Pride & Prejudice (2005) FAN Blog

I recently finished reading Jane Austen's First Love by Syrie James . A big thank you to her and to the wonderful Laurel Ann Nattress for sending me a copy to read and review here. This blog is participating the Jane Austen's First Love Holiday Blog Tour ( November 17th - 14th ), which I'll have author Syrie James stop by here and do a guest blog post next week on Tuesday, December 9th . It's been a while since I have an Austen author guest blog here, so I'm very excited and honored to be part of Syrie James ' holiday blog tour this month for her latest published novel. While I've mostly posted here P&P/Austen related Book Recommendations and Movie Reviews (you can read more of my film reviews in my Movies Blog ), this is actually my third book review (thus far...I previously reviewed Austenprose’s Laurel Ann Nattress ' Jane Austen Made Me Do It and Fitzwilliam Ebenezer Darcy by Barbara Tiller Cole ) as Ashley (my fellow blo...

I've recently read Fitzwilliam Ebenezer Darcy by Barbara Tiller Cole and I am posting my book review here. But first, I would like to say that the lovely and amazingly generous Barbara Cole Tiller herself has offered another book giveaway here of her novel, which we previously had a giveaway here and picked the lucky Winner of Fitzwilliam Ebanezer Darcy book Giveaway! . If you didn't get to win last time, you have another chance to winning this one (like Mr. Darcy had his second chance of winning his one and only true love and soul mate Miss Elizabeth Bennet in the novel). Read more below for more giveaway details... Synopsis A Jane Austen/Charles Dickens crossover story, Fitzwilliam Ebenezer Darcy takes the best of both classics and spins them into a delightful Holiday treat! F.E. Darcy has fallen into pitiful self-loathing and sorrowful angst-ridden despair; all of this due to his belief that he has lost forever the chance to marry the only woman he has eve...

Today is the release day of best-selling author of The Darcy Saga series, Sharon Lathan 's standalone novel titled Miss Darcy Falls In Love , a Georgiana Darcy ( Mr. Darcy 's younger sister) novel. It's available now in bookstores and online retailers around the country. So, go get your copy! Congrats to the Winner of Miss Darcy Falls in Love Giveaway!      Sharon 's previous released novel, The Trouble With Mr. Darcy ( volume 5 ) from The Darcy Saga series is available in bookstores and online retailers around the country as well. Read more info about Miss Darcy Falls in Love including a synopsis below...

I got my advance reader's copy ( ARC ) about almost two weeks ago or so of Jane Austen Made Me Do It: Original Stories Inspired by Literature's Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart edited by Laurel Ann Nattress of Austenprose . In her first published novel, in which she compiled and edited a short story anthology of 22 short stories by 24 of the most talented writers in the Austen genre. All twenty-four authors were personally selected by Laurel Ann from a diverse range of writing backgrounds and interests including: popular Austenesque fiction , best-selling literary fiction , historical fiction , romance , mystery , contemporary chick-lit , paranormal , and one new debut voice, a grand prize winner.    While I've mostly done P&P/Austen related Book Recommendations and Movie Reviews (you can read more of my film reviews in my Movies Blog ), this is actually my very first book review as Ashley (my fellow blog contributor here at the P...

Today is the big released day for the new Jane Austen inspired and tribute novel, Jane Austen Made Me Do It : Original Stories Inspired by Literature's Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart edited by Laurel Ann Nattress (of Austenprose ). It's a fantastic book! I had the pleasure and honor of getting an ARC (Thank you Laurel Ann and Random House Publishing Group ) of it! I will be posting my book review of JAMMDI in a bit. Jane Austen Made Me Do It (by Ballantine Books ) is now available in all bookstores and online retailers around the country. Go get your copy!   Jane Austen Made Me Do It is a short story anthology of 22 short stories by 24 of the most talented writers including Laurie Viera Rigler (author of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict , & Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict ), which I had the pleasure of interviewing her here last December 2010 ), Monica Fairview , Amanda Grange , Alexandra Potter , Pamela Aidan , and Jane Odi...

Darcy's Voyage by Kara Louise is a an absolute must have P&P novel. If you don't have it, you need it!!! In Darcy's Voyage , Darcy and Elizabeth first meet years before the assembly ball in Hertfordshire, when they happen to be sharing the same carriage. They fall instantly in love with each other, but they never see each other again till years later, when they're both traveling to America on Darcy's ship, Pemberley's Promise. Too bad they don't recognize each other! The two soon become very good friends. But when Elizabeth falls ill, Darcy is forced to take very improper action in order to save her. They soon fall deeply and ardently in love, but will their love survive the conventions of polite society? If you love Darcy and Elizabeth, then I guarantee you will love this book. It has a unique and interesting plot and an exciting storyline. And every Darcy lover will love reading about him falling head over heels in love on the high sea. Romanti...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that an ardent lover of Pride and Prejudice must be in want of a great novel to read. So here is our top ten to help you get started! :) #10) Mr. Darcy's Obsession by Abigail Reynolds: A sweet, simple story about what would have happened if Mr. Bennet had died before the Hunsford proposal, leaving Lizzie to become a governess for her Aunt and Uncle Gardiner's children. Despite Mr. Darcy's knowledge of Lizzie's now even lower connections, his fascination with her leads him to constantly seek her out and eventually surrender to his affection to her. It's slightly lacking in romance, but still very very sweet. And extremely interesting and well -written! It would definitely be a great book to be your first P&P novel.

Mr. Darcy and the Secret of Becoming a Gentleman , by Maria Hamilton is a fantastic new Pride and Prejudice variation. This novel tells the story of what would have happened if Mr. Darcy set off to take care of the problems he caused. After Elizabeth Bennet's rejection of his suit, Darcy journeys to Hertfordshire to right his wrongs against his friend Mr. Bingley and Jane Bennet. Soon Elizabeth comes to see Darcy in a whole new light as he strives to be a true gentleman. I loved this book. An interesting and fun twist, written extremely well. It was exciting, compelling, and had a great plot. It also had the perfect amount of romance. It started off small then built to the point of sheer bliss in a way that made me blush and giggle with glee! :) And the new characters fit perfectly. I also enjoyed Jane and Bingley in this novel. Often in Pride and Prejudice -based novels, there is either too much about Jane and Bingley or not enough. This book got it just right. And Darcy....wow. H...

Hello, fellow Devoted Fans of Pride and Prejudice ! :) One of my favorite pastimes is reading P&P variations and sequels, and I am looking forward to sharing my thoughts on these novels with you. This (my first post!) is a review of the P&P variation What Would Mr. Darcy Do? by Abigail Reynolds. This was an absolutely wonderful book! What Would Mr. Darcy Do? is an interesting variation on the classic P&P story asking, ' What if...Darcy and Lizzie had revealed their feelings for each other earlier in the story?' In the first chapter, we find Lizzie at the Lambton Inn, distressed over the news of Lydia's ruin. Mr. Darcy suddenly appears, and Lizzie tells him of all that has happened. But rather than Darcy leaving the inn after giving her his best wishes, he stays and reveals to Lizzie his love for her. And because of this one change, a completely different outcome is created. An outcome highly entertaining, sweet, and romantic! And Abigail Reynolds is simply t...

Once again, my very good friend stephie ( thanks a lot and Happy Birthday to you too!) from the P&P forum has compiled (an additional list of books) to recommend to all of you, P&P/Jane Austen fans and to our regular Blog Readers here who might be looking for and interested in reading other P&P/Jane Austen related novels . Some of these are compiled also from a list (again) by Laurel Ann (of Austenprose , one of my favorites and the BEST Jane Austen Blogs online! Check out her awesome Jane Austen Blog , if you haven't already! She has lots of reviews and more list and recommendations of any P&P/JA related novels) at Amazon entitled, Jane Austen Inspired Books for 2009 . The long list below are in no particular order...from various P&P/Austen inspired authors ...check them out! My Dearest Mr. Darcy: An Amazing Journey to Love Everlasting (Darcy Saga series -Book 3) Sharon Lathan (Paperback 14.99) January 1st, 2010 In this se...

There are tons of inspired P&P/Jane Austen novels written by various Austen inspired authors every year and I thought I'd post some new list (see previously posted P&P Related Book Recs list here !) here that my very good friend stephie (thanks a lot) from the P&P forum has compiled (a list of books) to recommend to all the P&P/Jane Austen fans and to our regular Blog Readers here who might be looking for and interested in reading other Jane Austen/P&P related novels . There are so many of them and I will post them in two-parts . The first part (scroll down below...) will be mostly Jane Austen related or inspired of novels . These are compiled from a list by Laurel Ann (of Austenprose , one of my favorites and the BEST Jane Austen Blogs online! Check out her awesome JA blog !) at Amazon entitled, Jane Austen Inspired Books for 2009 . Here they are in random order... The Man Who Loved Jane Austen Sally Smith O'Rourke (Paperback...

It is truth universally acknowledged that Pride and Prejudice , first published on January of 1813 , is one of the most widely-read and most popular of Jane Austen 's 6 published novels. It's been adapted to numerous tv and film adaptations (ie. BBC's 1995 Mini-series and the 2005 Oscar nominated film were two of the most popular tv and film versions for P&P fans to watch). Not too mention the P&P novel inspired stage and Broadway musical versions as well as inspired so many authors over the years to write their own sequels or versions of this classic and most loved novel. There are tons of inspired P&P novels written by various authors and I thought I'd post some of them that my friend Stephie (thanks a lot) from the P&P forum has compiled (a list of books) to recommend to all the P&P fans and to our regular Blog Readers here who might be looking for and interested in reading other P&P related novels . First, here are a fe...