19th Century

[close] Jane Austen July is a month-long readathon, all about reading Jane Austen and related works. ---The Challenges--- 1. Read one of Jane Austen’s six novels 2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels 3. Read a non-fiction work about Jane Austen or her time 4. Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book OR a work of historical fiction set in Jane Austen’s time 5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen 6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book 7. Watch a modern screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book ---Your Hosts--- Katie, Books and Things: https://www.youtube.com/@katiejlumsden Marissa, Blatantly Bookish: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlatantlyBookish Claudia, Spinster’s Library: https://www.youtube.com/@SpinstersLibrary ---The Group Reads/Watches--- *Emma (the novel)* 1st July: chapters 1, 2 2nd: 3, 4 3rd: 5, 6 4th: 7, 8 5th: 9, 10 6th: 11, 12 7th: 13, 14 8th: 15, 16 9th: 17, 18 10th: 19, 20 (volume II, 1, 2) 11th: 21, 22 (volume II, 3, 4) 12th: 23, 25 (volume II, 5, 6) 13th: 25, 26 (volume II, 7, 8) 14th: 27, 28 (volume II, 9, 10) 15th: 29, 30 (volume II, 11, 12) 16th: 31, 32 (volume II, 13, 14) 17th: 33, 34 (volume II, 15, 16) 18th: 35, 36 (volume II, 17, 18) 19th: 37, 38 (volume III, 1, 2) 20th: 39, 40 (volume III, 3, 4) 21st: 41, 42 (volume III, 5, 6) 22nd: 43, 44 (volume III, 7, 8) 23rd: 45, 46 (volume III, 9, 10) 24th: 47, 48 (volume III, 11, 12) 25th: 49, 50 (volume III, 13, 14) 26th: 51, 52 (volume III, 15, 16) 27th: 53, 54, 55 (volume III, 17, 18, 19) And our group read is the Emma 2020 film!

[close] This group will welcome alls fans of Oscar Wilde's writing. If you truly enjoyed some (or all) of his plays, short-stories, poems, essays or his novel, join us and share your wits.

[close] This is a group for anyone who wants to read the Chunksters (the BIG books like Anna Karenina, War & Peace, Les Miserables, Don Quixote, Infinite Jest, A Suitable Boy, In Search of Lost Time, Jerusalem, Middlemarch, Miss Macintosh My Darling, Ulysses (ok, you get the idea...). We are all about making these fun and easier to read in a group format! Plus there are mini-group Chunkster buddy reads for books that members want to get together and read. **Before you join, please be sure to go to our Group Guidelines thread and be sure you understand the rules in this fun group!**

[close] To mark the US release of his fourth Yashim mystery, An Evil Eye, the 2007 Edgar Award winning crime writer Jason Goodwin will be answering readers' questions from March 21 to March 27.