then we discuss what we liked about it, whether we hated or loved the book if the book is someone's personal Austen favorite. I think when we dicsuss each of these books we should say why it's our favorite like in The Jane Austen Book Club.

beatles1964

I'm like a lot of you I have never read Northanger Abbey before so this will be a new experience for me even though I own all of the movies on either DVD or VHS tapes. And I recently saw my DVD copy of the movie. I have never been one to read any of the Classics before I joined LT even though for years I always told myself I would one day read the Classics that you always hear people talk about.

beatles1964

I was wondering if anyone else out there has a copy of the book Jane Austen Selected Letters. I have a copy though I haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I would also like to hear from anyone who has read the book and whether or not they liked the book and what they thought of it.

beatles1964

How about the 15th of each month we start talking about a book. For example, May 15 we will begin a discussion about Northanger Abby, June 15: Sense and Sensibility, July 15: Pride and Prejudice and so on.

This is just a suggestion for the date, I am open to discussion.

That is fine for me compski. How is it for everyone else?

Works for me.

Works for me too!! Can't wait to get started!!

Oh man, this will be hard for me to resist....despite all my other reading commitments. If no one minds, I'm going to go ahead and start a thread for a group read, so we can have a nice slot for the discussion of Northanger Abbey. Right now I am actually reading a graphic novel of the book - seeing the story in this format is pretty funny.