Weather: Lovely. Sunny and crisp today. This week we endured king tides and atmospheric rivers, however, bother weather terms we never even heard of as kids.
Nonfiction November, Week Three prompt: This week, pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title. Maybe it’s a historical novel and the real history in a nonfiction version, or a memoir and a novel, or a fiction book you’ve read and you would like recommendations for background reading. Or maybe it’s just two books you feel have a link, whatever they might be. You can be as creative as you like!
Nonfiction books about Jane Austen, the author of Pride and Prejudice and six other novels. I consider myself a Janeite, or a devoted follower of this author, and enjoy reading books about her and the time period in which she lived -- the Regency period in Great Britain. Currently I am reading two of the books pictured above, finished reading one just the other day, and hope to reread the other two soon.
- *Sutherland, Kathryn. Jane Austen in 41 Objects. Bodleian Library Publishing, Oxford, UK. 2025.
- Devito, Carlo. A Jane Austen Christmas: Celebrating the Season of Romance, Ribbons & Mistletoe. Cider Mill Press, Kennebunkport, Maine. 2015.
- Glaspy, Terry. The Prayers of Jane Austen. Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, Oregon. 2015.
- Jane Austen Companion to Life. The. Sourcebooks, Naperville, Illinois. 2010. With illustrations by Charles Edmund Brock.
- *Tyler, Natalie. The Friendly Jane Austen: A Well Mannered Introduction to a Lady of Sense and Sensibility. Penguin Books, New York. 1999. *=Currently reading. Hyperlinks to Goodreads pages.
This year I am participating with the Classics Club/BronasBooks Challenge #ReadingAusten2025 to read all/some of the Jane Austen books and to participate in discussions about this beloved author. So far I have reread three of her six major works:
- Sense and Sensibility
- Northanger Abbey
- Persuasion -- review pending
- Hyperlinks to my recent reviews
- I haven't reread these three major works: Pride and Prejudice; Emma; and Mansfield Park.
- Hyperlinks to my older/past reviews
- Love and Friendship is considered part of her juvenalia writings, along with The Watsons, Lady Susan, The History of England.
- Sanditon, was incomplete at the time of Austen's death in 1817.
Other books I've recently completed or an currently reading/listening to:
- Audition by Katie Kitamura. A Booker Prize finalist. Read for Novellas in November Challenge. Audiobook. Complete. Rating: 4 Stars.
- Henry and June by Anais Nin. With completion of this unexpurgated diary (nonfiction) I have completed the genre challenge on StoryGraph. E-book. Rating: 2 stars.
- Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. A novella and a classic. I liked the words but not sure I understood the point. Audiobook. 3 stars.
- Theory and Practice by Michelle de Kretser. A novella and the 2025 Stella Prize winner. Audiobook. Upgraded rating: 4 stars.
- My Friends by Fredrik Backman. A book club selection. Audiobook. 4 stars.
- Heart the Lover by Lily King. An audiobook. I am enjoying this very much. 28% complete.
- The Art Thief by Michael Finkel. Audiobook with Don and nonfiction. 43% complete.
- White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky. My Classics Club Spin selection. Print. 41% complete.
Additional blogging links:
- Nonfiction Review: Furious Hours: Murder, Mayhem, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
- Reviews: Timecode of a Face and A Study in Scarlet
- TTT: List of 10 Randomly Generated Books on My TBR
- Nonfiction November -- Week Two
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