JASNA NorCal Reading Group

JASNA NorCal Reading Group
a Jane Austen book club
(details)
APRIL:

Jane Austen:
Writing, Society, Politics
by Tom Keymer
History | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

MAY:

Sense & Sensibility
by Joanna Trollope
Retelling, Jane Austen | Published: 2013 | Goodreads
JUNE:

Jane Austen, the Secret Radical
by Helena Kelly
Biography, Feminism, Jane Austen | Published: 2017 | Goodreads | my rating: 5

JULY:

Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
Classics, Historical, England | Published: 1811 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
AUGUST:

The Making of Jane Austen
by Devoney Looser
History, Jane Austen | Goodreads
SEPTEMBER:

Sansei and Sensibility
by Karen Tei Yamashita
Short Stories, Retellings, Jane Austen | Goodreads | my rating: 4

OCTOBER:

Among the Janeites
A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom
by Deborah Yaffe
Memoir, History | Published: 2013 | Goodreads
NOVEMBER:

Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas:
Being a Jane Austen Mystery
by Stephanie Barron
Mystery, Jane Austen | Published: 2014 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
DECEMBER:

n/a

Lovely Books and Things - 2.20.22

Lovely Books and Things
My Weekly Books and Films Update

Linking up with:
Sunday Post (details)
Mailbox Monday (details)

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HAPPY THINGS:

1. Flat White Latte at new coffee shop with Australia theme in the neighborhood, Koolah Cafe (here). Will try the vegemite toast for first time taste of the infamous vegemite.
2. Spectacular grand finale display of the Chinese New Year's Parade on the corner of Kearny and Jackson in San Francisco
3. Eye candy Candy Cumberbatch, jelly bean art, found at gallery wall of Z. Cioccolato (fudge, candy & gifts) in North Beach (here)

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Bought:

House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
Horror, Fiction | Published: 2000 | Goodreads


Library: audiobook

Jane Austen, the Secret Radical
by Helena Kelly
Biography, Feminism, Jane Austen | Published: 2017 | Goodreads
for Febregency (here)

Library:

Nervous System: A Novel
by Lina Meruane
translated by Megan McDowell
Literary, Medical | Published: 2021 | Goodreads
Freebies: from Free Little Library

Troilus and Cressida
by William Shakespeare
Classics, Drama, Play | Published: 2008 (first 1601) | Goodreads
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Virtual Author event: hosted by Third Place Books
See archive of this - later this week (here)

The Books of Jacob
by Olga Tokarczuk
Historical, Poland | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
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AND watched: Netflix

Hand of God (2021)
Original title: È stata la mano di Dio
Director/Writer: Paolo Sorrentino
Stars: Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo
Drama, Naples, Italy | imdb | my rating: 5
sad, beautiful and touching scenes, coming of age, parents
In 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.

AND watched: theatre

Licorice Pizza (2021)
Director/Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman
Comedy, Drama, Romance | imdb | my rating: 5
fun coming of age romp
The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

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Last chance...
My Blogoversary Giveaway offer is happening (here)
(offer expires at the end of the month)

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* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Febregency

Febregency on YouTube
a regency readathon details (here)
#Febregency
Readathon hosted by:
Emma @Bookish Princess
Jennifer @Jennifer Brooks
@Christy Luis-Dostoevsky in Space
Stephanie @Ms. Richards Reads

The main goal is to read a work that was popular during the regency era/written by a writer who lived during the regency era (1795-1837).

Prompts: (and my possibilities)

Read a regency era poem (bonus challenge: memorize a regency era poem!).

The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne
(Modern Library Series)
Poetry, Regency | Published: 2000 (first 1929) | Goodreads
Read a regency era play.

Miscellaneous Plays
by Joanna Baillie
Plays, Regency | Published: 2018 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
Read a work of nonfiction (either about the regency era or written during the regency era).

Jane Austen, the Secret Radical
by Helena Kelly
Biography, Feminism, Jane Austen | Published: 2017 | Goodreads | my rating: 5

Jane Austen at Home
by Lucy Worsley
Biography, History | Published: 2017 | Goodreads
Read a regency era work or author referenced by Jane Austen or who influenced Jane Austen.

Gossip's Story
by Jane West
Classics | Published: 2015 (first 1796) | Goodreads | my rating: 4
~*~ * on the side - going to listen to pieces by a composer of the era, Clara Schumann