Free (nook/Kindle) All Roads Lead to Austen [Literature-Based Travelogue]

ATDrake · 09-07-2012, 09:52 AM

All Roads Lead to Austen: A Year-long Journey with Jane by Amy Elizabeth Smith is one of those literature-inspired journey-of-self-discovery travelogues (non-fictional version), free courtesy of publisher Sourcebooks.

Currently free @ B&N and Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK).

This happens to be B&N's Free Fridays selection of the week, and you can see the author's own recommended read in their feature blogpost, if you're interested.

Description
WHERE DO BOOKS TAKE YOU?

With a suitcase full of Jane Austen novels en español, Amy Elizabeth Smith set off on a yearlong Latin American adventure: a traveling book club with Jane. In six unique, unforgettable countries, she gathered book-loving new friends— taxi drivers and teachers, poets and politicians— to read Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice.

Whether sharing rooster beer with Guatemalans, joining the crowd at a Mexican boxing match, feeding a horde of tame iguanas with Ecuadorean children, or tangling with argumentative booksellers in Argentina, Amy came to learn what Austen knew all along: that we're not always speaking the same language— even when we're speaking the same language.

But with true Austen instinct, she could recognize when, unexpectedly, she'd found her own Señor Darcy.

All Roads Lead to Austen celebrates the best of what we love about books and revels in the pleasure of sharing a good book— with good friends.

FizzyWater · 09-07-2012, 08:03 PM

Thanks!

HarryT · 09-09-2012, 03:16 AM

Thank you - this sounds very interesting.

purple_fishy · 09-15-2012, 07:19 PM

I downloaded this onto my Nook and I am LOVING it so far. The author did a great job of describing her travels and the book discussions in other countries.

AlexBell · 09-16-2012, 01:37 AM

I finished it a couple of days ago, and think it is a marvellous book. It even has a set of suggested book club questions as an appendix, so it could be used for the MR Book Club.

You don't have to be a Janeite to enjoy it, but if you haven't read Jane Austen before I think there's a good chance that you would want to read her books.

Highly recommended.

09-07-2012, 09:52 AM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free (nook/Kindle) All Roads Lead to Austen [Literature-Based Travelogue] All Roads Lead to Austen: A Year-long Journey with Jane by Amy Elizabeth Smith is one of those literature-inspired journey-of-self-discovery travelogues (non-fictional version), free courtesy of publisher Sourcebooks. Currently free @ B&N and Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK). This happens to be B&N's Free Fridays selection of the week, and you can see the author's own recommended read in their feature blogpost, if you're interested. Description WHERE DO BOOKS TAKE YOU? With a suitcase full of Jane Austen novels en español, Amy Elizabeth Smith set off on a yearlong Latin American adventure: a traveling book club with Jane. In six unique, unforgettable countries, she gathered book-loving new friends— taxi drivers and teachers, poets and politicians— to read Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice. Whether sharing rooster beer with Guatemalans, joining the crowd at a Mexican boxing match, feeding a horde of tame iguanas with Ecuadorean children, or tangling with argumentative booksellers in Argentina, Amy came to learn what Austen knew all along: that we're not always speaking the same language— even when we're speaking the same language. But with true Austen instinct, she could recognize when, unexpectedly, she'd found her own Señor Darcy. All Roads Lead to Austen celebrates the best of what we love about books and revels in the pleasure of sharing a good book— with good friends.

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09-07-2012, 08:03 PM	#2
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	Thanks!

09-09-2012, 03:16 AM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Thank you - this sounds very interesting.

09-15-2012, 07:19 PM	#4
purple_fishy Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 33812 Join Date: May 2011 Location: The land of sand and sun Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Nook STR, iPad Air 2	I downloaded this onto my Nook and I am LOVING it so far. The author did a great job of describing her travels and the book discussions in other countries.

09-16-2012, 01:37 AM	#5
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	I finished it a couple of days ago, and think it is a marvellous book. It even has a set of suggested book club questions as an appendix, so it could be used for the MR Book Club. You don't have to be a Janeite to enjoy it, but if you haven't read Jane Austen before I think there's a good chance that you would want to read her books. Highly recommended.

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