My first read-along!

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I can’t believe I’ve never done one before.  It always seems that either I don’t find out about the read-along until it’s halfway over, or else it’s a book I’ve already read or don’t want to read, or I’m too swamped with other books and won’t be able to keep up.  But when I saw Amal’s tweet about the Villette read-along, hosted by Beth of Too Fond, the stars aligned.

A read-along that hasn’t actually started yet.  A book I want to read.  A library stack that I can safely ignore (for a little while).  I’m so there.

I count Jane Eyre as my favorite book, and I consider myself a Bronte fangirl – despite not having read any of Charlotte’s other works.  (I’ve read Jane Eyre more times than I can count, though, and Emily’s Wuthering Heights , which I didn’t especially like, and both of Anne’s – Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which I loved.)  Still, no self-respecting Bronte fangirl can get by on only one Charlotte , so it’s time for me to conquer the mountain that is Villette.

If you want to join in, Beth’s sign-up post can be found here.  We’ll be reading over three weeks: Volume I from May 12th-19th; Volume II from May 20th-26th; and Volume III from May 27th-June 2nd.  Sounds do-able, right?  Beth will be re-capping the week’s reading on Sundays, but I’ll put my own thoughts up here on Mondays, since that makes more sense with my blog schedule (and gives me a day to catch up, if I need to).

I’ll also be participating in the Twitter conversation about the book.  We’re using the hashtag #villettealong – so jump right into the discussion, if you’d like.

I’m so excited.  Bring on the Bronte!