…the neglect of a family library

Quote from P&PI have missed this quote in past readings of P&P and thank Katie for posting this picture when she too finally noticed the quote.I have an interesting family library, the books my father collected are now mine and they line the shelves/walls in the guest room. I'm adding my own books to them … Continue reading …the neglect of a family library →

Wordless Wednesday #15

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Jane Austen LIterary Sighting! – Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon

https://www.goodreads.com/book/avg_rating_widget/12737118 It was a May book club pick for my book club. It was a random pick off the shelf and turned out to be a really cute book and worth reading. Description from Goodreads: For fans of Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’s Diary and Allison Pearson’s I Don’t Know How She Does It comes an … Continue reading Jane Austen LIterary Sighting! – Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon →

Friday Video – Welcome to Sanditon

Welcome to Sanditon is the sequel to The Lizzie Bennett Diaries. This new webseries will follow Gigi Darcy as she sets out to Sanditon, California. She's there to help the beach town reinvent itself as a top resort destination.The first two episodes were aired this week. Below find the first episode

Wordless Wednesday #14

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Jane Austen Literary Sighting! – The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club

https://www.goodreads.com/book/avg_rating_widget/6997249There is an elaborate estate that movie star Grace Harrison has purchased and is now called Graceland. When Jo (our main character) drives up for the first time this is her reaction:Bloody hell. It's like something from Jane Austen, not quite Pemberley, but pretty close, with landscaped lawns as far as you can see, and … Continue reading Jane Austen Literary Sighting! – The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club →

Fun Friday – Downton Abbey cooking!

One of my favorite blogs is Bite From the Past. She reintroduces us to period cooking and makes it look so easy.She is also a huge Downton Abbey fan and some themed dishes for the premiere weeks ago (but I totally forgot to share this with you all until I found the unpublished post earlier … Continue reading Fun Friday – Downton Abbey cooking! →

Wordless Wednesday #13

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Book Review: Return to Longbourn

Return to Longbourn by Shannon WinslowMy rating: 5 of 5 starsDescription from Goodreads:What will happen to the Longbourn family when Mr. Bennet dies? --Seeing that his estate is entailed away from the female line. The question was first posed by Jane Austen herself 200 years ago, in the opening chapter of Pride and Prejudice, and … Continue reading Book Review: Return to Longbourn →

Friday Fun/Videos

I shared a couple of things on Facebook and Twitter yesterday that I wanted to share here too. TheFirst thing - The Royal Shakespeare Company has a new idea for their yearly performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream Published on May 1, 2013Midsummer Night's Dreaming is a one-off digital theatre project and our 40th interpretation … Continue reading Friday Fun/Videos →