This month, I'm excited to join in the wonderful Austen in August event hosted by The Book Rat. I'll most likely be a fairly casual participant, but I can't resist an excuse to read and celebrate all things Austen. Here is my tentative TBR list: I'll definitely be reading this Annotated Edition of... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday- Books I’m Thankful For
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish blog. This week’s topic is: Books I'm Thankful For There are so many books I'm thankful for, that it would be impossible to list them all. More importantly, I'm simply thankful for a family who instilled in me a love... Continue Reading →
Farewell Austen in August
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 →
Jane Austen’s Portable Writing Desk
Portable Writing Desk that Belonged to Jane Austen, 18th c, The British Library This unassuming rectangular mahogany box opens into a sloped writing desk with a leather top. It could be locked for safe keeping and features compartments for storing writing supplies, spectacles, and important papers. This object is for me-and many Janeites- akin to a... 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 →
Beautiful Austen Editions
In celebration of Austen in August, here are some beautiful editions of Jane Austen's works that would make the perfect addition to any Janeite's collection: Harvard University Press Annotated Editions Folio Society Jane Austen Collection Vintage Classics Pride and Prejudice Unfolded Penguin Clothbound Set Jane Austen in Her Own... 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 →
WWW Wednesdays- August 9, 2017
WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The three W’s are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters, The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay, Voyager by Diana Gabaldon Right now my reading... Continue Reading →