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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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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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Sense and Sensibility (The Jane Austen Bicentenary Library), by Jane Austen, annotated by Margaret C. Sullivan, illustrated by Cassandra Chouinard – A Review

Posted in Blog Events, Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011, tagged , , , , , , on 23 November 2011 | 8 Comments »

As 2011 marks the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s first published novel, Sense and Sensibility, we are offered another annotated edition to help us understand the social and historical context of the world that Jane Austen places us into in late eighteenth century England. The Sense and Sensibility (The Jane Austen Bicentenary Library) is the [...]

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Expectations of Happiness, by Rebecca Ann Collins – A Review

Posted in Blog Events, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011, tagged , , , , , , , on 26 October 2011 | 16 Comments »

Guest review by Kimberly Denny-Ryder of Reflections of a Book Addict I’m delighted to again read another fantastic work by Rebecca Ann Collins.  She is the critically acclaimed author of the bestselling 10 novel series, The Pemberley Chronicles.  Her writing style is unparalleled in its depth and completion, and I’m always amazed at how detailed [...]

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Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen (Naxos Audiobooks) – A Review

Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Blog Events, Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011, tagged , , , , , , , on 21 September 2011 | 44 Comments »

Even though it has been two hundred years since the world was first introduced to sisters Marianne and Elinor Dashwood’s financial, social and romantic trials, their story remains for me, as fresh and vibrant as any contemporary story you might read of, experience yourself, or hear tell tale of today. I give full credit, of [...]

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Giveaway Winner Announced for Suspense and Sensibility

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, Blog Events, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011, tagged , , , , , , , , on 8 September 2011 | 5 Comments »

17 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win a copy of, Suspense and Sensibility, by Carrie Bebris. The winner drawn at random is Melinda M. who left a comment on August 29, 2011. Congratulations Melinda! To claim your prize, please contact me with your full name and address by September 15, [...]

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Suspense and Sensibility or, First Impressions Revisited: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery, by Carrie Bebris – A Review

Posted in Blog Events, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011, tagged , , , , , , on 24 August 2011 | 22 Comments »

Inspired by characters from Jane Austen’s novels Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, the second in the Mr. & Mrs. Darcy mysteries series begins four months after the marriage of Austen’s famous romantic duo, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. Family obligations take them from Pemberley, their country estate in Derbyshire, to Town to help [...]

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