Jane Austen Birthday and Book Pollyanna

On Saturday, December 17th we joined together for our annual celebration of Jane’s Birthday along with our Book Pollyanna.

We had a lot of wonderful treats to snack on during our discussion of Sense and Sensibility. I shared a newly favorite line of “I have not wanted syllables where actions have spoken so plainly.”

We then added to our list of “Read Jane – Now What?” We really are a great group readers.

• Death comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
• books by Penelope Lively
• The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemming
• the Pink Carnations Series by Lauren Willig
• the Maisie Dobbs Series by Jacqueline Winspear
• the Inspector Rutlege Series by Charles Todd
• books by Philliapa Gregory
• Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
• Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
• the Josie Prescott Series by Jane Cleland

Then we got down to our book exchange!

• One Day by David Nicholls
• The Watsons and Emma Watson Jane Austen’s Unfinished Novel Completed by Joan Aiken
• The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
• 101 Things You Didn’t Know About Jane Austen: The Truth About the World’s Most Intriguing Romantic Literary Heroine by Patrice Hannon
• Jane Austen’s Letters by Deirdre Le Faye
• A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter by William Deresiewicz
• Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
• The Spanish Bride: A Novel of Love and War by Georgette Heyer
• A Jane Austen themed journal
• Jane Austen For Dummies by Joan Klingel Ray
• Little Bee: A Novel by Chris Cleave
• Jane Austen’s Little Advice Book by Cathryn Michon and Pamela Norris
• Why Do Horses Sleep Standing Up?: 101 of the Most Perplexing Questions Answered About Equine Enigmas, Medical Mysteries, and Befuddling Behaviors (Why Do Series) by Marty Becker D.V.M., Audrey Pavia, Gina Spadafori and Teresa Becker
• Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years by Sarah L. Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany and Amy Hill Hearth
• Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman
• Becoming Jane: The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen by Jane Austen