I didn't realize when I got this that it was going to be straight-up nonfiction.  I thought it was going to be one of those books that t...

I almost never like the middle story in trilogies.  Like, basically never.  It's almost invariably my least-favorite part of a trilogy. ...

Here we go!  The winners for the five Austen-related prizes are as follows: Prize 1 (candle):  Becky Prize 2 (lip balm): Roxann Prize 3 (sti...

I loved this book!  Oh, it was so refreshing and fun.  I am well on my way to being a firm fan of Elizabeth von Arnim -- in fact, I have bou...

Um.  Wow.  So, yeah.  I binge-read Caraval .  Four hundred pages in two days.  While also teaching my kids, cooking meals, etc.  I can't...

We did it!  We read Sense and Sensibility  together, and I had so much fun digging deeply into the text with you.  To celebrate, I'm giv...

Here we are!  All done!  Whew.  All's well that ends well.  I'm sorry if you were expecting a big, romantic proposal scene, but Aust...