My blog, Austenesque Reviews, is officially ONE YEAR OLD today! My first post, written exactly a year ago when I was very very new to the blog world, was a simple Welcome Post informing readers what my blog would be about. My first actual book review post was The Watsons: Jane Austen’s Fragment Continued and Completed by John Coates.
Here is a look at what has happened since that very first post!
– REVIEWS: I have had a very busy year writing 71 book reviews and 1 DVD review!
– INTERVIEWS: It has been an honor and thrill to interview 9 lovely Austenesque authors!
– A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO AUSTENESQUE NOVELS: Hours of research have produced 13 different lists of Austenesque novels.
– Participating in TWO awesome challenges: All About the Brontes Challenge and the Everything Austen Austen Challenge
– Reviewing Devil’s Cub for Laurel Ann of Austenprose and her month long Celebration of Georgette Heyer
– Being interviewed by Maria Grazia of FLY HIGH!
– Participating in a Group Read of Sanditon hosted by Laurel Ann of Austenprose
– Joining in the festivities at Book Rat’s Jane in June Celebration
GIVEAWAY WINNERS!!!
It is now time to announce the lucky winners of this year’s BLOGIVERSARY GIVEAWAY! Without further ado… the winners of the Jane Austen: An Illustrated Treasury are… Kerri of JASNA-NY and Katy of A Few More Pages!!!
I’d like to extend a big thank you to all of my readers! Thank you so much fo visiting Austenesque Reviews, reading my posts, and taking the time to leave a comment! You have made this blogging experience so much fun and so fulfilling! I’d especially like to thank Austenesque authors Monica Fairview, Jane Greensmith, and Mary Simonsen for their early support and friendship!
Congratulations! Wow, a year can go pretty fast. 🙂 Love your blog!
Happy Blogaversary!!
You’ve been busy! Congrats again to you and to the winners of your giveaways!
Happy blogiversary! Here’s to another great year of blogging.
Yay for 1 year and here’s to many more!
Congratulations! I know how much time and effort you put into making this blog the best that it could be. The Austen blogosphere holds its bloggers to a very high standard, and you met it. Looking forward to more reviews and other interesting posts. Mary
Happy Anniversary, Meredith! How much time and thought and *heart* you put into this blog … and it shows. Thank you!
🙂 Laura Hile
Happy Anniversary! I love your reviews etc. and always look forward to more. Keep up the good work! Congrats to the winners!
Thank you Meredith! And a very happy blogiversary! I always love seeing what is coming next in Austen-inspired lit–you’ve helped to add many new books to my wishlist! 🙂
Congrats on the anniversary — I’m new to your blog, but I love it already! I look forward to the next year, and after that! 🙂
I need to reread your lists! I loved the covers of some of the books. The photo turned out so clear and colorful.
Thank you suzan! I was attempting to be creative and make my own image!
Nicely done. Older authors as well as new. Modern stories, reference material as well as books revolving around different Austen novels. Superb!
Happy blogiversary! As a lover of all things Austen, I am happy to have stumbled upon your blog and know for certain that I’ll be back. 🙂