Fearful and wary re: Hallmark’s variations inspired by Austen’s books, forthcoming in February 2024.

Toby* one of my dear friends before leaving to travel home to the Midwest for Christmas, sent me this article via the link about the Hallmark movies, forthcoming in February 2024, inspired by Jane Austen: https://www.tvinsider.com/1115094/hallmark-channel-jane-austen-movies-february-2024-cast-details-premiere-dates/ Toby is quite a fan of Hallmark movies especially the Holiday movies, at first I was too, years ago,

Reblog via Lit Hub essay by Rhonda Watts.

Book Review: The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner.

This was a recent read, I tend to try to reader “lighter” in the summer and this book was on clearance price as I was buying late summer/early fall/holiday gift books to be stored away. The story is set in Chawton, the village where Jane Austen lived in her later life, and where she did

Happy New Year 2022 & closing out 2021 with an Austen correction–“Bewitched.”

Many of my book club (Bookcrossing) friends are planning their 2022 reading goals — how many books they want to read in 2022.  Some folks use Goodreads to track their progress — I personally do not use Goodreads that much — it’s okay, but it is also owned by Amazon now, so I don’t love

Book Review: Miss Austen by Gill Hornby.

This novel, Miss Austen, by Gail Hornby is an interesting addition to the Jane Austen Universe as I call it — all the books that are inspired by bits and pieces mostly — missing from Jane Austen’s life or the record we have of it.  First, this novel focuses on Jane Austen’s older sister Cassandra.  The