tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649258800344563625.post4917524516124959882..comments2018-10-31T11:43:43.679+01:00Comments on A barmy bookworm sitting on the shelf...: You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me - C.S. Lewisa barmy bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16339352572459162587noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649258800344563625.post-91613571911425632952014-05-22T14:50:36.790+02:002014-05-22T14:50:36.790+02:00Mansfield Park is my favourite Austen :)Mansfield Park is my favourite Austen :)ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649258800344563625.post-63286446210397378842014-04-19T01:52:20.136+02:002014-04-19T01:52:20.136+02:00pretty nice blog, following :)pretty nice blog, following :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649258800344563625.post-74189943440415079672014-04-05T20:25:59.084+02:002014-04-05T20:25:59.084+02:00Nice review. I have to admit that the first time ...Nice review. I have to admit that the first time I read MP (probably 20 - 25 years ago) I didn't care for FP at all, feeling she was too mousy. But when I re-read MP a year ago I had a new appreciation for her wisdom, discernment and grace. And I had more sympathy for her - she was thrown into difficult circumstances but managed to rise above them. MP still isn't my favorite JA book but it definitely moved up on the scale. Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17548230742535863807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649258800344563625.post-57878693301703377262014-04-05T13:48:03.525+02:002014-04-05T13:48:03.525+02:00A lovely review. The version of MP that I read had...A lovely review. The version of MP that I read had a great intro (done by Tony Tanner) discussing Fanny, which helped me to enjoy the book without seeing her as too mousy. Persuasion is my favorite too.hopeinbrazilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842290165385823751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649258800344563625.post-70997294600231460002014-04-05T13:13:31.455+02:002014-04-05T13:13:31.455+02:00Thanks! I'm loving re-reading Austen. I think ...Thanks! I'm loving re-reading Austen. I think I have more sympathy for Fanny with age. I always used to think she was a bit wet, but I've softened towards her over the years... Still loving Persuasion the most though :0)a barmy bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16339352572459162587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1649258800344563625.post-31041286221128973362014-04-02T20:56:16.398+02:002014-04-02T20:56:16.398+02:00Nice review of MP! I've read it a couple times...Nice review of MP! I've read it a couple times but it is a hard book for me to like because Fanny is so much a doormat. I understand her situation and why but oh she rubs me the wrong way. P&P and Persuasion are tied for my favorite JA. I like the verbal fireworks of P&P but I love the story of Persuasion.Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.com