I am enjoying this current read featured here today and so glad I got an advance copy of the same. It offers readers a rich and wonderful peek into the library of a lady, not just any lady, but the grand lady of English literature herself – Jane Austen! Do be sure to check it out when you can.
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A Peek into the Library of a Lady
It is time to have a peek into Jane Austen’s Bookshelf today
Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend by Rebecca Romney (Author Biographies)
From rare book dealer and guest star of the hit show Pawn Stars, a page-turning literary adventure that introduces readers to the women writers who inspired Jane Austen—and investigates why their books have disappeared from our shelves.
Disclaimer: Thanks to the publishers and Edelweiss for my advance copy of the book!
(1 & 2) Book Beginnings and First Line Friday
BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAY is hosted by Rose City Reader. What book are you happy about reading this week? Please share the opening sentence (or so) on BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAY! Add the link to your blog or social media post and visit other blogs to see what others are reading.
Happy Friday and welcome to the FIRST LINE FRIDAY, hosted by Reading is My Superpower! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line.
Austen’s canonical status is so unassailable that she’s not just included the list of great novelists: she tops it.
3 Friday 56
THE FRIDAY 56 is now hosted by Anne at HeadFullofBooks. To play, open a book and turn to page 56 (or 56% on your e-reader). Find a sentence or two and post them, along with the book title and author. Then link up and visit others in the linky.
In her 1988 biography of Burney, Margaret Anne Doody said as much: “It is as if there were a quota for female fiction writers, preferably no more than one per century or at most per half-century. We have one already in Austen, the position is filled.”
4 Book Blogger Hop
The purpose of THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, and befriend other bloggers. THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP is hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.
What fantasy or Sci-fi should be part of the literary canon?
If I give it thought, I will have a much bigger list but putting the first book for each of these two genres that came to my mind:
- Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories
5 Women Authors With Cool Middle Names
Apparently March 7th is Middle Name Pride Day, I bring to you five women authors with cool middle names!!
- Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
- Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren
- Beverly Atlee Cleary
- Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
- Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck
And Now, the End of This Post
As always, which of the books mentioned in today’s post have you read? What about the authors mentioned? Have you read any books by them? If yes, which one is your favorite?
