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Three New Takes on Old Classics, Cover Images as Below, Background Image by Michael Schwarzenberger from Pixabay

Three New Novels for 2021 Inspired by Old Classics

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021Sophie Brown

I spent the first weeks of 2021 reading 3 books that take classic novels & authors & give them a 21st-century twist in very different ways.

Hold the Letters From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ in Your Hands With This New Edition

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020Jenny Bristol

Bring the correspondence from ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to life with this new, unique edition with physical letters from within the story.

Between the Bookends, Image: Sophie Brown

Between the Bookends: 6 Books We Read in April 2019

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019Sophie Brown

In this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie, Lisa, Rebecca, and Missy share some of their favorite recent reads.

14 Romantic Novels to Make Your Heart Beat Faster

February 13, 2016December 7, 2017Jackie Reeve1

Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day this weekend or not, romance is in the air. It’s cold outside, so it’s a great time of year to heat things up inside.

Ever, Jane: An Austen-Inspired Virtual Game

November 8, 2013November 24, 2017Samantha Cook2

Imagine an online RPG held in the Regency era of Jane Austen. Check out this Kickstarter.

Stride and Prejudice: A Jane Austen Endless Runner

November 2, 2013November 24, 2017Amy Kraft

Celebrate the 200th birthday of Pride and Prejudice with this Jane-Austen-inspired endless runner app.

This Week With The GeekMoms

April 20, 2012Ruth Suehle1

This week, Jules‘ youngest turned 13. Now she is officially the parent of two teenage boys. Jules is also happy to announce that next week, Sunburst Award winning Canadian author Alyx Dellamonica will be co-hosting Jules’ Geeky Pleasures Radio Show. They plan to discuss her newest book Blue Magic, LGBT issues, and more. If you’ve […]

Discover Jane Austen: A Life Revealed

May 13, 2011Jenny Bristol

What better year than 2011, the 200th anniversary of the publication of Sense and Sensibility, her first published novel, to learn a bit about Jane Austen’s life? Maybe you’ve seen a movie or two made from her books, or maybe you’ve even read the books themselves. But Jane Austen’s life had few things in common […]

Jane Austen Meets Marvel Comics

March 15, 2011December 15, 2017Jenny Bristol6

Just because it is 200 year old romantic literature doesn’t mean it can’t be represented in a graphic novel. Recently, Marvel Comics put out several graphic novels with stories that don’t have superheroes. At least not in the traditional sense. Two of them are the Jane Austen novels, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice. […]

Happy 200th Anniversary, Sense and Sensibility!

January 11, 2011Jenny Bristol9

This year, 2011, marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. It was the first of her six novels to be published, so this year starts the several-year celebration of the 200th anniversary of all of her novel publications (two novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, were published posthumously, in 1818). […]