I am a voracious reader. Let's get that straight first of all. I used to work at a used bookstore, and when I stopped working there, the first thing I did was go to the local library to get a card. I visit there once a week, sometimes more, sometimes less, and stock up. I think I've been averaging one book every 2-3 days for most of my life.

Seriously, I have no idea how many books I've read in my lifetime, nor how many I own at this point. I started reading chapter books before I started kindergarten, and haven't gone a single day without reading a book since. 

That out of the way, I wanted to mention that right now I'm almost done reading The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler, and I absolutely adore it. This is one of those rare situations where I actually saw the movie before reading the book. The movie was really well done- I watched it on Netflix- so I went out and got the book from my lovely library and have been devouring it for the last two days. It's even better than the movie is- but they did a wonderful job adapting it to the screen, I can't fault them on anything. The book is so much fun to read. I love the structure of it- six people, reading six Jane Austen novels, over six months. The book is broken up into sections according to month, and at the beginning of each you get the synopsis: "In which we read             and met at               's house," that sort of thing. And whoever hosted the book club for that month is who you get to learn about, with flashbacks and insights into their lives, and, of course, into  Jane Austen's novels.

I have never read Austen's work before- I remember in high school I tried reading Sense and Sensibility, but found it boring after only a page or two. Because of this novel, though, I also picked up a couple of Austen's novels and, while on the metro yesterday (don't get me started on that again!!) started readin Pride and Prejudice. I already love it! I think I may have been too young when I tried reading Austen before, because in the twenty or so pages that I have already read, she's made me laugh a dozen times. I look forward to reading all of her novels, and send out a huge thank you to Karen Joy Fowler for opening my eyes!