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5 posts published by L. during April 2024| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during August 2025| janeaustenrunsmylife
I wanted to make scones one day and I realized I didn’t have enough flour. I did not want to run to the store as it was a lazy feeling morning and I saw I had Pancake Mix in my pantry. If you can turn box cake mix into brownies, cookies, or scones; why not […]| janeaustenrunsmylife
Six Weeks by the Sea by Paula Bryne Back in May I saw a post by Austenprose and Paula Bryne about Bryne’s upcoming book, Six Weeks by the Sea. I was extremely interested as I loved her nonfiction book on Jane Austen, The Real Jane Austen. Then I saw they were inviting people to join […]| janeaustenrunsmylife
I purchased some tomatoes from my local farm stand and was eager to finish them up before they went bad. Having already made salsa, corn salad, bruschetta, eggplant tomato bites, and the other usual tomato treats I was looking for something new. So I went on google and found a tomato tart recipe. The recipe […]| janeaustenrunsmylife
As you may be aware, I am trying to read/listen to every Jane Austen related item on Libby (and in the world to be perfectly honest but I have to start with goals that can be accomplished). The nex…| janeaustenrunsmylife
I was gifted this word search years ago as a Christmas gift, I always meant to use it but had misplaced it in my last move. I found it and decided to crack it open and try it out. The book is a col…| janeaustenrunsmylife
My friend had a birthday party as month and pulled out this totally awesome and fun game: Clueless Party Game: Ugh As If! Edition. As Clueless is an adaption of Emma and a Jane Austen item you know…| janeaustenrunsmylife
Back in 2020, some friends and I started a Tea Party/Bible Study/Book Club. We met every Wednesday and worked our way through the Chronicles of Narnia and are currently working through The Chr…| janeaustenrunsmylife
Christmas at Pemberley Manor (2018) Every year I try and review a Jane Austen type Christmas Film. It started with Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe and has just become a tradition since then. This…| janeaustenrunsmylife
An Appearance of Goodness by Heather Moll I received this advanced reader copy free in exchange for an honest review. What if in Pride and Prejudice, Darcy gave Elizabeth his letter at Rosing Park,…| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during January 2023| janeaustenrunsmylife
Let do it! This year marks the 250th birthday of Jane Austen and the 30th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice (1995). Even though the miniseries was actually released in September, I want to do…| janeaustenrunsmylife
The Hapless Milliner (Miss Austen Investigates) by Jessica Bull Jessica Bull reached out to me and gifted me the second book in her series Miss Austen Investigates. I can’t read book two without re…| janeaustenrunsmylife
No Other Choice (Choices #2) by Leenie Brown Last year I was doing an alphabet challenge when I was trying to read a Jane Austen related book for each letter of the alphabet. I needed something tha…| janeaustenrunsmylife
100 Ways to Love Mr. Darcy by Caitlin Marie Carrington As you may have heard if you have been following me I am doing a Jane Austen Book Title alphabet challenge. All the books that count for it ha…| janeaustenrunsmylife
In the past I have reviewed the TV series The Buccaneers or as I like to call it What Would Have Happened if the Austen Heroines Chose the Wrong Men. Edith Wharton wrote the book in 1937, but when she passed she was unable to complete it. In 1993, Marion Mainwaring finished the story, while […]| janeaustenrunsmylife
When I was a child we used to drive every year (either summer or Christmas) down to Los Angeles to visit with my extended family as that’s where my parents originate from. We would always pass Pea Soup’s Andersons and Bravo Farms. I would always ask my parents to stop, but they would say no […]| janeaustenrunsmylife
I have been going through all my cookbooks and Tea Time Magazines to make anything and everything in them that sounds delicious. To make this recipe, I used Tea Time Magazines’ Gluten-Free, Low-Carb, Irish Cheddar, Ham & Chive Scones recipe as my base and made several substitutions Ingredients: Directions: These were absolutely delicious! You really […]| janeaustenrunsmylife
Catherine, or the Bower by Jane Austen I am doing the Jane Austen July Challenge by EWANID (East Washington and Northern Idaho) JASNA (Jane Austen Society of Northern America). To complete the challenge I have to do the following things in the month of July: As you can see I just need to read something […]| janeaustenrunsmylife
Today’s my blogiversary! 13 years of celebrating Jane Austen (and a few other things!) 13 Years! I still can’t believe that much time has past and I still have things I want to post and revie…| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during December 2024| janeaustenrunsmylife
The Gentlemen Are Detained by Heather Moll I was gifted this by Heather Moll when I signed up to be on her mailing list. As always I have a giant TBR of books to read; (along with books to read and…| janeaustenrunsmylife
Sanditon by Jane Austen and Finished by Kate Riordan Audiobook Narrated by Alexandra Roach When I checked this audiobook out from Libby I thought it was the unfinished Jane Austen text, I didn’t re…| janeaustenrunsmylife
The Intrigue at Highbury (Or, Emma’s Match) [Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery #5) by Carrie Bebris I am really mad at this author. In each of my reviews of books 2-4, I have said again and again how I …| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during December 2023| janeaustenrunsmylife
So recently I have been remiss in my correspondence, it has just been getting away from me. As I was writing to a friend, I was using one of the Silly Austen-Inspired Magazine Cover Cards made by C…| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during December 2020| janeaustenrunsmylife
Jane Austen Book Club (2007) So let me state that this is a review of the film, not the book. I harbor no ill will to the book as I have not read it yet. But do not like this movie. I have watched …| janeaustenrunsmylife
Romantic Moment #1 To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) So I reviewed this adorable movie last year as part of my series Non-Austen Films for Austen Fans. I put it on for background noise…| janeaustenrunsmylife
So if you’ve been following me, you are aware of my love of libraries. A few years ago I did a post on 13 of my favorite fictional libraries from TV, film, and books. I really enjoyed doi…| janeaustenrunsmylife
Incense and Sensibility (The Rajes #3) by Sonali Dev I thought what better way to commemorate or commiserate (depending on your point of view) the California Governor Recall Election than with a bo…| janeaustenrunsmylife
I have a broken heart… By watching this horrible show: Austentatious (2015) But I pulled myself together to write this post. So for those who haven’t been reading my posts or may have f…| janeaustenrunsmylife
4 posts published by L. during February 2022| janeaustenrunsmylife
From my week with Jane So last year I reviewed the card game Marrying Mr. Darcy, and decided that this December I will review another Jane Austen game, Pride and Prejudice: The Game. Each player ch…| janeaustenrunsmylife
So if you are like me, you love Jane Austen: You like to read her books and watch her movies: There are a ton of different variations in books and film-but what about when you are done? What about …| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during January 2022| janeaustenrunsmylife
So as I mentioned in an earlier post, I decided instead of reading through each Jane Austen novel one by one, I will instead read four chapters of one and then move on to another, then another, etc…| janeaustenrunsmylife
So I have fallen waaaay behind with my posts, but as you know I started a book club last year: Every month we read a book and I do a little post on the book we read and discussed. There is no theme…| janeaustenrunsmylife
So in my book club, we read a book for a month, then discuss it. There is no theme, other than with each month, a different member gets to pick a book, whichever one they want. I went first, so thi…| janeaustenrunsmylife
You’re not gonna believe this, but it was a giant… metal… man. I love this movie! It was one of my favorites as a kid and I used to watch it a LOT. I got it for Christmas one year…| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during January 2018| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during September 2024| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during December 2016| janeaustenrunsmylife
So do you all remember the film Big? Tom Hanks is a preteen that wishes to be “big” and becomes a 30-year old man? He tries to find a Zoltar machine to change him back, but meanwhile wo…| janeaustenrunsmylife
I love candy but I’m not just talking about, today marks a very special day here at Jane Austen Runs My Life. It is our sixth anniversary of blogging! Thank you all who have been a part We ha…| janeaustenrunsmylife
So this past Sunday I decided to celebrate Easter/Passover in the best way I could think of. Going to the movies to see the rerelease of The Ten Commandments for it’s 60th anniversary. It ori…| janeaustenrunsmylife
So I’m sure some of you are wondering what happened to the fandom posts? Why have I stopped doing them? Well, I wanted to do a post on how great I think Cecilia Gray is. She not only liked my…| janeaustenrunsmylife
Most Romantic Moment #5 Making the Grade (1984) So this was a movie I came upon when I read a countdown list on best back-to-school films. I saw that it starred Judd Nelson and I was very intrigued…| janeaustenrunsmylife
So Horrorfest V is reaching it’s last few weeks and could there be something missing? I’ve already done an animated film like always, a Disney film, and Alfred Hitchcock. All things tha…| janeaustenrunsmylife
Captain Wentworth’s Diary (Jane Austen’s Heroes #3 by Amanda Grange So Amanda Grange is loved by many Austen fans. They say she just “gets the characters” and is able to giv…| janeaustenrunsmylife
He lists some well-known Medieval texts. Then the page is torn. The next page is missing. He saw a man burned at the stake, along with a book…a book considered too dangerous to keep. So this…| janeaustenrunsmylife
Why would they all come back? So this year I am doing something a bit different. I decided that every Friday this year I will review a TV episode instead of a film. I know it kind of goes against t…| janeaustenrunsmylife
So I have a midterm to study for and can’t put up an actual review of a film today. So, I thought I would give you a little tie in with Austen. There is this website JibJab which is so much f…| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during October 2016| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during December 2019| janeaustenrunsmylife
“Will, I’m not wrong here. Ted has a problem with me. He acts like I’m in the way or something. And Mom’s been totally different since he’s around. Different, like hap…| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during November 2019| janeaustenrunsmylife
Bridget Jones’ Diary (Bridget Jones’ Diary #1) by Helen Fielding So I watched the movie before reading the book. How did I feel about it? There was a few things that were good, like the…| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during December 2012| janeaustenrunsmylife
Trek the halls with Bones and Scotty Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! ”Tis the season to be Spock-y, Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! So I know this is right in the middle of our 30 Day…| janeaustenrunsmylife
Day 19) S is for Short Stories: Choose a collection of Short Stories The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury I don’t remember when I first read this book, but I know it was after Fahrenheit 451. …| janeaustenrunsmylife
So I never thought I was like Mr. Woodhouse. I mean he is a hypochondriac who never eats anything rich as it is bad for the digustion. So not me. He won’t go out and pick strawberries, he is …| janeaustenrunsmylife
30) Your Opinion About Your Body and How Comfortable You Are With It Let me just say that I don’t love everything about me. I don’t hate it, but I don’t love it either. So letR…| janeaustenrunsmylife
Mr. Knightley’s Diary (Jane Austen Heroes #2) by Amanda Grange So I read this book mostly because it was recommended to me and because I am trying to review every book based on Jane Austen…| janeaustenrunsmylife
So if you have been following me on Instagram you know I found Mr. Darcy’s address. Yes, I have located Mr. Darcy! So a few weeks ago I was bored and the idea came to me to search for Mr. Dar…| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during August 2019| janeaustenrunsmylife
So this title of course references The Police song, even though it has nothing to do with the episodes plot. Sorry, anytime I think of Sting and The Police I think of that scene from Footloose. But…| janeaustenrunsmylife
So I met Mr. Darcy I’m not kidding I’m 100% serious…not a cosplayer or cardboard cutout or twitter handler whatever else you are thinking. I mean An honest to God flesh and blood …| janeaustenrunsmylife
So back in 2015 I started going through Emma to celebrate her 200th anniversary. I paused her to go through Northanger Abbey and Persuasion for their anniversary years, but have decided to throw he…| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during January 2019| janeaustenrunsmylife
A conscience is a very important thing. Without it we would make bad decision after bad decision. But unfortunately, not all of us are tuned into our conscience. Some of us just go about doing what…| janeaustenrunsmylife
A Visit to Highbury: Another View of Emma by Joan Austen-Leigh So you all know that I’m not really into diary novels, well that doesn’t apply to epistles, letters, novels. I don’…| janeaustenrunsmylife
Romantic Moment #6 Princess Diaries (2001) The Princess Diaries is based on the series by Meg Cabot, and is actually a very good representation of the books. Of course there are some things that I …| janeaustenrunsmylife
For those of you who follow me on facebook, I promised and am going to deliver. It has been a while since we have talked about this show so let’s do a quick review. P.D. James, famous mystery…| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during December 2018| janeaustenrunsmylife
Have you ever felt this way? You’ve gone through all of Austen’s books and want something more to read? There are variations on her stories, but sometimes you don’t want to read t…| janeaustenrunsmylife
Jane Austen is the Queen. Of what, you may ask? The Queen of opening lines. Now I have talked about this before, but it definitely needs to be going over again. We all talk about Pride and Prejudic…| janeaustenrunsmylife
5 posts published by L. during November 2018| janeaustenrunsmylife
So even though it is summertime, you all know I will not give up my tea. And pinterest knows this so they send me lots of tea recipes. This one I found sounded very good, London Fog Smoothie. I lov…| janeaustenrunsmylife
So we all know that Northanger Abbey is celebrating its 200th birthday. Well it isn’t the only one. When Northanger Abbey was published in 1818, it wasn’t published singularly like the …| janeaustenrunsmylife
So every month a different member in my book club chooses a book for us to read and discuss the next month. So the member who’s turn it was, was thinking of possibly doing a mystery. When ou…| janeaustenrunsmylife
Pride and Prejudice Paper Dolls by Brenda Sneathen Mattox So a few weeks ago I was planning on meeting my friend for lunch, and found myself with a few extra hours. I was downtown, which had recent…| janeaustenrunsmylife
So as you know I have just reviewed Part I of The Darcy Monologues. I decided to look over the review that I posted and I was shocked: I had failed to share how much I enjoyed this first part of th…| janeaustenrunsmylife
Prom. Some of us loved it, Some of us hated it. Whether we planned for it Or ignored it, it is something that every person in public school in the United States encounters in their lifetime. For me…| janeaustenrunsmylife
So it has been a while since I reviewed the first episode for Horrorfest V. I had meant to do it in December, but then wasn’t able to as I was so focused on the 30 Day Challenge: Literature L…| janeaustenrunsmylife
For Darkness Shows the Stars (For Darkness Shows the Stars #1) by Diana Peterfreund So I picked this book up as you know I will review anything Austen. I thought it was going to be about Pride and …| janeaustenrunsmylife
