First Impressions: A Novel | 
I only exchange Christmas gifts with a few people, and nobody uses or consults wish lists! There are some books on my Amazon list, though, mostly as place holders.
Anne Bogel was talking about the tagged book recently, and it sounds like a good choice for my sister who likes Jane Austen and mysteries.
#Two4Tuesday
pickCould Jane Austen have plagiarized her beloved Pride and Prejudice? This novel explores such a mystery—with plenty of bookish references—and it was charming.
Book 3 of #24b4Monday + #SummersEndReadathon ✔️
Time: 9h31m
#bfcr3 #smallsteppers
panTL;DR: skip this one, guys.
Prose and plot with promise are overshadowed by bad characterization. Sophie, the protagonist, is unbearably naïve – a stereotype of a bookish female whose head spins at male attention. Her suitors prove to be scummy clichés who behave as expected. The overall story landed somewhere between mediocre and good, but even the thread involving Austen doesn‘t remotely scratch the Regency itch.
Sitting on the deck, reading and watching the last of the yachts sail up the Derwent. On my 91st read of the year; hoping to finish on 92. Life is good.
Another Austen/bookshop crossover, perhaps its a new genre?
#janeausten #reading on the deck #summerreading
panJane Austen would have despised a protagonist so shallow and lifeless such as this ‚crime romance‘ heroine.
I‘m so excited to delve into this book and hopefully many more by Lovett. I loved hearing his perspective on Alice and wonderlands history, and it was such a joy to meet him!
First book festival ✔️
first author meet ✔️
first signed book✔️
first time meeting littens ✔️
First time on TV ✔️
😍 a great day 🙌🏻
#bookmarksfestival #NC
It's a #prejudice, that only women write books about Jane Austen. 😍📚
#150pnpcoverparty @CrowCAH @LeahBergen
#FirstImpressions was Jane Austen‘s working title for the book that was eventually published as Pride and Prejudice.
(The tagged book is still TBR but the author‘s first book, The Bookman‘s Tale, was a fun little read. 👍🏻)
#150PnPCoverParty (Day 6).
pickThis is a fun book for book lovers & a delightful read for those who love Jane Austen. There are some historical details of Austen's life but mostly a richly imagined story behind Austen's writing of her novels & her relationship with a clergyman which raises the question of plagiarism. Another alternating narrative follows present day Sophie, in search of a rare book, the mystery surrounding her uncle's death & being caught in a love triangle.
#tonighttonight Starting this new read tonight.
#90sinjuly @Cinfhen @Robothugs
pickCompletely preposterous, but super fun! Loved the audio production.
Switched to my audio to walk the dog and get the weeding done in the garden but it's started to rain. The good part about rain is that I can read guilt-free and ignore the garden. But the bad part is that I can't read outside.
#24in48
This book sounds awesome. Apparently it does for Jane Austen what Jennifer Lee Carrell's books do for Shakespeare! I love literary thrillers! I didn't have any money with me today though, and we aren't allowed to stash any books this week (bc of inventory), so it better be on the shelf still on Thursday!! 😜 #behindthescenesatbookmans
Listening to this cute audiobook and working on my never-ending cross-stitch project.
so-soI wanted to love this book as much as his first novel but it just wasn't as good. For the most part I enjoyed the parts set during Jane Austen's life, and her friendship with the fictional Rev. Mansfield, but the parts set in the present time weren't as good. Those characters weren't fleshed out very well and the most interesting one was the dead uncle, seen through flashbacks. Sophie herself was just annoying.
Listening to this audiobook while I make dinner. #LitsyAtoZ
Day3 #seasonsreadings2016 #setinlibrariesbookstores Here are two books set in bookstores, or in the case of the wonderful 'The Bookshop on the Corner'-a van/bookmobile. 'First Impressions' is a fairly recent addition to my TBR stack from the library bookstore and it's supposed to be a mystery/love story/homage to Jane Austen set in an antiquarian bookstore in London (which sounds right up my alley!) Has anyone read it yet? 📚❤️#setinbookstores
#spinepoetry
First impressions:
the woman in blue
the elements of style
the little prince.
Change of heart - much ado about nothing
a light in the window, the witching hour.
Shakespeare's words,
an everlasting meal,
the virgin's lover:
RIPE.
Boy meets girl.
#24in48
pick#spinepoetry
First impressions:
the woman in blue,
the elements of style,
The little prince.
Change of heart - much ado about nothing
A light in the window, the witching hour,
Shakespeare's words, an everlasting meal,
The virgin's lover, RIPE.
Boy meets girl.
#24in48
