I’m in disbelief that Austenesque Reviews is turning 1️⃣3️⃣ today! 😮
What a long time for us to be in each other’s life! 💕
As far as hobbies and interests go, this one has got some longevity! And I can’t believe that so many of you have been right there with me for most of it! 📖
Thank you so much for visiting, for participating, for sharing your love with of Jane Austen and Austenesque fiction with me. 😘
~ Now let’s celebrate! ~
I decided to celebrate Austenesque Reviews’s Blogiversary this year by putting together a little bookshelf tour. 📚
You’ve seen it in my photos and now you can see it up close and understand how my books are organized. 📗📕📘
The tour is broken up into three different videos.
You should be able to watch them without being on Instagram.
*apologies for the shakiness and unsteadiness (panning smoothly is hard!)
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GIVEAWAY TIME!!!
A blogiversary wouldn’t be a blogiversary without a giveaway! To celebrate Austenesque Reviews turning 1️⃣3️⃣, I am playing a little giveaway game.
TO ENTER: name ANY 3️⃣ books you see on MY bookshelves that you want on YOUR bookshelves (physical or virtual).
I’ll pick 3️⃣ lucky winners and then surprise them with ONE of their THREE in the format of their choice. (International winners, you may need to help me navigate if you pick audiobook or ebook).
- This giveaway is open worldwide.
- This giveaway will end September 30th.
Happy blog-a-versary, dear Meredith! And thank you for all you do to support Austen-inspired and other books <3
Happy 13th Blogiversary!
Happy 13 years Meredith and here is to many more. Thank you so much for continuing to do this. I really look forward to your blogs.
Happy Anniversary Meredith! Thank you for your wonderful reviews and for all you do on behalf of the JAFF community. Today is my birthday so I’m very happy that our “anniversaries” coincide!
Happy anniversary! I’m so happy to have found you and your reviews! They are great and an amazing fount of JAFF that keeps my TBR list permanently unfinished.
If I could be so lucky, I’d love to have physically: Old Boots, Mr Darcy By Any Other Name and Mary and the Captain. Thank you!
Such lovely shelves with beautiful books inside, Meredith. Congratulations on reaching your teenage years. Thanks for sharing your tour. Best of wishes to you and Mr. Bingley.
Happy Anniversary! What a beautiful way to celebrate the blog’s “Bat Mitzvah.” (Tee Hee)
Three of your titles which jump out (and shockingly I do not have in my collection) are: Dance the Tide, Georgiana Darcy, and Tempt Me. Love to have any of them… Wishing you another wonderful 13 years… and more!
Happy Anniversary! You are awesome and we appreciate all you do for JAFF!
Happy 13th Blogiversary! That’s a great accomplishment! 🙂
Your shelf tour was so much fun! Congratulations, dear Meredith, on your Blogiversary and THANK YOU – it’s such a gift to all of us!
Wow, thirteen?!? Amazing, congratulations!!! You should be so proud of all the work you’ve put into this blog. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. ❤️
As for the giveaway, how cruel to make us choose favorites….Mr Darcy’s Mail-Order Bride; Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors; and the first volume of Cat Gardiner’s Conscience series. Though, seriously, tough to narrow down.
Happy Anniversary, Meredith! Can’t believe it’s been 13 years – you and I started our blogs around the same time and yours is still thriving. What an amazing accomplishment! I look forward to many more years of your lovely reviews and posts.
Three titles that are calling out to me that I don’t have are Tempt Me by Julie Cooper, Strong Objections to the Lady by Jayne Bamber, and Fallen by Jessie Lewis. Thank you for the giveaway opportunity!
Happy blogiversary!
I’m so in awe of your shelves!! You continue to inspire me with your dedication to all books austenesque and sharing with us!! Books I’d love: Blinded by Prejudice, Disenchanted, or whatever your most recent favorite is!
Happy 13th blogiversary, Meredith! And what a lovely way of putting it… You HAVE been a part of our lives–at least my life–for all those years. Thanks for the time and effort you put into feeding our love of all things Austenesque. And what organized shelves you have, my dear! Lady Catherine would approve.
Congratulations on reaching your teens!! I have been reading your posts for a while, and I found them very entertaining and informative.
I would love to have in my Kindle The Appearance of Goodness by Brenda Webb, Old Boots by Grace Gibson and Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape by Marsha Altman.
Happy Anniversary!!! So many books! Love them all. But if there’s a chance to get 3, I would like:
The houseguest
Darcy’s Passions
Nefarious
Thanks!
Congratulations and Happy Bar Mitzva LOL!
What a creative idea, I loved getting a peak at your *very* impressive collection!
Hmmm, A matter of Honor, Sketching Character, His uncle’s favorite.
Thank you…
But seriously, that is a stunning library.
Happy Anniversary! Pemberley Ranch, The Price of Pride, and A Matter of Honor.
You do such a great job, Meredith, and your shelves look spectacular! Thanks!
Happy Anniversary, Meredith. Wow! Now THAT is what I call a bookshelf. Loved the tour. Thanks for sharing. Blessings on the next year of your blog.
Happy 13th Blogiversary, Meredith!! Your bookshelves are amazing!! I watched the videos at least four times each, enjoying your incredible collection!!
My three choices:
Impulse & Initiative by Abigail Reynolds
To Refine Like Silver by Jenna Elsworth (#1 choice)
The Price of Pride by Abigail Reynolds
I also wanted to highly recommend Maria Grace’s Jane Austen’s Dragons series if you haven’t read it already. I am rather partial because I was one of the proofreaders for a few of the earlier books in the series. I’m not a fan of fantasy (with the exception of Harry Potter and LOTR), but these books are so well-researched and soooo compelling. If you have already read them, then please ignore this recommendation. 😉
Warmly,
Susanne 🙂
CONGRATULATIONS on your anniversary!!! Pick three books??? Ya, right! There are too many good ones to choose from and I can’t get the pause button to work to see all the exact titles but saw so many authors & publishers that I so enjoy!
My journey into JAFF publishing began about the same time as your blog. I cannot say how proud I am to see my books on your shelves along with so many authors I admire. Thank you for all you have done to help us make our books known to the public.
A Blog-mitzvah then!! Well, welcome into the adulthood – where everyone is still a teen at heart
A lovely sight your shelves, Lady Cat would be proud of you! And if I may, I will borrow your idea and alternate horizontal and vertical books (wonder why haven’t I thought of that before?!)
Hopefully we’ll celebrate many more of such anniversaries – 13 times 13!
A Blog-mitzvah then! Welcome to the adulthood where everyone is still a teen at heart ❤️
Lovely sight your shelves! Ingenious idea of horizontal and vertical books – may I borrow the idea? I wonder why haven’t I thought of this before?
Wish you many more anniversaries – 13 times 13!!
Joyeux anniversaire et merci!!
And sorry for the double post – I have no idea how to delete it! For some reason, my first comment didn’t appear, so I rewrote it from memory! I guess we all see how good my memory is
Happy Anniversary Meredith. I dont hink my last comment went thru so I will try again. Your booksheves are to die for-I could sit in that room for a year! The three books I havent read yet actually there are tons- are The Red Chrysanthemum, Murder at Longbourn and The Year In Between. Thanks for all you do for us!
Happy 13th birthday! I can’t think of three books off the top of my head. I will have to come back later.
Congratulations, Meredith! Your blog is such a joy! Thanks for all the time & effort you put into it, and thank you for the giveaway opportunity! Blessings to you!
Hi Meredith and Congratulations on 13 years!!! I think I’ve been following you almost from the start. You’re my favorite reviewer for all things Austen!! I love the book tour. You have some impressive bookshelves!! I saw so many books on your shelves that I’ve yet to read, but a few stand out:
Frederica – Georgette Heyer
Sanctuary – Cat Andrews
Nefarious – Nicole Clarkson
Thanks so much for your website and blog. I love to start my day with your reviews and updates. Congratulations and best wishes for many more years of AustenesqueReviews!!! –Leslie
Congratulations and happy 13th blogiversary, Meredith! 🙂
Happy anniversary! Such an amazing collection, it was difficult to narrow it down to 3 choices but here are the ones I would choose to have in my virtual collection: Pride & Pyramids, Mr. Darcy, Vampyre and Only Mr Darcy Will Do.
Congratulations on entering the teenage years! And thank you for this lovely blog, I’ve read SO many good books because of you!
Happy 13th Blogiversary, Meredith! You must be proud of such a milestone 😉
Thanks for sharing your love for books with all of us and I wish you keep enjoying blogging as much as we do with your posts.
Seeing your bookshelves is a pleasure! The books are so well organized and the visual effect is beautiful and neat.
It has been fun to catch an eye over your books in the videos!
Thanks for your generosity with the giveaway 😉
In my case I choose 3 paperbacks: “Nine Ladies” by Heather Moll, “Rebellion at Longbourn” by Victoria Kincaid and “North by Northanger” by Carrie Brevis.
A big hug my friend!
Thanks so much for everything you’ve been doing for the JAFF world for THIRTEEN YEARS!!! OMG what a milestone!! Huge congrats, Meredith, and huge thanks! Your blog is amazing! It’s been my happy place for so many of these 13 years ❤️❤️❤️❤️
happy anniversary! your shelves are amazing! would pick them all but here’s 3: Sylvester by Georgette Heyer. The Three Colonels, Darcy’s Voyage
Happy Anniversary.
Happy Anniversary….Wow such a great milestone!!!Thanks for all the years of sharing/posting the wonderful stories. Wow such a great collection!
Already 13 years, yay congrats!!! Haven’t been following you as long, but it’s so great to visit your blog. And to hear your thoughts on books that I too want to read 🙂 Would love to get a new story, one of these,
– Mary & the Captain
– Old Boots
– Tis the Season
CONGRATULATION!!
Pemberley Ranch, The Price of Pride, Mary & the Captain
Happy Anniversary:
I would love:
Old Boots
Nameless
The Houseguest
Happy 13th Anniversary, Meredith!! You are one of the most accomplished ladies I am acquainted with! Three cheers to you for everything you have done for our community!!
Congrats on your 13th anniversary! Really enjoy reading your blog and it was great to get a peek at those amazing bookshelves! Three stories I haven’t read yet are:
Taking Another Chance – Brenda Webb
Return to Longbourn – Shannon Winslow
The Price of Pride – Abigail Reynolds
Yay, happy blogoversary! And thank you for the giveaway Meredith!
Three books from your bookshelf I would love:
– Emma
– First and Then
– Little Women
If I was lucky enough to win, my email for contact is megan(dot)clarsach(at)gmail(dot)com.
Yay! Happy blogiversary.
I’m interested in these books:
1) Falling for Mr. Darcy – KaraLynne Mackrory
2) Darcy’s Melody – Jennifer Redlarczyk
3) The Goodness of Men – Anngela Schroeder