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For February, we're reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen!

Trigger warning(s):
(view spoiler)[cheating, racism, sexism (hide spoiler)]

CHECK-IN DATES ✨

★ 10/02: chapter 1 - chapter 16
☆ 17/02: chapter 17 - chapter 32
★ 24/02: chapter 33 - end of the book

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Please read through the given chapter. This means that you should finish chapter 16 for the first check-in, and chapter 32 for the second check-in.

It is okay if you're ahead of or behind schedule. Feel free to read at your own pace, but please remember to hide spoilers and add a small note of which chapters they impact (additionally, be wary about which spoilers you click if you're behind on the reading). You're always welcome to answer check-in questions, even if you're late!

10/02 | CHECK-IN 01 | Sense and Sensibility ✨
Questions, as well as responses, may contain spoilers for chapter 16! Please mark your responses appropriately. Info on how to spoil messages can be found in "(some html is okay)" directly above your comment box.

★ QUESTIONS

1. How do you find the writing style? Do you think it still holds up nowadays?

2. (view spoiler)[What do you think of Mrs. Dashwood’s relationship with Marianne and Elinor so far? (hide spoiler)]

3. (view spoiler)[Willoughby and Marianne’s behavior was seen as inappropriate at the time. Was it something you paid attention to and how did you find other characters' reactions to it? (hide spoiler)]

17/02 | CHECK-IN 02 | Sense & Sensibility ✨
Questions, as well as responses, may contain spoilers for chapter 32! Please mark your responses appropriately. Info on how to spoil messages can be found in "(some html is okay)" directly above your comment box.

★ QUESTIONS

1. How is the pacing so far and is there anything you'd like to get more or less of?

2. (view spoiler)[What do you think about the situation with Lucy, Edward and Elinor? How do you think it will end? (hide spoiler)]

3. What do you think about the side characters? Do you have a favorite or a least favorite, if so why?

4. Has the novel been meeting your expectations so far, if you had any?

24/02 | CHECK-IN 03 | Sense & Sensibility ✨
Questions, as well as responses, may contain spoilers for the end of the book! Please mark your responses appropriately. Info on how to spoil messages can be found in "(some html is okay)" directly above your comment box.

★ QUESTIONS

1. Do you think the name Sense and sensibility fits the novel? How?

2. What kind of development did you see in Elinor and Marianne throughout the novel?

3. (view spoiler)[Gossip played a big role in the novel. How did you like it leading the events? (hide spoiler)]

4. If you've read other Austen works, how does this as her debut compare to them? If not, do you think you can see yourself reading more of her works at a later date?