Packing’s been the name of the game this week. Tomorrow I
hop on a plane for Texas to attend a friend’s wedding, sans kids. Then on
Sunday I hope another flight to Florida to meet up with the kids at in-laws for
a week of fun in the sun!
But enough of what I’m doing.
I’ve finally gotten around to
reading The Time Baroness by Georgina Young-Ellis; A book graciously given to
me by Mister International Mark for reading and reviewing. He chosen well, yet
again (though I have to confess I liked A Thousand Glass Flowers better). But,
the cool thing about the time baroness is that it proved to be valuable research
for my Phoenixes.
How, you ask? Well it’s simple Cassandra ends up in a
similar situation to Sarah. Only Cassandra’s a bit more, okay A LOT more
prepared because it’s scheduled time travel and Cassandra has a return date. She’s
been studying the time period – that of Jane Austin – she’s had a few pieces of
clothing made – she’ll buy the rest when she gets there – and her turn has now
come.
Choosing to go three years after Jane Austin passed away,
Cassandra embarks on a one year journey into the life style Jane’s books
embodied. She’s there to observe and take notes, to write a paper about her
experiences. But, just being an observer is hard than she thought, as she’s
drawn to the upper, and lower, class circles. Finding herself in her own Austin
like tale, Cassandra must face increasingly difficult challenges as her year long
stay comes to a close.
In a way Sarah’s jealous, since Cassandra has a way to return
home to her family and friends, but I suspect that in some ways Cassandra might
be jealous of Sarah – especially if you discount everything that goes on in
book 3. Anyway back to how this is research. Well Georgina probably did a lot
of research and her portrayal of Cassandra’s acceptance, how she both is and is
not, was something for me to take note of.
Looking at those notes I’m thinking Sarah may be disguising
herself as a man sooner than I thought. Now won’t that put Jason in a funny pickle.
It certainly will put an interesting spin on book 1. I’m kind of looking
forward to it.
Now it’s well past my bedtime, so I say 'Adios', and if you all
like next Wednesday I’ll post up my, technically Sarah and Jason’s, responses to the 2012
March Beautiful People questions. Unless you want me to regale you with tales
of the wedding and Florida.
*giggles and grin*
:} Leigh, Cathryn
