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Breakfast Tacos and Three Legged Dogs

Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge

January 19, 2020 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

It is a truth universally acknowledged that on a long plane flight sometimes you just want a book that involves two characters who are meant for each other, some sort of twee business venture, and a three-legged dog.  If you are extremely lucky, the novel steals from Jane Austen and mentions a lot of yummy sounding restaurants in Austin, Texas (breakfast tacos, I want breakfast tacos!!!) Jane and her sister Celia have run a successful tea shop in San Francisco for the last seven years—ever […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Hillary Manton Lodge, Jane of Austin, Kindle Read, vacation read

Jenny S's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Hillary Manton Lodge, Jane of Austin, Kindle Read, vacation read ·
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that I am a sucker for a decent Austen retelling.

Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge

January 11, 2019 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

Newsflash: I’ll pretty much read anything that is tangentially related to Jane Austen. Unofficial sequels. Modern retellings. Historical fiction. Whatever. Some of it works. A lot of it doesn’t. But I’m usually game to give it a go. I really enjoyed the books that were part of The Austen Project a few years ago. There was Emma, driving around her little town in a Mini Cooper. Cat and Henry, with lots of references to Twilight. Liz and Darcyand a dating reality show in Cincinatti. And […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr11, Jane Austen, Jane of Austin, Scootsa1000, sense and sens, The Austen Project

scootsa1000's CBR11 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr11, Jane Austen, Jane of Austin, Scootsa1000, sense and sens, The Austen Project ·
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