Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
The top line of my Amazon page said that this book was available for the Kindle. (Side note: Amazon has finally figured out that if I own a Kindle, they should set up the website so that it's not taking half the page trying to convince me to buy one.) I downloaded it yesterday and had to read it immediately.
It's about Jane Mansfield, a young woman from Jane Austen's time, who wakes up in LA in 2009 in someone else's body. It's the second one in the series -- the first Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict is a companion about the LA woman who wakes up in Jane Austen's time. This is a better book than the first. Jane has no idea about modern life and has to learn about it. The parts where she tries to figure out the class structure is funny and seemed quite real. I especially liked the day where she's so overwhelmed by modern life that she decides the only way to cope is to burrow into her apartment and read Jane Austen novels.
A fun read. Next up: a re-read of Confessions of a JAA.
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Okay, let's try again.
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I'm glad you enjoyed the new book. I had forgotten that it was going to be published this summer. I'll have to wait to see whether any of my libraries get it as an audio book. I think I really appreciated Confessions more for having Courtney's (was that her name?) thoughts spoken with an American accent and Jane's dialogue spoken with a British accent. It made the distinction between the two very pronounced.
Okay, now the moment of truth -- can I get this to post??
What did you think of the supernatural elements? They weren't my favorite part. I suppose she needed an explanation for the time travel, but it went over the top in places (such as the fortune teller in the second book.)
ReplyDeleteOops I forgot to say that Courtney was the correct name. Good memory.
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