welcome to smithical!

please make yourself cozy and eat a lot of poundcake with lemon sauce. the weather is confused today - snow? freezing-rain? rain? it just won't make up its mind, so we're stuck inside.

the first week's discussion and some very informative links can be found here at serina's blog. also, refer to this post for this week's discussion questions for Persuasion. a good conversation has started already in the comments section, so be sure to read those as well.

i didn't start off not liking Jane Austen. I'd read her before (in college, on a whim, not for a class) and really enjoyed her books. but perhaps something has crept into my brain and taken away the part that enjoyed this type of writing; these kinds of characters. it's all i can do to not roll my eyes and groan with the turn of each page. kenny laughs when he sees me reading. he knows that i'm bored out of my mind. and he's right. i refered to reading this book as "my lenten discipline" because it doesn't feel "fun."

i read a lot of non-fiction these days. i read a lot of blogs, and from time to time, i indulge in a work of fiction. has my life been altered so drastically that my tastes have changed? i wonder if i would like A Prayer for Owen Meany as i had when i first read it (1990?).

so carry on the conversation - i'm enjoying the comments from yesterday and hope to respond soon!

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