In the Jane Austen vein

I was at an actual bookstore this week.  It's been a few months.  Since Borders and Barnes and Noble shut down locally, there are three brick and mortar locations where I buy new books: Target, the grocery store and airport. Sad, isn't it.

Books, Inc in Palo Alto has a great selection and I had to stop myself from going on a manic shopping spree.  The volume of Jane Austen related products continues at a high level.  My three favorite finds of the day:

Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
A murder mystery where Mr. and Mrs. Darcy have to solve the murder of the worst in-law of all time: Wickham

Jane-a-Day: 5 year journal
I am a huge fan of 5 year journals. I'm about to start my 9th year of daily, low-commitment journaling.  It's awesome to be able to look back and see what you've been doing on the same day for the last 1-4 years.  There's room for about 3 sentences so it's a low stress job to fill these in.  This five year journal has a helpful quote from Jane Austen on each page.  I'm kicking myself for not having bought this.  I may need to go back.

Finally,
Little Miss Austen: Pride and Prejudice, A Counting Primer by Jennifer Adams
Not really for kids. It's written entirely for the parents. The illustrations are great.  Can't remember what 1 was, but 2 is for 2 rich gentleman (Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy), 3 is for 3 houses (Pemberley, Netherfield and Longbourn) all the way to 10 which, of course, was 10,000 pounds a year.   :)

Pride and Prejudice in 3D

Little K saw Hugo in 3D recently and was impressed with the technological possibilities of 3D.  My eye opener, believe it or not, was The Green Hornet.  The Serene One and I saw it in 3D because it was the only showing that fit our schedule. (side note: definitely not worth the cost.) The main character lives on a multi-acre estate and I thought the gardens in 3D were gorgeous.  And the producers exerted minimal effort in the 3Dness of the garden.

Imagine, a full 3D effort of the gardens of Pemberley plus: Colin Firth in 3D.  And the clothes.  Studio execs need to get their act together and fund 3D costume dramas.  It's an undiscovered country of revenue.