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The Wall Street Journal: My Share of the Conversation
In case you are unaware, because I don't like to assume, a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion has released on Netflix, July 15,...

Christina Boyd
Jul 15, 20224 min read
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Review: DECEMBER ’41 by William Martin
William Martin delivers incomparable research in his new release December ‘41, adding real-life figures of our past and imagined complex...

Christina Boyd
Jun 19, 20222 min read
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REVIEW: Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
Review: Natalie Jenner, internationally bestselling author of “The Jane Austen Society,” returns with a compelling and heartwarming story

Christina Boyd
May 16, 20226 min read
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EXCERPT from JANE AND THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER by Stephanie Barron
What a delight to be a part of Stephanie Barron’s book launch tour, sharing an excerpt from Jane and the Year Without a Summer (below)....

Christina Boyd
Feb 8, 20225 min read
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REVIEW: THE SIREN OF SUSSEX by Mimi Matthews
Review: As in her “Parish Orphans of Devon” series, Matthews creates a story as rich and imaginative as the tailor’s workroom...

Christina Boyd
Jan 12, 20223 min read
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Wishing Peace, Prosperity, & Good Luck in 2022
A time for renewal is just around the corner, and 2021 will pass into the history books. A new year, new resolutions, and the future awaits.

Christina Boyd
Dec 31, 20212 min read
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REVIEW: Jane and the Year Without a Summer by Stephanie Barron
“Jane & The Year Without a Summer” is Book 14 in Stephanie Barron’s “Being a Jane Austen Mystery” series. Having read the entire series...

Christina Boyd
Dec 15, 20213 min read
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REVIEW: The Colonel by Beau North
Spanning decades, continents, wars abroad and wars at home, The Colonel is the anticipated companion to Longbourn’s Songbird.

Christina Boyd
Nov 13, 20212 min read
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Another Silly Jane Austen-inspired Faux Magazine Cover
Another silly Austen-inspired faux magazine cover with a “mother” theme. What do you think?

Christina Boyd
Nov 7, 20211 min read
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REVIEW: Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson
I read “Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady” last autumn and through the winter because I have the epistolary novel featured...

Christina Boyd
Oct 18, 20212 min read
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REVIEW: Son of a Preacher Man by Karen M Cox
Everyone knows Lizzie’s bad reputation and won’t let her forget it. But in the summer of 1959, when Billy Ray Davenport, son of preacher...

Christina Boyd
Oct 16, 20212 min read
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Austen in August
It's the most wonderful time of the year: Austen In August and flowers are blooming in my garden. In case you missed my post for...

Christina Boyd
Aug 22, 20211 min read
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REVIEW: TWISTS OF FATE by Joana Starnes
Review of Joana Starnes’ latest Pride & Prejudice reimagining TWISTS of FATE

Christina Boyd
Jul 22, 20213 min read
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REVIEW: JOHN EYRE by Mimi Matthews
Review of Mimi Matthews’ JOHN EYRE

Christina Boyd
Jul 20, 20212 min read
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“I have lost a treasure...”
“I have lost a treasure...” Jane Austen died July 18, 1817

Christina Boyd
Jul 17, 20215 min read
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The Year in Between: A Sense & Sensibility Variation by Christina Morland
About the book: Marianne Dashwood was "born to an extraordinary fate...to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract,...

Christina Boyd
Jan 29, 20213 min read
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REVIEW: Shelley and the Unknown Lady
Review: Shelley and the Unknown Lady

Christina Boyd
Oct 9, 20201 min read
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REVIEW: Gentleman Jim by Mimi Matthews
Review: A forbidden love between the young stable boy & daughter of a country squire is never to be when young Nicholas Seaton is wrongly...

Christina Boyd
Sep 8, 20202 min read
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Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl is in Audiobook
Elizabeth: Obstinate Headstrong Girl is now in audiobook!

Christina Boyd
Aug 31, 20201 min read
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Voice Actress Elizabeth Grace Reads at Austenesque Reviews
The audiobook tour for Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl begins at Austenesque Reviews. Come meet the narrator!

Christina Boyd
Aug 18, 20201 min read
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