Book #1: Persuasion by Jane Austen

Jane Austen.  Oh dear.  Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Alley, Persuasion, etc.  I desperately wanted to be one of those girls that have read and are deeply in love with every one of her books and have obsessive relationships with her characters.  But I'm not.  I've picked up and put down Pride and Prejudice more times than I can count.  I've bought both Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion and watched them sit on my shelf unopened.  I've seen the movie; I've watched the Jane Austen Book Club movie.  But reading any of her books?  I just can't do it.  I feel stupid.

So I started this 30 Books challenge - and on the list - Persuasion.  It was on my shelf (one of the few books on the list that I own) so I tried to save it from the Packers during the move (it didn't work - they even packed the book on my nightstand I was currently reading - ugh).  Anyway, I wrestled my way through it and finally finished it.

I enjoyed it, I might even try another Austen novel in another 15 years.  I won't bore you with plot details because I'm sure you're all smarter than me and have read it before.  I did find it interesting that relationships between women and men span the ages - the feelings, thoughts, awkward moments - it happened then and it happens now.  But anyway, one book down, twenty-nine more to go!!