tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post8724037306236427495..comments2024-03-19T08:19:21.573+01:00Comments on MY JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JANE AUSTEN! WHAT WOULD OUR LIVES BE LIKE WITHOUT YOU? A 24 HOURS' CELEBRATION & GREAT GIVEAWAYMaria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-73888086407689282992013-12-21T17:58:26.961+01:002013-12-21T17:58:26.961+01:00Happy Birthday Jane :) <3Happy Birthday Jane :) <3Anubhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16255841835649309674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-60582795658400043282013-12-18T23:25:43.113+01:002013-12-18T23:25:43.113+01:00Super exciting giveawaySuper exciting giveawayKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729128046117514217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-65276720318974252042013-12-18T16:54:27.954+01:002013-12-18T16:54:27.954+01:00Happy Birthday Jane and thanks for all the wonderf...Happy Birthday Jane and thanks for all the wonderful giveaway chances from everyone!ColleenLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11682758386602400303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-50186733917621940212013-12-17T16:16:49.745+01:002013-12-17T16:16:49.745+01:00Happy Birthday JaneHappy Birthday JaneBabs Hightowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096344925249640197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-26273178637815400952013-12-17T05:35:11.868+01:002013-12-17T05:35:11.868+01:00Happiest of birthdays, Jane! :)Happiest of birthdays, Jane! :)graceisminehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16316151278682759726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-9520295761422285832013-12-16T21:37:27.644+01:002013-12-16T21:37:27.644+01:00Happy Birthday, Jane!Happy Birthday, Jane!dstoutholcombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715837468307132294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-44697941256654104742013-12-16T21:18:10.046+01:002013-12-16T21:18:10.046+01:00Happy Birthday to my favorite author in the whole ...Happy Birthday to my favorite author in the whole world! Happy Birthday Jane Austen!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198330218256582220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-64192056760163428552013-12-16T20:31:13.329+01:002013-12-16T20:31:13.329+01:00Happy birthday, JA!Happy birthday, JA!Vicki Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12109759692684066829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-61038503722962331942013-12-16T17:55:21.985+01:002013-12-16T17:55:21.985+01:00Happy Birthday Jane Austen!Happy Birthday Jane Austen!Mai-Mainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-9454276336146324592013-12-16T17:14:40.447+01:002013-12-16T17:14:40.447+01:00Happy Birthday to our dear author and friend. I ha...Happy Birthday to our dear author and friend. I have answered the question posted by Maria at my blog. Take a look <a href="http://forloveofausten.blogspot.com/2013/12/jane-austens-birthday-how-jane-austen.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and do comment because I would love to know what you think.LĂșthien84https://www.blogger.com/profile/15390711363301378521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-46094961462962676202013-12-16T16:43:58.724+01:002013-12-16T16:43:58.724+01:00Happy Birthday, Jane!Happy Birthday, Jane!Kim Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-24577409034255039302013-12-16T15:39:10.059+01:002013-12-16T15:39:10.059+01:00Happy Birthday, dear Jane - I know you well, and I...Happy Birthday, dear Jane - I know you well, and I love the legacy you have left for all of us. LilyaneShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13031096897693756680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-73501786511711750602013-12-16T14:31:18.635+01:002013-12-16T14:31:18.635+01:00Happy Birthday Jane!!!! Wish I could have told you...Happy Birthday Jane!!!! Wish I could have told you in person how much your stories mean to me!<br /><br />It's hard to explain why I'm so drawn to everything Austen, but it gives me a sense of comfort. I turn to it in times of need and when I desperately need a pick me up. When I want to laugh and relax, when I want to feel like I'm falling in love :) It's soothing and relaxing, familiair. Just wonderful. It is a BIG part of my life :D<br /><br />So I don't know what I would do, but I think I would feel a bit lost without Jane and her Darcy! I care for them both so much :)Jo's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271078986113832925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-30065560334279024172013-12-16T14:17:49.701+01:002013-12-16T14:17:49.701+01:00Happy Birthday Jane! I love reading her novels. ...Happy Birthday Jane! I love reading her novels. And most of all watching movies about her stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-65140257231156172472013-12-16T14:10:47.861+01:002013-12-16T14:10:47.861+01:00Happy Birthday dear Jane! Life hasn't been the...Happy Birthday dear Jane! Life hasn't been the same since I picked up that copy of Emma!!:) So excited to celebrate her birthday today!! Thanks for the giveaways!!Kelli H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05986249798022663711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-17250922648756281672013-12-16T13:39:35.421+01:002013-12-16T13:39:35.421+01:00What a fun way to celebrate, Maria Grazia -
Happ...What a fun way to celebrate, Maria Grazia - <br /><br />Happy Birthday to Jane Austen, who might never have imagined the reach and influence her writing gained! <br /><br />The most important thing I'd have missed with Jane Austen is the number of friends -- some friendly acquaintances, some lifelong intimates -- that she has indirectly brought my way and for which I will forever be grateful! TessQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000604403161664507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-15131232332183493162013-12-16T12:52:14.747+01:002013-12-16T12:52:14.747+01:00Happy birthday to the modt eonderful writer, Miss ...Happy birthday to the modt eonderful writer, Miss Jane Austen.Lynn Bischoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533188038194165062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-39424918855471308822013-12-16T12:16:37.438+01:002013-12-16T12:16:37.438+01:00Happy Birthday, dear Jane!! My life would have bee...Happy Birthday, dear Jane!! My life would have been surely sadder and I would not have experienced all the emotions that only Jane gives me every time I read her novels! Thank you for this chance, Maria Grazia!Marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-51889498662312870932013-12-16T10:34:30.205+01:002013-12-16T10:34:30.205+01:00Happy Birthday, Jane! And thank you, Maria Grazia,...Happy Birthday, Jane! And thank you, Maria Grazia, for the opportunity to join in the celebration. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524904044277181504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-72754244792452980042013-12-16T09:51:59.830+01:002013-12-16T09:51:59.830+01:00Happy Birthday Jane! Without you, I would have nev...Happy Birthday Jane! Without you, I would have never fallen in love with the English language and have never earned my PhD that's for sure! Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-63785326856656677122013-12-16T09:13:32.323+01:002013-12-16T09:13:32.323+01:00Wishing dearest Jane the happiest of days! Thank y...Wishing dearest Jane the happiest of days! Thank you for hosting such a wonderful party and giveaway, Maria Grazia! I am so thankful for all my online Austen friends, none of whom I would have met without her wonderful books!Cass Graftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14391140736724053771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-64900091240889330722013-12-16T08:33:45.594+01:002013-12-16T08:33:45.594+01:00I first read Jane Austen when I was about 14 too, ...I first read Jane Austen when I was about 14 too, and fell in love with her work. This led me on to reading other books set around that time such as those written by Georgette Heyer, and in the last couple of years I've started reading Austen-inspired books too. When I think of the hours of reading pleasure I've had due to her I can't be anything else but grateful.Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-54971011634991248812013-12-16T08:23:38.638+01:002013-12-16T08:23:38.638+01:00I agree with Maria Grazia - definitely my life wou...I agree with Maria Grazia - definitely my life would be darker, bitter, sadder. It would also be lonelier without all my Jane Austen friends.<br /><br />I do not want to think of a world without Jane Austen!junewilliams7https://www.blogger.com/profile/01695395707349685051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-85974264505569873672013-12-16T07:43:50.214+01:002013-12-16T07:43:50.214+01:00Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!!!!
It is wonderful th...Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!!!!<br />It is wonderful this event, Maria, because it is marvelous the opportunity of, we keep live in our memory to Jane Austen. <br />Jane Austen did that I want to know more about the century XVIII-XIX. Her books have been the best that it went through in my life.<br /> <br />WarmisunquAustenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132371872608896798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954683999390981517.post-71749268488104540792013-12-16T07:09:32.270+01:002013-12-16T07:09:32.270+01:00Thank you Maria! Every year I love this day! The f...Thank you Maria! Every year I love this day! The fact it comes right before Christmas makes it even more delicious!<br />My life really started at 12 when my mother gave me a copy of P&P for my birthday. I mean my loife was a kid's life and fun but oh that birthday year!<br />I became a young lady that summer and havent left Regency England since! It is always a part of my thinking as Jane has helped me to look at life with gentility...no matter what others do, I approach life as if it was that time...<br />It has given me a life of grace and class and for that I am so grateful.<br />I have shared it with my adopted daughter at her twelfth birthday and now at nineteen she feels the same about darling Miss Austen.<br />The one thing I do know, she taught me much about observing people in relationships...all kinds of relationships...not just romantic...<br /><br />My daughter comes home today from being away since August 11th training in the Nat Guard and she brought her Austen novels with her.<br />She took alot of ribbing from people as she was reading while they spent their free time doing whatever...<br />She says Jane got her through the toughest of boot camp and her individualized training.<br />On Thanksgiving Day when she had a place of honor across from the female commander of the base, the commander asked her her favorite thing to do. My daughter said, to cook and to read Austen.<br />The commander said to her, "You will go places my dear as you see Jane has not let me down..." Wow! so you see our dearest Jane has affected our lives in so many ways there isnt enough paper or computer space to list them all!<br />Mille grazie Maria!<br /><br />Sofia GuerraSofia Guerrahttp://www.alwayscatholic.comnoreply@blogger.com