tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post998306978160384393..comments2024-03-19T09:50:02.816-07:00Comments on My Kids led me back to Pride and Prejudice: The Falmouth Connection by Joana Starnes plus Giveaway!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08304167494997715591noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-3851064167908213242014-11-28T04:16:09.286-08:002014-11-28T04:16:09.286-08:00So glad you think so, Loren. I totally agree about...So glad you think so, Loren. I totally agree about the magic! It may be rose-tinted glasses, but I don't think any era before or since had so much grace and sparkle. Thanks for your comment and all the best!Joana Starneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150637735779894393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-90651593997124335892014-11-28T04:13:06.167-08:002014-11-28T04:13:06.167-08:00Hi, Allison
It's so fascinating to try to und...Hi, Allison<br /><br />It's so fascinating to try to understand the different concepts and mentalities that governed their lives 200 years ago. I started reading Jane Austen's novels for the subject-matter & the romance, but then it was so exciting to discover more and more about that long lost way of life!<br /><br />Thanks so much for coming over to read Tamara's amazing review and I'm so glad 'Falmouth' is on your wish list! Hope you'll get to read it and that you'll like it when you do. Joana Starneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150637735779894393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-10557194244439710922014-11-28T04:05:43.326-08:002014-11-28T04:05:43.326-08:00Same here, Erika. I love the freedom of speech and...Same here, Erika. I love the freedom of speech and movement that a modern variation offers to both reader and writer, but there's so much excitement in placing the story in a time where a glance spoke volumes and the touch of a hand was the difference between misery and seventh-heaven! Thanks for stopping by and for your comment.Joana Starneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150637735779894393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-63275741468667161872014-11-28T04:02:08.893-08:002014-11-28T04:02:08.893-08:00Thanks so much for the kind words, ArtaMisa, and s...Thanks so much for the kind words, ArtaMisa, and so sorry about my late reply. I didn't realise there would be so many new comments and I'm so thrilled by the response! <br /><br />I would definitely visit the Regency Era if I got the chance. It might be very different from what we imagine, but if literature and history is anything to go by, it must have been an awesome place. I wonder if you've read Maggie Lane's book, 'Jane Austen's England'. There was something she said there that stayed with me: that Jane Austen was fortunate to live in a time when the world around her was 'improved but not yet desecrated by human activity'. I think that sums it all up, so beautifully!Joana Starneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150637735779894393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-4783638325221589362014-11-28T03:55:18.730-08:002014-11-28T03:55:18.730-08:00Anji and Tamara, I agree, the 'what-if's&#...Anji and Tamara, I agree, the 'what-if's' are such a delight! The butterfly-wing effect and all that! And also the thought that no matter what, regardless of obstacles and mistakes, there's a red thread that still guides our favourite couple to each other :)<br /><br />I love time-travel stories! I guess it's because I wish it was possible (and I refuse to think of lack of antibiotics, decent medical & surgical treatment, the likelihood that I would have ended up in the scullery, etc ;) )Joana Starneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150637735779894393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-88608921449209814102014-11-27T06:16:16.674-08:002014-11-27T06:16:16.674-08:00I love Jane Austen fan fiction! I love every tipe ...I love Jane Austen fan fiction! I love every tipe of variation if it is good written, but regency time gives the book a very magical atmosphere!SummerJadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225891494535457165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-5385547586534908452014-11-27T02:04:54.178-08:002014-11-27T02:04:54.178-08:00I totally agree ArtaMisa, I agree feelings of Love...I totally agree ArtaMisa, I agree feelings of Love must have been in some ways different to what we experience today not to mention the different reasons and ways in which people came to be married. Good luck in the giveaway!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304167494997715591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-89371475629759394582014-11-27T01:53:28.218-08:002014-11-27T01:53:28.218-08:00Yes Angela, 'what if's' have given us ...Yes Angela, 'what if's' have given us another dimension to Jane's stories. Keeping her beloved characters alive in the 21st century. Like me I must have the paperback as well as the ebook if they are great JAFFs!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304167494997715591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-29971864511728904792014-11-27T01:48:03.529-08:002014-11-27T01:48:03.529-08:00Yes the insight into the class system back then is...Yes the insight into the class system back then is very different to the class system today, yet the same in so many ways. Good Luck! IAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304167494997715591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-13590268150606769292014-11-27T01:45:17.681-08:002014-11-27T01:45:17.681-08:00Exactly Erika, so much more is conveyed in express...Exactly Erika, so much more is conveyed in expressions and body language. The balls and carriage rides are my favourite :) Good Luck! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304167494997715591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-567838546575253572014-11-26T19:41:16.002-08:002014-11-26T19:41:16.002-08:00This book is on my kindle wishlist! I think I love...This book is on my kindle wishlist! I think I love JAFF so much because of the romance (duh!) and Jane's wry perspective on Regency society. It's so interesting to think about the class separation and how it affected lives.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00620420770766028078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-53018881734053821552014-11-26T16:25:02.641-08:002014-11-26T16:25:02.641-08:00I love Regency JAFF over Modern JAFF so much becau...I love Regency JAFF over Modern JAFF so much because of the anticipation, the flirtation, the romance. Sends the heart fluttering!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-71656055431954537262014-11-26T14:29:41.100-08:002014-11-26T14:29:41.100-08:00If time travel machine were available, I definite...If time travel machine were available, I definitely would visit the Regency Era. For the sake of the language, protocol, manners, etiquette, and moral codes I would enjoy living some time among that society. In my opinion the humankind during 19th century reached its highest point on many cultural levels, and from that on begun its decline. From the words written by the literates of such époque I learned about what love should be. How love it was in fact, comprehended and apprehended. Apparently, in the past love was much of a different and more intense flavor than we encounter today in our walking lives. Perhaps this noblesse exuded in the gents behavior made me and still does to enjoy reading everything about JAFF. And Joana Starnes knows perfectly to exhibit those feelings in her books. ArtaMisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03122948342087184657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-88936340064022868592014-11-26T14:22:19.649-08:002014-11-26T14:22:19.649-08:00Ah, just read Joana's reply to one of the othe...Ah, just read Joana's reply to one of the other comments and seen that it's an ebook on offer.Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580018261533290062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-86282012727343926632014-11-26T14:20:36.183-08:002014-11-26T14:20:36.183-08:00I think what I like about JAFF is that I love all ...I think what I like about JAFF is that I love all the "what ifs". One little decision or event happening one way or another can send our beloved characters off down completely different paths to their HEA. They do, however, have to have their HEA! I also like tales that mix in a bit of my other favourite genre, sci-fi, such as Jane Odiwe's time slip books and Monica Fairview's Steampunk Darcy.<br /><br />If the giveaway is for a paperback version, then please put my name in the hat. If not, then don't, as I've already got the ebook. The excerpts I've read so far have me champing at the bit to read it, especially that night scene, Joana!Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580018261533290062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-12351980182864529152014-11-26T13:02:15.187-08:002014-11-26T13:02:15.187-08:00So true, Maria! My sentiments exactly! To me, the ...So true, Maria! My sentiments exactly! To me, the feel-good effect of reading JAFF is better than chocolate :)<br />Thanks so much for taking part in the giveaway. best of luck and I hope you'll like it.Joana Starneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150637735779894393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-52171038928782544472014-11-26T12:56:12.025-08:002014-11-26T12:56:12.025-08:00Thanks, Colleen! Someone (I wish I could remember ...Thanks, Colleen! Someone (I wish I could remember who!) mentioned recently on Facebook that it's like having a favourite show and knowing that it'll never be cancelled. And that's just great, because we can't have enough of Elizabeth and Mr Darcy!<br />Thanks for coming over to read Tamara's amazing review and good luck in the giveaway!Joana Starneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150637735779894393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-85755876580631530702014-11-26T12:52:08.796-08:002014-11-26T12:52:08.796-08:00I totally agree, Dung Vu, about the depth and mean...I totally agree, Dung Vu, about the depth and meaning of gestures that count for very little nowadays. I too have the P&P 1995 cast in mind most of the time and I can't help thinking that Colin Firth played Darcy to perfection. But, speaking of the depth and meaning of gestures, I found the 'hand scene' in P&P 2005 to be breathtakingly perfect and conveying this very same message, that the touch of a bare hand can be more affecting than Mr Darcy would have ever imagined ;)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting and best of luck in the giveaway!Joana Starneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150637735779894393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-24732152579190113142014-11-26T12:39:12.098-08:002014-11-26T12:39:12.098-08:00Thanks so much, Monica, I'm absolutely thrille...Thanks so much, Monica, I'm absolutely thrilled to hear you like it! Tamara's review is truly wonderful and so very kind! Thanks again for the lovely words, Tamara, and for welcoming me here!Joana Starneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150637735779894393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-51158619955075467862014-11-26T12:16:17.338-08:002014-11-26T12:16:17.338-08:00I'm so glad you heard good things about it, Ar...I'm so glad you heard good things about it, Arjanne. Sorry that the giveaway is for an ebook rather than a paperback and thanks very much for stopping by to read Tamara's very kind review! I hope you'll get to read the story and that you'll like it when you do :)Joana Starneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150637735779894393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-12644050278219305542014-11-26T10:16:17.141-08:002014-11-26T10:16:17.141-08:00I don't know if I can still enter the giveaway...I don't know if I can still enter the giveaway, but I wanted to say that I loved your review, Tamara!! So lovely!! :) It sounds like a very good book! To answer your question, I love reading JAFF because I like the way they make me feel. It is like a dream, I find myself dreaming of being there, in those places with my favourite characters and I would never want to stop reading!!Marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-67862829898848891442014-11-25T12:08:46.733-08:002014-11-25T12:08:46.733-08:00Congrats on the new release!
I love JAFF for the ...Congrats on the new release!<br /><br />I love JAFF for the continuation of being able to continue reading about D&E. I admire the creativity and the ability to take a small (or large) plot twist or change of genre and have a whole new adventure of D&E to read. What's not to love?ColleenLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11682758386602400303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-18556263801583921052014-11-25T11:56:24.929-08:002014-11-25T11:56:24.929-08:00I love the Regency Era for how the men court the w...I love the Regency Era for how the men court the women. Less is so much more. A slight touch of a hand or just a look has so much more depth in its meaning. I can't imagine how people in the Regency Era would look at us today. I gather they would be shock to see what people do these days...<br /><br />I love reading P&P JAFF, I always imagine the 1995 version with Firth as my Darcy while reading any novel. I've read so many wonderful excerpts from this novel and look forward to reading it. Thank you for hosting blog and the giveaway!Dunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15638829530164701361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-16326800126172975902014-11-25T11:13:42.332-08:002014-11-25T11:13:42.332-08:00I'm half way through Joana's book and lovi...I'm half way through Joana's book and loving it. The setting is wonderful and yes, there's action as well as romance. Enjoyed your review, Tamara!Monica Fairviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859188231849000840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490719723329221506.post-30954445569957478352014-11-25T00:30:54.758-08:002014-11-25T00:30:54.758-08:00I've read a lot of positive reviews on this on...I've read a lot of positive reviews on this one, so I'm going to bump it up on my wishlist! <br />Is the giveaway for a paperback? If yes, I would love to win one! If not, then don't enter me, because I don't have an e-reader!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803614382159695964noreply@blogger.com