Grace Rowland > Recent Status Updates

hard to believe i’m only halfway through. i have been pleasantly surprised by how well the musical adapts the book, and when i lose enthusiasm during the tangents of the book, i find that listening to the musical reinvigorates me to come back to the story.

this is nowhere near as good as the first one, but i’m using it as something easy and lighthearted to read right before i fall asleep. pretty disappointed though.

i swear i’ve read these stories but there’s no evidence i have, unless they popped up in another collection of short stories

i feel like this isn’t striking the same tone as the first one— i hope i’m wrong

possibly my most anticipated read of the year

i’m really not a fan of this author, but his book is assigned to my class. will report back if my opinion changes

the time of the child’s arrival is apparently not until 50% in the morning

really excited that this was assigned for my class this spring so that I can reread it

made it through the 19 chapters entirely about the battle of waterloo. that was rough.

this is very literary and i’m still not really sure what it’s about, but i do like that it’s set in ireland

really enjoying this so far

Pausing this for the foreseeable future because I’m deeply bored and I realized no one is making me read it

Utterly different from her other works. I’m intrigued.

I didn’t think I was obsessed with this series or anything but after the last one ended I just really wanted to stay in this world. It’s a surprisingly similar feeling to how I get after finishing an actual Austen novel

planning to read this at a steady pace between now and the end of March… we’ll see

trying this again, but reading physically and at Christmastime vs in the summer on audio

ugh i love the fictional diaries of 20th century british girls

already enjoying this so much more than “Shirley.” a first person narrator makes such a difference

trying to connect with the youths because I never read this in school

In order to recover from “Shirley” I will be reading only short non-Victorian books for the next week or two

Finally some interesting plot points

I’ve incorporated audiobook listening but I’m still moving incredibly slowly on this and I fear it will be the only book I’m able to finish for the rest of the month

a veryyyyyy slow start

I’m determined to complete the Brontë novels by the end of the year, but my hopes aren’t especially high for “Shirley” and “The Professor”

Next in the Hardy readalong… I read about a year ago and really enjoyed it, so I’m looking forward to return to it already

“Lois the Witch” was amazing. Loved. Really hoping I can finish this by tomorrow night

I last read this at a bad time and with the wrong expectations and very early into my Victorian reading journey, and I did not like it. I’m now ready to love it for what it is.