Little Miss Austen Review at AustenBlog

I hope you'll all go check out my review of Little Miss Austen by Jennifer Adams, an awesome counting primer based on Pride and Prejudice! Mags, Editrix extraordinaire of AustenBlog, asked me to read the book with my little girl, and it has now become one of our standard go-to books. Here is the link:  http://austenblog.com/2011/10/28/review-little-miss-austen-pride-and-prejudice-by-jennifer-adams-illustrations-by-alison-oliver/. Enjoy! 

My Jane Austen Book Club's Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Celebration

As you can probably conceive, I was delighted when Maria Grazia of My Jane Austen Book Club asked me to participate in her Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Celebration! Each month of this year, Maria has invited a different Austenesque writer or JA blogger to submit a guest post on a topic related to Sense and Sensibility. I am submitting my thoughts on Sense and Sensibility on film in February, and look forward to revisiting the adaptations I love and discovering some modern adaptations, that may well become new favorites, for the occasion. There will be giveaways as well (what celebration is complete without prizes?), and I am excited to be offering a DVD of my most beloved version of this magnificent story, the 1995 film written by Emma Thompson and directed by Ang Lee. Below is a complete list of participants and post topics by month, all of which sound fascinating. I know the January item up for grabs is a copy of the new book, The Three Weissmans of Westport by Cathleen Schine, a modern take on Austen's first published novel (my copy is already on its way, and I am very much anticipating reading it). I hope you will all take part in this wonderful tribute to the magnificent tale that launch our dear Miss Austen's legendary career.
               

January - Marriage & Money in Sense & Sensibility by Jennifer Becton

February - Sense and Sensibility on Screen by Alexa Adams

March - Inheritance Laws & Their Consequences in Sense & Sensibility
by C. Allyn Pierson

April - Lost in Sense & Sensibility by Beth Patillo

May - Willoughby: A Rogue on Trial by Jane Odiwe

June - Secrets in Sense & Sensibility by Deb of Jane Austen in Vermont

July - Interview with Lucy Steele by Laurie Viera Rigler 

August - Settling for the Compromise Marriage by Regina Jeffers

September - The Origins of S&S: Richardson, Jane Austen, Elinore & Mariannne  
by Lynn Shepherd
                                          

October - Sense & Sensibility Fanfiction by Meredith of Austenesque Reviews 

November - Minor Characters in Sense & Sensibility by Vic of Jane Austen's World

December - Marianne Dashwood: A Passion for Dead Leaves & Other Sensibilities

               by Laurel Ann of Austenprose                 

"Celebrating Georgette Heyer" with my review of Cotillion at Austenprose!

It's finally my turn to review for the Georgette Heyer celebration going on all August at Austenprose! I was thrilled to be able to blab about one of my favorite Heyer novels, Cotillion, a charming tale of one young lady's first trip to London. How innocent that sounds! Let me assure you that Kitty Charing, like all good Heyer heroines, has one too many pokers in the fire. Chaos and mayhem abound until everything remarkably works out all right. The book contains some of Heyer's most memorable characters. Read my review at Austenprose!

http://austenprose.com/2010/08/18/cotillion-by-georgette-heyer-%E2%80%93-a-review/