Feb Read Along Winner - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

[Unknown]

The winner is Pride and Prejudice, by one vote!

Feel free to do your own read-along with other board members if you don't want to read P&P. Since this is our first month doing the read along I expect it will be a little disjointed, but hopefully after a couple months we'll have everything figured out.

The majority voted to have weekly discussions. Feel free to post a question or discussion topic thread anytime during the week, just as a reminder to put a warning in your thread title to let us know where there is a spoiler or utilize the

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spoiler feature

I figure it might be easier to do it based on weeks versus a discussion on a certain day, that way nobody will feel pressure to be logged in and ready to discuss on a certain day, but anytime during the week is current enough to keep discussion flowing.

P&P has 61 chapters, so here is a rough breakdown of 20% per week:

Week of 2/1: Thru Chapter 14

Week of 2/9: Thru Chapter 29

Week of 2/16: Thru Chapter 44

Week of 2/23: Whole Book

As always, let me know if you have any suggestions on the best way to handle the read along!

Happy Reading!

[peanutmuse]

Nice.

And thank you, February 2015, for having 4 even Sun-Sat weeks to make this first month flow as smoothly as possible.

[owlishbookish]

February is going to be awesome. Between our board's book club pick and Parenting's book club pick, I'm going to be very happy.

[numbbears]

Yes! I'm so excited!

[ceebug]

I'm going to give P and P another shot. I read it for the first time for a college class. Maybe the absence of papers and tests will allow for a more relaxed reading environment.

[joi922]

Yay! I haven't read P&P in a few years, so it'll be fun to see if there any little things I missed the last time.

[TheEleventhHour]

Yay! I've never read any Austen so I am excited!

[Irishcurls]

Unknown I'm going to spend every day of my life on this board in Feb just to look at your siggy.....

Also yay P&P!

[ellabb043]

I'm going to try. Hopefully I will finish Discovery of Witches this week and start P&P with all of you!

[tribute17]

I'm excited for this. I've never a done a book read along so this will be a first. Also, I think this is a great February read because os valentine's day. I plan on counting this one for my "classic romance" in the popsugar challenge.

Also, just an idea but since it was so close, maybe we could add Soulless to our choices for March?

[starsailor26]

Excited to re-read it. I'm also thinking this will be my classic romance for the PopSugar challenge.

[gahorseygal]

I love P&P and have read it so many times. I have been wanting to read Austenland so maybe I'll read that instead this month? I'll still try to participate in discussions though!

[elsiemae]

Jan 28, 2015 15:10:37 GMT -5 @enchanted said:

Jan 28, 2015 14:00:18 GMT -5 ceebug said:

I'm going to give P and P another shot. I read it for the first time for a college class. Maybe the absence of papers and tests will allow for a more relaxed reading environment.

I've made myself re-read a lot of books I had to read in school just to see if the reason I didn't like them was because it was school or because I didn't like them.

Crime and Punishment- awesome book
Lord of the Flies- still sucks

Lord of the Flies was the worst!!

[kat5040]

Alright! I'm so excited to finally read some Jane Austen. Like many others, I'm going to be using this as my classic romance for the Popular challenge.

[Unknown]

Jan 28, 2015 15:32:57 GMT -5 tribute17 said:

I'm excited for this. I've never a done a book read along so this will be a first. Also, I think this is a great February read because os valentine's day. I plan on counting this one for my "classic romance" in the popsugar challenge.

Also, just an idea but since it was so close, maybe we could add Soulless to our choices for March?

I was thinking I would put it in w/ the next vote.

[lilqt3929]

I've never read this one and am excited to try to read along with all of you!

[rocksforludo]

I've read P&P many, many times, but I will read along again!

[aylafsu1881]

Unknown Love your siggy. Are you ready for season 1 of outlander to start again in April? I am really excited to meet Jenny and see the witch trial unfold.

[Unknown]

Jan 29, 2015 11:27:33 GMT -5 aylafsu1881 said:

Unknown Love your siggy. Are you ready for season 1 of outlander to start again in April? I am really excited to meet Jenny and see the witch trial unfold.

YES! My kiddo has a sick day today, and she just went down for a nap so I'm watching the wedding episode again.  ::swoon:: I'm reading The Fiery Cross, and it's so much easier to read now that I'm envisioning Sam Heughan as Jamie. ETA: even if he is like 45 in TFC I will always envision Heughan, heck I'm not sure how old they will be by the last book, but even if ?Jamie is 80 I'll envision Heughan.

[TheEleventhHour]

Unknown Oh my goodness. I've definitely watching the wedding episode more than once. I love the show. They did a great job casting it!

[salemkitty]

Yay! I'll get the book tomorrow

[Deleted]

Jan 28, 2015 16:57:35 GMT -5 elsiemae said:

Jan 28, 2015 15:10:37 GMT -5 @enchanted said:

I've made myself re-read a lot of books I had to read in school just to see if the reason I didn't like them was because it was school or because I didn't like them.

Crime and Punishment- awesome book
Lord of the Flies- still sucks

Lord of the Flies was the worst!!

Try telling my DH that, he lived it. SMH

[peanutmuse]

Ok, I am starting Pride & Prejudice today. I am sick in bed and my husband is taking care of my little dude. I'm just biding my time until the next time I can take NyQuil. So as long as my eyes aren't burning -- which happens, and I have to take breaks (boo) -- I will be reading.

I have a question, and I also want to make sure I know how to do the spoiler thing.

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{Here is my question.}How are we going to structure the discussions?
Is it just going to be a free for all?
Will we suggest topics?
Perhaps use a book club discussion guide?

I tend to jot down notes as I go, so I am curious as to how this all will work.

Sweet. I like that I can type a little bit into the spoiler bit, and then add more in the regular format. I think it worked!

[peanutmuse]

I am sad. I ordered a copy of P&P because I want a real book for this one. It is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday, but with the foot of snow we're expected to get tonight, I think it will be delayed. I am going to have to start it on my Kindle.

First world problem, I know. But I am still sad.

[peanutmuse]

Feb 1, 2015 17:01:28 GMT -5 @enchanted said:

Feb 1, 2015 12:24:57 GMT -5 peanutmuse said:

I am sad. I ordered a copy of P&P because I want a real book for this one. It is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday, but with the foot of snow we're expected to get tonight, I think it will be delayed. I am going to have to start it on my Kindle.

First world problem, I know. But I am still sad.

It is one of those books that just feels like it needs to be a physical book and not an e-book, doesn't it?

Truth.

[peanutmuse]

Jan 28, 2015 20:34:24 GMT -5 Unknown said:

Jan 28, 2015 15:32:57 GMT -5 tribute17 said:

I'm excited for this. I've never a done a book read along so this will be a first. Also, I think this is a great February read because os valentine's day. I plan on counting this one for my "classic romance" in the popsugar challenge.

Also, just an idea but since it was so close, maybe we could add Soulless to our choices for March?

I was thinking I would put it in w/ the next vote.

The other thing "we" could do is have two groups going at the same time. Since there were so many votes for the #2 book. Just a thought.

ETA: I used "we" because I don't think I would read it.

[gahorseygal]

Feb 1, 2015 19:04:09 GMT -5 peanutmuse said:

Jan 28, 2015 20:34:24 GMT -5 Unknown said:

I was thinking I would put it in w/ the next vote.

The other thing "we" could do is have two groups going at the same time. Since there were so many votes for the #2 book. Just a thought.

ETA: I used "we" because I don't think I would read it.

I think this is a good idea but not for this month.

[peanutmuse]

Feb 1, 2015 19:38:57 GMT -5 gahorseygal said:

Feb 1, 2015 19:04:09 GMT -5 peanutmuse said:

The other thing "we" could do is have two groups going at the same time. Since there were so many votes for the #2 book. Just a thought.

ETA: I used "we" because I don't think I would read it.

I think this is a good idea but not for this month.

I agree. If we decide to do this, it would need to be stated before the vote.

[Unknown]

Feb 1, 2015 19:04:09 GMT -5 peanutmuse said:

Jan 28, 2015 20:34:24 GMT -5 Unknown said:

I was thinking I would put it in w/ the next vote.

The other thing "we" could do is have two groups going at the same time. Since there were so many votes for the #2 book. Just a thought.

ETA: I used "we" because I don't think I would read it.

I'm all for whatever anybody wants to do. I'm just throwing stuff out there to get this board going. I don't care if anybody has other/better ideas.

also, I think it's a fantastic idea if other members send out a bat signal for their own read along. I personally wouldn't have participated in the Soulless read along because I already read it, and didn't like it, so I might have asked to a partner read along of another book. 

[peanutmuse]

Feb 1, 2015 20:04:29 GMT -5 Unknown said:

Feb 1, 2015 19:04:09 GMT -5 peanutmuse said:

The other thing "we" could do is have two groups going at the same time. Since there were so many votes for the #2 book. Just a thought.

ETA: I used "we" because I don't think I would read it.

I'm all for whatever anybody wants to do. I'm just throwing stuff out there to get this board going. I don't care if anybody has other/better ideas.

also, I think it's a fantastic idea if other members send out a bat signal for their own read along. I personally wouldn't have participated in the Soulless read along because I already read it, and didn't like it, so I might have asked to a partner read along of another book. 

^Exactly Unknown. I think it's great how this group is developing.