My Love for Jane Austen

If you are a passionate reader of Jane Austen biographies, you'll find that there are only a handful of picture books available for children's market. Some memorable examples are Lisa Pliscou's Young Jane Austen: Becoming a Writer and Brave Jane Austen: Reader, Writer, Author, Rebel , Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen by Deborah Hopkinson and Maria Isabel Sànchez Vegara's Jane Austen part of the Little People, Big Dreams series. Now you can add A Most Clever Girl , a new biography penned by Jasmine A. Stirling. In this fresh new take on our favourite English author, Jasmine has collaborated with illustrator Vesper Stamper to produce a charming and imaginative tale of a young girl. On the verge of becoming a great novelist, see how the precocious child found her penchant for stringing words to form hillarious stories helped along by beautiful and colourful illustrations. A month-long blog tour has already commenced so visit the sites to read some guest posts,...

A new week has arrived which means more Austenite goodies to look forward to on the last week of this year courtesy of the Austenesque book scout. Just Jane 1813 's Claudine has written a fantastic review of Pat Santarsiero's latest Pride and Prejudice variation titled The Last Waltz . You may wish to leave a comment there because the author is generously sponsoring either a paperback copy or an e-book of The Last Waltz to a US winner. If the international reader wins it instead, an e-book will be given away. The deadline to enter is midnight EST on next Monday, 4 January 2016 . Next Claudine has chosen her favourite Austenesque reads of 2015. Find out which books are in her Just Jane 1813 reviewer's favourite list as two winners will be selected to win an e-book from the list. There are twelve titles to choose from which are Ardently , Suddenly Mrs. Darcy , Colonel Fitzwilliam and the Countess of Sainte Toulours , A Constant Love , A Peculiar Connection , T...

As mentioned in the upcoming Jane Austen Christmas event , this year's Christmas celebrations has begun early with Jane Austen Variations hosting a massive giveaway on their blog . Take a look at the amazing prizes below and click on the covers which will link you directly to each post. Then leave a comment there to be counted for these fabulous swags courtesy of the authors. The event lasts until Christmas Eve so get going now! 1) A Jane Austen Daybook sponsored by Diana Birchall 2) An autographed paperback edition of The Muse by Jessica Evans 3) Two e-books of Maria Grace's The Darcys' First Christmas 4) Two e-books of Alone with Mr Darcy by Abigail Reynolds 5) A Pride and Prejudice peacock cover fleece blanket ( US ) donated by Abigail Reynolds 6) Twenty e-books of The Darcys of Derbyshire by Abigail Reynolds on first-come, first-served basis 7) Two e-books of Maria Grace's To Forget: Darcy's London Christmas 8) Two e-books ( Kindle /...

Rating: ★★★★★/★★★★★ A few hours after watching the third and final movie in The Hobbit franchise, I had the good fortune to browse this 48 pages of captivating book. Covering Bilbo's encounter with Smaug the dragon at the end of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug until the climatic battle in this film, it features an exquisite selection production stills complete with a very brief description of the major events that occurred along the way. The Movie Storybook certainly flesh out some of the pivotal scenes that were not explained in the film. Having not read The Hobbit where these three Peter Jackson helmed movies were adapted from, For instance I do not quite understand why the Necromancer kept Gandalf alive in his fortress at Dol Guldur instead of killing him. I now know this was because he was seeking information of the whereabouts of the three Elven rings from the grey wizard. Another example is King Thranduil's insistence that the Woodland Elves go to war with ...

The Austenesque book scout wishes to share the information on the following amazing giveaways that are listed this week. Guest author Kate Coombs has been invited by blogger Meredith Esparza to share her children's book titled Goodnight Mr. Darcy on Austenesque Reviews . Read her experience of writing the book and leave a comment on her guest post in order to win a hardcover copy of Goodnight Mr. Darcy . Contest is open to US readers only and closes next Monday, 24 November 2014 . Maria Grace is celebrating the publication of A Jane Austen Christmas by hosting a scavenger hunt on her blog this week. Two daily winners who answer her questions correctly will receive a paperback copy of the book or a Christmas goodie bag with free stories , magnets and other stuff. If you comment and subscribe to her blog and newsletter, a 'Jane Austen Said it Best' magnet or postcard could be yours but it is limited to US residents only. For international readers, she w...

Rating: ★★★★★/★★★★★ It is a truth universally acknowledged that fans and lovers of Jane Austen's novels can't get enough of her works. A search through online book retailers like Amazon result in thousands of listing inspired by her life, her world and her novels from fiction titles, biographies and history to self-help books that offer dating advice and how to improve oneself. So it is not surprising that there are publications that focus on mothers with babies and toddlers to help kick-start the habit of loving Jane Austen's oeuvres at a young age. When I was approached by the publicists of Gibbs Smith to review Goodnight Mr. Darcy , I jumped at the chance to try something that I would normally not do. In all truthfulness, I have never read any of their books though I have known that they have previously released Little Miss Austen : Pride & Prejudice: A BabyLit Counting Primer , Little Miss Austen : Sense & Sensibility: An Opposites Primer and So Jane: C...

The beginning of a new week brings more contests that you can participate in courtesy of the Austenesque book scout. Maria Grazia has spotlighted Goodnight Mr Darcy on her blog, My Jane Austen Book Club . Head over to the post and read what it is all about and fill up the Rafflecopter form to win a hardcover edition of Goodnight Mr Darcy . This US only giveaway ends next Thursday, 16 October 2014 . Wendi Sotis is celebrating her new release of Pride and Prejudice story by giving away three e-books of Foundation of Love . Stop by her post and leave a comment and email address by midnight on Friday, 10 October 2014 to stand a chance at winning. Meredith Esparza has written a slightly different review on Austenesque Reviews . Instead of books, this time she has reviewed a Jane Austen game named Marrying Mr. Darcy . Do leave a comment on the post if you want to win a copy of Marrying Mr. Darcy which is generously sponsored by the creator of the game, Erika Svanoe....