Jane Austen was a PK

I love reading books. Classic books. Usually I try to read a 1000 page classic novel a year. Having taken almost 2 years to finish the last one (Bleak House by Dickens...excellent but character laden to a very difficult degree for me) I thought I'd try something different.

So I'm doing something I'm planning on requiring of my boys before they're allowed to date...read Jane Austen. Only instead of just one book, and perhaps letting them cheat and watch A&E's Pride & Prejudice instead of reading it, my goal is to read all 6 of Austen's finished novels before next Easter.

No clue why I'm blogging it except for the remark of a family friend on facebook who said I should keep people updated.

So here's another blog that has to do with Jane Austen's books. Probably no different than the others (though I doubt there are many married men blogging about Austen).

It will be somewhat sporadic, probably just random quotes and rambling thoughts with who knows what else thrown in.

I have no plans to go beyond the 6 books but the blog is titled such that I could transition to other books when I'm done with these. If nothing else, it's good for reflecting and processing my thoughts, sort of like those book reports we all hated in Junior High.

If you choose to read this, I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to comment if you want, you can even disagree if you can do so respectfully, otherwise I'll dub you Collins (Pride & Prejudice) or worse.

One last tidbit you might want to know...I'm an unabashed Christian and a Youth Pastor to make it even worse (or better depending on your point of view). Before you think a Christian, a Youth Pastor, a PK (pastor's kid like me) or anything of the like has no place in Austen's world, you ought to know...

Jane Austen was a PK...in fact, since her father George ran a boys school out of the parsonage to help pay the bills, you could even say he was a Youth Pastor.