Tag: Jane Austen

Audio Review: Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron

Audio Review: Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron

This is a really cute story! Kamila Knows Best by is a modern-day retelling of Austen’s classic Emma. Kamila lives and works with her aging father. As his primary caretaker, his health is her number one concern, everything else comes second. As a result, Kamila spends most of her free time matchmaking her friends and […]

Posted June 16, 2022 by Lillian in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review: The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne

Review: The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne

Jane Austen in space….yes please! The Stars We Steal by is a modern-day, futuristic retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. While the year isn’t specifically stated, you can assume it’s been a few hundred years since the people of Earth took off in their spaceships they now call home. That’s a long time in space, and […]

Posted February 17, 2020 by Lillian in Reviews / 2 Comments
TTT #175 – Will You Be My Friend?

TTT #175 – Will You Be My Friend?

Lillian: Happy Tuesday y’all! This week’s topic is “Book Characters I’d Love to Be Besties With.” I’m an extreme introvert so I don’t have many friends. Mainly because I keep to myself. So if you are a true friend, know that you are one of the few to pull me out of my shell. Talking […]

Posted August 13, 2019 by Lillian in Features / 8 Comments
TTT #173 – Our Favorite Brooders

TTT #173 – Our Favorite Brooders

Lillian: Happy Tuesday y’all! This week’s topic is a freebie. A few weeks ago Amanda and I were messaging back and forth (I think in prep for the character freebie a few weeks ago), and somehow got off on all these broody leading men in our favorite books. Why are we SO drawn to them? […]

Posted July 30, 2019 by Lillian in Features / 4 Comments
TTT #170 – Our Favorite Side Characters

TTT #170 – Our Favorite Side Characters

Happy Tuesday y’all! This week’s topic is “Character Freebie.” I’ve previously done topics on villains, couples, fantasy couples, and fellow book nerds. One topic relating characters that I’ve not done relates to the side characters, the main character’s besties or the villain’s right hand man. I love a good side character. Below are our lists […]

Posted July 9, 2019 by Lillian in Features / 25 Comments

TTT #137 – Books I’d Re-Read Forever

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Happy Tuesday y’all! This week’s […]

Posted February 27, 2018 by Lillian in Features / 7 Comments
Review: By the Book by Julia Sonneborn

Review: By the Book by Julia Sonneborn

I don’t know about you, but I love, LOVE modern adaptations of Jane Austen classics. Is it just me? Seriously, I’m obsessed with them. I can’t get enough! It always astounds me how Austen’s thoughts on women, relationships, romance, and politics can be transferred to today. This is a woman who lived in the 18th […]

Posted February 12, 2018 by Lillian in Reviews / 0 Comments