8
Mar
2010
The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
I really wanted to love this book. But I just couldn’t. It needs a couple of more drafts before really getting there.
23
Jan
2010
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
I’m a bit behind in reviews…for instance, I read this one some time last month. Part of this is procrastination on my part. But part of this is also that I wanted to let it digest in my brain.
30
Dec
2009
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler was…a decent story just adequately written.
24
Nov
2009
Spiritual but Not Religious by Robert C. Fuller
Have I told you guys about the second and last time I ever went to confession? The first of course, was when I made more first reconciliation in 4th grade. The second time, I was in 10th grade, on a field trip to Washington D.C. We were visiting the Church of the Immaculate Conception, and I felt like going to confession.
15
Nov
2009
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
It’s possible that Jane Austen’s wit is at its height in Northanger Abbey. Those biting little sentences that describe characters, and their quips to one another ring throughout the walls of bath and the great house Northanger Abbey.
13
Nov
2009
The Jane Austen Trilogy
I give this three DVD set a solid meh. I espied it at the library and thought I’d give it a whirl for the Everything Austen Challenge. Having watched all 180 minutes of it last night, I want at least 120 of those minutes back.
4
Nov
2009
The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
The Country of the Pointed Firs, written in the 1890’s, captures the customs and dialects that were dying out in Maine at the time. Sarah Orne Jewett tried to preserve as much as she could in her fiction before it was forgotten.
29
Oct
2009
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
This is one of those books where nobody will ever know if it’s really a ghost story or if the narrator is nuts. Certainly, there seem to be two strictly divided camps in the world of literary criticism.
6
Jul
2009
Becoming Jane
Last week I watched Becoming Jane for Stephanie’s Everything Austen Challenge. I’ll be totally candid in saying that if it weren’t for this challenge, I probably wouldn’t have watched it.
24
Jun
2009
Jane Austen Challenge: Because I Need Another Challenge Like I Need a Hole in My Head
I convinced myself to do this challenge for three reasons:
