Austenesque Lovers TBR Pile Challenge 2018 discussion

I'm b-a-a-a-a-a-a-c-k!

wosedwew wrote: "I'm b-a-a-a-a-a-a-c-k!"

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Yippee!!! So great to see familiar faces!!! 😌

Wose!!! Good to see you here in a new feed. We are off... on a new year of reading... woohoo!!!

I’m not scared of you at all, Wose—just in awe of the reading machine!

To begin the year -- an unpublished "gem"???

1. What We Bear 3 Stars
By Gretomy
http://meryton.com/aha/index.php?show...

I knew before I started this was a story about marital abuse so I have no excuses for the rating -- just a hard story to actually like.

Yikes! Marital abuse?

Mary wrote: "Yikes! Marital abuse?"

Not D/E -- E had been married before.

Wosedwew, very brave of you to read about this subject matter.

Rose, What an interesting start to 2018! Can't wait to see your numbers my friend.

2. Secret Marriage 3 Stars
By Tamsin
https://www.dwiggie.com/derby/olde/ta...

3. Nothing Wanting 4 Stars
By Julie Coop
https://www.dwiggie.com/derby/old_200...

4. The Wedding Afternoon 4 Stars
5. Thirty Days of Silver 4 Stars

Well done,Wosedwew!! 5 books read and onto the next level!

Aaaand she's off!!! She's out of the gate with a flash... wait... that's level. Sorry.

WOW! Already off to a great start!

6. Her Price 3 Stars
7. The Annoying Truth 4 Stars
8. Curiosity and Correspondence 4 Stars

And one not on GR:
9. Paying the Price 3 Stars – not complete
The beginning story is complete with HEA for ODC but ... the author took a turn somewhere and decided to write a HEA for EVERY character in EVERY Jane Austen book EVER written!
Frederick Tilney appears; and then his brother; and then Catherine Morland; and then Tom Bertram and Susan Price; and then ... and then ... the author may have become as confused as the rest of us.
By Susan
https://www.dwiggie.com/derby/susan3.htm

How do you find these, Rose? Curiosity and Correspondence looks like it's on its own separate blog/website. Paying the Price looks a bit.... bizarre. Way to start stacking up the books, though!

Debbie wrote: "How do you find these, Rose? Curiosity and Correspondence looks like it's on its own separate blog/website. Paying the Price looks a bit.... bizarre. Way to start stacking up the books, though!"

I'm sure that 6, 7 & 8 were at one time or another mentioned here on GR. I have bookmarked lots of unpublished stories and recently took a look at them and decided I should either read or delete them.

Paying the Price is a decent mystery starting with Elizabeth being kidnapped (of course; will that girl ever learn to be cautious?). The criminals are all caught and punished by about 80% and the story shifts to getting Georgiana settled and characters from other JA stories keep popping into play. The author just got lost. Too bad. It could have been a good story with an epilogue at 80%!

I found #8 after i read another work by that author that I found on GR. Then i read more from the same website. They were posted on my list last year.

That sounds interesting Rose, I'll have to try it.

10. Lady Catherine's Lover 2 Stars (I was being generous)
11. The Recovery of Fitzwilliam Darcy 4 Stars

And unpublished:
12. Pride 3 Stars
By Jelach
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12301671

13. Is That Our Chambermaid in Disguise? 4 Stars
By Suzanne O.
Chortleworthy all the way!
https://www.dwiggie.com/derby/suzo18.htm

Great reading progress,Wosedwew! ☺️

Yay!! Wose!!

Cool! Thanks for including the links. I haven't posted mine recently, but I couldn't resist reading "Is That Our Chambermaid in Disguise?" yesterday. Reads like a Regency "I love Lucy" episode. Love the ending!

WOW! I'm so far behind already! Amazing.

A stupid question I am sure... but what is GR?
Great progress though :)

I use GR when I reference GoodReads. Glad you asked Vaarin... we use a lot initials so ask anytime.

Oh my... that was kind of obvious 🙈

No problems, we make use of limited character space and... in my case... being too lazy to type out the whole thing. There are some of us who are really creative with their initials. My favorite was when someone [you know who you are] used DHP and it took me forever to figure it out. I had to consider the context of the sentence and finally got it... Disastrous Hunsford Proposal. I love that one.

Jeanne,amazingly enough I read DHP this morning and I pondered it for a minute or two before the initials' meaning finally dawned on me! I also deleted my car insurance quote and paperwork from my inbox.......obviously not one of my brighter moments!!! 😉

LOL!!! Ooops! Perhaps I shouldn't laugh... I've done worse. My gradebook took more hits than I wish to admit. School technology was constantly changing and with it the learning curve for the teachers and staff. It was hilarious to see some of our goofs.

I'm showing my ignorance here..grade book?

Retired teacher... my classroom gradebook. When we went from the old red bound hardcopy handwritten gradebook to the online electronic gradebook. Grrrrr! Technology drove some of the older teachers into early retirement. I kid you not.

No,I can well imagine the rush out the door when IT reared its ugly head.....some of us feel like dinosaurs in comparison to our younger colleagues!! Some of us reach for pen and paper to work out things/make lists etc. while the younger among us automatically reach for their phones!!! Enough said! 📕😉

:-)

Exactly!!! 😌

14. The Price of Prosperity: A Pride and Prejudice Variation Novella 3 Stars
15. Mrs Bennet is Dead * Charlott's Gambit 5 Stars
16. Mr Darcy: The Man With a Plan 4 Stars

And for those not listed on GR:
17. One Door Too Far 4 Stars
By Ms. Pimprenelle
We have a very different Mrs. Bennet!
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12792403...

18. Family Traditions 3 Stars
By L. Gordon
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12703499...

19. No Promises 3 Stars
By MegMarch1880
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12765672...

Lots of books I have never heard of. I am super impressed by your progress!

Vaarin, I had to ask what GR was also!

Marlene: Good to know I am not alone... It took me a year to find out what POV stood for so I figured I would just ask this time 😛.

Congratulations in entering Catherine Moreland level :)

Yeah... CML... OK... that is taking this too far. Let me rephrase that.


Yeah... Catherine Morland Level... shucks, it's not as much fun. Wait until you see some of the comments when they use initials for the book title. That is really fun.

Hi Rose! Congrats on your progress so far. Kind of knocks mine well into the shade. I've only just reached MDL (Kirk's beloved Marianne's level). Love this discussion about initials, by the way. Took me quite a while to work out ODC, ODG, ODB and WIP.

I had to look up SMH (shaking my head) twice!
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I'm retired -- so lots of reading time available!

ODC [our dear couple]
ODG [our dear girl]
ODB [our dear boy]
WIP [work in progress]
DHP [disastrous Hunsford Proposal]
SBRB [scum-bag-rat-bastard] ooh, wait... that one is mine

Yes,Jeanne,that last one is a particular favourite of yours!! 😉

I know... **chuckle** I need to come up with something creative. That one is getting old.

20. The Truth About Mr. Wickham: A Pride & Prejudice Novella 3 Stars
21. Disruption at Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Variation 4 Stars
22. Sententia Somes Absum, Phasmatis Ago In 4 Star
23. Of Time Gone By 5 Stars
24. Mending His Pen 3 Stars

and some not on GR -- unpublished
25. The Matrimonial Agreement 3 Stars
By Lori
https://www.dwiggie.com/derby/old_200...

26. An Inebriated Non-Proposal 3 Stars
By Beth W.
https://www.dwiggie.com/derby/bethw9.htm

27. All Darcy Could Do 3 Stars
By Maria Hope
http://meryton.com/aha/index.php?show...

28. The Lecherous Mr. Collins 2 Stars
By Makena'lei
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8942750/1/

29. Not Her Cap of Tea 4 Stars
By Solange
Who knew a lace cap could be so inconvenient?
http://austeninterlude.com/solange/ca...

30. A Wanton Woman 4 Stars
By Ellen
Mature – the Darcys discover they do not always need to be so gentlemanly or ladylike
http://austeninterlude.com/ellen/ww/w...

31. Compromised 2 Stars
By tJean
http://austeninterlude.com/tj/tj.html

32??? Wow! fantastic progress,Wosedwew! 😉

Yay!!! Wose... excellent!!

Anji wrote: "Hi Rose! Congrats on your progress so far. Kind of knocks mine well into the shade. I've only just reached MDL (Kirk's beloved Marianne's level). Love this discussion about initials, by the way. To..."
Can I copy write "Kirk's beloved Marianne's level"???? :)

32. A Succession of Rain 4 Stars
33. Frankenstein Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Paranormal 3 Stars
34. HIS BEST HOPE: A Pride and Prejudice variation 2 Stars
35. Great Misfortunes 4 Stars
36. A New Beginning 4 Stars
37. The End of the Beginning 3 Stars
38. In Essentials 5 Stars

And not on GR:
39. Carrie 4 Stars
By Maisiedoat
Very short story about the childhood of Caroline Bingley
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9049769/...