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We've hit our final week of Austen in August 2018! I know, I can't believe it either. And I also can't believe that next year will be the 10th Anniversary of All Things Austen every summer right here on The Book Rat! *mind blown*
So I know we're all sad to see it go, but let's start the week with your special Austenish paper, hot off the presses!
This might be a busy week... so much Austen, so little time!
- A giveaway of hand-painted & lettered watercolor bookmarks, to coordinate with the printables from earlier this month!
- And speaking of, more printables!
- The final sneak peek at Maria Grace's A Proper Introduction to Dragons
- And a peek at her recently released book, How Jane Austen Kept Her Cool — as well as a chance to win a copy!
- I'll finally get around to sharing my thoughts on this year's group read-along, Longbourn (promise!)
- And I'll take a look at some recently released and upcoming Austenesque books on my radar
- We'll finally (hopefully) take a look at part of my Jane Austen collection
- and maybe, just maybe, hear the story of how I became a tried-and-true Janeite
- A Janeite Convo on re-setting Austen in unusual times and circumstances, that has me REALLY, REALLY WANTING some of these books to happen. Pronto.
- and one final Janeite Convo, of sorts, to send you off with some Austen read-alikes to while away the time until next AIA!
You may have missed:
- A think piece on isolation in Austen's leading ladies, from Lona Manning, along with a giveaway!
- Not one but TWO! Janeite Conversations with this year's crop of Austenesque authors, this time on the transition to full-fledged "Janeite," and on dream-casting Austen for this week's Dinner & Movie night!
- Speaking of our weekly Dinner & Movie night, it'll be a double feature this Friday, to make up for last Friday's lack of Janedate night, with recipes from Beth for shrub (a weirdly named but delicious sounding drink) and Scotch eggs!
- We'll get our 3rd peek at Maria Grace's A Proper Introduction to Dragons, as part of this month's ongoing series (don't forget, you can enter to win both it and another book from the series here and here!)
- A guest post from Melanie Rachel on Austen canon and "fanon," along with a giveaway!
- Michi does that thing we all do, and judges Austen's books by their covers
- Sometimes Twitter is a funny place...
- A brief guest post & excerpt of Being Mrs Bennet from Alexa Adams, again, with giveaway!
In need of some Austenesque reads to get you in the mood for AIA? Here are some personal faves and current bargains to feed your reader -- and fill that Jane Austen shaped hole in your heart -- with! Some of these are even free on Kindle Unlimited, but some of these are just flat-out free!
If you've read any of them, let me know your thoughts or recommendations in the comments!
Not enough Janery going on for you in this first week of AIA? Don’t worry, we’ve got 8 previous years to plunder for awesome Austen posts, In Case You Missed It! Take a stroll through and discover (or rediscover!) things like:
- I reviewed (yet another?) book billed as 'Jane Austen meets Friday Night Lights' (who knew this was such a desirable pairing?) -- and this time, I liked it!
- Kai talked about the poetry of Austen
- and Beth showed us how to make Ratafia cakes
- Alexa talked about the perfections of Pemberley
- I read some Austen beach reads, like this one, and this one
- I gave a longish list of Austenesque books I need to get my hands on, back when I did Wishlist Wednesday -- some of them have made it to my shelves, and even been read!
- Deborah Yaffe asked 'What's wrong with Mansfield Park?' to which the screaming answers can still be heard echoing...
- We talked about Austen's "doomed ships"
- and Danya shared the lessons she learned from Jane
* a selection on newsy bits and bits and bobs for the truly discerning Janeite *
I have a whole post coming for you on some amazing Jane Austen wearables you might want to add to your wardrobe, so keep an eye out for that!
What are some new or upcoming Austenesque books on your TBR or wishlist? Let me know in the comments so I can add them to an upcoming post!
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Already the end week. Hard to believe. I've loved every bit. So many wonderful posts and visitors and books. I've added so many to my list just from the newsletter alone. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the newsleter. You've made this a wonderful event, Misty.
Thank you for the recap. I have added a group of books from the list above.
ReplyDeleteThere's a few titles that I've not heard of such as Kellynch and Set in the Silver Sea. Thank you for highlighting these amazing books, Misty.
ReplyDeleteIn answer to your question, there are a few upcoming releases I am interested in. Among them are the recently published Obstacles by Belen Paccagnella, Lizzy Brandon's Recognizing Love, Emma and the City and next month's highly anticipated release of Rational Creatures.