Other writers – Lori Smith, author of The Jane Austen Guide to Life

Read This: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Bylori June 4, 2013June 4, 2013

For me, a good book is a luxury, something to be savored, something that in its own right feels like a vacation. This is one of those books, one of the best I’ve read in a long time. I wasn’t going to pick this up. (And I’m late doing so. It’s been out for four…

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Pride and Prejudice for toddlers

Bylori June 21, 2012

Okay, people, it’s gone too far. Apparently, this is a counting book. As in, “2 rich gentlemen, 3 houses, 4 marriage proposals.” The same company also does Jane Eyre and Romeo & Juliet for toddlers. (How does Romeo & Juliet end? “2 suicides”? Ack! Not for toddlers!) Am I crazy? Because the book seems to…

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Meet Liz

Bylori June 14, 2012

You have to meet Liz Owen. How cute is she? And this is her daughter Jane — who was named after Jane Austen! (Those cheeks! Oh my goodness, those cheeks!) And this is Liz’s wonderful book, My Not So Storybook Life. I read it and wanted to be Liz’s friend. So I emailed her. (Don’t…