Northern Rain Blog Tour - Guest Post and Giveaway

One of my favourite reads of all time is 'North and South' by the Victorian writer Mrs Elizabeth Gaskell. It's a wonderful story of two people from very different backgrounds, gentlewoman fallen on hard times Margaret Hale, from the South of England, and an honourable tradesman, mill owner Mr John Thornton, from the North. There are authors who are taking Mrs Gaskell's characters and imagining new paths for them, which is very exciting to see, as N&S is a wonderful book. Author Nicole Clarkston has written both 'North & South' and 'Pride & Prejudice' stories and her latest story, 'Northern Rain' again takes John and Margaret on a different journey. Nicole has dropped by today with a vignette, set before the events of the book. There is also an opportunity to win a copy of 'Northern Rain' or an audio book of one of Nicole's earlier books. Read on for more details!

Winner of Hope for Mr Darcy by Jeanna Ellsworth

Recently Jeanna Ellsworth joined me with a really charming guest post relating to her new book, 'Hope for Mr Darcy. Jeanna was offering a giveaway of the book for a commenter on the guest post. I just got my daughter to draw out a name at random, and the winner is....

Ana!

Ana, your contact details weren't on your comment, so please could you contact me to claim your prize? If I haven't managed to get hold of Ana by the end of the day on Monday I will select another winner.

Thank you to everybody who commented on Jeanna's post and of course, big thanks to Jeanna herself for the lovely giveaway!

Chaos Comes to Longbourn by Victoria Kincaid - Guest Post, Excerpt and Giveaway

Today I am pleased to welcome author Victoria Kincaid back to the blog. Victoria has a new book out with a very chaotic premise. There are wrong engagements aplenty here, and many tangles to unravel. Let me share the blurb with you, and then I'll hand over to Victoria for a guest post explaining her thought processes in coming up with the premise for this book plus a very amusing excerpt from the book. Victoria also brings with her a giveaway of winner's choice of either a paperback or kindle e-book of 'Chaos Comes to Longbourn' for a lucky reader here. Read on for more details!

Winner - Holidays with Jane: Summer of Love

Recently, author Jessica Grey stopped by with a guest post and giveaway of the latest 'Holidays with Jane', 'Summer of Love'.  I was also lucky enough to read the book and you can read my review of the book here.

The winner, chosen at random, is

Mary!

Congratulations on your win. I will be in touch. Thank you to everybody who commented on Jessica's post, and thank you to Jessica for sponsoring the giveaway.

Holidays with Jane: Summer of Love - Review

I was recently joined by Jessica Grey, one of the authors of the ‘Holidays with Jane’ anthologies. The summer-themed book ‘Summer of Love’ was released last month – you can see Jessica’s guest post about the book here, along with synopses of the short stories. Here’s what I thought about the book.

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Planned Reading for July 2016

Hello everybody! It's the first of the month again. My reading took a little dip at the end of last month. This is not the place for politics, but there was an unexpected poll result at the end of June which left me feeling discombobulated and affected my reading. I have some books I wanted to read in June that I didn't get to, and I am behind on my reviews too, so I have some catching up to do in July, but I also have some things planned that I'd like to share with you:

Hope for Mr Darcy by Jeanna Ellsworth - Character Interview and Giveaway

Today I have a visitor to the blog, Jeanna Ellsworth Lake. I've blogged about a few of her books previously - Mr Darcy's Promise and Refine Like Silver. Jeanna is currently working on the 'Hope' series, which have a theme of finding hope where there appears to be none. The first book, 'Hope for Mr Darcy' is out now, and will be followed by 'Hope for Fitzwilliam' and 'Hope for Georgiana' later this year.  Elizabeth from 'Hope for Mr Darcy' has dropped by for a chat and there's a chance to win a copy of the book too. Read on for more details.

Holidays With Jane - Summer of Love - Guest Post by Author Jessica Grey and Giveaway

You may have heard of the 'Holidays with Jane' series of anthologies - each book contains six modern versions of Jane Austen's major novels, each story is written by a different author and they are tied together by a theme, so the first book is Christmas Cheer, the second Spring Fever, third is Trick or Sweet and this latest book is a summer-themed book. I was really excited to see that the latest 'Holidays with Jane' was coming out this month and so I invited one of the authors, Jessica Grey, along to Babblings of a Bookworm to introduce us to the book with a guest post. Jessica brings along a book giveaway too. Read on for more details!

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Winners - Jane Austen Lives Again by Jane Odiwe

Jane Odiwe recently stopped by with a guest post and excerpt of her latest book, 'Jane Austen Lives Again'. I also had the pleasure of reading the book, which I reviewed here. Jane was  very kindly offering a giveaway prize - a paperback copy of the book for two lucky commenters on the posts. Earlier this evening, I selected two winners at random, and they are:

Gabriella Parisi

and

Monica

Congratulations, ladies! I will be in touch with you. Thank you so much to everybody who commented on the posts, and huge thanks to Jane Odiwe for the guest post and giveaway!

The Coming of Age of Elizabeth Bennet by Caitlin Williams - Blog Tour, Guest Post and Giveaway

The blog tour for Caitlin Williams' 'The Coming of Age of Elizabeth Bennet' stops here today with a post about the education a young lady may have been expected to receive in Austen's time. Read on to become educated on this topic yourself, and find out more about the blog tour and how you can win an e-book of the book.

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