May 14 2012
I was pruning my hard drive when I stumbled across a game labelled Matches and Matrimony: A Pride and Prejudice Tale. I somehow forgot I bought this game last year. Since I was in the mood for a game set in Jane Austen’s fictional universe, I was all for it. Even when I discovered it’s not an [...]
Apr 5 2012
Dear Ms. Morgan, Though I’ve made the decision not to read any more Jane Austen fanfic – um, I mean homages to JA extending the lives of the characters she created, I couldn’t pass up this book which not really about any of the books JA wrote but rather about a reenactment society dedicated to [...]
Mar 19 2012
Sarah: My experience with fanfiction comes from two different directions: as a Jane Austen scholar and as a reader of m/m romance. I have to say from the start that I don’t willingly read fan fiction. I know that it can be a wonderful thing for writers and readers and fan communities, as Jan and [...]
Dec 10 2011
Dear Ms Doornebos, We at Dear Author get sent a lot of requests to review books and many of us have lamented at the frequency of Jane Austen themed ones. Yet, despite that, another reviewer and I were interested in the description of your book “Definitely Not Mr. Darcy.” A reality dating show with a [...]
Nov 18 2011
Emma (2009) Genre: Novel adaptation/Romance/Regency Period Grade: B This is the latest entry into the “Emma” canon, released in 2009 by the BBC. I guess it would be more accurate to call it a miniseries rather than a movie as it’s told in four roughly one hour parts. And while I didn’t think it would [...]
Jun 3 2011
On Tuesday (I think it was Tuesday), I downloaded the teaser chapters of Connie Brockway’s Amazon Montlake book. Amazon Montlake, you’ll recall, is Amazon’s romance imprint. The teaser chapters are designed to promote Brockway’s book and encourage you to buy the title when it is released in November. I am excited about Brockway’s releases. I’ve [...]
Feb 4 2011
Kondukondain Kondukondain (I Have Found It) (2000) Genre: Kollywood Family Dramedy Grade: B+ Ever since I fell in love with “Monsoon Wedding” I’ve been looking for more movies from the Indian subcontinent. Kandukondain Kandukondain (I Have Found It) is highly ranked at Netflix so I added it to my queue. And waited. And waited. Until [...]
Jan 19 2011
Apparently publishers really don’t like digital lending even though they want to keep charging us print prices without giving digital readers corresponding print rights for the digital books. In other words, charge the consumer the same price but don’t allow her to trade, resell, or loan the book out. Barnes and Noble launched the nook [...]
Dec 16 2010
I wanted to post this early in the morning. Our reviews will follow later on today. Today is Jane Austen’s birthday and to celebrate Sourcebooks is giving away digital copies of the following books (look for them at your favorite etailer): Eliza's Daughter, by Joan Aiken (Sense and Sensibility continuation) The Darcy's & the Bingley's, [...]
Oct 19 2010
Dear Ms. Mullany, When I heard you were going to write a Regency paranormal, my initial thoughts were, “Why?” No, actually they were more along the lines of “You’ve got to be shitting me. Jane Austen as a vampire?!” But when the publicist sent me a copy, I couldn’t resist at least trying it because, [...]
Feb 17 2010
Dear Ms Pattillo, I’d call this book a loose sequel to last year’s “Jane Austen Ruined My Life.” It’s not necessary to have read that one to jump right into “Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart.” I also love that while you take advantage of the current “Austen craze,” this book isn’t one of the many [...]
Oct 22 2009
Dear Ms. Austen, I will confess right off the bat that I’m one of those readers who never “got” you. I tried to read Pride and Prejudice years ago, but gave up after a few pages because of your writing style. What can I say – I had less patience in those days with long, [...]
Jul 9 2009
The Kindle’ 2 price drop from $359 to $299. Some reports say this is due to the drop in cost of manufacturing of the eink screens. Who knows. Lucinda Betts and Elise Logan sent me the link to NPR’s piece by Jack Murnighan who is a closet romance reader (not so closeted anymore, Jack). Wonder if [...]
Apr 30 2009
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance – Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith Auto-buy for me Jane Austen and zombies? This is my dream come true. At first, I’m puzzled. Why is Jane Austen sharing copyright with Seth? Public domain book But I read and it is [...]
Jan 28 2009
Orbit’s new creative director, Lauren Panepinto, blogged about the production of the cover for Jennifer Rardin’s “Bite” books. It’s a pretty fascinating behind the scenes look as it shows the model with the leather and the crossbow. Speaking of Orbit, it sounds like Hachette and everyone is making up so you should be able to [...]
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