Best Friend Day

Today is Best Friend Day so to celebrate I think we should all read Love and Freindship.In the short epistolary novel is a series of letters. Frist Isabel writes to her friend Laura asking if Laura could please share her upsetting past with Isabel's daughter Marianne. As any best friend would do, Laura shared her … Continue reading Best Friend Day →

Friday Video – The Watsons: Jane Austen Practising

Professor Kathryn Sutherland from the University of Oxford talks about some of Jane Austen's manuscripts from the novel "The Watsons" and what we can learn about her from these.The video can be found here.

Wordless Wednesday #124

Goodreads Monday – Flirting with Pride and Prejudice

Title: Flirting with Pride and Prejudice: Fresh perspectives on the Original Chick-Lit MasterpieceAuthor: Jennifer Crusie, Glenn YeffethPublication Date: August 11, 2005Date Added to List: July 23, 2014Synopsis: One of fiction's most well-loved novels, this 19th-century classic continues to capture the hearts of contemporary readers with its notions of marriage, dating, and romance. Leading authors in the area of women's literature … Continue reading Goodreads Monday – Flirting with Pride and Prejudice →

Wordless Wednesday #123

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – Austen in August

Title: The Watsons & SanditonAuthor: Jane Austen The Watsons Synopsis: Mr. Watson is a widowed clergyman with two sons and four daughters. The youngest daughter, Emma, has been brought up by a wealthy aunt and is consequently better educated and more refined than her sisters. But when her aunt contracts a foolish second marriage, Emma is obliged … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – Austen in August →

Austen in August Wrap up

I was only able to read three of the four books I picked to read this month. I got bogged down in other reading and just couldn't pull that last book out. I'm still going to read My Own Mr. Darcy by Karey White but it just got bumped down the list.I did finish:Pride, Prejudice and Popcorn: … Continue reading Austen in August Wrap up →

#AustenInAugustRBR – Book Beginnings: Captain Frederick Wentworth’s Persuasion by Regina Jeffers

This is a meme hosted by Rose City Reader. They ask that you post the first line(s) to the book you are currently reading and share some feelings on the book. I'm tweaking this a bit and I'm going to share first lines of books/stories, written by, about, or in the theme of Jane Austen.This week I'm taking … Continue reading #AustenInAugustRBR – Book Beginnings: Captain Frederick Wentworth’s Persuasion by Regina Jeffers →

#AustenInAugustRBR – Book Review: Pride, Prejudice and Popcorn by Carrie Sessarego

Pride, Prejudice and Popcorn: TV and Film Adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, and Jane Eyre by Carrie SessaregoMy rating: 3 of 5 starsGoing into this book, I wondered why these three novels and questioned whether this author was one of those people who assumed these authors were contemporaries. Well, I had to make … Continue reading #AustenInAugustRBR – Book Review: Pride, Prejudice and Popcorn by Carrie Sessarego →

#AustenInAugustRBR – Book Review: Fall for You by Cecilia Gray

Fall For You by Cecilia GrayMy rating: 4 of 5 starsThis is book 1 in the Jane Austen Academy series. This book is like an abridged version Pride and Prejudice set at an (former) all girls school. Added to the series is a mix of all six novels.We've met the first four ladies - Lizzie, … Continue reading #AustenInAugustRBR – Book Review: Fall for You by Cecilia Gray →