Coming in at number #38 on the BBC Big Read List is Persuasion written by Jane Austen. This was our pick for the Village Book group discussion at the start of September

I have missed doing my wrap-ups so much. It's a great way to look back at my reading and also what I've been up to in the month.

Back in the day when I used to be a good book blogger, I undertook a reading challenge to re-read the BBC Big Read reading list from 2003. It has not been going terribly well.

Mrs Pearce brought alive a book written in 1813 to a bunch of hormonal, spotty teenagers. Every nuance, biting comment and witticism was beautifully explained. This, already from a teacher who had made us all fall in love