Enthusiasm
 

Enthusiasm

by Polly Shulman

Julie’s best friend, Ashleigh, is an enthusiast. Julie never knows what new obsession will catch Ashleigh’s fancy, but she does know she’s likely to be drawn into the madness.
Ashleigh’s latest craze is Julie’s own passion, Pride and Prejudice. But Ashleigh can’t just appreciate it as a great read; she insists on emulating the novel’s heroines, in speech, dress, and the most important... (read more)

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The Jane Austen Book Club 117 books / 195 members / 755 posts
Welcome to the Jane Austen book club!

~FOR INFORMATION ON THE GROUPS "GROUP READ" PLEASE CLICK ON THE BLUE "MORE" TAB BELOW.~


This book club is for every Jane Austen reader who finds her novels to be an enjoyment, an inspiration, and a wonderful embrace on the human condition. Pull up a seat and make yourself at home while we not only discuss novels like Pride & Prejudice and Northanger Abbey, but also discuss how our daily lives may intertwine with and resemble the world of Jane Austen. *Everyone is welcome within this group so please feel free to join (click on the blue "join this group" icon). And don't forget to invite all your Austen friends (male or female!)*



~"I could no more write a [historical] romance than an epic poem. I could not sit seriously down to write a serious romance under any other motive than to save my life; and if it were indispensable for me to keep it up and never relax into laughing at myself or other people, I am sure I should be hung before I had finished the first chapter." ~
Jane Austen



~ "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."~
Pride & Prejudice





Jane Austen group read

Group Selection: Northanger Abbey
Duration: September & October


Acceptable book selections for our group read can be found at the following tag addresses....
Jane Austen:
http://www.shelfari.com/books/tags/jane%20austen
Austen:
http://www.shelfari.com/booksearch.aspx?keywords=shelfari+tag%3a+austen
Austen Inspired:
http://www.shelfari.com/booksearch.aspx?keywords=shelfari+tag%3a+austen+inspired



Group movie of the month

Group Selection: Love Actually
Duration: September


~Please feel free to add to the group book shelf under "books we've read".~
books to read for young adults 234 books / 2 members / 5 posts This group shelf is for kids from age 9 to the oldest age imaginable but that doesn't mean that every book on this shelf is appropriate for every age. All the books are good and some aren't known very well at all and some of the books have thousands of hits but they are all worth reading.
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