Comments on: REVIEW: Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford

By: Suzanne Madrigale

Suzanne Madrigale — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:18:45 +0000

I am really enjoying this book. At first I was a bit skeptic, but I am glad there will be a sequel.

By: Ann Haas

Ann Haas — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:26:40 +0000

I loved this book. It was a riot and so outrageous to think of Jane in these terms but she was Jane nonetheless. My sister in law and I share a love of Jane Austen and all the recent “sequels” to Pride and Prejudice. I read this book in one sitting and hope this author writes a follow-up book. I’m not sure what the connection is with recent books and zombies, vampires, sea monsters, but they are still worth reading for their I witticisms and offbeat take on Jane’s observations and humor. I am not familiar with this blog but found it through a link from the Cleveland Playhouse where a musical production of “Emma” is currently playing. Glad I tuned in!

By: Laurel Ann

Laurel Ann — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:20:54 +0000

LOL Carey – I was always the last one chosen on the spelling team in grade school. Still can’t spell. Thanks – though I do like the notion of flying smelling salts!

By: Carey Bligard

Carey Bligard — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:55:22 +0000

Laurel Ann: Just a note: aromatic is does not have an “e” in it. If you spell it aeromatic you are saying that it has something to do with air (eg: aeroplane, aerobic, aerodynamic), although it does give me some interesting visuals about what it does…..:-)

By: a german austen addict

a german austen addict — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:19:22 +0000

oh come on, thats one of the funniest ( parallelausten) books i read for months! i got it from amazone.com in the first week of 2010 and guess what – now only six weeks later the german translation ist out – nowadays i think everything connected with vampyres is a license to print money!

By: Carmen

Carmen — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:19:04 +0000

Of all the rubbish we are suffering, this is the only thing that catches my curiosity, so it’s good to know that it’s not bad. I hope they publish it in my country.

By: LynnS

LynnS — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:35:01 +0000

Oh yay! I bought this a couple of weeks ago because I, too, thought”Vampire Jane getting revenge on those who take advantage of her literary legacy kicks all kinds of butt in concept.” I put off reading it, but now am excited about getting to it!

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By: Allison T.

Allison T. — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:28:47 +0000

Yes, I loved this one! Some really funny and snarky insights into the nature of fandom–and, hey! that’s why we’re here, isn’t it? plus some insights into the works of Austen and a few others who shall not be named. Sly and witty, this book caused me to burst into actual audible LOL’g in a crowded public venue! Ford knows what so many of the Austen sequelers forget: Jane Austen is funny! She made herself laugh (her niece remembers her sitting quietly by the fire and then laughing and jumping up to write down whatever tickled her funny bone). She made her family laugh with her writing. She makes us laugh today–if we read her own actual words.

I generally resist the temptation to rank the numerous (read: mind-boggling number) contributions to AustenLand, but Jane Bites Back floats effortlessly to the top 1% of the pile.

By: S

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:22:39 +0000

Still waiting for this idiotic vampire craze to be over…