Tag: Chick Lit

  • REVIEW of Midnight in Austenland, by Shannon Hale

    REVIEW of Midnight in Austenland, by Shannon Hale

    Midnight in Austenland, by Shannon Hale is a sequel of sorts to her bestseller Austenland which I read and reviewed last month. While the first book had overtones of Pride and Prejudice as Jane Hayes tried to figure out the haughty Mr. Nobley, this book plays up aspects of Mansfield Park with a doormat heroine and…

  • REVIEW of Austenland, by Shannon Hale

    REVIEW of Austenland, by Shannon Hale

    Recently, one of the book blogs that I frequent recommended Austenland, by Shannon Hale. I’m trying to be more eclectic with my reading this year (i.e. emancipating myself from reading exclusively historical fiction) and so I decided to take the plunge and read *gasp* a contemporary novel, one that could even be classified as “chick…