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The Pursuit of Mary Bennet

I picked up Pamela Mingle's The Pursuit of Mary Bennet after reading The Bennet Sisters' lovely review. I thought poor…

1 week ago

Favorite Family Sagas

I love reading family sagas, but it's hard to identify just what draws me in. I love developed characters, and…

4 years ago

Longbourn

Jo Baker's Longbourn promises to be Pride and Prejudice told from the servants' perspective, but this isn't the cute Austen-inspired…

4 years ago

The Better Liar

When The Better Liar begins, Leslie's father's will gives a large inheritance to each daughter, on the condition that both…

5 years ago

The Watsons

Rose Servitova's new novel The Watsons continues Jane Austen's unfinished work. Austen's draft was just a few chapters, introducing the…

5 years ago

My Sister, The Serial Killer

I read Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, The Serial Killer in one sitting, partly because it's short but mostly because of…

5 years ago

Meg and Jo

I love Little Women and I doubly-loved this NYC/North Carolina reinvention in Meg and Jo. This story focuses on the…

5 years ago

Identical Strangers: A Memoir That Reads Like Specfic

Last summer, I went to see Three Identical Strangers, a documentary about identical triplets who were separated at birth and…

5 years ago

Mrs. Everything

I first discovered Jennifer Weiner when my college roommate lent me Good in Bed, so I've been reading Weiner for…

6 years ago

The Island of Sea Women

Lisa See’s newest novel, The Island of Sea Woman, takes place on Korea’s Jeju Island, where women divers support themselves…

6 years ago

Ayesha At Last

Ayesha At Last is described as a modern Muslim Pride and Prejudice, which is really all it takes to make…

6 years ago

Homegoing

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi begins with the story of two half-sisters in the 1700s in what's now Ghana. One of…

6 years ago

Manga Classics: Pride & Prejudice

Manga Classics: Pride & Prejudice is graphic version of P&P, plus with gorgeous hairstyles, spastic Mrs. Bennett, and — most importantly…

6 years ago

Janeite Reinventions Reading Project

Grad school hasn't left me a lot of time for my side project, where I read and review Pride and…

6 years ago

What Kitty Did Next

What Kitty Did Next by Carrie Kablean is another Pride and Prejudice reimagining. This time, it's focused on Kitty Bennet. Without Lydia,…

6 years ago

White Chrysanthemum

White Chrysanthemum tells the story of two sisters in Japanese-occupied Korea. When the story opens, their family is living on…

7 years ago

The Spring Girls

The Spring Girls by Anna Todd is a modern retelling of Little Women, which is, let's be honest, every little girl's…

7 years ago

Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star

I'd reserved Heather Lynn Rigaud's Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star from the library a while ago, because of course someone else…

8 years ago

Margaritas & Murder: Sunny Truly #1

When her little sister’s best friend is accused of murder, rumpled apprentice investigator Sunny Truly is determined to find the…

8 years ago

Not A Review

Pictured here is my latest round of holds: More Austen spinoffs, a Hamlet Choose-Your-Own-Adventure I heard about on Tumblr, it's…

8 years ago

The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet

I have mixed feelings about Colleen McCullough. On one hand, she wrote the well-researched and racy Caesar’s Women and other…

8 years ago

The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet

The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su and Kate Rorick is a novelization of the video series, but…

9 years ago