Journal Entry 1 by bartonz from Bellevue, Washington USA on Thursday, September 04, 2008

Amanda Grange sets her historical romance "Colonel Brandon's Diary" in the late 1700’s in England where James Brandon, a younger son is betrayed by his father who wants his first son Harry to marry his ward Eliza to gain her fortune and bring him out of bankruptcy even though James and Eliza love each other. As confusing as these familial entanglements are, it only gets worse. Poor Eliza is forced into the marriage, James abandons home for an army career, the father dies, Harry drinks up the fortune and divorces Eliza who falls into poverty, and this is all before the story gets properly started. 

Journal Entry 2 by bartonz at By mail, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Released 3 yrs ago (2/3/2009 UTC) at By mail, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases

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Sending for a vbb (BookObsessed) 

Journal Entry 3 by Sidney1220 from McLean, Virginia USA on Sunday, February 22, 2009

Received in the mail. Thanks. 

Journal Entry 4 by Sidney1220 from McLean, Virginia USA on Sunday, March 15, 2009

This is the most ridiculous Austen spin-off yet...ridiculous and pointless since it adds nothing to the story of Sense and Sensibility. We do get filled in a little on Colonel Brandon's relationship with his family and Eliza, but the story was so poorly told and the writing so bad that none of the characters were given any real personality other than as caricatures. Then, as soon as the Dashwoods enters the scene, the book basically became a chapter by chapter rehashing of what happened in Sense and Sensibility, which is the majority of the book. Absolutely no insights or additional plot elements were added at all to give the readers a better understanding of Colonel Brandon's character, other than to have him keep on harping about how much he loved Marianne and wished to make her happy. This is just like one of those movie sequels Hollywood keeps on churning out. Sequels that serves no purpose other than to cash in on an already established brand name, no matter if it's creatively justified or not.

3/19/09 Putting back in romance VBB.

6/2/2009 Reserved for CharmedKim.