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 Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:52 pm
So, today was my birthday, and I received a great gift:
Lost in Austen by Emma Campbell Webster
It's an amazing Create Your Own Adventure book! I've had so much fun with it! You get points for different categories, such as Fortune and Confidence, and it's through the eyes of Lizzie Bennet.
Other fun reads:
Jane Austen for Dummies by Joan Klingel Ray
I find this a useful book for looking up characters, movies and places in England relating to Austen. The directions to and from London and around England are excellent! And you can shove this on people who aren't enlightened by Jane.
Flirting with Jane Austen edited by Jennifer Cruisie
A bunch of short stories and essays by various women as obsessed as us in this guild about Jane Austen. Many are amusing, some insightful. I read it under the covers with a flashlight...there's one with a woman with a comically unhealthy addiction to Mr. Darcy!
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:46 pm
happy birthday!
i read lost in austen and it was an amusing book.
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:44 pm
isandrith happy birthday! i read lost in austen and it was an amusing book.
I so far have a looot of failings!
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:10 am
I want ot read that last one Filrting with Jane UAsten, o pride and Prejudice or what ever it is....
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:01 pm
Dewdew I want ot read that last one Filrting with Jane UAsten, o pride and Prejudice or what ever it is....
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:18 am
Presumption is a good sequel to P&P that deals mainly with Georgiana Darcy. Darcy's story is a good take on his side of P&P. Also, everyone should read The Jane Austen Book Club.
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:38 pm
bardlover Presumption is a good sequel to P&P that deals mainly with Georgiana Darcy. Darcy's story is a good take on his side of P&P. Also, everyone should read The Jane Austen Book Club.
Also, the sequels by Elizabeth Aston, to P&P are really rather good. I liked them okay...a bit too wild sometimes, but fun, nonetheless.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:26 am
I know this book it's related that much to the Jane Austens but it does go with that era, and I've just bought it a few days ago, and have yet to have time to read it, but it sounded good when I read the back in the book store. Regency House Party by Lucy Jago it says here Regency House Party will follow 5 men and 5 women as they meet, flirt and court within the same strict protocols as Jane Austen's heroes and heroines, e.g. all women must be chaperoned, a woman should never encourage a man, a man should never touch a young lady, etc. Each participant will be designated a role and an income, which will dictate their social standing—although at any point this could change and one of the poorer guests could inherit a fortune, or a rich one suffer a crippling debt—and each chapter of the book will focus on a particular character or couple. The houseguests will take part in popular pastimes of the era: attending a public dissection, amateur dramatics, fencing and, of course, dressing up and attending balls. They will also hopefully manage to find a suitable marriage partner, whose wealth and social standing will enhance their own.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:04 pm
OH! I'm puttin' that on hold at the library...as I live about 2 minutes away from the library, that's my main source of all things literary and otherwise! mrgreen Thanks, Amada Joya!
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:38 am
That does sound really cool.
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:58 pm
SakuraStar89 That does sound really cool.
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:38 pm
-Amada Joya- I know this book it's related that much to the Jane Austens but it does go with that era, and I've just bought it a few days ago, and have yet to have time to read it, but it sounded good when I read the back in the book store. Regency House Party by Lucy Jago it says here Regency House Party will follow 5 men and 5 women as they meet, flirt and court within the same strict protocols as Jane Austen's heroes and heroines, e.g. all women must be chaperoned, a woman should never encourage a man, a man should never touch a young lady, etc. Each participant will be designated a role and an income, which will dictate their social standing—although at any point this could change and one of the poorer guests could inherit a fortune, or a rich one suffer a crippling debt—and each chapter of the book will focus on a particular character or couple. The houseguests will take part in popular pastimes of the era: attending a public dissection, amateur dramatics, fencing and, of course, dressing up and attending balls. They will also hopefully manage to find a suitable marriage partner, whose wealth and social standing will enhance their own. That was a reality tv series on NZ TV a few years ago. I remember I watched a few episodes. It is one of those things I reckon would be a lot more fun if you were actually part of it, you know pretending you were at a house party during the regency period.
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:55 pm
Dewdew That was a reality tv series on NZ TV a few years ago. I remember I watched a few episodes. It is one of those things I reckon would be a lot more fun if you were actually part of it, you know pretending you were at a house party during the regency period.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:21 am
This one cracked me up. I was in Boston for a few days over the summer and ran into this book:
I was very tempted to buy it but, alas, I already had too many books in my suitcase to chart home. Oh how I miss being able to buy inexpensive books in English!
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:43 pm
Robeya This one cracked me up. I was in Boston for a few days over the summer and ran into this book:
I was very tempted to buy it but, alas, I already had too many books in my suitcase to chart home. Oh how I miss being able to buy inexpensive books in English! I wan it... I want it...
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