Category: Events

Thoughts: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Posted on August 4, 2013 by

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 46 Harper Lee’s noted –and only- work, To Kill a Mockingbird, has become a classic piece of literature and a staple of American culture and southern history.  The narrator and… Continue Reading “Thoughts: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee”

Category: 1001 Books, American Lit, Book Review, Classics, Coming-of-Age, Courtroom Drama, Events, Fiction, Harper Lee, Historical Fiction, MockingbirdReads, Read-Alongs, Social Drama, Southern Lit

Guest Post & Giveaway: Among the Janeites! (#AustenInAugustRBR)

Posted on August 3, 2013 by

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. Last fall, the Jane Austen Society of North America staged its annual conference, a yearly blend of the high and the low, the seriously academic and the gleefully pop. As I strolled past the tables of hopeful authors assembled for a mass book-signing,… Continue Reading “Guest Post & Giveaway: Among the Janeites! (#AustenInAugustRBR)”

Category: Austen in August, Deborah Yaffe, Events, Giveaway, Giveaways, guest post, Jane Austen

Me and Jane Austen (#AustenInAugustRBR)

Posted on August 2, 2013 by

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Hello, Austenites & Austen Newbies! I thought I’d kick-off this event by revisiting an old Classics Club question about the appeal (or not) of Jane Austen.  To do this, let’s begin with some delightful thoughts on Austen, from one of my favorite writers, Mark Twain. In 1895,… Continue Reading “Me and Jane Austen (#AustenInAugustRBR)”

Category: Austen in August, Blog Post, Events, Jane Austen

Austen in August Master Post (#AustenInAugustRBR)

Posted on August 1, 2013 by

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Welcome to the Master Post for our 2nd Annual Austen In August event! This is a one-month event focused on all things Jane Austen, including her primary texts, any re-imaginings of her works, biographies, critical texts, etc. In late June, I announced sign-ups for the… Continue Reading “Austen in August Master Post (#AustenInAugustRBR)”

Category: Austen in August, Events

TKAM Read-Along: Part 2 (Ch. 12-21) (#MockingbirdReads)

Posted on July 25, 2013 by

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Hello, Readers! This is the second check-in post for our read-along of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. In this post, we cover chapters 12-21. Check-in #1 covered chapters 11-11 and went live on Friday., July 19th. Check-in #3 (or final review) will cover… Continue Reading “TKAM Read-Along: Part 2 (Ch. 12-21) (#MockingbirdReads)”

Category: Blog Post, Events, MockingbirdReads, Read-Alongs

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