I am so excited about this plan for January! Usually such a weird month, full of gray weather, (at least here in Michigan), that post-holiday let down, it will be nice to have something to look forward to. And the plan is to continue buddy watching movies with Lisa from Boondock Ramblings and sharing about them here on the blog and on Instagram.

We are going to watch four adaptations and we will both have the linky up on our blogs, just in case anyone wants to join us! This linky however, is not just for the movies we are buddy watching; feel free to link up with ANY Jane Austen themed posts for the month. It’s a Jane-extravaganza!

The four movies we plan to watch are: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Miss Austen Regrets. The first up is Sense and Sensibility, and we will post about it on the 11th of January! But… as I said above, feel free to link up before then about anything Jane Austen related!

This version of Sense and Sensibility is my absolute favorite. It is also my favorite Jane Austen story. And I love Hugh Grant.

As for Pride and Prejudice, we struggled with this choice as we both believe the 1995 mini-series with Colin Firth is the superior version, but for the sake of time, we went with the 2005 movie version. I love Colin Firth though. And don’t make me choose between Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. I don’t think I could! And now I want to go into a whole tangent about Love Actually but I am reigning it in because this post is about Jane Austen January, not Love Actually and Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. But first, before I move on..

We are also watching the 1996 BBC version of Emma, starring Kate Beckinsale, and finishing up with a movie about Jane Austen herself, called Miss Austen Regrets.

This was probably one of the most difficult lineups we have ever worked on! There are so many options! And which way to go? Mini-series? Classics? Modern retellings? We could probably have this movie watching event for months and barely scratch the surface of different adaptations. (that might be an exaggeration, but I am feeling like it is not!)

I will again have a dedicated page on my blog for the linky. The linky will be active from January 3rd and will stay active until February 2nd.

Jane just feels like a cozy way to recover from the holidays, and I am looking forward to all of our upcoming choices!