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Truth Universally Acknowledged

  It is a truth universally acknowledged...that book nerds have endless Austen opinions.  We’ve read the books, watched the movies and miniseries, and imagined ourselves walking through the British countryside (and bumping into our own Mr. Darcy).    Welcome to our month of Jane Austen.  Buckle up, this might get intense. Let me take you back a few years.  In July of 2017 Emily and I were in Ireland.  One of the many places we went was Walter Scott’s home Abbotsford.  While getting a tour we saw his amazing library and were then taken into the dining room.  It was at this point in the tour that our guide said that in this very room Walter Scott got into an argument with Jane Austen about something book related.  We may have freaked out and immediately scurried back to the library to find the first edition Pride and Prejudice that was apparently hidden in on one of the shelves.   It is very easy to anger a book nerd by...

An Austen Movie Night

Austen | An Adaptation Booklist

The Many Adaptations of Jane Austen

The Banger Sisters | A Review

Overboard | A Review

Foul Play | A Review

Wildcats | A Review