Austenesque Lovers TBR Challenge 2020 discussion

If you are willing to place one of your July reading choices in the hands of another person, leave a comment here with at least five books and no more than ten from your TBR shelf. Participants need to leave comments no later than June 25th.

Here's how it will work:
Sophia will match people up and leave a comment with a list of who will choose for whom.
When you see the person you are to pick for, then just look at their list in the above comments and leave a new comment with their name and the book you chose for them by June 30th.

You also need to watch and see what book your person chose from your list for you.
You have the rest of the month to read the book.

So if this sounds like something you would like to do, just comment below leaving your name and list of book choices for someone to pick your July book.

Hmm, I've got a stack of newer ones that I'd like to get to this month so I'm in.

1. I Never Knew Myself: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Melanie Rachel
2. Persuaded to Sail: Jane Austen's Fighting Men by Jack Caldwell
3. Fortune and Felicity by Monica Fairview
4. Rebellion at Longbourn: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Victoria Kincaid
5. Mr. Darcy's Perfect Match: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Kelly Miller

Georgiana Part two....

Georgiana Darcy, Matchmaker


GEORGIANA (Pride & Prejudice continued... Book 3)


Driving Miss Darcy: Pemberley For Christmas


Georgiana Darcy: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice


Letter from Ramsgate

Leftovers on my ABNYR-pile, now I can procrastinate for another month before I read the last few JAFF i have already bought (and buy new books while I wait) yay :)

1. Tempt You to Accept Me: A Pride and Prejudice Variation https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
2. Death Takes a Holiday at Pemberley https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
3. Wedding at Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Variation https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. Mr. Darcy & Elizabeth: The Fashionable and Young: a Pride and Prejudice Variation Romance https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
5. Courtships & Corruption: A Pride and Prejudice Variation https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
6. The Best Laid Flight Plans https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

1. Sonali Dev, Recipe for Persuasion
2. Soniah Kamal, Unmarriageable
3. Rose Servitova, The Longbourn Letters: The Correspondence between Mr Collins & Mr Bennet
4. Joyce Harmon, A Feather To Fly With
5. Lucy Marin, Being Mrs Darcy

Will downsize the book list as it gets closer

Here we go:

Lois wrote: "Here we go:
[bookcover:Sanditon: Jane Austen's Last No..."

ooh i love your list! the mysterious death of jane austen was one of my favs. rated it 4 stars!

Patricia,
That’s good yo know! It’s been sitting on my bookshelf awhile, and I just haven’t gotten to it. I love mysteries (Stephanie Barron’s series is a favorite of mine), so I really need to get this one down off the shelf!

Lois wrote: "Patricia,
That’s good yo know! It’s been sitting on my bookshelf awhile, and I just haven’t gotten to it. I love mysteries (Stephanie Barron’s series is a favorite of mine), so I really need to get..."

Lol...I enjoyed it too! And whether a certain character appears in other contexts...I think....**redacted*** maybe a reread soon.

I'm in. I still need to read June's selection, but I still have a week. I'll get it done. (I"ve been writing like crazy.)

For July picks:
1) "Find Wonder In All Things", by Karen M Cox

2) "By Order of Their Birth", by desertrat68 (fanfiction.net)

3) "President Darcy", by Victoria Kincaid

4) "Master Darcy Under Good Regulation", by Kara Louise

Please fair fellow JAFF reader, chuse wisely! ;-)

Great that you're writing a lot!

Sorry so sorry, everyone! I completely forgot to draw the names and post for the challenge. This month went by so fast for me. Again, apologies.

I'm going to give us until July 2nd to post up our picks for one another just in case you need more time.

Here's a reminder of how it works. In the list below, find your name on the left and the name on the right is the name you drew. Then go back up into the comments and find their list, pick a book for them, and leave a new comment below by July 2nd.

Momtoten > Abigail
Lois > Elin
Patricia > Kirk
Abigail > Sophia
Elin > Momtoten
Kirk > Lois
Sophia > Patricia

Remember to check what book was chosen for you.
We have the rest of the month to get our books read. Feel free to drop a note back here of what you thought of your chosen book.

Enjoy your books, all!

Howdy, Patricia!

I thought the first two were light and fun so I'm picking the third Rachel John, Persuading the Captain, for you. Hope its a fun one!

Kirk wrote: "Georgiana Part two....

Georgiana Darcy, Matchmaker


GEORGIANA (Pride & Prejudice continued... Book 3)


Driving Miss ..."

there was 2 that caught my eye, but my gut is saying georgiana pride and prejudice continued book 3.

I hope you enjoy it!

Honored to pick for you, Sophia! I don't want to cause any triggering so I'll choose Fortune and Felicity for you, principally because, like Meg Ryan, I like the word felicity.

I adore the word 'felicity' and I use it when I close my messages. :)

Sounds like a good pick, Abigail. :)

Patricia wrote: "Kirk wrote: "Georgiana Part two....

Georgiana Darcy, Matchmaker


GEORGIANA (Pride & Prejudice continued... Book 3)


..."
Thanks!!!

Tough choice!!!!
Having read it three times...I choose What Matters in JA! Happy reading!

Abigail wrote: "1. Sonali Dev, Recipe for Persuasion
2. Soniah Kamal, Unmarriageable
3. Rose Servitova, [book:The Longbourn Letters: The Correspondence between Mr Collins & Mr Benne..."

Good morrow, Abigail. Thank you for the cheers re: my writing. (37,500 words in the past two weeks! Woo Hoo!)
The only one on your list I've read is 'Being Mrs Darcy' by Lucy Marin.
HOWEVER, you have two which are in my TBR pile, therefore I respectfully request a pre-read review of 'Unmarriageable' by Soniah Kamal.

Godspeed reading in July!
momtoten

That's an astounding word count!! You go!

Thanks for proposing that I read Unmarriageable. Happy to do so, particularly because my Jane Austen reading group has just decided to do a comparative reading of two Austenesques with Islamic cultural themes. Much appreciated!

Abigail wrote: "That's an astounding word count!! You go!

Thanks for proposing that I read Unmarriageable. Happy to do so, particularly because my Jane Austen reading group has just decided to do a comparative re..."

Very glad I could help! LOL
Godspeed on your reading group!

Dear Momtoten, I am not certain it is within my means chose wisely... So I'll go with my gut feeling and that is to choose the one I liked best since I have read your selection. My favourite among them was: Find wonder in all things by Karen M Kox. A lovely, heart-warming and engaging Persuasion variation, enjoy!

Elin wrote: "Dear Momtoten, I am not certain it is within my means chose wisely... So I'll go with my gut feeling and that is to choose the one I liked best since I have read your selection. My favourite among ..."

I really enjoyed my pick, Elin. Thank you for suggesting it. I think Persuasion might be the easiest to modernise, and I really liked the interesting twist of the Elliot family in this one. (Not only high society is closed and insular!)

Thanks!

Interesting idea about it being easier to adapt Persuasion than the other novels! I can see it--it's the most modern in its ideas about class, and about equality within a marriage.

Elin,

I don't see a pick for you. I can happily choose one from your group if you'd like. :)

Patricia wrote: "Kirk wrote: "Georgiana Part two....

Georgiana Darcy, Matchmaker


GEORGIANA (Pride & Prejudice continued... Book 3)


..."

Sadly, the book left Kindle Unlimited. Soooo...I selected in it's place.....
Driving Miss Darcy

Twas cotton candy sweet. I look forward to rereading it over the holidays. It was perfect after reading the multiple Caroline Bingley filled Crazy Rich Asians.

Sophia Rose, that would be great!

Swell! How about Courtship and Corruption for your reading pleasure, Elin?

Than you, Sophia Rose! Courtship and Corruptioni it is :)

Courtships & Corruption: A Pride and Prejudice Variation, humourously bent murder mystery, keeping the timeline of canon. I enjoyed it and gave it 4* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

I was hoping it would be a good one, Elin. I'm adding it my own list now. :)

Finished my selection, Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal. I admit it was a disappointment to me, though I appreciated the opportunity to read a story set in Pakistan. Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Abigail, you picked a winner. I was full of felicity when I finished. It was a lovely, bittersweet governess romance and fit my reading mood perfectly. :)

So glad it worked for you!

These all excite me equally right now. HALP!
- Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility
- Ayesha at Last
- Jane Fairfax
- The Bride of Northanger: A Jane Austen Variation
- Jane Bites Back

We've all done our picking, but if I were to pick for you, I'd choose Ayesha at Last. Anyone else?

Abigail wrote: "We've all done our picking, but if I were to pick for you, I'd choose Ayesha at Last. Anyone else?"
I've read and enjoyed Jane Fairfax twice and greatly enjoyed Ayesha at Last last year. I recommend both but if you have access to Jane Fairfax I would go with that one as Ayesha will be readily available for the immediate future. Strictly on merit alone? Ayesha!

the vbride of northanger sounds interesting, never read it. i loved ayesha at last !