I write industrial automation software, and my biggest clients have for many years been companies that make the machines that make books. And then I look at the young tick-tock (whatever) obsessed school kids and wonder what their world will be like. Still, I feel the tug of streaming services and social media, and know I don’t read nearly enough now. That waxed and waned with the obligations of family and work, but I’ve managed to remain a regular reader. I was the same as a child - into my 20s, in fact: I read constantly. Emma and P&P are like the silly, funny early years and Persuasion is like the later years where you’ve had time to think over all your regrets and the Britishism of living in quiet desperation. But, I find Persuasion is Austen at most her mature writing, in terms of story and especially character work. I get what you mean about it not being witty and charming the way P&P is. My favorite Austen book is definitely Persuasion. I love connecting to people who love to read and talk about what they’re reading. You can try the same username as on here, Julia1492, or if that doesn’t work, my name, Julia Hanson my profile pic is me in a red sweatshirt with my pup sitting in front of me.
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If you’re interested, feel free to find me on goodreads. I have a pretty ambitious book list for next year, and The Big One is going to be War and Peace. I read those over and over as a kid as well. It helped remove the block I’d had on Dickens since being forced to read David Copperfield when I was a teenager. I also read A Tale of Two Cities a year ago and man, it was astounding. I hadn’t any previous ideas of what it was about, only that some people call it the Great British Novel and it was rather long. I read Middlemarch this year and was very pleasantly surprised. However, many of my friends love Persuasion, so maybe I should try it again. Do you still like me? You do? Sweet!” I realize this would’ve skipped all the drama that people like, but for me it just wasn’t as witty as P&P. I honestly couldn’t get excited about Persuasion because it seemed like all they did was take walks, and much confusion could’ve been saved by them simply asking “Hey, we used to like each other. I love your post! It’s always delightful finding another bookworm. (I don’t know if anyone here read Trixie Belden, but my mom and sister love them, so I decided to finally give them a try – they are so fun!) I’ll finish out the year with Hercule Poirot’s Christmas and Andrew Klavan’s new book, When Christmas Comes. I also read the first six Trixie Belden books, and the last one of those was a Christmas book. I started the Chronicles of Narnia audiobooks so that I can listen to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe during the Christmas season (I’ve read them before, so I thought I’d listen this time). Next, I’m going to turn my focus to Christmas books. The book I’m reading now is Frankenstein, and that will be my last “new classic” for the year. This year, from that list, I also read Brave New World (which was my overall least favorite book of the year – I would not have finished it if it hadn’t been the audio version), The Great Gatsby, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I’ve made a list of 50 classic books that are almost all different authors, and I am working my way through them a little at a time.
It was part of my quest to read classic literature that I missed growing up. My favorite new book might be The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
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I think my favorite physical book I’ve read overall is probably Persuasion, by Jane Austen (a re-read), and my favorite audiobooks were the Harry Potter series (sorry to be a typical millennial). My goal was 30 (20 physical books and 10 audiobooks). My total right now is 40 books for the year, but it should at least get up to 45. Part of it is because I discovered audiobooks, but even so, I’ve actually read 24 physical books so far this year, and I’m almost done with another one with plans to read at least two more. However, a few years ago, I started really reading again, and I would say this year has been my greatest feast on books in a long time.
After that, I found my attention span had been greatly affected, and so I just chose not to read much. Then, college and the Internet hit, and I stopped having a lot of time to read. I told one of my parents’ friends about it after the service and he did not believe me, but that’s who I was. I remember reading an entire book (or close to it) during church one time (before my parents stopped letting me read during church, haha). When I was growing up, I read like I breathed.