Austenesque Lovers TBR Pile Reading Challenge 2017 discussion

I joined last years group late and just watched all the fun from the sidelines so this is my first year taking part and I can't wait to get started! I'm a VERY slow reader so I'm hoping this thread will be an incentive to keep going as I see my total get closer to the finish line.

Welcome aboard! Look forward to reading your reviews (accept friend request). Silver Thistle {adores JAFF & TEOTWAWKI. Oh, and accronyms :P} wrote: "I joined last years group late and just watched all the fun from the sidelines so this is my first year taking part and I can't wait to get started! I'm a VERY slow reader so I'm hoping this thread..."

Don wrote: "Welcome aboard! ."

Thanks for the welcome, Don!

Silver Thistle-you're very welcome to our little reading group.
Seeing as you joined last year,you'll already be aware that we are a fun and book loving gang where anything and everything is up for discussion.
We can be very serious but oft times it only takes one of us to go off on a tangent, and the rest,(some of us in particular), will follow suit!!
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on favourite books and beloved characters.

Mary wrote: "Silver Thistle-you're very welcome to our little reading group.
Seeing as you joined last year,you'll already be aware that we are a fun and book loving gang where anything and everything is up fo..."


Thank you Mary. I'm looking forward to soaking up the atmosphere and getting to know everyone and everything. I'm really looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks of the books they get around to reading this year and finding some new titles to add to my shelves. I've started a new blog to keep track of it all too.

Welcome Silver Thistle, we look forward to chatting with you and hope you have fun in the first level with us.

1) Darcy By Any Other Name - 4 Stars

Silver Thistle-book one read? Well done! Onwards and upwards!

Mary wrote: "Silver Thistle-book one read? Well done! Onwards and upwards!"
Thanks! One down, ninety nine to go :D

Silver Thistle {adores JAFF & TEOTWAWKI. Oh, and accronyms :P} wrote: "1) Darcy By Any Other Name - 4 Stars"

That's been on my radar since it was published. Sounds very interesting. Well done for the first notch on your belt!

Anji wrote: "

That's been on my radar since it was published. Sounds very interesting. Well done for the first notch on your belt"

Thanks :)

I have it in paperback and it's the size and weight of a housebrick. It took FOREVER to read but mostly it was because my arms got sore from holding it up, bahahah!

Silver Thistle {adores JAFF & TEOTWAWKI. Oh, and accronyms :P} wrote: "1) Darcy By Any Other Name - 4 Stars"

Great start.

When I've had time to think about it and get around to writing a review it might make for a 3.5 star read but for now I'm going with 3.

Two down, 98 to go.


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Great job Silver Thistle!!

Mary wrote: "Great job Silver Thistle!!"

Thanks :)

Just trying to decide which to read next from the shelves that I already own that matches both this challenge (obviously) and also my cover scavenger hunt challlenge...

Silver Thistle {adores JAFF & TEOTWAWKI. Oh, and accronyms :P} wrote: "Meredith (Austenesque Reviews) wrote: "Happy to have you join us, Silver Thistle! :) What a great start to the year so far!"

Thanks, I'm excited to be here!"

3/100

I'm still struggling a bit in getting used to Darcy & Elizabeth when they're not cannon... any of the characters acting out of character really, but I hope I get better at it.


1 ) 4 stars
2) 3 stars
3) 3 stars

Many of us will make comments when Darcy and Elizabeth are not the characters we know and love. There is a book which many read and reviewed last year in which Darcy rapes Elizabeth (in marriage)...I refuse to read any stories such as that. Darcy would NEVER rape or sexually molest any woman much less Elizabeth. I don't care for the excuse that he was on a journey of self discovery - rot!

Sheila wrote: "Many of us will make comments when Darcy and Elizabeth are not the characters we know and love. There is a book which many read and reviewed last year in which Darcy rapes Elizabeth (in marriage)....."

Wow, I definitely won't want to read that one! Which one is it?

Sheila,I completely agree with you.
Could not and would not read it....ever!
Darcy and Elizabeth may be fictional characters,but in my heart they are real!
And no,irrespective of how much he's drunk or what demons he was battling,this scenario would NEVER happen.

I can't remember the name of the book now but it was maybe 9 months ago that many were reading and reviewing it. I will have to ask Claudine as she was one who read it.

Shelia, it was Obligation and Redemption: An Alternative Journey Through Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Thanks for reminding me of what I don't want to read.

You're very welcome.

J. W. wrote: "Shelia, it was Obligation and Redemption: An Alternative Journey Through Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice."

Thank you J,W, now I know which one to avoid,

No problem :-)

Happy to have you join us, Silver Thistle! :) What a great start to the year so far!

Meredith (Austenesque Reviews) wrote: "Happy to have you join us, Silver Thistle! :) What a great start to the year so far!"

Thanks, I'm excited to be here!

For some reason I thought was on #5 but I'm not quite there yet.

4/100

1 ) 4 stars
2) 3 stars
3) 3 stars
4) 3 stars

Good progress.

Hope you get some five-star reads soon, Silver Thistle!

Abigail wrote: "Hope you get some five-star reads soon, Silver Thistle!"

Me too Abigail. I like the ones I've already read but haven't really loved any of them and I'd like to be gripped as I was by the original. Maybe my next one will be the one :)

You're off to a great start in the challenge!

Making good progress and steady as she goes...

Seem to have slowed down a bit now as my other interests clamour for attention but I'm managing a page or three here and there :)

We certainly understand that life has demands...we only want this to be a pleasant journey and will never question where you have been or why you are not reading. I, for one, have been getting over bronchitis and it cut deeply into my reading as my brain could not even think about focusing on a page. Take care and smell the roses.