Discover new books on Goodreads
See if your friends have read any of Lona Manning's books
more photos (1)
Lona’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lona’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Lona Manning’s Followers (39)
3,848 books
|
111 friends
3,039 books
|
250 friends
2,018 books
|
506 friends
2,494 books
|
2,062 friends
1,466 books
|
47 friends
2,236 books
|
266 friends
449 books
|
35 friends
179 books
|
12 friends
More friends…
Lona Manning
Goodreads Author
Born
Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Website
Twitter
Genre
Influences
author: Jane Austen author: George MacDonald Fraser T.H. White
...more
Member Since
July 2016
To ask
Lona Manning
questions,
please sign up.
Popular Answered Questions
Lona Manning
I had sun-ripened tomatoes, crispy bacon, fresh iceburg lettuce, ground black pepper and soft bread. I had no mayonnaise.
More books by Lona Manning…
CMP#261 Book Review: On the Banks of the Wye
This blog explores social attitudes in Jane Austen's time, discusses her novels, reviews forgotten 18th century novels, and throws
some occasional shade
at the modern academy. The introductory post is here. My "six simple questions for academics" post is here. Spoilers abound in my discussion of these forgotten novels, and I discuss 18
Read more of this blog post »
Lona’s Recent Updates
|
Lona Manning
wrote a new blog post
|
|
"That's it, I'm demoting this one back to the TO-READ shelf - my pal Nick recently said he's changed the status of some intended time-consuming jobs from "when I retire" to "when I'm reincarnated" - maybe I'll read IJ in the next life, although as I i"
Read more of this review »
|
|
"A truly brutal read. Reading this felt like being in a Time Machine to 2016, shitty partner thrown in free.
In Adult Braces Lindy swings desperately between three major themes and moods: defending her husband, cracking deflated middle school jokes, a" Read more of this review » |
|
|
"Everyone understandably freaks out about the poly under duress stuff and there’s nothing I can say that hasn’t already been said better: her husband is a manipulative asshole who repeatedly cheats on her even before badgering her into an open marriag"
Read more of this review »
|
|
"
That is so well put, Tammy!
"
|
|
|
Lona Manning
liked
a
quote
“And pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked.”
Jane Austen |
|
|
Lona Manning
shared
a
quote
“I have often noticed that almost every one has his own individual small economies—careful habits of saving fractions of pennies in some one peculiar direction—any disturbance of which annoys him more than spending shillings or pounds on some real extravagance.”
Elizabeth Gaskell |
|
|
Lona Manning
rated a book it was ok
|
|
| "As soon as I had dispatched this letter, I drew my sword, and was about to plunge it into my heart! An intense fever seized me at the instant, and prevented me from committing the rash deed! I fell motionless on the bed, and remained some moments in ...more | |
Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austenesque Lover...: Catherine Morland Level 21-50 Books | 475 | 61 | Dec 27, 2018 05:38AM | |
| Austenesque Lover...: George Knightley Level 51-75 Books | 207 | 57 | Dec 31, 2018 02:08PM | |
| Austenesque Lover...: Anji's record of 2018's mission to the JAFF planet | 68 | 51 | Jan 08, 2019 01:14AM | |
| Austenesque Lover...: Promotion Place - April | 149 | 42 | May 03, 2019 03:22PM | |
| ALPHABET SOUP REA...: Writer's Alphabet Soup Authors 2020 | 3 | 28 | Jan 26, 2020 02:23PM |
“The sternest commissar and the wildest hippie both share the same daydream: that a thing can be worth other than people are willing to give for it.”
―
―
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
―
―
“There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.”
― A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
― A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.”
― The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 2
― The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 2
“Kiss me, Rose” was all I could manage, and my beautiful girl—well, they say a gentleman does not kiss and tell....”
― Dangerous to Know: Jane Austen's Rakes & Gentlemen Rogues
― Dangerous to Know: Jane Austen's Rakes & Gentlemen Rogues
Jane Austen
— 5382 members
— last activity Jul 23, 2026 06:40PM
Established July 2007. Readers of Jane, gather here to discuss anything from Frank Churchill's secrets to Lady Catherine's whims. What finally "persua ...more
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 333087 members
— last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more