March's theme was a literary classic, so I decided to go for one of the two Austen books I'd never read yet (yes, I'm a bad Jane-ite lol): Northanger Abbey.
(I included an actual cover of the book as well as the cover of the Jane Austen collection I own and used to read this book.)
I didn't really know a lot about this book when I began reading it... it isn't as much a part of pop culture as some of Austen's other works (Pride & Prejudice and Emma especially) so I had heard a couple of the character names and the words "gothic" and "horror." I didn't really know what to expect, but honestly I picked this over Mansfield Park to read because it was shorter. That being said, as soon as I got into it I knew I would like it, and I did. It's different than some of her other works, and even though I have read enough of them to have realized there can be a pattern, I don't feel that this followed a pattern, and I didn't always predict what was coming next.
It was fun though, and I'm looking forward to watching one or two film adaptations. ;)
I read this book from March 27th to 29th, then took a break and finished it between April 16th and April 27th. It's not a long or difficult book, I just ended up reading slowly because I've also been working on Camp NaNoWriMo, and since I owned this book I prioritized it lower than a couple of more time sensitive library books.
Bottom line, would I recommend this? Definitely! Especially if you're an Austen fan like me and you haven't gotten to it yet.
