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In which I announce the 5th annual Jane Austen July readathon! Click to see challenges recommendations and more...
Katie @katiejlumsden Announcement Video: youtube.com/watch?v=FSEvUZD6FQQ&ab_channel=BooksandThings
Claudia @SpinstersLibrary Announcement Video: youtube.com/watch?v=wR3KWqrIaok&ab_channel=Spinster%27sLibrary
GOODREADS GROUP: tinyurl.com/y7t4n8cd
MY JANE AUSTEN PLAYLIST: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz
---------- CHALLENGES -----------
1. Read one of Jane Austen’s Six Novels (see below for the readalong schedule of Pride and Prejudice)
2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels
3. Read a non fiction work about Jane Austen or her time period, The Late Georgian or Regency Era
4. Read a modern retelling of a Jane Austen book or a piece of historical fiction that takes place in Jane Austen's time.
5. Read a Book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (someone publishing in her lifetime give or take a few years) -- See this wonderful Goodreads List for inspiration: goodreads.com/list/show/82872.What_Jane_Austen_Read
6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen Book.
7. Watch a modern screen adaptation of a Jane Austen Book.
----------------PRIDE AND PREJUDICE READALONG SCHEDULE -------------------
1st July: chapters 1–4
2nd: 5–8
3rd: 9–12
4th: 13–16
5th: 17–20
6th: 21–24
7th: 25–28
8th: 29–32
9th: 33–36
10th: 37–40
11th: 41–44
12th: 45–48
13th: 49–52
14th: 53–56
15th: 57–61
---------------- LADY SUSAN READALONG SCHEDULE-----------------------
Monday 18th July: letters 1–6
19th: 7–12
20th: 13–18
21st: 19–24
22nd: 25–30
23rd: 31–36
24th: 37–conclusion
------------------ JANE AUSTEN WORKS (challenges 1 & 2) -----------------
-Pride and Prejudice
-Emma
-Persuasion
-Mansfield Park
-Sense and Sensibility
-Northanger Abbey
-The Watsons
-Sanditon
-Lady Susan
-Juvenilia (including The History of England, Love and Freindship, The Beautifull Cassandra, and Catherine or the Bower)
-Jane Austen's Letters
--------- NONFICTION BOOKS (Challenge 3) -----------------
-Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan
-Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
-The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
-Elegant Etiquette in the Nineteenth Century by Mallory James
-An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England by Venetia Murray
More non-fiction recommendations: youtu.be/tXAHZXVWRyc
------------ RETELLINGS AND HISTORICAL FICTION (Challenge 4) --------------------
-The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=9kc8gdTacDY&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=19&t=0s
-Miss Austen by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=tqhbiCtUKzk&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=17&t=56s
-Longbourn by Jo Baker
-Pride by Ibi Zoboi
-The Heiress by Molly Greeley
-The Beresfords by Christina Dudley
-Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James
---------- CONTEMPORARIES OF JANE AUSTEN (Challenge 5) --------------------
- Romantic Poets: Wordsworth,Coleridge, Blake, Byron, Shelley, Keats
-Cowper
-Robert Southey
-Sir Walter Scott
-Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
-Belinda by Maria Edgeworth
-Marriage by Susan Ferrier
-Cecilia by Frances Burney
-Evelina by Frances Burney
-The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox
-Lover's Vows by Elizabeth Inchbald
-The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
----------------AUSTEN RELATED MOVIES, TV SERIES, WEBSERIES (Challenge 6 & 7)----------
-New Netflix Persuasion coming out July 15th!!!
-BBC Pride and Prejudice (1995)
-Pride and Prejudice (2005)
-Northanger Abbey (2007)
-BBC Sense & Sensibility (2008)
-Emma (2009)
-Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
-Emma (1996)
-Love and Friendship: youtube.com/watch?v=8MaSK3POHI0
-Bride and Prejudice (2004)
-Clueless (1995)
-Emma (2020)
-Sanditon
-The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: tinyurl.com/y72qe9be
-Emma Approved: tinyurl.com/y7762qcb
-From Mansfield With Love: tinyurl.com/y7ne8fnp
-Northbound: tinyurl.com/y7fnhv9q
-Eleanor and Marianne take Barton: tinyurl.com/46ss4c9m
-Rational Creatures: tinyurl.com/2nj7z23y
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Let's be friends!
Blatantlybookish@gmail.com
goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
instagram.com/misa1404
In which I announce the 5th annual Jane Austen July readathon! Click to see challenges recommendations and more...
Katie @katiejlumsden Announcement Video: youtube.com/watch?v=FSEvUZD6FQQ&ab_channel=BooksandThings
Claudia @SpinstersLibrary Announcement Video: youtube.com/watch?v=wR3KWqrIaok&ab_channel=Spinster%27sLibrary
GOODREADS GROUP: tinyurl.com/y7t4n8cd
MY JANE AUSTEN PLAYLIST: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz
---------- CHALLENGES -----------
1. Read one of Jane Austen’s Six Novels (see below for the readalong schedule of Pride and Prejudice)
2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels
3. Read a non fiction work about Jane Austen or her time period, The Late Georgian or Regency Era
4. Read a modern retelling of a Jane Austen book or a piece of historical fiction that takes place in Jane Austen's time.
5. Read a Book by a contemporary of Jane Austen (someone publishing in her lifetime give or take a few years) -- See this wonderful Goodreads List for inspiration: goodreads.com/list/show/82872.What_Jane_Austen_Read
6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen Book.
7. Watch a modern screen adaptation of a Jane Austen Book.
----------------PRIDE AND PREJUDICE READALONG SCHEDULE -------------------
1st July: chapters 1–4
2nd: 5–8
3rd: 9–12
4th: 13–16
5th: 17–20
6th: 21–24
7th: 25–28
8th: 29–32
9th: 33–36
10th: 37–40
11th: 41–44
12th: 45–48
13th: 49–52
14th: 53–56
15th: 57–61
---------------- LADY SUSAN READALONG SCHEDULE-----------------------
Monday 18th July: letters 1–6
19th: 7–12
20th: 13–18
21st: 19–24
22nd: 25–30
23rd: 31–36
24th: 37–conclusion
------------------ JANE AUSTEN WORKS (challenges 1 & 2) -----------------
-Pride and Prejudice
-Emma
-Persuasion
-Mansfield Park
-Sense and Sensibility
-Northanger Abbey
-The Watsons
-Sanditon
-Lady Susan
-Juvenilia (including The History of England, Love and Freindship, The Beautifull Cassandra, and Catherine or the Bower)
-Jane Austen's Letters
--------- NONFICTION BOOKS (Challenge 3) -----------------
-Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan
-Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
-The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
-Elegant Etiquette in the Nineteenth Century by Mallory James
-An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England by Venetia Murray
More non-fiction recommendations: youtu.be/tXAHZXVWRyc
------------ RETELLINGS AND HISTORICAL FICTION (Challenge 4) --------------------
-The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=9kc8gdTacDY&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=19&t=0s
-Miss Austen by Gill Hornby - see my review video here: youtube.com/watch?v=tqhbiCtUKzk&list=PLOhvsGM1VlE9KuoY6TeYD4BXbYkz9-qVz&index=17&t=56s
-Longbourn by Jo Baker
-Pride by Ibi Zoboi
-The Heiress by Molly Greeley
-The Beresfords by Christina Dudley
-Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James
---------- CONTEMPORARIES OF JANE AUSTEN (Challenge 5) --------------------
- Romantic Poets: Wordsworth,Coleridge, Blake, Byron, Shelley, Keats
-Cowper
-Robert Southey
-Sir Walter Scott
-Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
-Belinda by Maria Edgeworth
-Marriage by Susan Ferrier
-Cecilia by Frances Burney
-Evelina by Frances Burney
-The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox
-Lover's Vows by Elizabeth Inchbald
-The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
----------------AUSTEN RELATED MOVIES, TV SERIES, WEBSERIES (Challenge 6 & 7)----------
-New Netflix Persuasion coming out July 15th!!!
-BBC Pride and Prejudice (1995)
-Pride and Prejudice (2005)
-Northanger Abbey (2007)
-BBC Sense & Sensibility (2008)
-Emma (2009)
-Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
-Emma (1996)
-Love and Friendship: youtube.com/watch?v=8MaSK3POHI0
-Bride and Prejudice (2004)
-Clueless (1995)
-Emma (2020)
-Sanditon
-The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: tinyurl.com/y72qe9be
-Emma Approved: tinyurl.com/y7762qcb
-From Mansfield With Love: tinyurl.com/y7ne8fnp
-Northbound: tinyurl.com/y7fnhv9q
-Eleanor and Marianne take Barton: tinyurl.com/46ss4c9m
-Rational Creatures: tinyurl.com/2nj7z23y
✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧
Let's be friends!
Blatantlybookish@gmail.com
goodreads.com/blatantlybookish
instagram.com/misa1404
