D.L.’s Comments (group member since Dec 24, 2015)

D.L.’s comments from the 2025 Reading Challenge group.

I just finished chapter 8. I am going to try to get through a good number of chapters today after I've had some sleep.

(view spoiler)[Jane is currently laid up at Netherfield, sick as a dog. Bingley's sisters are total jerks. I dislike them so much. Darcy is a big jerk at times too honestly, but then I picture Colin Firth and I love him again. I am so shallow lol (hide spoiler)]

Also, I agree all the names that are similar are very confusing sometimes. I still get them mixed up!

I completed the challenge. Thanks for hosting!

Progress: 31/30 - CHALLENGE COMPLETE

√ 1. Love Unexpected: With All My Heart
√ 2. Sleigh Ride with the Rancher
√ 3. The Amityville Horror
√ 4. Longbourn
√ 5. Twelve
√ 6. A Christmas Escape
√ 7. Real Murders
√ 8. Fumbled
√ 9. Lakeside Sweetheart
√ 10. Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener
√ 11. The Case of the Ill-Gotten Goat
√ 12. Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley
√ 13. Katia's Promise
√ 14. Wife for Hire
√ 15. Her Wyoming Valentine Wish
√ 16. Murder Gets a Life
√ 17. The Ghost's Grave
√ 18. Backfire
√ 19. Gather Together in My Name
√ 20. Mother's Helper
√ 21. The Rocky Road to Romance
√ 22. Secret in the Moonlight
√ 23. The Problem with Playboys: An opposites attract, workplace romance
√ 24. The Golden Hawk
√ 25. The Vicious Vet
√ 26. Missing Since Monday
√ 27. A Steak in Murder
√ 28. Redemption on Rivers Ranch
√ 29. A Bone to Pick
√ 30. Thorn's Challenge
√ 31. Dragonwell Dead

Suggesting Dumplin' for September (open to other months)

Ilona wrote: "We have received lots of feedback and great tips already, thank you!

You'll see us trying out a few different changes over the next couple of months, to see what works and what doesn't. :)

For ex..."

So glad about the poll change!! I always want to be able to see what's winning so, if necessary, I can adjust my vote accordingly. Thank you!

bailey wrote: "I'll nominate The Mysterious Affair at Styles: Hercule Poirot #1 by Agatha Christie!

Synopsis: "A refugee of the Great War, Poirot has settled in England near Style..."

I love Agatha Christie. I'll second this!

33/50 now complete.

I am listening to an audio book version of P&P for the first time. I got it from my Library website. I'm not very far in yet. The narrator does a good Mrs. Bennet but a poor Mr. Bennet lol I am curious how she'll interpret Darcy!

I get shivers (the good kind) whenever I read (or hear) the opening sentence of P&P:

(view spoiler)[“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife” (hide spoiler)]

It's such an iconic line... but I wonder if it applies nowadays lol

Cosmic wrote: "D.L. wrote: "My twin still hasn't replied so if anyone is in the same boat and needs a new twin, please let me know and we can read together."

D.L. I have added you as my friend and if you would l..."

Sure, that works well for me :)

My twin still hasn't replied so if anyone is in the same boat and needs a new twin, please let me know and we can read together.

31/50 now complete :)

Sent a friend request to ken :)

I'll join Elaine in August for Legends & Lattes :)

Karin wrote: "Count me in if I remember! I have read this novel more than any other novel and just reread it this spring.

I realize this ages me and that my mother also likes the one with Colin Firth from the 1..."

This is a good adaptation. I had it on DVD for years until I loaned it out and it got scratched and was no longer playable. I need to replace it.

Lorraine wrote: "I was 30 years old in the 1990. I kind of remember the series with Colin Firth and that lots of girls ( i should say women if they were 30 years old like me) being in « ahhh » with him ( not sure h..."

Austen's books are different than the Bronte sisters' books, IMO. Of course, I've only read Jane Eyre so far, but the tone of the books seems so different it's like comparing apples and oranges. If pressed though I would honestly say I loved Jane Eyre better than Pride and Prejudice BUT I loved Persuasion by Austen better than any of the lot lol

As for Colin Firth's Darcy ... swoon!! But I loved the PBS one as well.

Oh, I'm so glad people are discovering Austen for the first time! I hope you like P&P and go on to like her other books as well :)

Progress: 2/3

POSSIBILITIES:

Cover:


Title:
Red Queen

Author:
✔ Ruby Royce ~ An Apple Pie for a Duke (7/15/22)
Rose Pressey Betancourt ~ Forever Charmed

Foods:
✔ Berry ~ Murders on Elderberry Road (7/12/22)
Berry ~ Dying for Strawberries
Apple ~ A Begonia for Miss Applebaum

Also, before I forget, I want to suggest:

Pines by Blake Crouch for September (open to other months)

So, October ... Halloween ... Who's up for reading Christine by Stephen King? (I'm open to other months as well though)

Looking forward to reading this again because Darcy...

Looking forward to this. It's been collecting dust on my shelf since forever lol