I was once told by an academic that Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey was the least read of her six major novels. Shocking. I can’t think why; or why we even need to rank masterpieces among masterpieces. I adore it. I will admit that it was the last of her major novels that I read, so [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Novels’
There Must be Murder, by Margaret C. Sullivan – A Review
Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged Book Blog, Book Bloggers, Book Review, Boos, Entertainment, Fiction, Historical Mystery, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Fan Fiction, Jane Austen Sequels, Margaret C. Sullivan, Mysteries, Novels, There Must Be Murder on 19 January 2011 | 18 Comments »
Upcoming Reading & Writing Challenges, & Literary Blog Events in 2011
Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, Reading Challenges, tagged Being a Jane Austen Mystery Reading Challenge 2011, Books, Elizabeth Gaskell, Erin Blakemore, GaskellBlog, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Sequels, Literary Events. Blog Events, Lynn Shepherd, My Jane Austen Book Club, Nonfiction, Novels, Reading Challenges, Sense and Sensibility, Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary, Stiletto Storytime, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011, Writing Challenges on 18 January 2011 | 2 Comments »
There are great reading and writing challenges, and literary events in the queue around the blogosphere that have come to my attention. So many in fact, that I decided to combine the announcements into one grand post, so here goes. Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Celebration Maria Grazia at My Jane Austen Book Club is celebrating [...]
The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy, by Mary Lydon Simonsen – A Review
Posted in Austenesque Books, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged Book Blogger, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Fan Fiction, Jane Austen Sequels, Mary Lydon Simonsen, Novels, The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy on 2 January 2011 | 7 Comments »
I don’t think I would be exaggerating if I labeled Pride and Prejudice as Jane Austen’s most popular work. In fact, I will take it one step further and proclaim it one of the most beloved novels of all time. It is no surprise to me, at all, that readers want to revisit this tale, [...]
The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011
Posted in Austenesque Books, Blog Events, Jane Austen Inspired, Reading Challenges, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011, tagged Books, Historical Fiction, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Movies, Jane Austen Sequels, Movie Challenge, Novels, Period Drama's, Period Movies, Reading Challenge, Sense and Sensibility, The Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge 2011 on 30 December 2010 | 250 Comments »
2011 is a celebratory year for Jane Austen and her legion of fans. It marks the bicentenary of her first published novel, Sense and Sensibility. Since 1811, we have been enjoying her romantic, dramatic and witty story filled with divergent characters – the Dashwood sisters: cool, practical Elinor and emotional, impulsive Marianne, and the men [...]
Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2011
Posted in Austenesque Books, Reading Challenges, tagged Books, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2011, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Sequels, Mysteries, Novels on 29 December 2010 | 16 Comments »
We are adding the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2011 to our “to do” list for next year. Their won’t really be much more effort on our part since we will be reading many Regency-era books anyway, and we do like the notion of amalgamating all our reading for next year into multiple reading challenges. It [...]
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 Legacy of Pemberley: The Pemberley Chronicles No 10, by Rebecca Ann Collins – A Review
Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged Book Blogger, Book Reviews, Books, Historical Romance, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Fan Fiction, Jane Austen Sequels, Novels, Rebecca Ann Collins, The Legacy of Pemberley on 22 December 2010 | 4 Comments »
Guest review by Kimberly Denny-Ryder of Reflections of a Book Addict The Legacy of Pemberley is the tenth and final novel in the acclaimed Pride and Prejudice sequel series by Rebecca Ann Collins. The ten novels in the series cover the fifty years following the wedding of Elizabeth Bennet to Fitzwilliam Darcy. It is by [...]














