Time travel fiction such as this can be a lot of fun to read.Courtney is a hard partying L.A. girl who recently found out that her fiance was cheating on her with her wedding cake designer. Since Jane Austen books are her secret vice, she immerses herself in them while drinking a bottle of vodka and wakes to find herself in the body of another woman in 19th century England. Author Laurie Viera Rigler clearly knows her subject matter. The book is filled with nasty mothers, tolerant fathers and misunderstood suitors. My favorite part is when she spies Austen leaving a shop in London and chases her down the street to speak with her. Perfect reading for nasty weather. (Whether you read this book or not, if you're an Austen fan, you should visit www.janeaustenaddict.com and click on "If you dearly love a laugh." She has some youtube links that are Austen related and really funny.)
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If you enjoyed "Confessions" try any of Jasper Fforde's novels. I started with "The Eyre Affair" and got hooked. I am currently reading "Something Rotten" and am ready to move on to his newest release that came out this year. It is the same idea, time traveling through books with a modern twist!
That second post was an advertisement for medication in several different languages, so I took it down. I definitely want to check out the books listed above. They sound intriguing.
I'll definitely be picking this one up with one of the Barnes & Noble gift cards I'll receive on Christmas.
'Tis the season for Jane Austen. Oh, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Darcy. I can remember being so young and so positive that I was in love with Fitzwilliam Darcy. He was everything my 8-year-old heart had ever dreamed of and ached for.
Do you remember when Elizabeth tells him he should have spoken to her more one evening at dinner and he says something like, "A man who had felt less might"? ::Swoon::
Austen's charming characters are why I love her. They're so real and often bashful and weary and lovely. Oh, Mr. Darcy.
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