Friday's meeting

Hi everyone! Can you believe it is already that time again. I am really looking forward to our discussion this Friday. It will be at Mauri's home @ 3pm. The address and directions are in the email. Please try and finish the book by our meeting this is especially for our Marie who is having a "Jane Austen Reader's Block" We hope to see you all there even if you haven't completely finished the book. We still enjoy your company!

Thursday is nearly here. Hope everyone has finished or is nearly finished with Sense & Sensibility. I am looking forward to discussing it and hearing your insights as well as sharing a few of my own. Linda will email everyone with time and directions soon.

Adventures with Jane

Dear Fellow Austenians,

I am leaving for Norland Park in just a few moments and wanted to leave you with a few thoughts...

"There's a tendency for people to view the sudden popularity of Jane Austen as a reaction against some feature of current society. I think the phenomenon runs deeper than that. You don't have to be running or recoiling from something else to feel delight upon discovering Jane Austen."-- Karen P.

I agree with that sentiment only I do derive great pleasure from being swept into a world that so unlike my own. What do you think?

Also, I spoke with Bobbi Pearson at the Relief Society Super Saturday today and she will be joining us. Please note that I have posted on this blog the current reading selection, the reading/meeting schedule, and some great Austen links. Please feel free to add your own two cents...no pun intended...to our blog. Also any suggestions on things you would like to see on our blog that will be helpful in our adventures...please let me know.

Well, I must go. I am spending the evening with my friends at Norland Park.

Your devoted fellow Austenian,
Karmen