tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266515252594975225.post3115339238515991197..comments2023-09-18T12:09:29.931-04:00Comments on Pop Culture Breakdown: Northanger Abbey Readalong: Chapters 10-15 #NAReadAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876184821140692572noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266515252594975225.post-2458229956366552362010-08-02T00:32:40.160-04:002010-08-02T00:32:40.160-04:00@Booksnob - Add the post.@Enbrethiliel - Ahh, I th...@Booksnob - Add the post.<br><br>@Enbrethiliel - Ahh, I think I missed that Tilney was so much older. That would definitely explain away some of Catherine's willingness to take his approval of reading as the sole reason she shouldn't let her love of books embarrass her. <br><br>@Cat - Added your post. I agree that he may see something special in Catherine, but his attitude in general seems so flippant most of the time, it's hard to tell what's he's taking seriously and what he's mocking. <br><br>@Chelle - Added your post. I can kind of see why Catherine would be inclined to take Tilney's opinion so seriously, as he's this older guy that she obviously has a crush on. It's just seems a bit wishy-washy the way she is embarrassed because Thorpe says she should be and then not embarrassed because Tilney isn't.<br><br>If nothing else, Jane Austen's main characters usually have a mind of their own, even if they don't act upon what they think all the time. I may be having a little trouble understand the motivations of a character that doesn't seem to have faith in herself.<br><br>@Super - Not to worry. Join in when you can. Some of us are always up for talking about it on Twitter and I make a point to check out comments on the past posts in case anyone is leaving their thoughts about previous weeks.~Jennifer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09876184821140692572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266515252594975225.post-47803417611796411452010-07-30T23:53:13.452-04:002010-07-30T23:53:13.452-04:00I am trying to participate with the readalong, but...I am trying to participate with the readalong, but I keep getting behind! I may be able to catch up now that summer classes are over.Superhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197866531809341432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266515252594975225.post-26293428727095091882010-07-30T22:54:27.636-04:002010-07-30T22:54:27.636-04:00I'm inclined to agree with Enbrethiliel. We al...I'm inclined to agree with Enbrethiliel. We all have guilty pleassures and I can believe that after having Thorpe tell her off about books tha she probablly thought her love for novels was soemething to be embarrased about. <br><br>Anywho, my post for this week is here: http://theprairielibrary.blogspot.com/2010/07/northanger-update-2-chapters-10-15.htmlChellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506296443676360367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266515252594975225.post-8570310052174012932010-07-30T18:29:08.227-04:002010-07-30T18:29:08.227-04:00Looking back I think it would have been like going...Looking back I think it would have been like going out with an older man you wanted to make an impression on and having to admit you only read Mills and Boon.<br>I quite like Henry - I think he must see something in Catherine that's not outwardly apparent. I hope he does and it's not that he wants someone he can control and dominate.<br><br>My post is here - a bit condensed this week as I have family staying and not much time for blogging.<br><br>http://cat-bookmagic.blogspot.com/2010/07/read-along-northanger-abbey-by-jane_31.htmlCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09391899740930810224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266515252594975225.post-11968119496960166122010-07-30T12:53:20.537-04:002010-07-30T12:53:20.537-04:00+JMJ+On Catherine, Tilney and those embarrassing n...+JMJ+<br><br>On Catherine, Tilney and those embarrassing novels:<br><br>Maybe it was a Dude Lit vs. Chick Lit sort of thing, using both terms in the widest possible way. I can imagine some situations in which a teenage girl might not want to admit that Danielle Steele or Barbara Taylor Bradford are her favourite authors. But if she meets someone else who likes them, especially someone who is not "supposed" to like them, she also sees them in a new light. <br><br>Also, Catherine is only seventeen and has never been out of her little village, while Tilney is about eight years older and definitely more educated. Perhaps an older Catherine wouldn't be so embarrassed about novels, a younger Tilney wouldn't be so confident about the same.Enbrethilielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266515252594975225.post-33429060824736413782010-07-30T12:31:01.705-04:002010-07-30T12:31:01.705-04:00My post is up. Check it out at http://www.booksno...My post is up. Check it out at http://www.booksnob-booksnob.blogspot.com<br><br>I also have a Austen character quiz you can take as well as the you tube video: Jane Austen Fight Club. Which is super funny.Booksnobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12660048273181347880noreply@blogger.com