Vintage Jane Austen: Series Spotlight, Giveaway, and More!
Hello ladies and gents! Today I have the opportunity to introduce you to Vintage Jane Austen, a multi-author series of Jane Austen retellings. I’ve only read two so far (Emmeline and Perception), but I hope to read them all sometime in the future. Honestly, this whole idea is just super neat. Retelling all the Jane […]
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
Title: The Scarlet Pimpernel Author: Baroness Orczy Series: The Scarlet Pimpernel, #1 Genre: Classic Adventure/Romance Era: 1790s (French Revolution) Setting: England and France Source: from library (read with my mom) Overall Rating: 5/5 stars The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man recklessly defies the French revolutionaries and […]
Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace
Title: Emily of Deep Valley Author: Maud Hart Lovelace Series: Deep Valley, #2 (can definitely be read as a stand-alone, though) Genre: Historical/Classic Romance/Literary Fiction Age-Range: 12+ (upper middle grade/young adult/adult) Era: 1910s (later Edwardian) Setting: Deep Valley, Minnesota Publisher: Harper Trophy (first published 1950) Source: library/now own Rating: 5/5 stars Content: 1/5. I can’t […]
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Title: Persuasion Author: Jane Austen Genre: Classic Romance Age-Range: 14+ (young adult/adult) Era: early 1800s (Regency era) Setting: England ~ mostly Bath Source: free on Kindle ~ probably will buy hardbound copy soon! Rating: 5/5 stars Content: 1/5. Okay for basically all ages, though the reading level is higher than most tweens can handle in […]
