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Winner Announced in The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Reading Challenge Giveaway!

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Blog Events, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011, tagged , , , , on 5 January 2012 | 3 Comments »

Well Janeites, it’s been fun. A whole year of Sense and Sensibility  in celebration of the bicentenary of its publication in 1811. I read 8 books, watched 2 movies and listened to one audio book. Here is a list of my reviews. A big thank you to my reviewer Kimberly who pinch hit the review [...]

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Giveaway Winner Announced for Willoughby’s Return

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Blog Events, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011, tagged , , , , , on 5 January 2012 | 6 Comments »

31 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win a copy of Willoughby’s Return by Jane Odiwe. The winner drawn at random is TARA FLY who left a comment on December 28, 2011. Congratulations TARA! To claim your prize, please contact me with your full name and address by January 19, 2012. [...]

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Winner Announced in the Being a Jane Austen Mystery Reading Challenge 2011 Giveaway

Posted in Being a Jane Austen Mystery Reading Challenge 2011, Blog Events, tagged , , , , , , , , on 2 January 2012 | 3 Comments »

The Being a Jane Austen Mystery Reading Challenge 2011 has concluded. It was a great year sleuthing with Jane Austen in Stephanie Barron’s classic Regency-era mystery series. 76 participants signed up for the challenge with levels of participation ranging from: Neophyte: 1 – 4 novels, Disciple 5 – 8 novels, Aficionada 9 – 11 novels. [...]

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Giveaway Winner Announced for Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Being a Jane Austen Mystery Reading Challenge 2011, Blog Events, tagged , , , , , , on 29 December 2011 | 2 Comments »

17 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win a signed copy of Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron, by Stephanie Barron. The winner drawn at random is Laura’s Reviews who left a comment on December 20, 2011. Congratulations Laura! To claim your prize, please contact me with your full name [...]

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Willoughby’s Return: A Tale of Irresistable Temptation, by Jane Odiwe – A Review

Posted in Blog Events, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011, tagged , , , , , on 28 December 2011 | 33 Comments »

This is my final contribution to The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Reading Challenge 2011. Feeling nostalgic during the holidays, I resorted to an old chestnut in selection of my final read. I enjoyed Willoughby’s Return immeasurably when I first read it two years ago. After re-reading it again, I began to write my new review [...]

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Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron: Being a Jane Austen Mystery, by Stephanie Barron – A Review

Posted in Being a Jane Austen Mystery Reading Challenge 2011, Blog Events, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 14 December 2011 | 20 Comments »

One thinks of Jane Austen as a retiring spinster who writes secretly, prefers her privacy and enjoys quiet walks in the Hampshire countryside. Instead, she has applied her intuitive skills of astute observation and deductive reasoning to solve crime in Stephanie Barron’s Austen inspired mystery series. It is an ingenious paradox that would make even [...]

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