beachy reads: "The Jane Austen Book Club" by Karen Joy Fowler

The second book I read on vacation was The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler.  Basically, it’s about a group of women and one man who do just what it says: talk about Jane Austen books.  It’s more than that, though, because during the course of their meetings, you’re introduced to the backgrounds of the characters and how their lives are intertwined.  

This book is sweet and nice, and I didn’t really love it or hate it.  Maybe I didn’t give it enough attention (what with all the sun in my eyes and all), but I had trouble getting interested in the characters and caring very much about them.  Mostly while I was reading it I was just thinking about how I really need to read a lot more Jane Austen.

I hear the movie is good.  Maybe I should Netflix it.