Jane Austen July TBR/Pile of Possibilities

[@MichelePJ]

I'm excited to take part this year! My possibilities are Sense and Sensibility, The Watson's and Sanditon, Jane Austen and the Clergy by Irene Collins, Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley, Venetia by Georgette Heyer, and The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray. I'd love to rewatch Sense and Sensibility again since it's been awhile and maybe Scents and Sensibility since I've never heard of that one.The possibilities are really endless! Thanks for co-hosting Katie. 📚❤

[@LedgerAndLace]

Thanks, Katie! I will now refer to my TBR AS POP: Pile of Possibilities. Very much looking forward to July, and as always, you add to my POP. 🙂

[@larrymilliken288]

Dear Katie, I’ve been away from my computer for 3 weeks on a road trip, so I have a lot of catching up to do regarding your earlier videos, which I promise to watch. As ever you have done a fabulous job suggesting things for Jane Austen July!

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

I’ll definitely be participating in JaneAustenJuly and hopefully will post a video next week. The Anarchy book looks interesting-I may check that out! I love Mansfield Park and the related book sounds fascinating.

[@prairierose1115]

Thanks Katie!

[@bgreer6584]

Congratulations on your second novel release!

[@jorjastonej]

Whoot! Pre-ordered yr new book today. Can’t wait! For JAJ I’ll only have time for one read. So many great choices. Thx for sharing your JAJ TBR

[@katiejlumsden]

Thanks very much :)

[@playsintraffic2]

I admit to getting a jumpstart because I wanted to re-read all her novels plus some of the other fun things surrounding Jane. So far I've read: Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice and I'm working on Northanger Abbey.

[@lindaklinedinst9236]

Hi Katie I hope that you will be able to get to all the books you want to read in July. Take Care & Happy Reading ❤️🤗🔰☀️☕️🏡❤️

[@kompas29]

Looking forward to your opinion about Gentlemen of uncertain fortune. Read it couple of years ago and find it an interesting social history read. It also turned me to thinking about the life stories of JA' brothers , especially Henry Austen.

[@BlatantlyBookish]

Hooray for Jane Austen July!!! I am planning a library trip after work tomorrow in its honor and then I probably won't be able to help myself from starting early! 💕

[@novellenovels]

I’m 100% in and have Belinda on my massive Tbr. Sooo excited 🎉🎉

[@InfiniteText]

"The last person to take this out of the library...was me....last year" I love it! I really want to read The Anarchy, I've been looking for a book on the East India Trading Company for a while.

[@katiejlumsden]

Will I manage to read it this year . . . ? We will see . . .

[@scallydandlingaboutthebooks]

I'm so glad you mentioned the Nikki May book. This year my novel to reread has cycled back to Mansfield Park so this would be perfect. If only I hadn't just uoloaded and scheduled my TBR video 😂

[@MRDEREVKO]

Urgh Mansfield Park, buy some Gin 🤣

[@scallydandlingaboutthebooks]

@@MRDEREVKO l love Mansfield Park. Gin is always good though.

[@AaronReadABook]

I'm re-reading Emma too and probably What Matters In Jane Austen. I think I might watch the TV adaptation of Sense & Sensibility too. I have another East India Company book which is blurbed by Dalrymple which I bought for historathon so I might throw that in too!

[@queenvictoria4237]

So excited for this

[@stephenn3727]

Thank you Katie!

[@launchedathousand]

I have all the Austen novels narrated by Juliet Stevenson and I love them. I sadly kinda feel like I'm slightly burned out by Austen this year so I'm only planning on reading an annotated Persuasion and a couple historical/retellings that I've been interested in for a few years but hadn't gotten to yet.

[@ElliesCozyChronicles]

What an exciting month!! Congratulations Katie!!💐 I listened to the late Mrs Willoughby last Jane Austen July and loved it! The narrator is excellent!

[@taaptee]

I used to follow this series years ago, so glad to be back after so much in life has happened ❤️

[@MLLatUtube]

I added Gentleman of Uncertain Fortune to my TBR after reading and really enjoying Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen, also by Rory Muir. I pre-ordered your new book from Blackwell's as I can't find a copy yet in the US - congratulations on another novel!

[@katiejlumsden]

Thanks very much! Yes, I sadly don't have a US publisher for the second book at the moment, so Blackwells is the best bet!

[@Baileyhouse1]

I’ve already started my JAJ reading with The Genius of JA by Paula Byrne and The Murder of Mr Wickham by Claudia Gray. I will also join in the readalong of S&S and watch the Emma Thompson film version. The Year Inbetween is fabulous, even though it is a long book I found it compelling and finished it in a few days. 😎

[@katiejlumsden]

I do really want to read that one sometime!

[@LedgerAndLace]

P.S. Forgot to mention: "A Lady's Guide to Scandal" was FUN! It was a fresh take on the era, while remaining historically accurate. I also really liked the one Georgette Heyer book I read, "A Convenient Marriage." She's very funny and was meticulous in her research (according to Wikipedia)! ;-)

[@KierTheScrivener]

I pre-started my JAJ reading too, I read Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility because I was excited! I'm so excited for Motherless Land! I love Mansfield Park and love that it's getting a retelling.

[@katiejlumsden]

I'm so curious about This Motherless Land!

[@andreabauer4711]

I am trying to expand my reading habits (which mostly tend to political nonfiction, science fiction, and Jane Austen -- odd, I know) so I think one of my choices will be a play. I am considering Richard Sheridan's School for Scandal.

[@LouiseReader]

I've started my JAJ a little early and have started the audiobook of a recent Australian YA retelling of Pride and Prejudice, Stuck Up & Stupid by actor Angourie Rice and her playwright mother Kate Rice. It's quite fun so far. I think it's going to be a Sydney/LA setting. I also have a devastatingly gorgeous book called Jane Austen's Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson. Sense and Sensibility is the only one of the big 6 that I haven't read, so I need to get it done. Suspect I'll be off to the Rosamund Pike audiobook.

[@jamiedianne6778]

The new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility was done by the Hallmark Channel, I guarantee it was low budget and is probably somewhat cheesy but you never know! 😆

[@katiejlumsden]

Well, I'll give it a try!

[@acratone8300]

I'll just comment what my favorite Jane Austen TV series: Emma starring Romola Garai (2009). Screenplay by Sandy Welch ! Really balanced and nuanced.

[@katiejlumsden]

It's a wonderful adaptation, that one!

[@tourdumondelitteraire]

I will be reading Emma since it's one of the only Jane Austen I've only read once! Then I'll read Sanditon, I read the Watsons last year... My other plans are : Miss Austen by Gill Hornby, Jane Austen at Home (continuing this one) by Lucy Worsley, Continuing The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe, Reputation by Lex Croucher and finally Death Comes to Pemberley by PD James! I've heard Death Comes to Pelberley is not the best, but it's been on my TBR for years so I might just give it a shot so I can finally clear it hahaha Have a great Jane Austen July to eveyone who participates!

[@katiejlumsden]

Many great choices there!

[@kathleencraine7335]

I love Juliet Stevenson's Emma--her portrayal of Mr Woodhouse cracks me up every time. My USA Library has a Robert Morrison book: "The Regency Years: During Which Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights, Byron Makes Love, and Britain Becomes Modern" (2019). Would that be the same as your "Regency Revolution"? Morrison also annotated the Belknap edition of "Persuasion: an Annotated Edition", which I read and enjoyed.

[@elizabethjonczyk6818]

I believe "The Regency Years" is the American title of the book "The Regency Revolution."

[@kathleencraine7335]

Thanks. I wasn't sure if it was the same book or a different book by Morrison.

[@dqan7372]

Went to order Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune only to realize I already owned it, so Anarchy it is.

[@denisadellinger4543]

I read Self Control this year. Talk about drama! That poor girl was stalked. Thats all I can say. You can tell how Jane Austen changed everything in women's fiction. This high drama is the basic type of writing done by a lot of women's writers of that period. Until Jane Austen. Do you agree?

[@Bookslovejenna]

That new Sense and Sensibility was released on the Hallmark Channel in the States in February. I don’t think the UK has the Hallmark Channel. Are you familiar? It releases hundreds (yes - hundreds) of super saccharine, cheesy romance movies every year. They can be fun. I did watch this. It’s not great. I wouldn’t put too much energy into finding it but if it falls in your lap it might be a nice diversion. I graded papers while watching it and didn’t miss a beat. 😂

[@katiejlumsden]

I'll have to see what I think . . .

[@larapelolargo]

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