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who would like a book club like this one?

posted 16 years ago by azalea_princess
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i certainly would love to have a group of people to just talk about books like this one...

and Hugh Dancy is a plus... :)

[–] twinv444 16 years ago

yuup! This movie reaaally wants to make me re-read all the Austens and just have a really great open minded conversations.

[–] valleester 16 years ago

I would definitely love to do a Jane Austen book club. :)

[–] rachcc4 16 years ago

So would I! I'm definitely going to reread a couple of Jane Austen books.
It would be hard in real life to put together a club like this.

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[–] Becklin 15 years ago

I always have a hard time trying to find new things to read...it would be great to have a group of people who could say "This is something to read." And after suffering through Anna Karenina, I do not take that kind of advice from Oprah...

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[–] isabella07 15 years ago

yes! I would LOVE a club like this. Not just for the Jane Austen (which is great), but if it could just be me...and Hugh ;) haha love him

[–] Blue_Pink_Sky 15 years ago

Me too. Great idea!! It makes me wanna read all the Jane Austen books. How about we start a Jane Austen book club on imdb?

[–] mom2wolf-1 15 years ago

I am one of those fortunate ladies who is in a book club like this one.

It isn't Jane Austen books, but a variety of books that suits our group. We meet once a week.

I've been doing this for nearly 10 years. Yep. TEN YEARS.

Members come and go, but the core group remains the same.

It's a journey, actually. While reading the books we each learn something about ourselves and share those discoveries with our group.

I wouldn't trade my small group for anything. It's a real blessing.

[–] ajillity81 15 years ago

i don't think this idea would go over well with my book club but i am going to tell them about the movie. i thought it was adorable.
i am also going to try to read the books (in order).
i once attempted pride and prejudice and couldn't get into it.

i'm proud to admit to never have watched a "reality" tv program!

[–] portforchalkorlimestone 15 years ago

i once attempted pride and prejudice and couldn't get into it.

Try it again. The first time I tried to read it, I was about 14 and I had no idea what was going on. I then read it when I was 16/17 (I'm almost 21 now), and I loved it. It was the catalyst for my love affair with 18th and 19th century literature. It's such a beautiful book, extremely funny and so well written it hurts. It's not even my favourite Austen (that's Persuasion... pure bliss) but once you give it a real go (not that I'm saying you didn't) there's nothing not to like. I promise!

And in terms of a book club like this one, I would love one. I love trying to expand my horizons litarary-wise and would love to get together with people and really discuss literature. I don't think it would be too hard to organise in terms of books, say everyone contributes one to the group and then every month you meet to discuss that month's book, and the person who suggested it leads the discussion. I think it's more people trying to find the time that would be difficult. I know I'd have a hard time with uni, work, sport, family, friends and just life in general. And I'm only 20.

Those flowers were supposed to say ‘We love you, we’re sorry’, not ‘You’re dead, let’s disco’.

[–] KarenSDR 12 years ago

It's not a book club, but I've been a writers' group with my daughter for 20 years, and when we saw this movie, she exclaimed "It's the Uff Das!" (our group is "Uff Da Cum Laude"). Our group has five women and one man, about the ages of the people in the movie, including one mother-daughter pair and one older woman. My daughter and I love watching this movie together :-)