Online Book Club - February Theme: Love

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I've been joining some blogging friends in an online book club, and all our readers are invited to join in as well. Here's how it works:

At the beginning of the month Amanda at Hopkins Homeschool will share a book theme with us. It will be a theme instead of any specific title, so that anyone can participate - moms, dads, teens, kids, or the whole family. During the month, we will read books that go with the theme, and at the end of the month we'll share about what we read. Homeschool families may want to do unit studies or activities that go with the books they read, and they can tell us all about what they did and learned. Adults and teens may just want to share book reviews. 

Visit Hopkins Homeschool to find out more about what she has planned!

The theme for February is Love. Not a surprise! It's an easy choice for theme, so the hard part for me is picking what to read. So many non-fiction books that would be excellent possibilities, So many novels, classic and contemporary, that explore themes relating to love. How would I ever narrow it down? So finally, recognizing that February is a short month and my To Be Read stack is already very high, I decided my Online Book Club pick should probably be something I plan to read anyway. That's why I've decided on one of my favorites that I need to re-read in the weeks ahead for the high school Literature class I teach.

This week my students and I will start reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. There are a number of themes that could be explored, and our literature course examines the crises that characters face and how those crises shape the plots and change the characters. In Sense and Sensibility, sisters Elinor and Marianne face crises in their love relationships. Both experience heartbreak and romantic love, but their attitudes and approach are very different. Elinor is prudent and uses common sense, while Marianne is ruled by her emotions (or, in Austen's day, her sensibilities). 

Personally, I plan on watching my DVD of the BBC adaptation of Sense and Sensibility at some point as well. 

Visit all the participating bloggers sometime during the month to find out their reading plans:

Hopkins Homeschool
At Home: Where Life Happens
The Life We Build
A Net In Time
Homeschool Coffee Break 

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