I Love Austen Week -- Wrap-Up Post with Alllllll the Links

Thank you, everyone, for making I Love Austen Week so much wonderful fun!  I have thoroughly enjoyed myself, and I hope you have as well.  Maybe you've found some new blogging friends, even!  I know I have.

Here are links to all the great posts people contributed to this week.  I know they're also all in the linky thing in the master post, but that linky tool is hosted by another site, and there were so many wonderful posts this week that I would hate to lose track of should that linky tool quit working some day.

Reviews and Such

Becoming Jane (2007) review by Elanor
The Best of Jane Austen Knits book review by Molly Rebekah
Bride and Prejudice (2004) review by Catherine
"Captain Wentworth's Famous Letter" by Kara
"Character Sketch of Anne Elliot" by Hamlette
Color Me Jane coloring book review by Hamlette
Dear Mr. Knightley book review by Jane
"Dressing Like Jane Austen" by Skyeler
Emma (1996) review by Charity
Emma (2009) review by Rachel
The Jane Austen Guide to Life book review by Hamlette
The Jane Austen Handbook book review by Abby
"Jane Fairfax -- An Appreciation Post" by Elanor
Lost in Austen (2008) review by Rosie Dean
Love and Friendship (2016) review by Maggie
Mansfield Park (1986) review by Eowyn
Northanger Abbey book review by Allison
Northanger Abbey (2007) review by Natalie
"On Loving Emma" by Hayden
Persuasion (1995) review by Erin
Persuasion (2007) review by Meredith
Pride and Prejudice (1995) episodes one, two, three, four, five, and six by Movie Critic
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) review by Charity
Sense and Sensibility (1995) review by Heidi
Sense and Sensibility (2008) review by Jessica Prescott
"Sense and Sensibility vs. Frozen" by Movie Critic
"Strength and Beauty in Austen" by Heidi
The Third Sister book review by Birdie
"The Thoughtfulness and Sweetness of Jane Austen's Heroes" by Miss March


Tags

Livia Rachelle at Rose Petals and Faerie Dust
Natalie at Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens
Catherine at We'll Meet it When it Does
Elanor at Musings of a Jane Austen Wannabe
Rachel at The Beckoning Hills
Evangeline at Over the Hills
Abby at Lavender Spring
Movie Critic at Movies Meet Their Match
Kelly-Anne at The Diary of a Country Girl
Hayden at A Singular and Whimsical Problem
Erudessa Aranduriel at The Flowering Vales
Molly at A Ramble Through the Woods
Heidi at Along the Brandywine
Miss March at Sunshiny Corner
The Elf at Willawa
Madeline at The Little Decorator
Eowyn at Captured by the Word
Kelsey at Kelsey's Notebook
Kara at Flowers of Quiet Happiness
Hamlette at The Edge of the Precipice
Ruth at A Great Book Study
Lois at You, Me, and a Cup of Tea
Lissa at An Attempt to Be Classic
Phyl at Solid Moonlight
Meredith at On Stories and Words
Elisabeth at Elisabeth Grace Foley
Night Owl at The Night Owl Reads Books
Deborah at The Road of a Writer
Mary at Misty Corners
Rosie at Rosie Dean
Rachel at A Girl's Place


I haven't finished reading all these yet, but I will do my best to finish them in the next day or two.  So if I haven't commented on your contribution yet, I'm not ignoring you!  I'll read it soon.

EDIT:  I just discovered there were people who did not put their links into the linky thing, but instead left them only in the comments on the master post.  I've now added them to these lists too.

I Love Austen Week -- Quotations Quiz Answers

Here are the answers to the Valentine quotations quiz!  I hope you had fun :-)  I know many of you did far better on this than I would have -- if I hadn't been looking these up, I would have gotten maybe half of them.  I'm impressed!

(And yes, I'm afraid one of these was actually from a movie, not directly from a book -- I should have checked that one more carefully.  It was hard to find twelve lines that would work as Valentine cards, and I was getting desperate, I guess.)

#1 Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice

#2 Elinor Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility

#3 Mr. Knightley, Emma

#4 Captain Wentworth, Persuasion

#5 Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice

#6 Henry Tilney, Northanger Abbey

#7 Fanny Price, Mansfield Park

#8 Captain Wentworth, Persuasion

 #9 Mr. Collins, Pride and Prejudice

#10 Captain Tilney, Northanger Abbey

#11 Edmund Bertram, Mansfield Park

#12 Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice

Scores:

John Smith -- 24

Kelsey Bryant -- 24

Heidi -- 23

Jessica Prescott -- 20

Lois Johnson -- 18

Miss March -- 18

Elanor -- 17

Erudessa Anduriel -- 17

Natalie -- 15

Livia Rachelle -- 14

Rachel (The Beckoning Hills) -- 13

Rachel (A Girl's Place) -- 11

Meredith -- 10

I Love Austen Week -- Unscramble Answers

Well, it's the last day of the party, and time to post the answers to the games, winners of the giveaways, etc.  If you still have contributions to post, that's fine -- the party runs through the end of today, so you still have plenty of time!

Here are the answers for the unscrambling game.  Scores are below!  I was very impressed by how good you people are at unscrambling :-)

1

REMBEPLEY
PEMBERLEY
(from Pride and Prejudice)

2

CHELLYNK LAHL
KELLYNCH HALL
(from Persuasion)

3

SANDRALL
RANDALLS
(from Emma)

4

FLEADHIRT
HARTFIELD
(from Emma)

5

THEFLIEREND
NETHERFIELD
(from Pride and Prejudice)

6

BONGOLURN
LONGBOURN
(from Pride and Prejudice)

7

TRABON EGOTACT
BARTON COTTAGE
(from Sense and Sensibility)

8

DANLORN KARP
NORLAND PARK
(from Sense and Sensibility)

9

ENDWOLL BAYBE
DONWELL ABBEY
(from Emma)

10

SINGORS
ROSINGS
(from Pride and Prejudice)

11

RANGERTHON BEBAY
NORTHANGER ABBEY
(from Northanger Abbey)

12

FLEASMIND KRAP
MANSFIELD PARK
(from Mansfield Park)

Scores:

Elanor -- 12
Elisabeth Grace Foley -- 12
Erudessa Aranduriel -- 12
Heidi -- 12
John Smith -- 12
Kelsey Bryant -- 12
Livia Rachelle -- 12
Natalie -- 12
Rachel (The Beckoning Hills) -- 12
Miss March -- 11
Molly Rebekah -- 11
Lois Johnson -- 10
Rachel (A Girl's Place) -- 9
Movie Critic -- 6
Meredith -- 3

I Love Austen Week -- Quotations Quiz

Happy Valentine's Day!  To celebrate, I present a romantic quiz for your Austenly enjoyment.  We have here twelve Valentines bearing quotations about love and romance from Austen's six major novels.  You can imagine they're romantic notes sent from one character to another, or whatever.  Some are easy.  Some are difficult.  Some are from heroes, others from heroines, and some are from characters nobody likes at all.  There are multiple quotations from some characters.  Each Valentine gets two points, one for which book it's from, and one for what character said it.  Put your guesses in the comments, and I'll post the answers and everyone's scores on Saturday!

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I Love Austen Week -- Unscramble

I promised we would have games!  Here's the first one.  Below are the names of twelve houses or mansions from Austen's six major novels.  Simply unscramble the names and put your guesses in a comment.  I'll post the answers on Saturday, along with everyone's scores.

1

REMBEPLEY

2

CHELLYNK LAHL

3

SANDRALL

4

FLEADHIRT

5

THEFLIEREND

6

BONGOLURN

7

TRABON EGOTACT

8

DANLORN KARP

9

ENDWOLL BAYBE

10

SINGORS

11

RANGERTHON BEBAY

12

FLEASMIND KRAP

Have fun!  And don't forget to check out all the fun Austeny things people are sharing via the link-up here in the master post.  I'll be posting another game tomorrow :-)

I Love Austen Week -- Master Post

It's here!  I Love Austen Week has finally begun.

To simplify matters, we're going to use this one link-up widget for everyone's posts.  All the posts.  Whether they're tags, blogathon posts, games you've thought up, whatever!  All your posts go here:


At the end of the week, I'll do a wrap-up post where I will separate out tags from other posts and provide a final list of each, but for right now, please put the links to your I Love Austen Week posts in that widget and don't leave me a zillion comments with them.  I'll be putting comments on moderation when I post games soon, so that way you will all be able to access each others' posts without me needing to find time to hit "publish" on your comments first.

Now that we've got that straight, go enter the giveaways here, check out the blog tag here, and start having fun!

EDIT:  If you're wondering what topics people have signed up to write about already, the list of those is over here.

ANOTHER EDIT:  Here are direct links to the unscramble game and quotations quiz, for anyone who wants them.

I Love Austen Week -- The Giveaways

Time for the giveaways!  Yes, there are two of them, with multiple prizes each.  One giveaway is open world-wide, and one is open to people with US addresses only.  (I don't really care if you live in the USA or not -- if you live elsewhere, but have a friend who lives here and is willing to have your prize shipped to them and then will send it to you, that totally would work -- but I can't afford to send these overseas.)

Both giveaways run through the end of Friday, February 17, 2017.  I will choose the winners on Feb. 18 and post them here, as well as notify the winners via the email addresses you provide to the giveaway widgets when you enter.  Please make sure you use an email address you check often.  If I don't hear back from you by Saturday, February 25, I will disqualify you and pick a different winner for what was to have been your prize.

Both giveaway widgets will ask you to leave a comment with your choices of prizes.  I do not guarantee that, if you win, you will receive one of the prizes you chose.  I try to match people up with things they want the best I can, but sometimes I just can't do it.  If there's anything you DO NOT WANT, such as a movie or book you already own, PLEASE SAY SO in your comment as well.

Let's start with the world-wide giveaway!  No matter where you live in the world, inside or outside the USA, you may enter this giveaway.  Here's a closer look at the prizes, and explanations thereof.

+ One set of 5 "Jane Austen Coloring Bookmarks" with artwork by Chrissy Lau.  The whole set will go to one lucky winner.

+ Four sets of Jane Austen stickers!  One set of stickers will go to each of 4 lucky winners.  Each winner of a sticker set will receive one sticker that says "Austenite" and one that bears a quotation.

#1 "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid."

#2 "Obstinate, headstrong girl."

#3 "I would rather have nothing but tea."

#4 "My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me."

+ Two sets of Jane Austen bookmarks!  I bought these from the Etsy shop Castle on the Hill, and I will send two lucky winners each a set of all three of these bookmarks.

Enter the world-wide giveaway via this widget:

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Now for the US-only giveaway!  Like I said, I can only ship these to US addresses.  Please don't enter this giveaway if you would need me to ship them overseas, because I just can't do it.  Here's a closer look at these prizes, and some explanations.

+ Letters from Pemberley and More Letters from Pemberley by Jane Dawkins.  Both books will go to one lucky winner, as I don't want to split this set up.  I've read both of these, and reviewed the first one here.  Both are clean and enjoyable -- I would rate them both "G" if they were movies.  These are used copies -- I bought them used and read them each once, but they are in like-new condition.

+ Persuasion (1995) on DVD.  This is a used copy -- it works in my DVD player, but I make no guarantees about whether it will work for you.  It is a Region 1 disc, and as such, won't work in players outside the US and Canada.  This adaptation stars Amanda Root as Anne Elliot and Ciaran Hinds as Captain Wentworth.  I reviewed it here, if you want to know more about it.  It is rated PG and does have a couple instances of swearing, but nothing else objectionable.

+ Four other books!  These will go to four lucky winners, one to each.  They are as follows:

The Jane Austen Guide to Life by Lori Smith.  I reviewed this book here.  I would rate it PG-13 for non-explicit discussions about adult activities.  This is a used copy in excellent condition -- it looks new.

Jane Austen's Little Advice Book by Cathryn Michon and Pamela Norris.  It's entirely composed of quotations from Austen's writings and letters grouped under various subject headings.  I would rate it PG.  This is an ex-library copy, as you can see in the picture below.  It's not in the greatest condition, as the binding is broken at the very front, but it's still really fun to read.

Jane Austen:  Her Complete Novels in One Sitting by Jennifer Kasius.  As you can see from the photo, this is tiny and cute!  It has a synopsis for each of Austen's six novels, a short biography, and lots of pictures.  This book is brand-new.

The Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Pamela Mingle.  This is a follow-up to Pride and Prejudice, and I reviewed it here.  I would rate it PG-13 for discussions of childbirth, mild sexual situations, and a few curse words.  This is a used copy -- I bought it new and read it once, so it is in like-new condition.

Enter the US-only giveaway via this widget:

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I Love Austen Week -- The Tag

What would a week-long blog party be without a tag?  Boring, that's what!  So here you go!  Simply copy these questions, paste them to your own blog and answer them there, and then come back to my blog to add the link to your tag post to the linky widget in the party's master post.

1.  Which did you experience first, a Jane Austen book or a movie based on one?

2.  What is your favorite Austen book?

3.  Favorite heroine?  Why do you like her best?

4.  Favorite hero?  Why do you like him best?

5.  Do you have a favorite film adaptation of Austen's work?

6.  Have your Austen tastes changed over the years?  (Did you start out liking one story best, but now like another better?  Did you think she was boring at first, then changed your mind?  Etc.)

7.  Do you have any cool Austen-themed things (mugs, t-shirts, etc)?  (Feel free to share photos if you want.)

8.  If you could ask Jane Austen one question, what would you ask her?

9.  Imagine someone is making a new film of any Jane Austen story you choose, and you get to cast the leads.  What story do you want filmed, and who would you choose to act in it?

10.  Share up to five favorite Jane Austen quotations!

Once you've filled out your tag, don't forget to come back and add a link to it on the party's master post here!  And then follow the links to other peoples' tags and other posts to make new friends or see what current friends say.

If you want to add a cool button to your post, here are a few more for you:

Announcing I Love Austen Week

Yes, you read that right!  Next month, I will be hosting I Love Austen Week!  I've been wanting to celebrate all things Austen for a while now, but I could never figure out the right time.  And then, it hit me:  Valentine's Day.  What better day to celebrate an author I love... who wrote a lot about love?

But I have way too many ideas for this celebration than will fit into a single day, so I'm declaring that whole week to be I Love Austen Week.  What kinds of ideas, you ask?  How about a tag to fill out?  How about a game or two?  How about a giveaway?  How about a blogathon-style shindig where you get to share your love of Austen with everyone?  How about ALL of those?

Yes!  You are hereby invited to join me!  If you love Jane Austen too, be it her books, her movies, or what have you, please mark this down on your calendar.  Figure out how you're going to share your love of Austen via your blog or website, then sign up in the comments on this post.  Because Jane Austen only wrote six full novels and a handful of other things, I will totally allow multiple people to write about each of her novels.  However!  Because there are sooooooooooo many film adaptations, books about her, pastiches, and so on, I am asking that we stick with only one person writing about every other Austen-related subject.  That includes movie and book reviews, okay?  Which means if you've got an adaptation or book you really love and want to blog about for this event, sign up the sooner, the better!  The list of claimed entries will be at the end of this post.

I got a little carried away by making buttons, as is my tendency.  Please feel free to use any of these to share the news about this event!

If you have any questions, ideas, or suggestions, let me know!

Entries List

Hamlette -- The Jane Austen Guide to Life by Lori Smith, a character sketch of Anne Elliot, and Color Me Jane: A Jane Austen Adult Coloring Book by Jacqui Oakley
Abby P -- The Jane Austen Handbook by Margaret C. Sullivan
Erin -- Persuasion (1995)
Madcaphat -- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Eowyn -- Mansfield Park (1983)
Rachel -- Emma (2009)
Joanna -- Similarities in Persuasion and The Lord of the Rings
Hayden -- Emma by Jane Austen
Jessica Prescott -- Sense and Sensibility (2008)
Heidi -- Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Beauty in Austen
MovieCritic -- Pride and Prejudice (1995) and the similarities in Sense and Sensibility and Frozen
Meredith -- Persuasion (2007)
Molly Rebekah -- The Best of Jane Austen Knits by Amy Clarke Moore
Elanor -- Becoming Jane (2007) and a character sketch of Jane Fairfax from Emma
Abigail -- Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Robert -- Sense and Sensibility (1981)
Rosie Dean -- Lost in Austen (2008)
Danielle Marie -- Pride and Prejudice:  A Coloring Classic
Maggie -- Love and Friendship (2016) and Jane Austen's England by Roy and Lesley Adkins
Evangeline -- Col. Brandon and Marianne
Birdie -- The Third Sister by Julia Barrett
B.B. Toady -- Austen history/home/museum
Allison M. -- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Kara -- Captain Wentworth's letter
Charity -- Emma (1996 with Gwyneth Paltrow) and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Natalie -- Northanger Abbey (2007)
Jane Potter -- Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay
The Elf -- The Lizzy Bennet Diaries
Skyeler -- Creating a Regency Outfit
Catherine -- Bride and Prejudice (2004)