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There is a Goodreads group: https://tinyurl.com/y7t4n8cdÂ
The co-hosts are ‪@BlatantlyBookish‬ and ‪@SpinstersLibrary‬ (also on YouTube...check them out!)
The Challenges
1. Read one of Jane Austen’s main six novels
2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels
3. Read a non-fiction work about Jane Austen or her time
4. Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book OR a work of historical fiction set in Jane Austen’s time
5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (ie, published between 1775–1817) 6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
7. Watch a modern screen adaptation/retelling of a Jane Austen book
Readalong Schedules:
Sense and Sensibility, 3 chaps a day from 1 to 14 July, then 4 chapters 15 and 16 July
Sanditon, 2 chaps a day from 17 to 22 July
The Watsons, 23 to 31 July