Reading Emma?
I can't decide if I'm cheating or not. I'm reading Emma, but I'm reading it right along side of some woman who did a LibriVox recording of Emma. It's a free book-on-tape, if you will. I love that anachronism, "book-on-tape." It's actually a book on iPod via podcast, but that's not as catchy as "book-on-tape."
Anyway, last night Jon, Joel and I all sat in bed and 'read' Emma. It was kind of a neat family bonding thing. Jon and I both had our individual copies of Emma we were reading along in and Joel just listened. Unfortunately, I was the only one who made it through the first chapter still awake. So, unless you really can learn stuff in your sleep, I'm not sure how well reading along side the book-on-tape will work.
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Speaking of Emma. A while back when I was in HS I had a "The Works of Jane Austin" in leatherbound. Somehow over the years it was lost. I also had Shakespeare and Longfellow. I have the Shakespeare but not the Longfellow now too. I am so disappointed. Anyway, recently whilst at CostCo. I found "The COMPLETE works of Jane Austin" I about died. It is leatherbound with gold lining. It's beautiful. Anyway, my favorite book/novel etc of all time is Pride & Prejudice. I read it when I was 11 and it has not changed.
For moms on the go, audio books are fantastic! I had no idea there was a LibriVox. I must check it out.