Guest review by Br. Paul Byrd, OP This book is crafted with the hope that readers would take the opportunity to get lost in the world of Jane Austen—a place where we can all pause in solitude, as though we’ve just finished a stroll in the garden with Jane and are now sitting down with [...]
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A Jane Austen Devotional, by Steffany Woolsey – A Review & Giveaway!
Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Help & Advice Book Reviews, tagged A Jane Austen Devotional, Book Review, Books, Chritian Devotionals, Giveaway, Jane Austen, Nonfiction, Self Help Books, Steffany Woolsey, Swag on 7 January 2012 | 64 Comments »
Jane and His Lordship’s Legacy: 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, Reading Challenges, tagged Book Review, Books, Giveaway, Historical Fiction, Jane and His Lordship's Legacy, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Mystery, Mysteries, Stephanie Barron, Swag on 10 August 2011 | 20 Comments »
It is 1809, a significant year in the life of our esteemed authoress Jane Austen. After close to five years of being shuffled about England between relatives, the three unattached Austen ladies: widower Mrs. Austen and her two unmarried daughters Jane and Cassandra are given permanent refuge by Jane’s elder brother Edward Austen Knight in [...]
Giveaway Winners Announced for A Weekend with Mr. Darcy
Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged A Weekend with Mr. Darcy, Book Blog, Books, Giveaway, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Sequels, Swag, Victoria Connelly on 14 July 2011 | 5 Comments »
34 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win one of three copies of A Weekend with Mr. Darcy, by Victoria Connelly. The winners drawn at random are: Shelly who left a comment on 05 July 2011 Nancy Kelley who left a comment on 06 July 2011 Meg who left a comment [...]
Merry Christmas! Winners Announced in The Mischief of the Mistletoe Grand Giveaway
Posted in Austenesque Books, Jane Austen Inspired, tagged Books, Giveaway, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Sequels, Lauren Willig, Novels, The Mischief of the Mistletoe on 25 December 2010 | 3 Comments »
Santa has arrived and selected two winners of The Mischief of the Mistletoe Grand Giveaway and a special ornament from the author Lauren Willig! And the lucky winners are… Jen X & Ruth! Congratulations ladies. You are in for a treat. Please contact me with your full name and address by January 01, 2011 to claim [...]
The BBC Pride and Prejudice: It DOES Get Better Than This (+ a book giveaway)
Posted in Austenesque Authors, Jane Austen Adaptations, Pride & Prejudice Movies, tagged Books, Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, Fiction, Giveaway, Historical Fiction, Jane Austen, Laurie Viera Rigler, Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict on 27 April 2010 | 52 Comments »
Please welcome author and admitted Jane Austen addict Laurie Viera Rigler who joins us today to chat about one of her favorite obsessions, P&P 95 and the paperback release of her book, Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict. (Don’t ya just luv the cover?) How many of us will resist buying the newly remastered [...]
Sanditon Group Read Chapters 9-12: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day Six Giveaway
Posted in Blog Events, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Works, tagged Books, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Fiction, Giveaway, Group Reads, Jane Austen, Sanditon on 20 March 2010 | 29 Comments »
It was impossible for Charlotte not to suspect a good deal of fancy in such an extraordinary state of health. Disorders and recoveries so very much out of the common way seemed more like the amusement of eager minds in want of employment than of actual afflictions and relief. The Narrator, Ch 9 Quick Synopsis [...]
Chatting with Beth Pattillo, author of Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart – and a Giveaway
Posted in Austenesque Authors, tagged Beth Pattillo, Books, Fiction, Giveaway, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Ruined My Life, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart on 30 January 2010 | 112 Comments »
The latest Austen inspired novel to feature a Mr. Darcy-like doppelganger is Beth Pattillo’s Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart. It follows a similar format to her previous novel Jane Austen Ruined My Life (2009) which was one of my Top 20 Favorite Austenesque Books of 2009. Set in contemporary times, young heroine Claire Prescott is at a crossroads in her life, travels to England, meets a handsome and wealthy young man and is thrown into the path of the ‘Formidables’, a secret sect of Janeites harboring Jane Austen letters, manuscripts and her reputation. Beth has kindly offered to chat with us today about her new book and her affinity to one of her favorite authors.
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