What to read next

 My life has gone back to normal after a HUGE summer and early Fall.  I have read almost no fiction in that time.  I started a book that took place in the Galapagos in June, but did not finish it while we were on that trip.....then too busy in July to think of much more than what we might eat the next meal....then too busy in August catching up....and DAR district meeting and DAR "stuff"....

I found Emma by Jane Austen on audible as a free download and started it because it was the book for the month of September for the Colonial Dames book club.  But the date of the zoom meeting came and went with my having only read a small portion of the book.  Next is the state DAR zoom meeting for book club featuring 

I have already bought it on audible and it is only six hours long....hmmmm.....just writing this post is helping me get my mind in order.  I think I will put it on my calendar.  

Introvert thoughts

My 60th High School reunion was this past week.  I had spent many hours on the logistics of the event.  And for me the event was very successful.   I probably enjoyed this reunion more than any other I had attended over the years.  But also for me it was a continuation of the 50th during which I spent time with Frank Cummings and Steve Sims that led to the revelation that I am an introvert.  This knowledge changed my life.  Understanding one's own brain leads to freedom.  So it was fun this morning to receive the below from CNN in my inbox.  This blurb was clearly written by an extrovert.  Every introvert in the world is thinking the exact opposite:  WHEW!  it is so wonderful to have a few quiet weeks......Definitely not spinning our wheels waiting for something exciting to happen....we are enjoying the peace and quiet.

Emma

 

The Colonial Dames are featuring a book by Jane Austen for their September book club.  I had found myself not listening to fiction on audible since the trip to the Galapagos for two reasons:  my life was crazy busy and I had started a book about a murder mystery on the Galapagos that I had liked but wasn't calling to me.  So I decided to read Emma instead.  And pleasant surprise!  It is free at audible. 

The following showed up in my inbox on the same day that I made this decision.  And somehow I decided to go ahead and add all of the information to my blog ahead of actually starting the book. 

We know SO much about Lizzie Bennet, Emma Woodhouse and Fanny Price —and comparatively little about the creator of those heroines, the great Jane Austen. A soon-to-be-auctioned letter from Austen to her sister Cassandra reveals a bit more about the enigmatic and beloved author — her grief after losing her father, gossip about neighbors and how she reacted to the sudden decline in her family’s social status.

When Austen died at 41, Cassandra burned hundreds of the letters her sister sent her. That’s a tough break for Austen scholars, but it also suggests that Cassandra was protecting her sister’s privacy in death. It’s no wonder Austen’s novels feature fierce sisterly love.