The Winter of Our... Jane

I just heard on the news that Tuscaloosa is getting 2-3" of snow later this afternoon. My first reaction? Thank goodness, I can catch up on Jane. It's my Book Snobs pick this month and I decided to choose something REALLY snobby... Jane Eyre. Problem is, I'm a wee bit behind schedule for finishing on time. I need a snow day to catch up. It would be awful if the Snob who picked the book didn't finish it before the meeting!

So... my last post was about reading in the rain, but now I'm hoping to read in the snow.

Great news for Jane Eyre fans!! I was so excited to see during the previews for another movie that "Jane Eyre: the movie" is coming March 2011. Check out the trailer here. I went to see The King's Speech (a must see, by the way) with another Snob - when the JE preview came on we were probably the only ones who audibly squealed (maybe that was just me). But I bet it will be an amazing movie - for Book Snobs and Movie Snobs alike.

The top 5 fabulous things about a snow day:

5) Sleeping late - provided the heat is working.

4) Having a really great excuse for being behind on work email.

3) The cultural event in the South called "Git yo bread and milk" - this happens every time the word "snow" is uttered by Meteorologist James Spann, even though no one in Tuscaloosa has ever been snowed in more than about 24 hours.

2) Trying out my new rain/snow boots (the first I've ever owned, not sure why!).

1) Reading a great book written in the 19th century on a 21st century Kindle. :)

Reading in the Rain...

What's better than reading a book when it's raining outside? That's right, pretty much nothing!

Alabama has been having it's fair share of rain these days. In fact, it's been raining/icing/snowing so much that I still haven't made it to the store for my coveted rain boots!! Much of the rest of the country is experiencing the same thing. I haven't blogged much lately, so I thought I'd encourage your book snobbiness by posting some great quotes about reading, rain, and reading in the rain.

I can't wait for the weekend to start so I can continue on my journey with Jane Eyre. She just found out last night that she's off to Lowood and I especially loved when she blessed out Mrs. Reed around 9:00 pm. I'm just at the beginning of this one, but I hope it rains cats and dogs all weekend so I can stay in and enjoy hanging out with Jane.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
~B. F. Skinner

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.
~James Dickey

Only your friends steal your books.
~Voltaire

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.
~William Styron

Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.
~Author Unknown

I find television to be very educating. Every time someone turns on the set, I go in the other room and read a book.
~Groucho Marx

Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.
~Billie Holiday

April showers bring May flowers,
I have seen rain before,
But if Sunday mornin' lets that sun in,
What are we waiting for?
'Cause love leaves an open door.
~Sugarland


















From Jane Eyre...
"I have for the first time found what I can truly love–I have found you. You are my sympathy–my better self–my good angel–I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you, draws you to my centre and spring of life, wraps my existence about you–and, kindling in pure, powerful flame, fuses you and me in one."