Jane's Addictions

Here are some of my favorite sites and blogs:

Your idea of news is “All Austen, All the Time.” Go no further than:
Austenblog (The Editrix is also the author of the delightful Jane Austen Handbook: A Sensible Yet Elegant Guide to Her World)

You’ve had a disagreeable day and need a laugh. Go to:
Between the Sheets, et al., an unorthodox and laugh-out-loud perspective on Austen's characters.
Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog (nothing to do with Austen, but hilarious nonetheless).
Jane Austen Tries Her Hand at Advertising: Move over, Mad Men.

Your idea of “getting a life” is the company of clever, well-informed people who can’t stop reading and talking about Jane Austen. You join:
The Jane Austen Society of North America
Austen-L discussion list
Janeites discussion list
Molland’s (forums and more), the sister site of austenblog.com
The Austen Addict Forum, right here on this site.

You wish to feign working at your computer while actually reading Austen:
E-text of Northanger Abbey plus audio-text,, courtesy of Adam Smith Academy. You can also click on any word you don't understand and a dictionary window pops up.
E-texts of all six novels plus some of the minor works, courtesy of Molland's

You’re addicted to reading about Austen and the minutiae of her world:
Austenprose, "a daily celebration of the brilliance of Jane Austen’s writing"
Austen quote of the day
Austentatious, a Jane Austen fan blog.
Becoming Jane Fansite
Canton Public Library collection
Chawton House Library
Do History: "Piece together the past from the fragments that have survived"
Dressing Jane
The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide
Eighteenth-century Reading Room
Following Austen
Georgian Newspaper Project
Georgian Resources
“How clean was Jane Austen’s London?”
Jane Austen Centre in Bath
Jane Austen in Vermont
Jane Austen’s House Museum
Jane Austen in the 21st Century audio archive
Jane Austen Sequels
Jane Austen Today: "This blog explores Jane Austen as we see her today, as well as the world she lived in."
Jane Austen’s World: "This blog brings Jane Austen and the Regency Period alive through food, dress, social customs, and other 19th C. historical details." (Check out the links in her “Original Sources” column.)
Mansfield Park: A Commentary on the Novel
Molland’s, sister site of Austenblog
Old Grey Poney
Peace and Wisdom
Regency Encyclopedia. Sign in with username JAAddict and password GoodReading. Both are case-sensitive.
Regency Manor
Selected bibliography of Austen links
Sharp Elves Society

You’re addicted to Austen-related movies (understatement; they have become video wallpaper in your home):
Austen in Hollywood (right on this site)
Colin Firth Fantasy Women (this is what I call a fangirl-o-rama)
Emma Adaptations
Film and Book Reviews (not exclusively Austen, but a lot of the film reviews are)
Jane Austen Fans
Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice fansite

You'd like to hear Mr. Darcy burst into song.
Have a listen at prideandprejudicemusical.com.

You desire to shake your groove thang like Darcy and Lizzy do:
English country dance in Southern California
English country dance webring
Country Dance and Song Society, a national organization that can help you find your local dance community or even start your own dance community.

You need the ultimate Austen accessories:
Jane Austen Action Figure
Jane Austen font
Janeite Supply Shop
Pride and Prejudice dolls

You wish to go where only Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen have gone before:
Pride and Prejudice Tour

You wonder if people in other lands think about Jane Austen as much as you do:
Jane Austen Board (German language forum)
Jane Austen Society of the United Kingdom
Jane Austen Society of Australia
Jane Austen Society of Melbourne
Jane Austen en Espanol
The Jane Austen Society of Buenos Aires (JASBA)
Jane Austen Informationen der Jane Austen Freunde

You’re addicted to reading, writing, or just thinking about books (even those not written by Miss Austen):
About.com's Classic Literature Blog
An Adventure in Reading
Beatrice
Age 30--A Year of Books
Beauty and the Book, (the only hair salon/book store in the country and home to the Pulpwood Queens Book Club)
Blogging by and about Authors, "Book reviews and author interviews by the 100s!"
Book Club Girl, "dedicated to sharing great books, news and tips with book club girls everywhere"
Book Room Reviews Blog
Booksquare
Conversations w/ Famous Writers
Dallasbookdiva: "shameless reviews of books and movies"
Fiction That Sells, a discussion group about writing, reading, and publishing fiction, especially women's fiction.
Galleycat
Get Lit, "Local readers take a look into the world of books, sharing what they're reading (and what they're not)."
Historical Fiction: "musings of an incessant reader"
Historical Novel Society
Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
Mischievous Muse
Peeking Between the Pages
Pop Goes Fiction
Pulpwood Queens Book Club
Reading Group Choices "selects discussible books and suggests discussion topics for reading groups. The company produces a printed guide annually that is distributed nationally to libraries, reading groups, book stores, community book festivals, and individuals."
Read Me: Books for the Future, "Read new book tips regularly and compare notes on interesting reads."
Scobberlotch, Karen Harrington's blog
She Is Too Fond Of Books
Snarkspot, Jennifer Weiner's blog
syriejames.com, site of Syrie James, author of The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen
Teach Me Tonight, "Musings on Romance Fiction From an Academic Perspective": includes some excellent posts on Austen, too!
Topeka and Shawnee Public Library, a fabulous book site from the library where librarian extraordinaire Lissa Staley does her magic for readers (including her video "60-second Review of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict"; see Many Charming Reviews, Favorite Silly Bits, on this site's menu above.)
What I'm Reading, a group of blogs by Cynthia Harrison about what to read and the writer’s life
Writers Read

You'd enjoy a veritable cornucopia of cool blogs and sites:
Bust Magazine
Confessional Highway
Living Read Girl
Moxiebleu
Not Afraid of the F Word
Reading Under the Covers

You’d like to peek at the non-Austen works from which I quote in my book:
William Cowper, Mutual Forbearance, Necessary to the Happiness of the Married State
William Cowper, The Progress of Error
Sir Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel
William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

You have a generous spirit:
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