Laura's Reviews

As readers of this blog know, I love everything Jane Austen related. I especially love the Everything Austen Challenge and was glad to be...

Lady Vernon and Her Daughter was a great way to end the Everything Austen Challenge II for 2010. It was an amazing book and was a very or...

Pemberley Ranch is a wonderful new western starring my favorite literary couple, Mr. Darcy (known as Will in this book) and Elizabeth Benn...

A Darcy Christmas is a Christmas collection of stories by Amanda Grange, Sharon Lathan, and Carolyn Eberhart involving our favorite Austen...

As part of the Everything Austen Challenge last year, I listened to Emma , Mansfield Park , and Sense and Sensibility on audiobook. I rea...

Charlotte (Lucas) Collins is one of my favorite characters from the novel Pride and Prejudice. Charlotte is a plain woman that is considere...

Sense and Sensibility was made into a seven-part TV serial by the BBC in 1981. Each part is roughly twenty-five minutes long. As part of th...

I’m continuing my look at BBC versions of Austen’s novels in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Persuasion is tied with Pride and Prejudice as my favor...

I have suffered for years knowing that a version of Pride and Prejudice exists that I had never seen. Luckily the Kewaunee Public library sy...

I have read great reviews about Sharon Lathan’s Darcy Saga, a series of books that continues the story of Elizabeth and Darcy directly afte...

Northanger Abbey is Jane Austen’s often overlooked first novel accepted for publication in 1803. Sadly the publisher decided not to publis...

Mr. Darcy’s Obsession is a fascinating look at “what-if” scenario in which Mr. Bennet has passed away before Mr. Darcy ever had a chance t...

Persuasion is tied with Pride and Prejudice as my favorite Jane Austen novel. I love Persuasion . I’ve read the novel many times in my...

Mr. Darcy’s Little Sister is an enjoyable look at the life of Georgiana Darcy immediately after her brother’s engagement to Elizabeth Benn...

What if Darcy and Elizabeth had a far different first meeting than what took place in Pride and Prejudice ? How would it have changed the ...

I loved the Everything Austen Challenge last year and participated quite enthusiastically. I’m going to scale it back a bit this year as Ba...

I have loved being a part of Stephanie's Written Word's Everything Austen Challenge . I already had a great love for everything Aust...

I read Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict two years ago and enjoyed it. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict is the story of Courtney Sto...

If I had one word to describe The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy , it would be “Hot!” This novel is a fun, fast, and highly enjoyable rea...

Willoughby is the Austen bad boy that I can’t quite find it within myself to hate. He does more despicable deeds than most Austen bad boys ...