What Enemies to Lovers ISN’T
I had some bad news a while ago, and I need to write something like this to keep my mind off of it, so here’s this. Enjoy. Okay, let’s do a better introduction. Today I wanted to talk about something I haven’t really been able to discuss in a while because I haven’t had any […]
Charlotte Lucas was RIGHT!
“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.” Charlotte Lucas makes this dour prediction to Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine of Pride & Prejudice. We laugh. It’s not true, after all. We all know that there are many, many things that you can do to guarantee happiness in a marriage. Like talking over all the […]
Excuse Me, You Got Some Feminism in My Regency Romance
[Note: this is an old blog post. The takes in this post may no longer apply to what the author currently believes and/or the information may be outdated. Please take all that is written here with a grain of salt.] EDIT: an updated version of this post has been shared here. Today I’m here to […]
The Victorian Ideal vs. Modern Romantics {Part 1}
Just a couple weeks ago, I posted about how Christian girls shouldn’t wrap their worlds around marriage. And, to balance that out, now I’m going to give you some marriage advice! Okay, okay. I’m joking! I’m really just going to ramble about a trope I’ve noticed in old books, some history, and how that relates […]
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 […]
Reading Rants: Clueless Main Characters
One of my biggest pet peeves in fiction is Clueless Main Characters. You’d think this would be one of the things authors would avoid. But it’s not. Throughout fiction, we see quite a spattering of main characters who are complete idiots. I’m currently in the middle of Northanger Abbey, a book I absolutely adore. The […]
10 Books That Make Me Cry
I don’t cry a lot. And when I do, I’m usually not crying about one thing so much as a bunch of things. But yes, some books do make me cry … or at least make my eyes water. And these are my top ten. Not in any particular order because, to be honest, who […]
Austenland by Shannon Hale
Title: Austenland Author: Shannon Hale Genre: Contemporary Romance Age-Range: 14+ (young adult/adult) Era: contemporary Setting: New York, USA and England Publisher: Bloomsbury Source: library Rating: 4/5 stars Content: 3.5/5. It’s been a while, so I don’t remember exactly. Some cussing, but extremely rare … and unnecessary in my opinion. I just remember one or two words. A little […]
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Title: Mansfield Park Author: Jane Austen Genre: Classic Romance Age-Range: 14+ (young adult/adult) Era: early 1800s (Regency) Setting: various places in England Source: own a copy Rating: 5/5 stars Content: 3/5. No language (at least none that isn’t crossed out like this: by G-d), no violence. Romance, a person commits adultery (everyone is shocked, so I […]
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 […]
Short Story Contest
I’ve decided to write a short story for Homeschooled Authors’ Short Story Contest. If you’re an author and love Jane Austen, you should definitely enter your story into this competition! The deadline is May 31th 2016. 🙂 What am I going to be writing? Well, I’m not giving you all the details, but it will […]
