Hello all, and back to the blog…
After taking a year plus off for other work opportunities,
family responsibilities draw me back home and set me down at the computer.
When I read early in 2013 that this year marks the 200
anniversary of the publishing of Pride and Prejudice the book nerd in me rose
up and smelled a challenge. I searched
the internet and read blogs suggesting celebrating the anniversary by not only
reading Jane Austen’s works, but also commentaries about her writing, listening
to audio books, even traveling to sites where she wrote and lived! Feeling
overwhelmed, I was tempted to push away from the computer and go back to
folding the laundry.
But then I stopped…This blog is called “One Hundred Books
Plus”, and I cannot let the “Plus” part of the blog title hang neglected. New
positions and life situations call me to readjust my focus. Why could we not
have our own scaled-down version of our own Jane Austen challenge in our little
gathering?
I set as a personal goal to read all of Jane Austen’s works
this year. They are: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park
Would you like to join me? Of course, for research and the
sake of comparison, I also will be watching at least one movie adaptation of
each of these books (can’t get enough of Mr. Darcy striding across the moors in
that puffy shirt!).
I’m starting with Mansfield
Park Mansfield Park
Let’s plan to meet with a favorite beverage and our
thoughts, rants and raves the end of March.
Have fun!
And don’t worry, we’ll pick back up with the 100 Books List
very soon!
