Wednesday, June 26, 2013

A sham!!!

One feature of reading Northanger Abbey on my Nook that I loved (LOVED!) was the click on the link and learn the meaning of the word.  I love Jane's eloquent speech but sometimes, I am soo confused by what she was/is meaning.  In the Nook version, you can click and learn.  I really do appreciate that feature.  I may read Emma on my Nook next.

I finished Northanger Abbey today.  Somewhere around page 220 of 277, I was thinking, This is wrapping up nicely...I bet the last little bit of the book will be a book study.  Ummm - it wasn't a book study!  The last 30 pages or so was the vocabulary information.  I got up to page 240-something and it ended.  What a sham!!! 

I should've known better.  I had a notion it was going to end in this fashion yet when it did end, I was sad.  I thought I had more time with these lovely characters.  (Sigh.) 

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