Persuasion (1995)
Persuasion: Captain Wentworth Persuasion: Anne Elliot I haven’t had a chance to mention it earlier, but I watched Persuasion, so one down, 5 to go in my Everything Austen Challenge. This is the 1995...
View ArticleJane Austen in Scarsdale Or Love, Death, and the SATs by Paula Marantz Cohen
Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the SATs Paula Marantz Cohen This is part of my reading for the Everything Austen Challenge, hosted at Stephanie’s Written Word. I wanted to read this one...
View ArticleLost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure by Emma Campbell Webster
Lost in Austen by Emma Campbell Webster This is a book I picked up at Powell’s during my Portland trip and is one of my 6 things for the Everything Austen challenge (3 down 3 to go). The Premise: This...
View ArticleVanity and Vexation: A Novel of Pride and Prejudice by Kate Fenton
Vanity and Vexation: A Novel of Pride and Prejudice Kate Fenton I couldn’t really recall what books I was planning to borrow from the library for Everything Austen and I’d stumbled on this book online...
View ArticlePemberley by the Sea by Abigail Reynolds
Pemberley by the Sea: A modern love story, Pride and Prejudice style Abigail Reynolds I am still working on my Everything Austen challenge (ummmm… 2 months after it officially ended), and so I picked...
View ArticleEverything Austen 2
Everything Austen Challenge I didn’t do so well with last year’s Everything Austen Challenge (I somehow forgot it was only 6 months long, so I managed 5 Austen-related books and movies not 6, although...
View ArticleBecoming Jane
I finally watched Becoming Jane this month as part of the Everything Austen 2 challenge at Stephanie’s Written Word. This is a fictional biopic of Jane’s life that takes facts from her real life and...
View ArticleThe Family Fortune by Laurie Horowitz
The Family Fortune Laurie Horowitz This week has been a week full of free time – I’m waiting around in the jury selection phase of jury duty. I’m not going to go into it, but let’s just say I’ve had...
View ArticlePride and Prejudice: A Latter Day Comedy
While looking around for modern day retellings of Pride and Prejudice I ran across the movie Pride and Prejudice: A Latter Day Comedy. It seemed like an odd combination but it looked cute. I couldn’t...
View ArticleEnthusiasm by Polly Shulman
Enthusiasm Polly Shulman Another book bought because of book bloggers. I think the one review that had me paying attention was over at The Hiding Spot, although I see that the usual suspects have also...
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