Knitting Book Group

Three of us met on Monday, March 9, to discuss the book, the Jane Austen Book Club and knit, of course. We let the questions in the back of the book guide our discussion and found plenty of things to say. We all enjoyed the book. I think it helped that the three of us had also read most, if not all, of Jane Austen's work. We found many differences between the book and the movie and did not always agree with the characters' interpretations of Austen's books. What we unanimously agreed upon was that Jane Austen's work continues to be relevant and timeless and this book confirmed that for us.

I had hoped this book would inspire the group to read through all of Austen's books as part of our goal and so we will! We have moved our meetings to the second Monday of the month to give our newsletter readers a chance to attend. The next meeting will be Monday April 13 at 7 pm in the cafe of Barnes & Noble in Cedar Hill. Since no one was able to attend the February meeting, we will talk about that selection at our April meeting. Our first Austen book will be Northanger Abbey and we will discuss it during our May meeting. Any edition is fine.

Hope to see you next month.

Leslie