Jan 28 2009
Note: There might be details in the review that some might view as spoiler-ish. Just an FYI. Dear Ms Pattillo, A copy of your latest book, “Jane Austen Ruined My Life,” was included in one of the recent arc packages Jane sent to me. Since I’ve enjoyed several of your previous stories, I made sure [...]
Jul 3 2008
Dear Readers, Last month we received an unusual request at Dear Author. We were asked to review something other than a book — a DVD set called “The Romance Collection: Special Edition.” The 14 DVD set, which can be found here, retails for $99.95 and contains nearly 30 hours of programming (not including the special [...]
May 13 2008
Dear Mrs. Rigler, When your publicist queried DA about a possible review for your book “Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict,” I admit to groaning and rolling my eyes. Not another book designed to appeal to the Austeninistas, I thought. Can’t these authors think of their own plots and characters? Must they keep endlessly recycling [...]
Mar 14 2008
Penguin Group (publisher of authors like Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz, Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, Meljean Brooks, Nalini Singh and the like) are releasing a number of classics in E form. The ebooks are called Penguin Enhanced e-Book Classics and will contain a number of features to induce a reader to buy the ecopy. For [...]
Oct 15 2007
Dear Jane, I just read The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James. It’s a ‘what if‘ story. ‘What if‘ Jane Austen had experienced romantic love. After all these years, how would we find out about her ill-fated romance? When and where could it have happened? Who would have been her love? Why didn’t [...]
Sep 25 2007
There has been some tension between romance blogs and the romance website, All About Romance. When I first read the threads over at AAR that turned from why some didn’t like the message board change to why blogs are exclusive and narcissistic, my first instinct was to reach out and say that we welcome commenters [...]
Jun 14 2007
Dear Ms. Potter: I’m thinking that this book caught me just a few years too late. Not only is this a chick lit novel, but it is also a Jane Austen homage which seems to be the topic du jour at publishing houses these days. I can see the appeal of Darcy and the desire [...]
Oct 5 2006
Dear Mrs. Aylmer, “Pride and Prejudice” is a story filled with characters who, even two centuries after it was written, still inspire us to want to know more about them. I haven’t read too many of these homages to Jane Austen’s world but “Darcy’s Story” might make me change my mind. I doubt there are [...]
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