Mr. Bennet's Library 101+ Books Showing 2,251-2,300 of 2,613

[Talia]

I was waiting to buy Dearest Bloodiest Elizabeth in paperback and the hard cover came out today. Price? $29.99. This one will have to be read as an ebook.

[Teresa]

Hardbacks are even dearer here in Ireland. I can rarely afford to buy them.

[Talia]

Teresa wrote: "Hardbacks are even dearer here in Ireland. I can rarely afford to buy them."

That is so sad! I can't shell out that much. I wish she had released it as a paperback. I will have to try to win one! :)

[Sheila]

Ask around among your friends on Goodreads and see if anyone owns it who might be willing to loan it to you....which you can do if you bought the book through Amazon.

[Sheila]

Posting my latest update of books read this year:

221. Love Lessons by Juliecoop (unpublished) 5 stars http://meryton.com/aha/index.php?show...
222. A Peculiar Engagement 4 stars
223. The Courtship of Edward Gardiner: A Pride & Prejudice Prequel 5 stars
224. Vampire Darcy's Desire: A Pride and Prejudice Adaptation 5 stars
225. Longbourn 4 stars
226. The Honorable Mr. Darcy: A Pride & Prejudice Variation 5 stars
227. Guilty Conscience: A Conscience Series Novelette 5 stars
228. Secrets Kept 4 stars
229. When He Comes Back 4 stars
230. To Get It Right - A Wedding Night Story 4 stars
231. A New Beginning: Pride and Prejudice Variation Omnibus 4 stars
232. Love Letters from Mr. Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Novella 5 stars
233. Letter from Ramsgate 5 stars
234. Trick or Sweet 4.5 stars
235. My BFF 5 stars
236. Elizabeth: Mistress of Pemberley 4 stars
237. The Storm 3 stars
238. Colonel Darcy: An Elizabeth and Darcy Story 4 stars

[J. W.]

Sheila, woohoo!!! OMG!!! Look at those numbers.

[Debbie]

Awesome list, Sheila! I told you that you'd probably leave me in the dust!

[Lenora]

perfect Shela

[Lenora]

Nicole wrote: "J.W. ---
FREE read from Austen Variations
http://austenvariations.com/wp-conten..."

thank you Nicole

[Lenora]

Lenora wrote: "Nicole wrote: "J.W. ---
FREE read from Austen Variations
http://austenvariations.com/wp-conten..."

thank you Nicole"
I did not find the epilogue so thank you

[Sophia]

Oh, I've missed a few here. So many are going steady with the books and the challenge. Next year, I'm adding a real Mr. Darcy's Library challenge level and we need a cool Pinterest picture type of dream library so feel free to let me know if you've seen some breathtaking old estate library pics we can use. :)



Wow, Debbie, you must be exhausted, but so neat that you get gramma time. :)

And so glad to see Barb feeling better and woohoo, London. :)

[J. W.]

OMG!!! Sophia, what a library...man, that is so cool. Thanks for sharing the picture.

[Sheila]

Sophia wrote: "Oh, I've missed a few here. So many are going steady with the books and the challenge. Next year, I'm adding a real Mr. Darcy's Library challenge level and we need a cool Pinterest picture type of ..."

We need to add a few carpets or rugs and some cozy sofas and arm chairs...But it is gorgeous!

Thank you for the compliments. Debbie, your grandson must come first as we all know.

[Lenora]

184 To Get It Right-A Wedding Night Story by justMJ

Beautiful story. But if you don't care for grafic sex don't read the last chapter but it is so good

[Lenora]

Nicole question for you. I just finished To Get it Right which is unpublished can it be added to GR yet if not how can I add it to the GR book challenge list.

[Sheila]

Lenora wrote: "Nicole question for you. I just finished To Get it Right which is unpublished can it be added to GR yet if not how can I add it to the GR book challenge list."

Lenora, you may see above that I added unpublished books and then just added in the link for others who might want to read the story.

[Nicole]

Lenora wrote: "Nicole question for you. I just finished To Get it Right which is unpublished can it be added to GR yet if not how can I add it to the GR book challenge list."

GR link:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[Sophia]

Sheila wrote: "Sophia wrote: "Oh, I've missed a few here. So many are going steady with the books and the challenge. Next year, I'm adding a real Mr. Darcy's Library challenge level and we need a cool Pinterest p..."

Yes, it does need to be more cozy. All that tile and high ceilings would probably echo and not be comfortable.

[Sheila]

I just finished reading By the Numbers by Jancat http://meryton.com/aha/index.php?show...

Loved it. About 175 pages, and a modern tale. It is one of those "feel good" stories that you want to go back to and reread when you feel the need for romance and soothing prose.

Darcy is so clueless but also sweet and caring, etc.

[Debbie]

I finished reading A New Beginning, and I'm very glad I also learned that it continued with a less abrupt ending in The End of the Beginning, which I also read. Very good unpublished story. I haven't written my review yet, but it'll probably be 3.5 stars.

[Lenora]

184 The View Fron where I Sit 5stars

Loved mrs bennet in this

[Barb]

Sheila- Wow! What a list! I know where I am getting my 2017 tbr ideas! Sophia, love the library. Have to check my Pinterest board to see if I can find anything comparable.

[Sophia]

Barb wrote: "Sheila- Wow! What a list! I know where I am getting my 2017 tbr ideas! Sophia, love the library. Have to check my Pinterest board to see if I can find anything comparable."

I'll look forward to that, Barb. Thanks!

[Sheila]

Lenora wrote: "184 The View Fron where I Sit 5stars

Loved mrs bennet in this"


Do you have a link for this?

Found it:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9406930/...

[Teresa]

Sophia I found a pic of a library I'd like to post but don't know how to put it up here. Any tips?

[Nicole]

Sheila wrote: "Lenora wrote: "184 The View Fron where I Sit 5stars

Loved mrs bennet in this"


Do you have a link for this?

Found it:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9406930/..."

GR link : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[Sophia]

Teresa wrote: "Sophia I found a pic of a library I'd like to post but don't know how to put it up here. Any tips?"

I usually upload pictures or graphics to my Photobucket.com account (which is free to set up) and then copy the html code provided when I'm on the page displaying the picture to paste here. There are probably other ways to do it, but that's my amateur techie way. :) I can go into detail how that is done if you want that.

Maybe others can jump in with their ways to get a picture's html code so the picture can upload here on GR?

[Teresa]

Thanks Sophia. Didn't know you could speak German :) Well that's what it sounded like to me. I'll get my own private techie (or son as he's known here) on to it.

[Sophia]

Teresa wrote: "Thanks Sophia. Didn't know you could speak German :) Well that's what it sounded like to me. I'll get my own private techie (or son as he's known here) on to it."

Oh man, you have no idea. My idea of instructions would have been 'go to this page', 'click here', 'click here', 'copy this', and 'paste it here' and etc. ;) But yes this stuff is definitely a foreign and unknown language. :)

[Debbie]

Loved Mr. Darcy's Dragon!! As for Tim Underwood's book, I'll call a foul on that one. Major bait and switch!!!

210. Condescension and Condemnation - 4.5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

211. A New Beginning and The End of the Beginning - 3.5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

212. Hope For Mr. Darcy - 3.5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

213. Colonel Darcy: An Elizabeth and Darcy Story - 2.5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

214. Pemberley: Mr. Darcy's Dragon - 5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sophia]

Debbie wrote: "Loved Mr. Darcy's Dragon!! As for Tim Underwood's book, I'll call a foul on that one. Major bait and switch!!!

210. Condescension and Condemnation - 4.5 stars
https://www.goodreads..."

Oh, I do want to thread the dragon book. :) Bummer about the other, I had that one on my list too- lowering expectations now. ;)

[Debbie]

I'd have rated it higher, but I was disgusted that it was entitled "An Elizabeth and Darcy Story" when it certainly wasn't the Pride and Prejudice characters. I expected it to be off-canon based on other reviews, but the plot was truly unrecognizable compared to the original with the exception of character names and places. (I'm still steaming about it!!!)

[Eliza]

Debbie wrote: "Loved Mr. Darcy's Dragon!! As for Tim Underwood's book, I'll call a foul on that one. Major bait and switch!!!

210. Condescension and Condemnation - 4.5 stars
https://www.goodreads..."

Oo, the dragon book sounds super fun. Just bought it, because I can't resist. :-)

[Sophia]

Debbie wrote: "I'd have rated it higher, but I was disgusted that it was entitled "An Elizabeth and Darcy Story" when it certainly wasn't the Pride and Prejudice characters. I expected it to be off-canon based on..."

Yes, sometimes they do go far away from canon and when the connection is that thin, it can be iffy. I've actually said a few times in reviews of these sorts of books that it's better to pretend its an unconnected story with similar names than to treat it as JAFF/Austenesque.

[Debbie]

Yes, but I don't think it's fair to unsuspecting JAFFers who are looking to read something that's actually JAFF, look at the ratings average, and then buy a book rated highly only to find that it's not as advertised. Makes me furious, and I slash stars off my rating to try to prevent that.

[Eliza]

Debbie wrote: "Yes, but I don't think it's fair to unsuspecting JAFFers who are looking to read something that's actually JAFF, look at the ratings average, and then buy a book rated highly only to find that it's..."

As a reader, I greatly appreciate this approach in your review. If I want to read JAFF, I want to read JAFF. If I want to read a regency romance that's not JAFF, then I want to read that and will search accordingly.

[Sophia]

I get you, ladies! It is a betrayal of sorts and can feel like a gimic. Slap a Mr. Darcy in the title and gain extra readership from the JAFF community.

Maybe there needs to be some sort of code for these loosely connected types so the reader knows exactly what they are getting if/when they pick one up. Like this is a distant cousin from P&P or something.

[Eliza]

Sophia wrote: "I get you, ladies! It is a betrayal of sorts and can feel like a gimic. Slap a Mr. Darcy in the title and gain extra readership from the JAFF community.

Maybe there needs to be some sort of code ..."

JAFFish? For some reason that makes me giggle. :-)

[J. W.]

Dang... wouldn't you know it, I've already bought it. Well, something needs to hold up and stabilize my TBR pile...so it will be assigned to the bottom. Maybe I will read it next year, or the next year...who knows.

[Sophia]

Eliza wrote: "Sophia wrote: "I get you, ladies! It is a betrayal of sorts and can feel like a gimic. Slap a Mr. Darcy in the title and gain extra readership from the JAFF community.

Maybe there needs to be som..."

And if it's really far off the beam- Jaffish-ish. LOL

[J. W.]

Hahaha!! Too much candy Sophia, you're on a sugar rush. Hilarious, although we didn't have any trick-or-treat kiddos tonight and I have 3 bags of candy to get rid of. I'll be higher than a kite.

[Debbie]

Ooo, party at Jeanne's!!!

[Sophia]

Yes, I might have dipped into the bowl when there was a lull in the action. ;)

Debbie's got the right idea.

[J. W.]

Hope you like chocolate!!!

[Debbie]

Nom, nom, nom. Me luv chocolate!

[J. W.]

That's the only kind I buy each year. I make sure it is the kind that I like so when there is some left over... I can eat it. In the past, I would take it to school. Now that I am retired... I take it to church and hype up the Sunday School kids, ruin their lunch and send them home to their parents. Yeah, they have a cool SS teacher.

[Debbie]

Oh, the parents must love you! ;-)

[J. W.]

Buhahaha! They are 5th & 6th grade...hollow leg and will eat you out of house and home.

[Debbie]

Lenora, thank you so much for mentioning The View From Where I Sit, and thank you, Sheila, for posting the link, and thank you, Nicole, for the GR link.

I just finished reading it, and it is truly marvelous. Best and most sympathetic and yet believable characterization of Mrs. Bennet that I've ever come across. Nice positive theme throughout.

[Lenora]

185 Pemberley Shades

just could not get into the story. I was expecting a horror type story and it it was not.