First Impressions, as Jane Austen so famously wrote about, are characterized by lingering mental coat-tails. The first impression of a first...

The Contest is Now Closed: The first book I ever reviewed for this blog in 2007 was Margaret C. Sullivan's The Jane Austen Handbook: A ...

It is no well-kept secret that T he Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine (now in paperback) was written as a 21st century homage...

Book review from the desk of Shelley DeWees… Darcy and Fitzwilliam: A Tale of a Gentleman and an Officer by Karen V. Wasylowski Imagine, ...

“No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine.” -Northanger Abbey No one who had...

Jane Austen: An Illustrated Treasury , by Rebecca Dickson. Now available at Barnes & Noble for the astonishing price of $19.98 (only $...

With Jane Austen sequels proliferating, it’s about time someone created a sequel to Austen’s rival Charlotte Brontë! In this sequel to Jan...

Inquiring readers, we have asked author Gwyn Cready to write about her new book for us. Laurel Ann will review it soon. Here then, is anothe...

Lydia Bennet’s Story: A Sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice by Jane Odiwe (new Sourcebook cover on left, and UK cover below) is a f...

What if Jane Austen had written a memoir that was uncovered almost two hundred years after her death? Can you imagine the excitement among l...

Mr. Knightly, a 37 year old bachelor, has reached a time of life when he is ready to settle down and start a family. But no young lady catch...

Often a journey is more pleasant if one slows down and savors it. I had hoped to review Lori Smith's book, A Walk With Jane Austen: A J...

Imagine waking up in someone else's body in another time period with no clue of how you got there or how you'll make it back home. T...

Lady Anne is the most well read of our Janeites of the James group when reading about all things Austen, including Jane's fan fiction. S...

A WalkWith Jane Austen is a lovely book, full of unexpected insights and revelations. Lori Smith's revealing and personal account is a ...

In addition to my review of A Walk With Jane Austen by Lori Smith (see the book cover on my side bar), Penguin Books has asked me to review...

On the anniversary of Jane Austen's death - she died 190 years ago today - I thought I would put a different spin on things and celebrat...

How delightful. Author Lori Smith has asked me to review her new book and I said I would be honored. A manuscript arrived in the mail today....

The Janeites on the James meet every other month or so. This past time I brought my new stash of four Jane Austen resource books and showed ...

Book Review: The Jane Austen Handbook: A Sensible Yet Elegant Guide to Her World, by Margaret C. Sullivan (Editrix of Austen Blog ) Thi...