Rebecca

Summer of Jane, Vol. 2

Although 2025 is A Very Jane Year, and any time is a good time for Jane Austen, there is still something special about Summer Reading. Thus, in addition to general Jane-ish goodness, I am bringing back the Summer of Jane. The reading levels and ways to participate are the same – if you want to join in and read something Austenesque, just drop a comment and share. If you’d like to make a post, on a blog or Instagram, that’s even more fun – and definitely share the links/tag me!

I am keeping things very simple with my personal Summer of Jane TBR:
Since I’m participating in the Canterbury Classics year-long challenge, I know I will {finally} be reading Mansfield Park in July and a modern retelling in August. There is a lot of flexibility for August, but I have a number of modern retellings on my shelf, so it all works out.

Beyond those prompts … I will let the Austenesque spirit lead me. If I pick up something by Jane Austen, it may be Sanditon or Love and Friendship, something beyond the main 6 novels since they’re sprinkled throughout the year’s challenge prompts.

I’m still working my way through Austenesque adaptations, so there’s likely to be movie nights, and of course I’ll be sharing a list of upcoming releases I’ve got my eyes on.

Will you be dipping your toes into the Austenesque waters this summer?

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  1. I’m off to Bath in June, so I’m going to hopefully read a couple of retellings while hitting up the Austen Centre etc and checking out all the 250th events there.

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  2. Ooh I look forward to seeing all of your posts linked to this project 🥰 I also really hope you enjoyed Mansfield Park. I’m especially intrigued to see what upcoming releases you have your eye on too.

    Given how crazy my TBR is I may join in, I may not. I did want to try and read Pride & Prejudice this year given the anniversary so I shall try to fit it in over the summer so I can count that at least 😂 I can’t see myself achieving higher than the Emma Woodhouse level but we’ll see. Maybe Pride & Prejudice will enthrall me so much that I go straight onto the others. And I may have some retellings that fit on my priority TBR, I’ll have to see 🤔

    Anyway good luck with this and I look forward to seeing what you get up to for it.

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    • I’ll be leaning heavy on the retellings and variations myself this summer 😉 Hopefully you’ll be able to squeeze Jane in this summer, and if not, at least you can live {read?} vicariously! 😀
      ps: Upcoming releases post coming soon 😉

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    • Fingers crossed we both manage to read Mansfield Park this summer! It’s a tough one … and yet a good friend of mine loves it best of all Jane’s novels 🙃

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