The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

“Are you prepared to encounter all of its horrors? (...) Dungeons, and sliding panels; skeletons; strange, unearthly cries in the night that pierce your very soul!” — Northanger Abbey

If you have been persuaded to follow the Wet Shirt — Welcome to (be) NAUGHTY at NORTHANGER. 😊

This thread is for those of us who occasionally find the drawing room a bit prim. Step through this hidden door, follow the signs to the passage leading to the shadow-side of Austenland, where lace gloves (and perhaps more 😉) come off. Here you are given leave to whisper scandal, brawl over Darcys, confess guilty pleasures, and delight in discovering the (not-so) secret obessions of others with anything Austen-related…


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The Discussion Threads (both Drawing Room & Behind the Black Veil) welcome also those Group Members who don't wish to participate in the Challenge, but have a lot to say about anything related to Jane Austen. 😊

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✨ A Question for the Bold Who Have Entered the Passage ✨

The curtain has been drawn back, the candlelight flickers, and the shadows beckon you down into Northanger’s secret passage…

But tell us: which Austen Hero or Baddie would you dare to follow into the darkness?

Would you take the steady hand of Captain Wentworth, chase the smolder of Darcy, or risk the silken words (and slippery morals) of Wickham? Perhaps you’d wander after the tragic eyes of Willoughby, or the dangerous charm of Henry Crawford? Or maybe your heart insists on Edmund… (we won’t judge… much 😉).

Choose wisely — for in these halls, lace gloves slip, whispers linger, and reputations may not emerge unscathed…

I have to admit to a soft spot for Tom Bertram (preferably as portrayed by James Purefoy), but the one who really broke my heart was Alan Rickman as colonel Brandon!

You got to love James Purefoy. 😉

And a resounding YESSS to the divine Alan Rickman. He radically and dramatically changed the Sense & Sensibility reading experience for me. 🥰💔

I'll take smoldering glances, pursed lips, clenched fists all day, er night long

Audiophile Archives wrote: "I'll take smoldering glances, pursed lips, clenched fists all day, er night long"

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how DID I know Sammy would be the first one here - hahaha :)

Teddie wrote: "how DID I know Sammy would be the first one here - hahaha :)"

Well to be fair, Sammy had advance knowledge it was going to be here 😂

Sammy wrote: "Well to be fair, Sammy had advance knowledge it was going to be here 😂"

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But just a heads-up that there may or may not be an announcement coming here tomorrow... 😉

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With the challenge starting tomorrow it's time to announce...




Are you dotty for Darcy, or wild for Willoughby? Do your knees knock for Knightley?
Over the next few weeks (with a little time off for Christmas!) Austen's leading men will - genteelly - be battling it out in our arena to decide once and for all who the most dashing Austen hero (or possibly villain) is.

A few rules for our duelling arena:

📜 One vote per person per battle. Additional votes on the same battle will be disregarded.

📜 Every spectator (that's you!) gets 5 tokens to bestow upon any combatant of their choosing at any point during the run of the games - on top of their one vote. You can use them one at a time or all at once, bestow them however you please, but when they're gone, they're gone, so choose wisely!

📜 You can vote on every battle, or only every now and then - There's no commitment needed

📜 This is intended to be fun! No disrepect is meant to the participants, and please keep things friendly among the spectators. Just because we've retired from the drawing room it doesn't mean we've left our manners behind.


Our first battle will start tomorrow, so make sure you have your notifications turned on. 😉