What Are You Reading Wednesday
Dec. 19th, 2018 09:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amycooper Petzi does this every Wednesday. One of the things I've been attempting to do the last 9 months or so is reclaim some time for myself as I think burnout plays a roll in my current issues. Between work and kids, I rarely have time for myself and one way that can be seen is that I've gone from reading 150-200 books a year to reading maybe one or two (for myself, not counting to the kids to which I read a lot too) per year for the last 4-5 years. I'm making an effort.
So, I think I'll start noting what I'm reading/read every week.
Right now: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
For some reason I've recently gotten into a Jane Austen kick. I read some of her works during my college years (I was an English major after all) and never felt very strongly about her, but in the last month I watched both versions of Sense and Sensibility and the '95 version of Pride and Prejudice. Sense and Sensibility is one I had not actually read before and I'm enjoying it quite a bit.
When sisters Elinor and Marianne's father dies, the whole of his fortune passes on to their older half brother leaving them and their mother and younger sister at greatly reduced means. Both fall young ladies fall in love but the situations are complicated. The story is a strong critic to the norms of the day.
So, I think I'll start noting what I'm reading/read every week.
Right now: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
For some reason I've recently gotten into a Jane Austen kick. I read some of her works during my college years (I was an English major after all) and never felt very strongly about her, but in the last month I watched both versions of Sense and Sensibility and the '95 version of Pride and Prejudice. Sense and Sensibility is one I had not actually read before and I'm enjoying it quite a bit.
When sisters Elinor and Marianne's father dies, the whole of his fortune passes on to their older half brother leaving them and their mother and younger sister at greatly reduced means. Both fall young ladies fall in love but the situations are complicated. The story is a strong critic to the norms of the day.
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Date: 2018-12-19 11:57 pm (UTC)I read Pride and Prejudice for a high school class. It was the first Austen I had ever read. I think most of the wry humor went over my head back then, because I was bored until about 3/4 of the way through, and then suddenly the characters clicked.