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vonnie862
Austenland: A Novel | Shannon Hale
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"For Colin Firth
You're a really great guy, but I'm married, so I think we should just be friends."

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#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

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CaramelLunacy
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Pickpick

A queer retelling of Emma with a Bridgerton flair and solid historical references (Dido Belle, Anne Lister). Ellie is very close to her neighbor Georgiana (who prefers to dress in a masculine style and is known as George). We also look at her cousin Charlotte and how differently she is treated due to her mixed race heritage.
I enjoyed this, the fashions, the depictions of beautiful historical spaces (Vauxhall Gardens and Temple of the Muses).

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marleed
Emma | Jane Austin
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I finally read this! Alright, it took me the better part of the month because I opted to read it in bits. The cadence in communication between characters (also the paragraphing) exhausted me just a bit, and I really wanted to appreciate the writing so I was best served by picking this up from my nightstand for limited amounts reading.

May 2025 #BookSpin Category; Pub prior 21st Century @TheAromaofBooks

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Graciouswarriorprincess
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I finally used my birthday BN gift card from son, I got the Pride and Prejudice bookends, another copy of P&P, a flower journal and a gratitude journal. Michaels was next door so I went it and found the book club papers. B

TheBookHippie How lovely. Fun paper! 2d
mrp27 Ohhh…… as a scrapbooker I neeeeed that paper pack! 2d
DGRachel Those bookends are beautiful! 2d
Graciouswarriorprincess @TheBookHippie Thanks. It is fun! @mrp27 Thanks. @DGRachel Thanks! I fell in love with them when I first saw them. They are gorgeous! 2d
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peanutnine
Just as You Are | Camille Kellogg
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"Everyone knows that when you throw a dinner party for a bunch of lesbians, at least half of them will be vegan."

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

It's interesting to see how each P&P retelling incorporates that famous first line. This one is so cheeky, with just a nod to the original. Love it
#JaneAustenThenAndNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig

Clare-Dragonfly Well, I‘m interested! 2d
Crinoline_Laphroaig That looks like a fun read! 1d
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sdbruening
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This was so fun! I only just learned about the Manga classics series. The manga was pretty faithful to the original; I was impressed. They definitely leaned into the romantic side of things make than the original. The scenes with the Palmers were mostly excluded, and that jewelry shop scene was new. Marianne‘s sickness also wasn‘t as serious here as the original. The art of the characters was very pretty. Bummer it wasn‘t in color.

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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Jane and I spent yesterday making scones and watching all 6 hrs of 1995 Pride and Prejudice. It was wonderful. 🎩

#pemberlittens
#datewithmrdarcy
#janeaustenthenandnow

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HeatherBookNerd
Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen
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Reading a bunch of plays for a play reading committee. Several of them are aggressively mediocre. Some are truly awful. Kate Hamill‘s brilliant adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is the shining star of this pile. If you are a theater person, get ahold of any adaptation by Kate Hamill. They‘re fresh. They‘re inventive. They are a dream for a great director and a group of talented actors.

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Andrea313
Longbourn | Jo Baker
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I'm so glad I finally made myself read this one! Not only did I fall for all of the below-stairs personalities, I appreciated the great perspective on what it takes to keep the Bennets sisters in clean petticoats and shoe roses. I loved that we got to see glimpses of Lizzy after her marriage, too, and of course some closure for our heroine Sarah. If you've not read it, #PemberLittens, don't wait as long as I did! #JaneAustenThenAndNow

mcctrish I loved this book! 5d
Crinoline_Laphroaig I've never looked at the muddy petticoat the same 4d
LeahBergen I liked it, too! 4d
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Graciouswarriorprincess
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Omg….i am in heaven! I asked the local @amctheatres manager if I could have the movie poster. He called me today to say that he had a brand new one to give to me. I picked it up after work and can‘t wait to use it for my Jane Austen library display!

It truly is the little things in life that make it grand!

Graywacke Gorgeous! 6d
AvidReader25 Ahhh I love it! I just saw it again in the theater and it was wonderful. 5d
Graciouswarriorprincess @Graywacke It truly is! @AvidReader25 It was wonderful to see in the theater! Glad that you enjoyed it! 😊 5d
Bookzombie That‘s so cool! 3d
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