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 [...]
“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. [...]
EDIT: I will shortly be posting an update post that is actually meant to be taken seriously, but this is largely a joke post. 🙂 Today I’m here to talk to you about a somewhat controversial topic [...]
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! [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]