I'll Sleep When I've Read... Jane in Love by Rachel Givney

Rachel Givney's Jane in Love was used for the most recent Book Beginnings & Friday 56 post. I had a feeling then that it would also appear today. It was taking me some time to get through and I knew that I was going to want to share more. 

I had assumed that it would take me the weekend to finish.

I finished the book Friday night just before I finally went to bed.

It was marvelous and uplifting and heartbreaking and so much more than I had ever expected. I tend to be a bit picky about anything related to Jane Austen. Maybe even moreso than I am with anything related to Agatha Christie. Maybe. It's definitely a close call.

This book, though.

This book is likely going to have a place in my head and heart for quite some time to come, and will likely be re-read when I need some guaranteed "Reader's Pain" ... even though I now know what happens next.

If you want to share whatever has kept you up past your bedtime because you just needed one more chapter 

... or the entire book ... please comment! My TBR pile is already toppling, but I can always add more.

Jane in Love by Rachel Givney (Book Beginnings & Friday 56)

Title: Jane in Love

Author: Rachel Givney

Publication: 27 October 2020

Format: paperback

Paperback Back Cover Description

BATH, ENGLAND, 1803. At twenty-eight, Jane Austen prefers walking and reading to balls; she also dreams of someday publishing her carefully crafted stories. Above all, she wants love. In grave danger of becoming a spinster, Jane goes searching for a radical solution—and by accident, time-travels. She lands in... 

BATH, ENGLAND, PRESENT DAY. The film set of Northanger Abbey. As Jane acquaints her self with the horseless carriages and shocking fashions of the twenty-first century, she also discovers she's now a published author. A famous one. She befriends Sofia Wentworth, a fading Hollywood actress starring in the new period film, who offers to help Jane return to her own time. Then Jane meets Fred, Sofia's brother, who has the audacity to be handsome, clever, and kindhearted .. 

But when Jane starts falling in love with Fred, disaster strikes. All her books begin disappearing from the shelves. Jane realizes that the longer she remains in the twenty-first century, the more she will erase herself from history. Jane must decide: Is a chance at love worth staying lost in time? 

Ramble-y Teaserish Stuff

This has been in my possession since May 2021 and has been on my nightstand, my coffee table, the floor next to my couch, in my work tote, vacation carry-ons, and finally .... finally .... 

I said to hell with everything I "should" be reading. 

NetGalley can wait. 

This book couldn't any longer.

I started reading at work Wednesday morning. I made it a few chapters in thanks to distractions and such. I made it through Part One by the time I left Thursday morning. The temptation to skip sleep after work and keep reading was tempting, but sleep won ... mostly for fear of falling asleep with the paperback in hand and wrinkling beloved pages in the process. 

If I didn't already have the "forever shelf" paperback, it would be on its way. It's just one those books. It's 434 pages that shall be savored and cherished and likely reread multiple times. 

At the time of this posting I still have quite a bit more to savor so I'm thinking more teasers will appear Sunday with an I'll Sleep When I've Read.... post. Even a second post (and a 156 to go along with the 56 today) won't even begin to do this justice, but I don't think that I will be able to pass up the temptation and need to ooh, aah, and omigoodnessthiswassomuchbetterthanexpected. 

I even have a quote as my Facebook cover picture now:

An hour (or so) left to my shift. 

226 pages left to go. 

It's going to be a good weekend.

I already feel sorry for whatever I decide to read next.

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As always, Friday 56 (share a blurb from the 56th page or 56% mark) is hosted at Freda's Voice 

& Book Beginnings (share the first few sentences) is at Rose City Reader