Book Recommendation: The List Lover’s Guide to Jane Austen

http://www.goodreads.com/book/avg_rating_widget/17016781 Description from Goodreads: Her life, her work, her legacy--step into the world of the incredible Jane Austen. It's Jane like you've never seen! Through fun and breezy lists, discover everything there is to know about Jane Austen, the sassy literary genius we know and love. Learn her likes and dislikes, her haves and have-nots, … Continue reading Book Recommendation: The List Lover’s Guide to Jane Austen →

Book Recommendation – Finding Colin Firth

Finding Colin Firth by Mia MarchMy rating: 4 of 5 starsI received an ebook copy from Netgalley.Description from Goodreads.com:From the author of The Meryl Streep Movie Club, a “heart-warming, spirit-lifting read just in time for beach season” (Kirkus Reviews), comes a new novel about three women, connected in secret and surprising ways, who are in … Continue reading Book Recommendation – Finding Colin Firth →

Book Review: The Espressologist

The Espressologist by Kristina SpringerBook Description from GoodreadsWhat’s your drink of choice? Is it a small pumpkin spice latte? Then you’re lots of fun and a bit sassy. Or a medium americano? You prefer simplicity in life. Or perhaps it’s a small decaf soy sugar-free hazelnut caffe latte? Some might call you a yuppie. Seventeen-year-old … Continue reading Book Review: The Espressologist →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Author Interview with Scott D. Southard

A Jane Austen Daydream by Scott D. SouthardMy rating: 4 of 5 starsMix one part biography and one part historical re-imagining...add witty characters and some surprises and you have A Jane Austen Daydream. This was a delightful read. - Amelia Can you tell us a little about yourself?My name is Scott D. Southard and I … Continue reading Author Interview with Scott D. Southard →

Book Recommedations: Wordless Wednesday Style

In continuing with my spring cleaning I found two postcards promoting books that came out this past year.Everybody's Jane: Austen in the Popular ImaginationMatters of Fact in Jane Austen: History, Location, and Celebrity

Book Recommendation – Jane Austen, Game Theroist

Jane Austen, Game Theorist by Michael Suk Chwe I was browsing through the list of books that are coming out with in the next few months and came across this title. It just goes to prove that Jane Austen can be tied to nearly any topic and someone can make a book about it, or does … Continue reading Book Recommendation – Jane Austen, Game Theroist →

Book Review – Loving Miss Darcy by Nancy Kelley

Loving Miss Darcy by Nancy KelleyMy rating: 4.5 of 5 starsGeorgiana Darcy watches daily as her brother and his wife fall more deeply in love and dreams of similar love and a home of her own. However, after the disaster years ago with Wickham, she does not believe that any man will have her; thus, … Continue reading Book Review – Loving Miss Darcy by Nancy Kelley →