Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan Paperback Ted Scheinman

from MickyFine

A brief memoir mixed with critical insights on Jane Austen based around Scheinman's experience as a grad student supporting the inaugural "Jane Austen summer camp" (an Austen conference/social event) in North Carolina, with a few other insights smattered from his 18 months actively participating ...

from meandmybooks

A quick little book, with rather more of a personal focus than I had anticipated, but interesting and amusing. And I should have expected the emphasis on the author's personal experience as a "Janeite," since he puts it right up front in his book's subtitle. After telling of his early introductio...

from lycomayflower

Entertaining and lightly informative look at Jane Austen fandom, revolving primarily around conferences and the costuming, balls, and theatricals that go along with them. Fun, and very good on audio, though probably not to the point where I specifically recommend the audio over reading the book i...

from BillieBook

I would have liked this to really be more about the "camp" and the JASNA meetings and the people who populated them, rather than so often veering into attempts at literary criticism. The author often came off as...indulgent, like an uncle playing tea party with his nieces. There were rare moments...