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• On Robin Hood, Historical Accuracy & Bookish Medievalists

  

  Those of you who have been following my activity online for a while, are well acquainted with the fact that I am a teacher, that I love my job, that I also run ... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS

• Book Blitz Tour - Soul Taker by Karen Michelle Nutt

  

  The book No soul is safe… A vampire from the Grim Sith sept is sucking the souls out of young women from the Boston area, but this sinister crime is far worse... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Importance of Reading, Writing and Arithmetic in Early Life and Beyond

  

  (by guest blogger Pam Johnson) Educational psychologists have stressed the importance of reading, writing and arithmetic for decades. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 FAMILY

• Period Drama Vs Period Drama: Da Vinci's Demons - the Village

  

  Tom Riley as Leonardo da Vinci Two new costume series I'm watching, The Village (BBC1) and Da Vinci's Demons (Fox, Italian Sky TV) epitomize the difference... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Happy Birthday, Will Shakespeare!

  

  William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) The actual date of Shakespeare's birth is not known, but, traditionally, April 23, St George's Day, has been Shakespeare's... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Upcoming Costume Movies and Intriguing New Projects: Romeo and Juliet, Summer...

  

  I won't miss these upcoming movies and I really hope they will be good. They are all set in the past and this is something I've always been charmed by. Good... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Sheila Hancock, a Journey to the Bronte's Country and into Herself

  

  Perspectives: The Brilliant Brontes was on ITV at the end of March and it is still available in streaming on their iPlayer. What was really touching while... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Greenwood Tree by b. Lloyd - Book Cover Revealed

  

  The book 1783 – and Lichfield society is enthralled by the arrival of dashing ex-officer Orville; he charms his way into the salons, grand houses and even a... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 BOOKS

• Book Blitz Tour - Night Stars and Mourning Doves by Margo Hoonstra

  

  The Book Elyse Monroe may be her sister's maid of honor, but that doesn't mean she has to follow the bride's example and fall in love. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Austen Inspired Movies: Something Good, Something Useless

  

  It's Friday again. How was your week? Mine was filled with chores, school work, deadlines but with a bit of Jane Austen. As you know, I love watching movies,... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Austen on Stage: "fitzwilliam Loves Lizzy" - Meet Maggie Herskowitz,...

  

  Maggie Herskowitz came to love Jane Austen thanks to her best friend and being an actress and a playwright has now decided to make one of her dreams come true:... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Blitz Tour: Secrets of Jenkins Bridge by Donna Shields, Romantic Suspence

  

  Hunting down a dangerous mob boss has brought FBI agent Mitchell Donovan home, reawakening an old flame, resurrecting a dead best friend, and discovering... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• First Impressions, a Bit of Prejudice and ... Wow! the Lizzie Bennet Diaries!

  

  I'm stunned at how little I've learnt from reading Pride and Prejudice so many times in my life. Why do I resist the main lesson in it? Never trust first... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT

• The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - Shadowhunters, Killing Demons and...

  

  “The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he'd learned: that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Book Blitz and Free Download - to Be Or Not by Margo Hoonstra

  

  To Be Or Not (Class of '85)by Margo HoornstraPublished by The Wild Rose PressFree Download Exclusively on Amazon April 2, 2013 Barry Carlson had it all, a... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Talking Jane Austen with ... Kathleen Anderson & Susan Jones, Authors of Jane...

  

  Welcome at My Jane Austen Book Club, Kathleen and Susan! I'm always really glad when I find new Janeites to share with. Then, if they happen to be teachers of... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Happy Easter Weekend with Great Period Drama Series: Labyrinth and the Village

  

  Labyrinth (Channel 4 ) Jessica Brown Findlay, John Hurt, Vanessa Kirby, Emun Elliott, Tom Felton, Sebastian Stan star in a two-part thilller adapted from Kate... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 MOVIES

• Kim Izzo's "the Jane Austen Marriage Manual" to Be Adapted for the Screen

  

  Do you remember Kim Izzo, journalist and writer, author of The Jane Austen Marriage Manual who guestposted here at My Jane Austen Book Club sharing the report o... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Follow Your Heart - Life Lessons from Two Special Women

  

  "As you grow up, you’ll often get the urge to change things, to right wrongs, but every time you do, remember that the first revolution, the first and the most... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS

• This Year's Wrap - up with Shakespeare: Dramatic Effects on My Students and ......

  

  Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare in love To wrap up this year's lessons on Shakespeare's work, which I had started in October introducing Elizabethan Drama, I... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 BOOKS, MOVIES