Update – Everything Austen

The Everything Austen Challenge hosted by Stephanie (@ Stephanie’s Written Word) is in full swing and I thought I’d do a little update on where I’m at with my challenge list. Just looking at it there’s been some changes. Here’s the original: Emma by Jane Austen (Still working on this one…) Becoming Jane by Jon [...]

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Wisdom from Mr. Knightley

I’ve gotten back to reading Emma over the last few days and have found a few choice pieces of wisdom from Mr. Knightley. These both occur as they’re talking about Frank Churchhill’s absent from his father’s wedding. There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do, if he chooses, and that is, his [...]

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Jane Austen Festival

Sunday afternoon, while we were still in Louisville, we headed out to Locust Grove to the Jane Austen Festival. We felt like newbies and tourists all mixed together not knowing why people kept asking questions about the family that lived there. Apparently, it wasn’t just some old home that was perserved, but happened to belong [...]

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Guess where I’m going…

You don’t really have to guess…but we’re in Louisville this weekend looking for an apartment. Which we found on our first day! Yeah! It’s close to campus with lots of other seminary students and families. God is good! Finding our new home early gives us more time to explore the city…and you know what’s going [...]

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Everything Austen Challenge

Stephanie is hosting the Everything Austen Challenge on her blog Stephanie’s Written Word, go check it out! It’s no secret that I love Jane Austen. She’s my favorite author, I can’t get enough of her and her stories, and she’s even secured herself the position of the banner for my blog. So, of course, I [...]

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Is there such a thing as too much Jane Austen?

These days there seems to be a neverending stream of Jane Austen fan fiction. Even though Jane Austen finished her six novels well over a century ago, the options for more of Austen’s character’s and romance presses on from Shannon Hale’s Austenland: A Novel to Pride & Prejudice & Zombies and Jane Austen Ruined My [...]

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Book Review: Me & Mr. Darcy

I had seen Me & Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter around a few different places and being an Austen fan I thought I might enjoy it. I tried. But there were so many problems with the book. The biggest is that the character that’s supposed to represent Mr. Darcy is a big jerk, to put [...]

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Favorite Author: Jane Austen

I know it sounds cliche, right? Isn’t every other woman’s favorite author (or favorite novel) Jane Austen? Maybe so, but there’s a reason, right? To put it ever so simply, she’s so good. The woman just amazes me. The stories, the characters, her life. It’s wonderful and bittersweet all at once. She’s like the fly [...]

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