Someone Else Pick It For Me- October

[Kirk]

wosedwew wrote: "Kirk -- you gave me a hard choice because I seldom read JAFF that isn't Regency and I'm not familiar with any of your selections.

I'm going with Aerendgast for you. It looks like it has high ratin..."
Thanks again! Yes, a wild ride. Spooky like October!

[Debbie]

Erika - The Trials: A Pride and Prejudice Story was an awesome read!! I don't know why I didn't read it sooner. Thanks so much for picking it for me.

For anyone who's interested, here's my 5-star review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Anji]

Anji wrote: "Sara wrote: "Anji for you I pick The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy
by Sara Angelini I LOVED it and hope you do too!"

Thanks Sara! Looking forward to it"

Finished it last night and like you Sara, I loved it too!!!

[Sara]

Anji wrote: "Anji wrote: "Sara wrote: "Anji for you I pick The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy
by Sara Angelini I LOVED it and hope you do too!"

Thanks Sara! Looking forward to it"

Finished it last night and..."

I'm so glad. I thought it was a good read. ;)

[Sara]

J. W. wrote: "Hey Sara, for you... I pick Mistress by Sophie Turner... enjoy!"

I'm almost done with Mistress and am enjoying the book. Not exactly what i feared.

[J. W.]

Oh Sara, I am so glad... I was a bit afraid for you. Glad you are enjoying it.

[J. W.]

Debbie wrote: "Erika - The Trials: A Pride and Prejudice Story was an awesome read!! I don't know why I didn't read it sooner. Thanks so much for picking it for me.

For anyone who's interested, ..."

I have wondered about this one. Looks like I'll have to check it out.

[Sara]

J. W. wrote: "Debbie wrote: "Erika - The Trials: A Pride and Prejudice Story was an awesome read!! I don't know why I didn't read it sooner. Thanks so much for picking it for me.

For anyone who..."

i personally think that The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy is better than The Trials: A Pride and prejudice story, but both are fairly similar.

[J. W.]

....Honorable F Darcy aside... the language was a complete turn off for me. When you use the F word while making love... that is too much. It could have been just a book about a judge and an attorney falling in love and I could have gritted my teeth and accepted it. But to see the demeaning way our P&P characters were portrayed and how Darcy was reduced to a blathering idiot... nope... can't handle that. I did not like it. No offense. It hit me wrong and I could not handle it... sorry.

I'll have to read The Trials in order to compare them.

[Sara]

J. W. wrote: "....Honorable F Darcy aside... the language was a complete turn off for me. When you use the F word while making love... that is too much. It could have been just a book about a judge and an attorn..."

Jean, which book did you not like. I enjoyed them both but 1) I'm an attorney so i enjoyed the legal aspect (which is sometimes hard to do if not semi-realistically portrayed) and 2) the language didn't bother me. I don't remember much else about them. I don't even know if i wrote a review. oops. However, I appreciate your issues, some books just work for us and others do not.

[Mary]

'The Trials of the Hon.Fitzwilliam Darcy' is the book that Jeanne disliked,Sara.
It was littered,if memory serves,with a lot of 'colourful language' that took from the storyline. I've got that right Jeanne,haven't I?

[J. W.]

It was The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy. I loved that he was a judge, I loved that she was an attorney and I loved that they fell in love with each other. I love a large-and-in-charge Darcy and I just loved him. And yet... I did not appreciate how he was depicted and the language was horrid. I've been around language ... since I have worked in the public. However, it just didn't feel right between Darcy and his love. It seemed out of place. It was Dec of '15 when I read it... it still grates on my nerves. Perhaps if I read it again... it might not grate. I just don't want to put myself through it.

[Mary]

For what it's worth Jeanne,I don't think you should either!!

[J. W.]

Thanks Mary... you have my back.

[Mary]

That what friends are for,my dear! 😉

[wosedwew]

I haven't read that -- I rarely read JAFF that isn't Regency and it is mostly for just that reason.

Modern scatological references; sex acts that would have caused a 19th century gentleman to blush asking a brothel madame to arrange -- just too far away from Austen for me.

[Sara]

Jeanne, i don't see why you should read it again. There are plenty of good books out there!! I agree with your assessment though.

[J. W.]

Thanks Sara... that's what I like about this site. We can agree to disagree and we can still be friends. My 5-stars may be someone's 2-stars... it's happened. Your 5-stars, is my 3-stars. No problem. Hopefully we will agree on the next one. I love this site. And... I love you guys. Y'all are awesome.

[Abigail]

Aak!!! Jeanne, once again I mysteriously dropped off this thread, and then forgot all about it. A million apologies! I have no idea why this keeps happening, and only with the “Someone Else Pick” threads.

It’s doubtless too late now, but for you I would pick the Cat Gardiner trilogy Denial of Conscience.

Patricia, I’m so sorry I didn’t see your pick for me earlier in the month. I will get to it as soon as I can and report back!

{grovel grovel grovel}

[J. W.]

No worries Abigail. I still have time. I love Cat Gardiner's work and look forward to read it. Thanks. If I had thought about it... I could have said something to you... so see... grovel, grovel, grovel... right back at you

[wosedwew]

Yikes -- Kristen, I neglected to report that I did indeed read your pick for me Waking to Mr. Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Novella.

I had intended to catch up with several other Leenie Brown stories I have been stockpiling (and I still want to do that) and didn't post when I read that story.

It was good but not great.

[Marlene]

J. W. wrote: "No worries Abigail.... I could have said something to you... so see... grovel, grovel, grovel... right back at you"

What's this? Are we all lying down on the floor? Some kind of weird thematic party?

I got my glasses today! I see what you mean about the steps. When I walked outside to the parking lot, I felt like a giant!

[Debbie]

Sara, are you sure you intended to compare The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy with The Trials: A Pride and Prejudice Story? While I love both books (I don't find the F-bomb off-putting in a modern P&P), I can't see any similarity at all between them except for "The Trials" in their titles. I'm thinking maybe you confused one or the other with a different book?

[J. W.]

Marlene wrote: "J. W. wrote: "No worries Abigail.... I could have said something to you... so see... grovel, grovel, grovel... right back at you"

What's this? Are we all lying down on the floor? Some kind of weir..."

Yeah... and you will see things that you didn't before... and go... how'd I miss that. Enjoy!!

[J. W.]

Abigail wrote: "Aak!!! Jeanne, once again I mysteriously dropped off this thread, and then forgot all about it. A million apologies! I have no idea why this keeps happening, and only with the “Someone Else Pick” t..."

Abigail: Woohoo! I finished your October pick for me just in the nick of time. Whew! I've neglected the house and the laundry [my husband caught me in his boxers] because I was out of clean underwear. Wait... that didn't sound right. Dang!!! It must be the afterglow from those Conscience books. Cat Gardiner... curse you!!