This morning I've been working in my kitchen. Getting ready for the Holidays. Lovely to take a break and finish November section of Winter Solstice. I'll set it aside now and in December will read along the Timeline.
"Nothing much seemed to have changed, except that most of the trees had shed their leaves and there was a definite wintry feel to the air." ??➡️?❄️
#rosamundepilcherforeveryseason
pickPerfect Pair Eyewear for reading Gail Carriger books. They're called The Afternoon Tea.
https://paireyewear.com/top-frames/leaving-soon/the-afternoon-tea
'As far as Rue was concerned, the answer to the great question of life, “Tea?” was always “Yes.” ' - Imprudence 🫖
#great2024parasolversereread
@DebinHawaii tagged me for #5JoysFriday. List 5 things big or small that made you happy this week. Everyone is welcome to join in.
My 5:
🍂 This week as I used my dining room table as a desk I had this beautiful fall view.
🎩 I have 33 for#Pemberlittens signed up for #JaneAustenThenAndNow in 2025.
💅🏻 Got my nails done today.
💐 Farmstand Flowers
🎧 Gail Carriger gifted the fandom with a reading of Vixen Ecology.
#Pemberlittens if you have a Netgalley account. Natalie Jenner's next book is available to download for a limited time.
pickMy #great2024parasolversereread is moving on to Imprudence in November. On track to finish by end of year. I love Gail Carriger! Discovered her on Litsy. Read Library books first and then started collecting. After the house fire she sent me everything she could to replace.
Her books are so pretty. Something she once talked about in a Facebook Live. How she pays attention to how covers will look together.
If you want to stick to Litsy only just ignore.
I've dusted off the #PemberLittens Facebook Group to share a video of #JaneAustenThenAndNow Book Club https://www.facebook.com/share/19WBUhK2kj/
Also on Threads. https://bit.ly/3AkVnvQ
And Instagram. https://bit.ly/3Yzu8pq
Instagram is fun because my dear friend Claire from 🇬🇧 https://bit.ly/4eihalH joins in there with some amazing posts. Her mum made my Jane doll on the shelf behind me.
December 16, 2025 is 250 Anniversary of Jane Austen's Birth. I wanted to do something special for #JaneAdjacent Book Club.
Thought to harken back to beginnings of Pemberlittens when @sprainedbrain brought us together to read Jane Austen.
One month will read Original. Next you choose a retelling, graphic novel, or watch a movie. Tag @Crinoline_Laphroaig #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow so we can find your posts.
I'm so excited for this!
😮 #JaneAdjacent BookClub is down to 2 books! Never fear #PemberLittens I have a plan. Working out few things and then will let you know.
Searching for Mr Tilney by Jane Odiwe
Is November's Novel. (Yes that's a nod to Northanger Abbey.) I'm excited because I adore Henry Tilney.
Read at your own pace. Discussion Post will be up November 30th. And as always let me know if you want to be tagged or removed from tag. #12monthsofjane
pickHappy Publication Day‼️🥳
That's me! In the Acknowledgements! This is one of the coolest things that has ever happened to me.
I was thrilled to receive an ARC and it didn't disappoint! Loved sassy main character Kensington Shaw and 1920s setting. Magical cozy mystery perfection! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
panPemberlittens It's time for #JaneAdjacent. My answers:
1️⃣ First read. Print copy. First Impression - overly wordy. Everything is described in great detail. As member of Fictional Hangover https://www.fictionalhangover.com/ Vampire Book Club, I've read quite a few Vampire books. This is by far one of the worst.
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It's been a crazy busy month. But this week is supposedly quiet. Starting Mr Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange today. Should have discussion post up October 30th as planned. 🧛🏻♂️
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pickI found a new series to finish out the year of @julieclair #SeasonalCozies. Short fun listen. I particularly loved main character Juniper is a wild Auntie Mame type. Four more in the Series featuring Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and Valentine‘s Day. Definitely plan on listening to them with the coming Holidays. 🎃🦃🎄🎉💝
pick#Pemberlittens
Absolutely loved! Characters and relationships were true to original while telling a new story. Particularly liked Mr. Woodhouse. Also managed to included poultry thieves. Knightley and Emma as a married couple was totally believable. Was nice to see them making the situation of living with Emma's father work. Mystery kept me guessing to the end. Just a fabulous read! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pick#Pemberlittens there be Spoilers ahead‼️🏴☠️ #JaneAdjacent
1️⃣ First read. Print. I liked that mistaken identity didn't go on for a long time. Darcy being accused of being a pirate could have been much darker and that's not something I want to read.
2️⃣ Always Elizabeth
3️⃣ Elizabeth figuring out who the Captain really was. Which leads me to my favorite quote.
4️⃣ “Thank you, again, for the dance, Mr. Darcy.” ⬇️
#Pemberlittens I've a couple more chapters to finish. September's #JaneAdjacent discussion
post of Pirates and Prejudice by Kara Louise will be up this evening. 🏴☠️
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so-soThis reminds me of Barbara Pym novel but with sex. Nothing much happens. Just a view into people's everyday lives. Has one my pet peeves - overly long chapters. I hate to stop in the middle of a chapter. I found myself losing interest because it rambled on. If chapters had been shorter, could have read a few pages here and there and it would have been more enjoyable. ⬇️
My #great2024parasolversereread has moved on to Timeless. I absolutely adore Biffy aka Wingtip Spectator this one. ☂️
pickTimeline Readalong came to end today. Having just finished The Shell Seekers. I particularly liked the mentions of Penelope Keating. Although her sone Neil has some character growth. I feel he's still self centered.
I particularly liked setting, party, Archie and Isabelle. Violet was my favorite. Spunky older ladies are my favorite thing about Rosamunde Pilcher. 👵
#RosamundePilcherInEverySeason
Morning cuppa and a chapter. Timeline Readalong of Rosamunde Pilcher's September starts today and continues through September 17th. 🫖🍂🍁
#rosamundepilcherforeveryseason
#Pemberlittens we're off to high seas for this month's #JaneAdjacent. Grab a copy of in your favorite format. Read at your own pace. Dictionary Post will be up September 30th. 🎩🌊🏴☠️ #12MonthsOfJane
#MonthlyMagazineBlitz is a success! I'm down to my stack of Gardening catalogs and The English Garden magazines that I'm keeping for Reference and Inspiration.
But keep me on the tag list @julieclair because I want to keep going. Up next is that stack of recipes I kept from the magazines I discarded. Need to sort and put in my Seasonal Recipe Notebooks.
pickIt's time for #JaneAdjacent Book Club.
1️⃣ New read. Audio and Print. I read Ghosted - A Northanger Abbey Novel with #PemberLittens last year. So when I saw the author had written a book about Georgie Darcy, I immediately wanted to read. LOVE the cover.
2️⃣ Always Lizzy Bennet.
3️⃣ Georgie and Lizzy conversations. ⬇️
#Pemberlittens It's almost time for #JaneAdjacent Book Club! This month we're discussing Accomplished by Amanda Quain. I've discussion questions ready to go. I'll post them later today. Bit earlier than normal but tomorrow starts busy holiday weekend. 🎩 📖📚
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pickOn this day in 1816, Jane Austen finished writing Persuasion. How fitting that I finished reading for Thursday's Jane Austen's House Virtual Book Club. "You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope." ? #Pemberlittens
#JaneAjacent and #AustenInAugust ⁉️ Yes please! This month we're heading back to school with YA story featuring Georgiana from Pride and Prejudice. Absolutely adore the cover!
#Pemberlittens choose your favorite format: Print, Kindle, or Audio. Read at your own pace and join in the Discussion Post on August 30th. 📖 📱🎧 #12MonthsOfJane
It's time for Austen in August! And while yes I do tend to celebrate Jane Austen all year long, it is tradition to read as much as possible in August.
Up first is Persuasion for next week's Jane Austen House Museum Book Club. My collection isn't as big as my Pride and Prejudice one, but some lovely editions none the less. 🎩📖📚
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pickAbsolute delight as always rereading Pride and Prejudice for the umpteenth time. I'm particularly happy that because I did Chapter A Day with a Facebook friend as well as #PemberLittens, I will have something Pride and Prejudice every day from June 1st to July 31st in my Facebook memories. 🎩
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"With the Gardiners, they were always on the most intimate terms. Darcy, as well as Elizabeth, really loved them; and they were both ever sensible of the warmest gratitude towards the persons who, by bringing her into Derbyshire, had been the means of uniting them." - The End ?
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"I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun." - Mr. Darcy ?
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pan#Pemberlittens It's time for #JaneAdjacent Book Club. My answers in comments.
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"Will you tell me how long you have loved him?"
"It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley."
Here's a lovely pic Himself took of Chatsworth House. It was Pemberley in 2005's Pride and Prejudice movie
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It's almost time for Jane Austen Book Club! I struggled with this month's read - Bridget Jones Diary by Helen Fielding. I'll spill the tea on why in tomorrow's Discussion Post. 🫖📖📚
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"But your family owe me nothing. Much as I respect them, I believe I thought only of you." - Chapter 58
Darcy being Darcy. ?
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"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?" Chapter 57.
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Obstinate, headstrong girl!" - Chapter 56
#FlashbackFriday of one of my many t-shirts with this quote. There is no greater compliment you can give a Janeite. Elizabeth standing up for herself inspired me as a teenager to have the courage to stand up for myself. I so love this chapter. ?????
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"No, no, let me shift for myself; and, perhaps, if I have very good luck, I may meet with another Mr. Collins in time." Chapter 55
At this point in the story I'm tempted to finish but I'm making myself stick to Chapter A Day Readalong. ?
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“Teasing, teasing, man! I will think no more about him." Chapter 54 ?
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"Yet it is hard," she sometimes thought, "that this poor man cannot come to a house which he has legally hired, without raising all this speculation! I will leave him to himself." - Chapter 53
Mr. Bingley is back and he's brought a friend. Lots going on today, so I made time this morning to sit with my cup of tea and chapter.? ??
#JaneInJuneJulyAndAlways
"Elizabeth had the satisfaction of receiving an answer to her letter as soon as she possibly could. She was no sooner in possession of it than, hurrying into the little copse, where she was least likely to be interrupted, she sat down on one of the benches and prepared to be happy; for the length of the letter convinced her that it did not contain a denial." - Chapter 52
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I thank you for my share of the favour," said Elizabeth; "but I do not particularly like your way of getting husbands." Chapter 51
Time for tea and a chapter. ???
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"He has given in all his debts; I hope at least he has not deceived us." Chapter 50
Letters continue as Mr. Gardiner sorts out all the details.
Also look at this beautiful bouquet I bought this morning at the Farmers' Market. That sunflower! Yellow makes me happy. Plus I love the contrast of purple zinnia.?????
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"There will not be the smallest occasion for your coming to town again; therefore stay quiet at Longbourn, and depend on my diligence and care." - Chapter 49
Mr. Gardiner oh so tactfully telling Mr. Bennet to just stay home. When what he really means is 'You're no help. I've got this.' ?
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"Howsoever that may be, you are grievously to be pitied; in which opinion I am not only joined by Mrs. Collins, but likewise by Lady Catherine and her daughter, to whom I have related the affair." Chapter 48
Condolences from Mr. Collins. Ugh. ✉️
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"Oh! thoughtless, thoughtless Lydia!" cried Elizabeth when she had finished it. "What a letter is this, to be written at such a moment! - Chapter 47
This section of P & P has lots of letters. After all that's how people communicated. This one is particularly fun. It's made to look like Lydia wrote her note that she left for Mrs Foster on the back of fashion sheet. Which is totally something Lydia would do. ✉️
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"They had just been preparing to walk as the letters came in; and her uncle and aunt, leaving her to enjoy them in quiet, set off by themselves." - Chapter 46
#Pemberlittens not one but two letters and it's not good news. Because of the letters I'm back to this Edition. ?
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Yes," replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, "but that was only when I first saw her, for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance." Chapter 45
#Pemberlittens here's the handsomest rose currently blooming - David Austin Roses Elizabeth. Sadly she is not named for Elizabeth Bennet but for the late Queen. ?
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"As for Elizabeth, her thoughts were at Pemberley this evening more than the last; and the evening, though as it passed it seemed long, was not long enough to determine her feelings towards one in that mansion; and she lay awake two whole hours endeavouring to make them out." - Chapter 44
#Pemberlittens this part of the story has me reminiscing about our visit to Lyme Park. I love this photo Husband took of the sunken Italian Garden. ?
"They gradually ascended for half-a-mile, and then found themselves at the top of a considerable eminence, where the wood ceased, and the eye was instantly caught by Pemberley House, situated on the opposite side of a valley, into which the road with some abruptness wound. " Chapter 43
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To Pemberley, therefore, they were to go." Chapter 42
I always love when I reach this line. In the original publication of 3 Volumes, this was the end of Volume 2. My favorite part of the story is coming. #PemberLittens we're going to Pemberley! ?
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"The elder Miss Bennets alone were still able to eat, drink, and sleep, and pursue the usual course of their employments." - Chapter 41
I love how friends give me random Jane Austen things. Like this fun Pride and Prejudish sponge. ☺️
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