My Love for Jane Austen

Anyone who count themselves as Janeites or Austen lovers should know that the 238th birthday of our beloved author is approaching soon. If you are not exactly sure when is it, let me tell you that it falls on Monday, 16 December 2013. As such the Jane Austen online community will celebrate the special occasion and pay tribute to the genius of her mind in their own way. Dark Jane Austen Book Club has organised an early birthday bash cum Christmas festivities by giving away with a box full of wonderful prizes. Besides Austen-themed books , there are two other novels offered in the package. Take a peek at them and if you are interested, fill up the Rafflecopter form on the post . However the competition is open to US residents only and the deadline is next Monday, 16 December 2013 . Maria Grazia will host a special birthday celebration on My Jane Austen Book Club where she will post the answer to her own question of " What would my life have been without Jane Austen? ...

The Pursuit of Mary Bennet written by Pamela Mingle was released late last month by William Morrow. From the title, you can tell that it is the story of the middle and least like Bennet daughter of Longbourn. A sequel to Pride and Prejudice , find out if romance and marriage is in the offering for the eligible and transformed young lady from her days as a bookworm. Just like other authors, Pamela Mingle is visiting book blogs to promote her second novel. Join in and read her guest posts and reviews of The Pursuit of Mary Bennet because her publisher has agreed to donate copies of the book. However take note that because William Morrow is based in US , books are only shipped in their country. Details of Pamela Mingle's blog tour of The Pursuit of Mary Bennet are below: November 17th: The Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Pamela Mingle....Review & Giveaway! @ Reviewed By Mom 21st: Pam Mingle & Mary Bennet @ The Risky Regencies 26th: The Pursuit of Mary Bennet: A Pr...

As Christmas approaches, why not celebrate and win some books for this week in the list compiled by the Austenesque scout for her loyal readers? Jakki Leatherberry of Leatherbound Reviews has provided an excerpt from Brenda Jackson's A Madaris Bride for Christmas with a giveaway for two paperback copies of the novel. So if you reside in US or Canada , you may enter the contest by leaving a comment with your email address or Twitter handler by Sunday, 8 December 2013 . Next on Jakki's Christmas bash is an excerpt of Candlelight Christmas by Susan Wiggs. There are two paperback copies where US and Canadian readers can win. As always, you need to comment with your email address or Twitter handler before the giveaway ends next Tuesday, 10 December 2013 . Head on over to My Jane Austen Book Club for debut novelist Katherine Reay's guest post is up. In addition there is a paperback copy of Dear Mr. Knightley on offer to US residents and an e-book version...

Karen Doornebos's second Austenesque novel titled Undressing Mr. Darcy is officially published today by Berkley Trade. It tells of a contemporary story of Vanessa Roberts who is hired to promote the book called My Year as Mr. Darcy written by an English man. Sparks ensues as this modern American girl is not very impressed with the old-fashioned Julian Chancellor until she witness an educational striptease of him taking off his breeches. Following in the footsteps of her debut novel, Definitely Not Mr. Darcy , Karen is once again embarking on a virtual book tour. If you want to learn more of the book and the author, why not join her on the blog tour? You may be lucky enough to win a free copy of Undressing Mr. Darcy courtesy of her publisher but do note the rules first as giveaways are mostly limited to US . In addition if you read her guest post in her tour stops, you will learn what item of clothing Mr Darcy will strip off. Then at the end of the tour, there is a gr...

The start of a new week beckons more Austen-themed goodies to be won which you can peruse below courtesy of the Austenesque scout. Indie Jane reviewer Kimberly Truesdale has posted her thoughts on Mr. Hurst's Ambitions written by fellow member Lynne E Scott. Read her review and fill in the Rafflecopter form if you like to enter the giveaway for a paperback and an e-book of the Pride and Prejudice novella. Take note that the paperback copy is only shipped to US or Canada while the e-book is open worldwide . The last day to submit your entry is on Monday, 2 December 2013 . Two Kindle editions of P. O. Dixon's newest release titled Almost Persuaded: Miss Mary King is the prize at Candy Morton's So little time... . Read what Candy thinks of the Pride and Prejudice short story in her review and fill up the Rafflecopter form by next Tuesday, 3 December 2013 . The contest is open to international readers. Jane Austen Books is hosting a November giveaway f...

Have you participated in the giveaway for two copies of The Red Chrysanthemum as part of Linda Beutler's blog tour ? If not you are too late now as the winners have been picked. However you may still read Linda's guest post and excerpt from the novel. Before I announced who the two lucky readers are, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jakki Leatherberry for organising the The Red Chrysanthemum blog tour and to Linda whose informative post on flowers enlightened me on this subject. Without further ado, random number generator has selected as the owner of the paperback copy while wins the e-book edition of The Red Chrysanthemum from Meryton Press. Ladies, I will personally contact you by this weekend since I have your email address. However if you are impatient, you can write to me on my contact page . Happy reading!

Greetings, dear readers. What better way to start the week by entering a number of book giveaways compiled where the list is compiled by the Austenesque scout. Joana Starnes's new novel entitled The Subsequent Proposal was reviewed by Candy Morton on So little time... . Read the review and fill up the Rafflecopter form to win either a paperback or an e-book copy of The Subsequent Proposal . The giveaway is open worldwide and closes next Tuesday, 26 November 2013 . There is an international giveaway for two copies of Karen Doornebos's second novel which will be published next month. If you want to be the lucky winner of Undressing Mr. Darcy , head on over to on All Things Jane Austen Facebook page and read the details. The deadline is on Monday, 2 December 2013 . Jadie Brooks has paid a visit to More Agreeably Engaged to share her debut novel, Mr. Darcy's Dilemma and Delight . She is offering two copies of Mr. Darcy's Dilemma and Delight to one US an...