It's a truth universally acknowledged, that all good things must come to an end. (Sorry, I couldn't resist) Austen in August may be over, but I'm not ready to say goodbye just yet. So let's take a look back at last month's event. In addition to the following Austen posts, I managed to read two... Continue Reading →
Austen in August: Contemporay Fiction Review
For Austen in August, I read two contemporary fiction novels with Austen themes: Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld and The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay. Unfortunately, I didn't love either of these Austen related reads... Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld This modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice is the fourth installment in the Austen Project Series, a series in which six contemporary... Continue Reading →
Sunday Salon August 20, 2017- Austen in August Edition
To celebrate Austen in August, I though it would be fun to feature a Sunday Salon with an Austen theme. Bellow are ten articles from around the Internet all about our dear Jane: -The NYT's Austen film guide: What Would Jane Watch? -The Hairpin Ranks The Misters Darcy -Pajiba goes a step further to... Continue Reading →
#AusteninAugustRBR Guest Post
My guest post for Austen in August-10 Austenesque Writers- is up on Roof Beam Reader today! You can have a look here. A big thank you to Adam for the opportunity and for hosting this wonderful event!
Book Review: The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
The Jane Austen Project, Kathleen A. Flynn Published 2017 by Harper Perennial Two researchers from the future-Rachel, an American doctor and Liam, an actor and scholar-are tasked with traveling back in time to 1815 to retrieve Jane Austen's completed manuscript for The Watsons. By posing as a gentleman doctor and his spinster sister recently arrived in... Continue Reading →
6 Degrees of Separation- Pride and Prejudice
The 6 Degrees of Separation meme is a monthly meme hosted at booksaremyfavoriteandbest, that explores the ways in which a chosen book can be linked to six other books. The August 2017 book is: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen This pick ties in perfectly with #AusteninAugustRBR. I can't possibly say enough good things about P&P.... Continue Reading →
Austen in August
How is it almost August?!?! The good news is that it's time once again for a month-long celebration of all things Austen. Austen in August is a reading event hosted by Adam at Roof Beam Reader. The goal is to read (or reread) as many Jane Austen works/spinoffs/biographies as possible throughout the month. 2017 marks the... Continue Reading →