Austenesque Lovers TBR Pile Reading Challenge 2015 discussion
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October- Someone Else Pick It For Me
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Here's my list:
1. Sketching Mr. Darcy by Lory Lilian
2. Jane by the Sea by Carolyn V. Murray
3. The Prosecution of Mr. Darcy's Cousin by Regina Jeffers
4. For Darkness Sees the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
5. The Intrigue at Highbury by Carrie Bebris
6. Mr. Darcy's Refuge by Abigail Reynolds
7. Alias Thomas Bennet by Suzan Lauder
8. Darcy on the Hudson by Mary Lydon Simonsen
9. He Taught Me to Hope by PO Dixon
10. The Red Chrysanthemum by Linda Beutler
I'm in with....1)The Intrigue at Highbury by Carrie Bebris
2) Jane and the Man of the Cloth by Stephanie Barron
3) Captain Wentworth: Home from the Sea by Mary Lydon Simonsen
4) Colonel Brandon's Diary by Amanda Grange
5) The Three Colonels: Jane Austen's Fighting Men
by Jack Caldwell
wait so i choose books from someone else list to read and they do same for me?
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If you want to participate, you put a list here of several books that you want to read. In a week, I'll draw names and post the list here. You'd get a name so you would choose one book off their list for them and the person who gets your name picks a book for you. Then everyone has the month of October to get their books read.
If you want to better see how it works, I left up the August Someone Else Pick Discussion thread and you can check it out.
It's fun and really helps when you can't decide what to read. LOL!
This list is from list of what i am hoping to read by end of december 2015,couple that i have read before 1) Persuasion
2) Emma
3) Mercy's Embrace: So Rough a Course
4) Mr. Darcy's Letter: A Pride & Prejudice Variation
5) Pride and Proposals: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
6)Mr. Darcy to the Rescue: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
7) Dear Miss Darcy
8) The Importance of Being Emma
9) By Force of Instinct: A Pride & Prejudice Variation
10) One Thread Pulled: The Dance with Mr. Darcy
11) The Secrets of Darcy and Elizabeth
12) Persuade Me
If anyone can tell me of this book, which i can not find as nook ebook where can i find it? Later Days at Highbury by Joan Austen Leigh and jane by the sea. its not available as nook format either
I am anxious to again participate. I will post my list soon.
Unfortunately I failed to read my pick for August in time. I've just finished it, so I'll try again on October.Emma: A Modern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith
Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope
Northanger Abbey by Val MacDermid
Northanger Abbey by Nancy Butler
Suddenly You by Cecilia Grey
Pride and Prejudice: The Other Way Round by Anne Wrightwell
Hi, Trish, the Joan Austen Leigh book is probably only available as a used paperback; her books were published before ebooks, and I imagine they weren’t big enough sellers to be retroactively released in ebook formats. Jane by the Sea is available on US Amazon in both paperback and ebook formats.
I am in :)1. Sketching Mr. Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice alternative journey
2. For Darkness Shows the Stars
3. Mr. Darcy and Mr. Collins's Widow: An Elizabeth and Darcy Story
4. Enchantment Among the Bluebonnets: A Pride and Prejudice variation set in the Texas Hill Country
5. Compromised! - A Pride & Prejudice Variation
6. A Constant Love: A Pride & Prejudice Continuation
7. The Deception at Lyme: Or, The Peril of Persuasion
I’ve had so much fun with this before that I can’t resist entering again!Robert Rodi, Bitch In a Bonnet: Reclaiming Jane Austen From the Stiffs, the Snobs, the Simps and the Saps, Volume 2
Jack Caldwell, Bourbon Street Nights: Volume One of Crescent City
Linda Beutler, A Will of Iron (couldn’t get a link to come up),
Marion Chesney, Lady Fortescue Steps Out
I think that’s it for now; am restricting myself to works already in the house—have been buying too many books!
I'm in! These are all on my kindle waiting to be read:1. Dearest Friends: A Jane Austen Inspired Novel by Pamela Lynne
2. Jane by the Sea: Jane Austen's Love Story by Carolyn Murray
3. The Second Chance: A 'Pride & Prejudice' - 'Sense & Sensibility' Variation by Joana Starnes
4. To Refine Like Silver by Jeanna Ellsworth
5. My Dear Sophy by Kimberly Truesdale
6. Hope and Sensibility by P.O. Dixon
7. Pride and Persistence by Jeanna Ellsworth
8. Darcy Goes to War: A Pride and Prejudice Re-Imagining by Mary Simonsen
9. Longbourn by Jo Baker
I am thrilled to be part of this once again!!Officious Interference
A Material Change
A Fitzwilliam Legacy (Volume I): Seasonal Disorder
1932
Sketching Character
Fitzwilliam Darcy An Honourable Man
Doubts and Dilemmas
The Chrysanthemum and the Rose
Experience
Mr. Darcy’s Noble Connections
Mistaking Her Character: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
@ Claudine you picked some really good ones! (Last 2 titles i have read) one of them ive never heard of now im interested!
I had to skip August. Life got a little crazy, but I am back. Here is my list:For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
Nachtstürm Castle: A Gothic Austen Novel by Emily C.A. Snyder
Pride and Pyramids by Amanda Grange
A Weekend with Mr. Darcy by Victoria Connelly
One Word From You by Natalie Penna
OK, I am in for October and taking from my Wish List on Amazon or from those I have on kindle and have not gotten to as of yet: 1.)The Unthinkable Triangle: A Pride and Prejudice Variation 5 stars
2.) Sketching Character
3.) Sweet Caresses
4.) The Prosecution of Mr. Darcy's Cousin: A Pride and Prejudice Mystery
5.) Alias Thomas Bennet, A Pride and Prejudice Variation
6.) The Darcys & the Bingleys: A Tale of Two Gentlemen's Marriages to Two Most Devoted Sisters
7.) Holidays With Jane: Spring Fever
8.) Lilacs & Lavender: A Pride & Prejudice Variation
9.) Foundation of Love
10.) Emma and Elizabeth
OK I Have to take the first 2 books off the list as I just finished the one and am about half-way through the second one.
Ok, so I have missed doing the passed several and thought I would attempt this one. Here's my list:1. One Thread to Pull - Diana Oaks
2. Honor, Pride, and Prejudice - Lorraine Hetschel
3. The Red Chrysanthemum - Linda Beutler
4. Pride and Persistence - Jeanna Ellsworth
5. Darkness Falls Upon Pemberley - Susan Adriani
6. The Companion of His Future Life - Jack Caldwell
7. Unequal Affections - Lara S Ormiston
8. Captain Wentworth's Diary - Amanda Grange
9. The Annotated Persuasion - Jane Austen & David M Shapard
10. From Tolerable to Tempting - Hayley Ann Solomon
Please help me choose what P&P to read next!!! Thank you.
OK. Here's my list....1. Sketching Mr. Darcy by Lory Lillian
2. The Companion of His Future Life by Jack Caldwell
3. The Secret Betrothal by Jan Hahn
4. As Good As a Lord by Pam Dixon
5. Alone With Mr. Darcy by Abigail Reynolds
6. Yours Forevermore by KaraLynne Mackrory
7. Listen to Your Heart by Leenie Brown
8. Dearest Friends by Pamela Lynne
9. The Unthinkable Triangle by Joana Starnes
10. Darcy's Ultimatum by Jennifer Joy
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Instructions that hopefully make sense. ;)
The person to the left will choose for the person whose name is to the right in the second column from their list up above. Make your choices by Oct 1st please so your partner has the whole month to finish her/his book.
For example: Sophia has Kim so Sophia will pick a book for Kim to read off Kim's list. Sophia will leave her choice for Kim here in the comments. Kim will read it and come back here and share her thoughts by the end of October.
Ready, set, go!!!!!
Sheila-----> Trish
Georgiana--> Erika
Trish------> Ahnya
Claudine---> Shannon
Shannon----> Sheila
Kim--------> Abigail
Abigail----> Debbie
Debbie-----> Sophia
Kirk-------> Claudine
Ahnya------> Georgiana
Sophia-----> Kim
Erika------> Kirk
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I drew your name. I am picking The Second Chance by Joanna Starnes because I love the idea of mashing together P&P and S&S. Look forward to your thoughts on it.
For Trish I chose Mr. Darcy's Letter: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds. It does have some MA scenes in it but I do love how this author comes up with so many inventive variations...plus these scenes are built up to...not just there for the thrill factor. I hope you enjoy it. I did post a review when I read it for the second time.
Well @Claudine....Trish had it right...tough choices. Thanks for the links.....so....here it is....1932 by Karen M Cox
Oh, thanks Kirk! I have a friend who offered to loan me this book, so now I'm set!!!
For Shannon I pick one of my favorite JAFF authors... Sophie Turner and her amazing story, "A Constant Love," which is beautifully written and offers so many well-developed story lines...
Hey Kirk, I pick The Three Colonels by Jack Caldwell for you because I have looked at reading this book for awhile (off and on) but have yet to do it. I want to hear your perspective besides what is in the description. I hope you enjoy the book.
Erika wrote: "Hey Kirk, I pick The Three Colonels by Jack Caldwell for you because I have looked at reading this book for awhile (off and on) but have yet to do it. I want to hear your perspective besides what i..."Thx!!!!
Hi Erika, I pick The Annotated Persuasion by Jane Austen & David M Shapard for you, because Persuasion in my favourite book - I re-read it almost once a year! - but I never read the annotated version by David M. Shapard (actually, I'd like to read all his annotated editions). :)I hope you'll enjoy it, and maybe, after reading it you would like to read the Captain Wentworth's side of the story (Captain Wentworth's Diary by Amanda Grange). You know, I read at the same time CWD and Persuasion (it was something like my 6th time, though)
Hi Sophia. I've chosen Jane by the Sea for you to read. I hope nyou enjoy it. It's one I haven't read and almost put on my list.
Thanks Georgiana. I needed that push to read The Annotated Persuasion!!! I have all but one by David M Shapard in paperback and have been meaning to start.
Hi Abigail, I've selected Lady Fortescue Steps Out for you to read. Enjoy!
Sophia wrote: "Howdy Kim!I drew your name. I am picking The Second Chance by Joanna Starnes because I love the idea of mashing together P&P and S&S. Look forward to your thoughts on it."
Thanks Sophia! I just read one of her other books "The Subsequent Proposal: A Tale of Pride, Prejudice & Persuasion" last week and really enjoyed it.
Hi, Debbie, I feel moved to suggest that you read my namesake, Abigail Reynolds's, book, Alone with Mr. Darcy. After all, who wouldn't want to be? ;)@kim, thank you! A nice short one that I've been wanting to read for a year. Much appreciated!
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@Debbie- I look forward to it. I haven't read one with Jane as the main character in a while.
@ Georgiana I decided to take a different approach, and pick the book I know nothing about. So it is going to be Pride and Prejudice: The Other Way Round. Plus the gender swap looked kinda interesting. Hope you enjoy!
@ahnya One Word from you sounded interesting! Thats my choice for youI have been looking around since you put it in your list, where can i find a copy? amazon said not available and i cant find authors sites. I love modern adaptations of P and P.
@ Sheila, I love Abigail Reynolds other books! This one was one I have yet to read so i included it in my list :)Sophia thnak you
Ahnya wrote: "@ Georgiana I decided to take a different approach, and pick the book I know nothing about. So it is going to be Pride and Prejudice: The Other Way Round. Plus the gender swap loo..."Yes, that'a a book that intrigued me, thank you, Ahnya. I already read the biography of John Austen at the beginning... :D
@Erika I enjoyed
!! Thx!! I would joke that it might be called the 2 1/2 Colonels...as Colonel Brandon gets much less "air time" than the other two. Marianne Dashwood(my favorite heroine) Brandon gets one truly great scene...worth the price of admission...but then does something rather odd. As other the Jack Caldwell books I've recently enjoyed(The Crescent City series, for example), the multiple plot lines can have your head spinning. One plot line was too long...and perhaps too much for mature audiences....for my (limited) taste. 3.5-4 out of 5.
Trish wrote: "@ahnya One Word from you sounded interesting! Thats my choice for youI have been looking around since you put it in your list, where can i find a copy? amazon said not available and i cant find..."
@ Trish It was a freebie kindle in January. I just checked and it isn't available anymore. It isn't a loaner or I would loan it to you. If I see one come available I will let you know.
@Kirk that was fast reading!!! I'm glad you liked it. I'll have to read one day soon!! But I'm a bit prejudiced since I LOVED Pemberley Ranch by Jack Caldwell!!!! I'm sorry Colonel Brandon got so little script, I do like his character. Personally between Marianne and Elinor, I generally assimilate with Elinor more. I look forward to seeing more of your reviews.
Erika wrote: "@Kirk that was fast reading!!! I'm glad you liked it. I'll have to read one day soon!! But I'm a bit prejudiced since I LOVED Pemberley Ranch by Jack Caldwell!!!! I'm sorry Colonel Brandon got so l..."Thanks again! I kinda liked Pemberley Ranch, but I loved
Mr Darcy Came to Dinner. Lol, can an Elinor fan like a
Marianne type fan reviews? I hope you enjoy Shapard's
Persuasion annotation. I met him last year at JASNA VT. His Mansfield
annotation isn't scheduled until 8/16. Cheers!
Abigail wrote: "Hi, Debbie, I feel moved to suggest that you read my namesake, Abigail Reynolds's, book, Alone with Mr. Darcy. After all, who wouldn't want to be? ;)@kim, thank you! A nice short one that I've be..."
I love all of Abigail's books and have read excerpts from this one so I am excited about reading it! Thank you Abigail!
Trish wrote: "This list is from list of what i am hoping to read by end of december 2015,couple that i have read before 1) Persuasion
2) Emma
3) [book:Mercy's Embrace: So Rough a Co..."
And Trish, Check Amazon. They have a few there.
Sheila wrote: "OK, I am in for October and taking from my Wish List on Amazon or from those I have on kindle and have not gotten to as of yet: 1.)[book:The Unthinkable Triangle: A Pride and Prejudice Variation|2..."
Lol I was so gonna pick one of the first two as I haven't read them yet. Okay so since those are done already I pick for you Alias Thomas Bennet. I hope you like it!
Claudine wrote: "For Shannon I pick one of my favorite JAFF authors... Sophie Turner and her amazing story, "A Constant Love," which is beautifully written and offers so many well-developed story lines..."Thanks for the pick Claudine! With that recommendation I am sure I will love it!!!
Thanks, Shannon, I already have that on my kindle so it will be easy to get to and read.
finished Abigail Reynolds book! I have read few of her other books and was glad to read one by her I've yet to have read :-)
Austenesque Lovers TBR Pile Reading Challenge 2015
Books mentioned in this topic
Pride and Prejudice: The Other Way Round (other topics)Alias Thomas Bennet: A Pride and Prejudice Variation (other topics)
One Word From You (other topics)
Persuasion (other topics)
Emma (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Diana Peterfreund (other topics)Mary Robinette Kowal (other topics)
Emily C.A. Snyder (other topics)
Amanda Grange (other topics)
Victoria Connelly (other topics)
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Here's how it will work:
Sophia will match people up and leave a comment with a list of who will choose for whom.
When you see the person you are to pick for, then just look at their list in the above comments and leave a new comment with their name and the book you chose for them by Tuesday, Sept 29th.
You also need to watch and see what book your person chose from your list for you.
You have the rest of the month to read the book.
So if this sounds like something you would like to do, just comment below leaving your name and list of book choices for someone to pick your October book.