Honestly, I don't know how I got away with this one. Also there's a review of the book in the same post.
More reviews:
She Read a Book
Jenny Loves to Read
Monday, February 8, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
More, More, More
I forgot that the time around the actual release date (Feb 1st) is a really exciting time, because that's when all the reviews come in.
I talk about specifics of book 3 and future plotlines for the hopefully-to-be-published series at the blog A Curious Statistical Anamoly.
More reviews:
Austenprose
A Curious Statistical Anamoly
Becky's Book Reviews
I talk about specifics of book 3 and future plotlines for the hopefully-to-be-published series at the blog A Curious Statistical Anamoly.
More reviews:
Austenprose
A Curious Statistical Anamoly
Becky's Book Reviews
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Contest
The second stop on my blog tour is at the Diary of an Eccentric, where I try to give advice to new/young writers. More importantly, if you leave a post to that blog with your email address, you will be entered in a contest to win all three books from Sourcebooks!
New reviews from Debbie's World of Books and Palmer's Picks for Reading.
New reviews from Debbie's World of Books and Palmer's Picks for Reading.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Blog Tours and Good News
My first post on the blog tour is up at Books like Breathing, where I talk about the challenges of developing the next generation of characters.
Amazon is reporting they only have 5 copies of book 3 left, which is awesome. Book selling out = good. And don't worry; they always have more copies than they say they do.
Amazon is reporting they only have 5 copies of book 3 left, which is awesome. Book selling out = good. And don't worry; they always have more copies than they say they do.
Friday, January 22, 2010
First Review for "Mr. Darcy's Great Escape"
The review is out, and it's great! The book is available on Amazon and will be available in stores shortly.
Books like Breathing
Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape is a terrific continuation to an already awesome series (The Darcys & The Bingleys and The Plight of the Darcy Brothers). This is one of those rare series where it just keeps getting better and better. Every new addition to the series bring something unexpected to the mix. I think this may have been my favorite of the trio because it combined so many genres and themes into one amazing package.
This series is a combination of so many different genres but it is never more true than in Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape. Drama, romance, comedy and adventure are so intricately combined and utilized perfectly in Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape. I have never seen a novel, much less a Jane Austen sequel, combine this many genres and themes and do it so successfully.
Darcy was perhaps the most shining example of Altman’s accurate yet unique character portrayal. He was brave, debonair and, at times, borderline hilarious. I also thought that Altman’s portrayal of post-traumatic stress disorder was brilliant. It was heartbreaking to see Darcy and Lizzy go through such difficult emotional trials after Darcy is rescued (trying to avoid spoilers). Lizzy acting like the Big Damn Hero and rescuing Darcy was excellent. I love it when the heroine rescues the hero. It does the Women and Gender Studies major that is still sorta alive in me good. The children in the book were again a huge highlight for me. They were funny and adorable and helped to break up the tension.
Overall, this book was the highlight of the series for me. I loved every single part of it and would recommend this series to just about anyone.
Grade:A
Books like Breathing
Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape is a terrific continuation to an already awesome series (The Darcys & The Bingleys and The Plight of the Darcy Brothers). This is one of those rare series where it just keeps getting better and better. Every new addition to the series bring something unexpected to the mix. I think this may have been my favorite of the trio because it combined so many genres and themes into one amazing package.
This series is a combination of so many different genres but it is never more true than in Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape. Drama, romance, comedy and adventure are so intricately combined and utilized perfectly in Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape. I have never seen a novel, much less a Jane Austen sequel, combine this many genres and themes and do it so successfully.
Darcy was perhaps the most shining example of Altman’s accurate yet unique character portrayal. He was brave, debonair and, at times, borderline hilarious. I also thought that Altman’s portrayal of post-traumatic stress disorder was brilliant. It was heartbreaking to see Darcy and Lizzy go through such difficult emotional trials after Darcy is rescued (trying to avoid spoilers). Lizzy acting like the Big Damn Hero and rescuing Darcy was excellent. I love it when the heroine rescues the hero. It does the Women and Gender Studies major that is still sorta alive in me good. The children in the book were again a huge highlight for me. They were funny and adorable and helped to break up the tension.
Overall, this book was the highlight of the series for me. I loved every single part of it and would recommend this series to just about anyone.
Grade:A
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Review: "Lady Vernon and Her Daughter"
Review:“Lady Vernon and Her Daughter: A Jane Austen Novel”
By Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway
Crown Publishers, New York. 2009.
One of Austen’s earlier novels, not published until well after her lifetime, gets an expanded treatment in this novel. Lady Susan, an epistolary novel written in 1794 but published in 1871, is a short work begging for an expansion into prose territory, and authors Rubino and Rubino-Bradway both have done suitable jobs adapting the letters to create a larger story while managing the tricky task of keeping Austen’s town.
Lady Vernon and Her Daughter follows the titular characters (Lady Susan Vernon and her daughter Frederica Vernon) from before Lady Susan’s marriage to her adult daughter’s marriage, starting before Austen’s original work and following through to where it ended. Important details are added to flesh out not only the Vernons but the extended family. Particular attention is given to Charles Vernon and his relationship with his deceased brother Frederick, which comes to influence his decisions to help or hinder Lady Susan in her endeavors. The mysterious Mrs. Johnson, Lady Susan’s mysterious confidant, appears in the flesh, and Lady Susan is given new motives that would not make it onto paper. This book includes some of the original letters from Austen’s novel, though altered to fit the book, and the ending is more sympathetic to its female leads.
This solid rethinking of Lady Susan deserves a place on the shelf of any Austen aficionado.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Publisher's Weekly!!
I made Publisher's Weekly!
The Plight of the Darcy Brothers
Marsha Altman. Sourcebooks, $14.99 (368p) ISBN 9781402224294
In her second Pride and Prejudice sequel, Altman brings back the Darcys and the Bingleys, offering up a charming tale of family and intrigue, along with a deft bit of comedy. When proper Bennet sister Mary returns from the continent, she is a compromised woman. Darcy and Elizabeth go to the continent to find the father and convince him to do the right thing, but on the way, they discover secret scandals about the Darcy family, including one half-brother Darcy didn’t know about and a bigger problem that could ruin the entire family’s reputation. Altman follows a well-tread path with this sequel to Austen’s classic, and Austen fans will be pleased with the treatment of her characters. Though the ending feels rushed, Altman takes the spirit of the original runs with it to mostly deliver on fans’ great expectations. (Aug.)
The Plight of the Darcy Brothers
Marsha Altman. Sourcebooks, $14.99 (368p) ISBN 9781402224294
In her second Pride and Prejudice sequel, Altman brings back the Darcys and the Bingleys, offering up a charming tale of family and intrigue, along with a deft bit of comedy. When proper Bennet sister Mary returns from the continent, she is a compromised woman. Darcy and Elizabeth go to the continent to find the father and convince him to do the right thing, but on the way, they discover secret scandals about the Darcy family, including one half-brother Darcy didn’t know about and a bigger problem that could ruin the entire family’s reputation. Altman follows a well-tread path with this sequel to Austen’s classic, and Austen fans will be pleased with the treatment of her characters. Though the ending feels rushed, Altman takes the spirit of the original runs with it to mostly deliver on fans’ great expectations. (Aug.)
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