Bev’s Comments (group member since Feb 10, 2012)

Bev’s comments from the Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2012 group.

Kate wrote: "I have a vague, uncomfortable feeling that I signed up for this one. How do I find out?"

That you signed up for the buddy read (I'm done with Sense & Sensibility now) or the Mount TBR Challenge in general?

My Northanger Abbey Review. I needed to refresh myself on what I thought about it last year....And Emma, if you're interested.

Thanks!

Well...I was thinking of how Robert is the weasel with Lucy the snake and they get to be the favorites and get all the benefits of the first born and his wife. Yes, they get to associate with Fanny and Mrs. Ferrars, but they don't seem to mind.

I didn't comment on Marianne because quite honestly I'm not in favor of the highly emotional lady...I'm glad Colonel Brandon gets the lady he has his heart set on (I only hope he's as happy with her as he thinks he'll be). One note on Marianne, though. It would have been a little more realistic to me if Austen had toned her down a bit on the emotional side and not made her quite so sensible and suitable a wife for Brandon in the end. That's quite a change for her....

Well....Sense & Sensibility is now done. Click for my final thoughts, such as they are.

Sense & Sensibility is done!

I have yet to read Mansfield Park--but I have heard others say that it is their least favorite. I think I'll give Austen a rest for a while after S&S. I actually have read Love & Friendship...a few years ago (pre-blogging/online reviewing days). I rated it 5 stars at the time....

Oh...and Emma is a far distant last place. I actively dislike Emma.

Yep. Coming into the home stretch now. back to reading--although I have to say, I wish my weekend journeys had been about 2 hours longer. then I could have listened to the rest. Reading it just seems to be dragging on this particular story. So far, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey and Pride & Prejudice are my favorites (roughly in that order).

Marianne is a bit of a dope herself...

Yes. Indeed, he is.

All h--- has broken loose at John & Fanny Dashwood's. Lucy Steele and her sister were invited to stay and it has been revealed that Lucy has supposedly been engaged to Edward for some time. Fanny is having hysterics. The news has come to Elinor and Marianne--and Marianne has just been told that Elinor has known about the secret engagement (and, thus, been "heartbroken" like Marianne) for four months....

Jeannette: The narrator was Wanda McCaddon (hadn't heard of her). She's been very good. I didn't quite make it all the way through--in the middle of Chapter 37 by the time I hit my driveway this evening. I must say, this is one occasion where having the book read to me was a much better experience than reading it myself. And Willoughby-what a louse! And Lucy Steele...hmmph! "I wouldn't tell you this, Elinor, if you weren't such a particular friend of mine...." Uh-huh.

I've decided that I'm going to try and finish Sense & Sensibility via an audiobook this weekend. I'm making a fairly long car trip, so I'll be a captive audience. That would seem to be the only way I'm going to plow through this particular Austen....

Yes you can keep on hiking with 40 books already under your belt..... Guess Bev's in a good mood today. ;-)

Welcome, Mark!

Good luck Mark!

Dawn (& Ron) wrote: "I blame my Olympic fever on my folks, especially my dad. I was taught it was not just the winning the mattered. Luckily Ron feels the same way towards the games so we enjoy them together. BTW, this..."

I don't think there is a prize (or if so, I missed that bit)...but that's okay. I'll take whatever incentive I can get to climb those TBR stacks.

Jeannette...hoping to get back to Sense & Sensibility after the current book.

Jemidar wrote: "What do you have to do for the Olympic Read-a-thon? Books with sports in them or ones set at Olympic Games? Or just see how many books you can read during the two weeks the jocks are doing their ..."

You set a page number goal (I went for 1500 pages). Here's my Link.

Dawn (& Ron) wrote: "Oh wow! I didn't think anything close to that and this TBR challenge is our first ever challenge, unless you count GR annual challenge.

Hearing the Olympic reading challenge really was a surprise ..."

I don't have television (well, we have televisions, just no cable, satellite, etc) so the only Olympic stuff I've seen has been via internet. And not much of that....Haven't really paid attention since the 1984 games in LA, to tell the truth.