Welcome to Litsy!

#TBR #Pemberlittens #Janeandtheexcellentreadalongextra
Grabbed this from my bookcase on a whim. Read the Introduction, & short stories “Jane Austen‘s Nightmare” by Syrie James, & “Jane Austen,Yeah,Yeah,Yeah” Both stories were widely different and entertaining in their own ways. I really enjoyed reading them. It‘s the kind of book for me that I will just dive into on and off when I feel like it.

#JaneAndTheExcellentReadalong Extra! Jane and the Gentleman Rogue is included in Jane Austen Made Me Do It. Listed on Goodreads as 11.5 of Jane Austen Mysteries. But #Pemberlittens actually falls between Book 3- Jane and the Wandering Eye and Book 4 - Jane and the Genius of the Place. It's lovely little fragment featuring our favorite Gentleman Rogue Lord Harold.🎩

#janeandthegentlemanrogue
#countdownto #janeandthefinalmystery

#PemberLittens have spoken! Starting in January 2022, the group will:

🔹 Buddy read 3 books every 2 months (1 from each
category):

1. Something Austen wrote
2. Something Austen-related (fiction or non,
alternating every 2 months between books
about Austen and adaptations of her work).
3. Something by another female author.

🔹 Vote for the 3 books to read

More info/Link to vote ⬇️

#PemberLittens!

Thank you so much to the 62 of you who filled out the form and gave me your thoughts on how to continue the group! I‘ve compiled all of that great info and have a proposal, but since I‘m excited and far too wordy for Litsy, if you‘re tagged, I‘ve sent you an email. 😉

Can you please take a look and let me know what you think? I‘d love to get something going for us for December or January.

Thank you!

❤️

Oh, hello there Miss Austen! 😘
I may still be on a #bookbuyingban but that doesn‘t necessarily mean I can‘t buy book adjacent things... such as a very cute Jane Austen funko that I didn‘t know existed until recently (thanks to my fellow #pemberlittens - also #blamelitsy 🤣)
She‘ll hang out with her works for a bit before moving to my wall shelf with my other funkos- gotta day I‘m happy to have her join the gang 😄

Started with Jane and ended with Jane. Finish up Holidays reads, Book Club Challenges, and more Jane.
Final review for tagged book - had some awesome stories and a few plonkers but definitely worth the read. Northanger Abbey one's were quite good. 📚
#pemberlittens #fhoverbookclub
#janeandtheyear2020andbeyond
#januarywrapup #mymonthinbooks
#musingsonmansfield @sprainedbrain

I think this description of Sense and Sensibility by a teenage boy is my all time favorite. 🤣
#pemberlittens @sprainedbrain #teamelinor

Not one of the Narrator's of this book have pronounced Maria's name correctly. Have they never seen a BBC Production of Pride and Prejudice? 😒
@sprainedbrain #pemberlittens

https://thesarniajournal.ca/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-maria/

And now for the truly dreadful. This one is all about someone buying a supposed Signed 1st Edition of Pride & Prejudice. You have main character who is 'expert' in Austen saying 'Jane wouldn't have autographed'. But doesn't know that 1st Edition wasn‘t book but 3 Volumes???

I can suspend disbelief a bit but not to the point where you don't even get basic facts right. It's like the writers didn't even do a Google search. 🤦🏻‍♀️ #pemberlittens

Another Awesome Austenesque! It's how things went after Emma and Knightley honeymoon. Knightley moving in and dealing with Emma's father. Emma feeling caught in the middle. Such a well done after the Happy Ever After. 👰🏼🤵🏰 #Pemberlittens

Yesterday I had to get out for errands. (& yes I 😷.) Anthologies are always hard to rate overall. Some stories are brilliant: Jane Austen's Nightmare
A Night at Northanger
Jane & the Gentleman Rogue - reason I bought. 11.5 of Jane Austen Mysteries.
#janeandtheyear2020
👍for those.
#prideandprejudiceday #pemberlittens

“Silly Catherine,” said the ghost of Jane Austen indulgently. “There are no such things as ghosts.” - Night at Northanger

Northanger Abbey Retellings -
Nachtsturm Castle looks good.
Jane Austen Made Me Do It and Bespelling Jane Austen both have Northanger Abbey stories. They're ongoing reads for me.
Murder at Northanger Abbey I own.
If I have time will try:
Bride of Northanger
Henry Tilney's Diary
Searching for Mr. Tilney
NA Angels & Demons 📚

#Pemberlittens @sprainedbrain

My #audiosouping pick again today. Austen-inspired short stories are good to pick up & put down at will.

I had a bag of dried chickpeas & some random veggies that needed using & a hankering for a creamy coconut milk curry, so that‘s what this vegan soup will become. Finished soup pictures coming later. 🍲😋

Today‘s #audiosouping pick. I actually started this one a couple of years ago as a library e-book but didn‘t get far. I though I‘d enjoy it more as an audiobook & I do. The first story is Jane Austen‘s Nightmare where Jane on a late night walk in Bath encounters her characters come to life-many unhappy with how she portrayed them. The soup is a quick one, a Greek Avgolemono variation & so a short story format is perfect. Finished soup pic to come.

In this collection of short stories inspired by the works of Jane Austen, there are some hits and some misses. I enjoyed most the stories that expanded on the perspectives of some of the more minor characters. I enjoyed less the modernizations.

This short story compilation of Austen inspired stories had some hits and some misses. I either love an Austen adaptation or loathe it and felt both while reading these stories. Mostly hits, so counting it as a pick!
#booked2019 A book gifted to you ( thanks @Mommamanzi !!!)

@BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen

I heard about the #austeninaugust photo challenge too late to join😢, so I decided to do my own version by reading some adaptations that have been on my TBR for too long. I might even end the month with a reread of my favorite Austen, Pride and Prejudice!

I‘m a day late for #internationalcatday - but just in time for #namesakes for #austeninaugust2019 😸
Most of my companion animals over the years have been named after Jane Austen characters, and these two dorks are no exception. Elliot and Tilney have to be so cute, to make up for their general bratty behavior (she says after being woken up at 5:45 this morning by a extremely vocally hungry Tilney). Love them anyway. 😹😸😻 #catsoflitsy

For the #24in48 literary loot challenge, a small sampling of my obsession with all things Austen. 💜
#janeausten
In other news, I‘m about 19 hours in and fairly confident I‘ll actually complete 24 hours by early evening! Thank goodness for audiobooks to help me through this weekend, as unexpected errands came up. 😄
#24in48readathon

1. Pride & Prejudice
2. 13ish? I know I was in jr high
3. McFadyen (💜 shy Darcy)
4. Anne Elliot
5. Henry Tilney
6. Crawford siblings
7. 1995 Persuasion - it was just so perfectly cast and the tone felt true to the book

Thanks for starting this off @sprainedbrain 😁

Fellow Janeites, what are your #AustentatiousAnswers

This is from one of the short stories in the book. Adriana Trigiani totally gets books and book lovers.

Short stories inspired by Jane Austen. Who else enjoys a good JA inspired story?

I have a few final touches to make and a couple more goodies to gather, but this box is definitely going to the post office tomorrow (after I figure out how to jenga everything into the box, that is)! I had so much fun putting everything together. 😁
#janeaustenswap

I had chocolate orange mousse for dinner. Don't judge me.😆The prettied up version will be on my blog tomorrow for my virtual foodie book club post. This one suffered from being pulled from the fridge a bit too soon so I could get the light & sitting while I cleaned up. It was still darn delicious & I did eat the orange from the pic too-so a pretty balanced meal!😋Jane Austen didn't make me do it, I'm just trying to get this library e-book read.

I couldn‘t resist a Jane Austen swap! So excited! 💜

Do you love Jane Austen, too? Would you like to give and receive some fun Austen swag with like minded fans? If so, @mabell and @sprainedbrain have the swap for you!

For more info or to sign up: https://goo.gl/forms/3SVTps0WPsAnnVeG2

#JaneAustenSwap

Would have posted this earlier but I had computer issues & didn't get my #soupersundays blog post up before I left to have coffee with a friend. Weekend eats for me always includes soup-like this Vegetable Soup with Pearl Couscous & Salmon. Really good! 😋Did some #audiosouping & finished a book not on Litsy yet, then read few stories from the tagged book over lunch. Congratulations on your milestone @Booksandcooks 🎉👍Mahalo for the #12kgiveaway

Starting the morning with coffee and eggs Caprese at the the coffeeshop with a bit of this anthology of stories inspired by Jane Austen. Hoping to finish up a project & my email and get the weekend started. Happy Aloha Friday! 🌺🌴🍍

#TBRtemptation post 7! This is a collection of short stories inspired by Jane Austen--her novels, her life, her wits, her world. The list of contributors includes: Lauren Willig, Adriana Trigiani, Jo Beverley, Jane Odiwe, and Margaret C. Sullivan. There's all kinds of variety in these gems. For all Austen fans. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

And finally - my first and most prolific #fanfic #homage love... with a #Goodreads shelf of over 100 titles 😆 Regardless of quality, I will devour anything related to Jane Austen 💜 #feistyfeb #fanfichomage

#readjanuary #page24ofyourcurrentread Jane Austen Made Me Do It is a short story collection from various authors, each inspired by Jane Austen and her works. Page 24 has the last paragraph for the first story, Jane Austen's Nightmare by Syrie James, in which Jane is visited by her unhappy characters. #shortstories

#readjanuary #bookandyourfavesnack I'm a sucker for a toasted sandwich (gluten free because I'm coeliac). Although I also love potato chips, cherries and blueberries, yoghurt, cheese and tomato on crackers, peanut butter smoothies, and homemade cakes. Guess I like food as much as I like books!

Some Jane Austen adaptations plus one book of literary criticism that features essays by authors on why they read Jane Austen. I have all Jane Austen's major novels on my Nook. Love Jane 💕#seasonsreadings2016

my #JaneAusten collection, including #adaptations, nestled in the classics. That beast there is not practical to read from, btw. #SeasonsReadings

Anyone who has known me more that ten minutes pretty much knows I love me some Jane Austen. I will consume just about anything Jane Austen related. I have a whole 'austenesque' shelf on Goodreads because I have read and will continue to read what is probably considered fanfiction. These are a few of my #favejaneaustenadaptations for today's #seasonsreadings2016