A Darcy Christmas by Amanda Grange, Sharon Lathan, Carolyn Eberhart

A Darcy Christmas
by Amanda Grange, Sharon Lathan, Carolyn Eberhart (2010)

Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Wish You a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Share in the magic of the season in these three warm and wonderful holiday novellas from bestselling authors.

Headstrong Girls by Debra Anne Watson, June Williams, Enid Wilson

Headstrong Girls
A bit of mystery, a bit of love,
all inspired by Jane Austen
by Debra Anne Watson, June Williams, and Enid Wilson

Book Excerpt | Enid's Website
Published: 2013
Publisher: CreateSpace
Genre: Jane Austen, Short Stories
Paperback: 252 pages

In Jane Austen's beloved classic, Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet's relationship with the wealthy Fitzwilliam Darcy suffers misunderstanding, heated argument, and family interference on the way to love. Darcy's opinionated aunt, Lady Catherine, demands that Elizabeth give up Darcy, and calls Elizabeth headstrong for failing to keep to her lower social sphere.

Elizabeth is headstrong -- determined, stubborn, fiery, strong-willed, adventurous, yet sensitive to others. This is what readers love about her and what inspires the creation of this book.

Headstrong Girls has seven short stories and a short film script: Who is in the secret passage at Pemberley? Did Lizzy Bennet commit murder? What is mailroom-clerk Lizzy hiding from CEO Darcy? Who is creating havoc on a South African wildlife preserve?

With a little mystery and a little romance, across the Regency, fantasy, and modern genres, the book takes Jane Austen's characters to wonderful new adventures. May headstrong girls find their hearts' desire!

Jane-austenesque 2023

Jane-austenesque 2023
doing things Jane Austen related
* read - watch - listen - craft - puzzle - etcetera etcetera *

JANUARY: audiobook

Pies and Prejudice
by Ellery Adams
Mystery, Cozy, Paranormal | Published: 2012 | Goodreads

FEBRUARY:

Austen Mondays
September 19, 2022 to March 20, 2023
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* header image source: cover of Austenland by Shannon Hale

Jane in Autumn

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Austen Mondays
September 19, 2022 to March 20, 2023
details | episodes
Rosenbach’s new biblioventure series with a focus on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen
by Professor Puzzle
252 piece double-sided jigsaw puzzle
illustration of an iconic scene on one side and extract from the book on ther other


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* header image source: from Emma (2020) film
* part of Jane-austenesque 2022 (here)

Jane in Summer

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Lovely image spotted in the JASNA-NC June newsletter
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Queering the Work of Jane Austen is Nothing New
by Devoney Looser
an article in The Atlantic (here)

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Jane Austen July
July 1-31, 2022
hosted by Booktubers:
Spinster's Library (here)
Blatantly Bookish (here)
Books and Things (here)

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Virtual Jane Con 2022
July 16-17, 2022 (details)
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Austen in August 2022
August 1-30, 2022 hosted by Roofbeam Reader (details)
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Sanditon (2019)
season 1 Creator: Andrew Davies
Based on book by: Jane Austen
Stars: Rose Williams, Theo James
Drama, Romance, Jane Austen | imdb
About Charlotte Heywood, a spirited and impulsive woman, who moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.

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* header image source: from Emma (2020) film
* header image source June: Happy Pride, Jane from JASNA-NC newsletter
* header image source July: Persuasion by Jane Austen cover by Vintage Classics, 2007)
* part of Jane-austenesque 2022 (here)

JASNA NorCal Reading Group

JASNA NorCal Reading Group
a Jane Austen book club
(details)
APRIL:

Jane Austen:
Writing, Society, Politics
by Tom Keymer
History | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

MAY:

Sense & Sensibility
by Joanna Trollope
Retelling, Jane Austen | Published: 2013 | Goodreads
JUNE:

Jane Austen, the Secret Radical
by Helena Kelly
Biography, Feminism, Jane Austen | Published: 2017 | Goodreads | my rating: 5

JULY:

Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
Classics, Historical, England | Published: 1811 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
AUGUST:

The Making of Jane Austen
by Devoney Looser
History, Jane Austen | Goodreads
SEPTEMBER:

Sansei and Sensibility
by Karen Tei Yamashita
Short Stories, Retellings, Jane Austen | Goodreads | my rating: 4

OCTOBER:

Among the Janeites
A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom
by Deborah Yaffe
Memoir, History | Published: 2013 | Goodreads
NOVEMBER:

Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas:
Being a Jane Austen Mystery
by Stephanie Barron
Mystery, Jane Austen | Published: 2014 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
DECEMBER:

n/a

Jane in Spring

WATCH:

Sense & Sensibilty musical
presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
March 9 to April 2, 2022 (details) READ:

The Verifiers
by Jane Pek
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
Claudia Lin is used to disregarding her fractious family’s model-minority expectations: she has no interest in finding either a conventional career or a nice Chinese boy. She’s also used to keeping secrets from them, such as that she prefers girls—and that she's just been stealth-recruited by Veracity, a referrals-only online-dating detective agency.

A lifelong mystery reader who wrote her senior thesis on Jane Austen, Claudia believes she's landed her ideal job. But when a client goes missing, Claudia breaks protocol to investigate—and uncovers a maelstrom of personal and corporate deceit. Part literary mystery, part family story, The Verifiers is a clever and incisive examination of how technology shapes our choices, and the nature of romantic love in the digital age.

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* header image source: from Emma (2020) film
* part of Jane-austenesque 2022 (here)

Febregency

Febregency on YouTube
a regency readathon details (here)
#Febregency
Readathon hosted by:
Emma @Bookish Princess
Jennifer @Jennifer Brooks
@Christy Luis-Dostoevsky in Space
Stephanie @Ms. Richards Reads

The main goal is to read a work that was popular during the regency era/written by a writer who lived during the regency era (1795-1837).

Prompts: (and my possibilities)

Read a regency era poem (bonus challenge: memorize a regency era poem!).

The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne
(Modern Library Series)
Poetry, Regency | Published: 2000 (first 1929) | Goodreads
Read a regency era play.

Miscellaneous Plays
by Joanna Baillie
Plays, Regency | Published: 2018 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
Read a work of nonfiction (either about the regency era or written during the regency era).

Jane Austen, the Secret Radical
by Helena Kelly
Biography, Feminism, Jane Austen | Published: 2017 | Goodreads | my rating: 5

Jane Austen at Home
by Lucy Worsley
Biography, History | Published: 2017 | Goodreads
Read a regency era work or author referenced by Jane Austen or who influenced Jane Austen.

Gossip's Story
by Jane West
Classics | Published: 2015 (first 1796) | Goodreads | my rating: 4
~*~ * on the side - going to listen to pieces by a composer of the era, Clara Schumann

Jane in Winter

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Febregency on YouTube
a regency readathon details (here)
#Febregency
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February 20 2022 – Virtual Book Club hosted by JASNA North Carolina (details)

Gossip's Story
by Jane West
Classics | Published: 2015 (first 1796) | Goodreads | my rating: 4

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* header image source: from Emma (2020) film
* part of Jane-austenesque 2022 (here)

Happy release: Threads of Magic by Monica Fairview

Threads of Magic:
A Pride and Prejudice variation
by Monica Fairview
Fantasy, Regency, Romance, Jane Austen theme | Expected publication: January 25, 2022 | Goodreads
In a magical Regency England, two powerful magicians strive to find a balance between love and duty as they confront enemies who might well be their closest friends.

Elizabeth Bennet may be a heroine, but by defying some of the most powerful mages in England, she has made enemies who will stop at nothing to embroil her in scandal.

So when she is accused of endangering the Royal Mages through her reckless actions, she no longer knows who to trust. Even the gentleman she loves is taking their side. It seems the only person who believes her is the captive French mage who is imprisoned in the cellar at Netherfield.

Meanwhile, Fitzwilliam Darcy is willing to fight to the death to defend Elizabeth, if only she would stop getting herself into trouble. Why does she always have to break the rules? And why does even her sister Jane cause him so many problems?

Join us in this magical Jane Austen Regency variation. Set mostly in Meryton, with familiar beloved characters from Pride and Prejudice, you will once again be captivated by Elizabeth and Darcy as they struggle to find true love against the backdrop of England’s war with Napoleon.

Threads of Magic is Book 2 of Mr. Darcy’s Magic. It is a standalone novel without cliff-hangers, but it is best read as part of a series.

Jane in January

Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
first published January 1813
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Pride and Premeditation
(Jane Austen Murder Mystery #1)
by Tirzah Price
Mystery, Retelling - P&P | Published: 2021 | Goodreads

The Jane Austen Murder Mysteries series is a retelling of Pride and Prejudice that reimagines the iconic settings, characters, and romances in a high-stakes whodunit.

When a scandalous murder shocks London high society, seventeen-year-old aspiring lawyer Lizzie Bennet seizes the opportunity to prove herself, despite the interference of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the stern young heir to the prestigious firm Pemberley Associates.

Convinced the authorities have imprisoned the wrong person, Lizzie vows to solve the murder on her own. But as the case—and her feelings for Darcy—become more complicated, Lizzie discovers that her dream job could make her happy, but it might also get her killed.

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Camp Austen:
My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan
by Ted Scheinman
Memoir, Jane Austen theme | Goodreads | my rating: 4

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Events from Jane Austen & Co.
events are free, but rsvp required for live event (here)
January 13: Translation and Transformation of Pride and Prejudice in Modern Japan
January 27: Emma in Bollywood: The Small World of Aisha
February 11: Jane Austen and India, Jane Austen in India

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Letter writing time...

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* part of Jane-austenesque 2022 (here)

Jane-austenesque 2022

Jane-austenesque 2022
doing things Jane Austen related
* read - watch - listen - craft - puzzle - etcetera etcetera *

JANUARY: Jane in January
FEBRUARY: Jane in Winter
MARCH: Jane in Spring
JUNE: Jane in Summer
NOVEMBER: Jane in Autumn
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* header image source: cover of Austenland by Shannon Hale

The Comfort Book Club 2022

The Comfort Book Club
hosted by Miranda Mills (details)
@thecomfortbookclub | YouTube
A monthly book club for fans of classic comfort reads.
JANUARY:

Dinner with Edward
A Story of an Unexpected Friendship
by Isabel Vincent
Memoir, Food, New York | Published: 2016 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
delightful friendship with dinners as bonding moments

FEBRUARY:

Miss Buncle's Book
by D.E. Stevenson
Classic, Humor, Historical, England | Published: 2012 (first 1934) | Goodreads

MARCH:

The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
by Vaseem Khan
Mystery, India | Published: 2015 | Goodreads | mr rating: 5
rollicking good time; with adorable baby elephant

APRIL:

The Enchanted April
by Elizabeth von Arnim
Classics, Historical, Romance, Travel Italy | Published: 2015 (first 1922) | Goodreads

MAY:

Emma
by Jane Austen
Classics, Historical, England | Published: 2009 (first 1815) | Goodreads
JUNE:

A Sky Painted Gold
by Laura Wood
Historical, YA, Coming of Age | Published: 2018 | Goodreads
JULY:

Joy in the Morning
by P.G. Wodehouse
Classics, Humor, England | Published: 2011 (first 1947) | Goodreads
AUGUST:

Father
by Elizabeth von Arnim
Classics, Historical, England | Published: 2020 (first 1930) | Goodreads
SEPTEMBER:

The Lark
by Edith Nesbit
Classics, Historical, Coming of Age, England | Published: 2017 (first 1922) | Goodreads
OCTOBER:

Persuasion
by Jane Austen
Classics, Historical, Regency | Published: first 1817 | Goodreads

NOVEMBER:

Wintering
The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
by Katherine May
Memoir, Nature | Published: 2020 | Goodreads | my rating: 4

DECEMBER:

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
by Karina Yan Glaser
Childrens, Middle Grade | Published: 2017 | Goodreads