Best of Jane - Readers' Choice!

For the past two months, I have posted pictures of Jane Austen, silhouette (above), and Jane Austen, doll (below) as part of Sourcebooks' promotion for ALL ROADS LEAD TO AUSTEN:


WHERE DO BOOKS TAKE YOU?

With a suitcase full of Jane Austen novels en español, Amy Elizabeth Smith set off on a yearlong Latin American adventure: a traveling book club with Jane. In six unique, unforgettable countries, she gathered book-loving new friends— taxi drivers and teachers, poets and politicians— to read Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice.

Whether sharing rooster beer with Guatemalans, joining the crowd at a Mexican boxing match, feeding a horde of tame iguanas with Ecuadorean children, or tangling with argumentative booksellers in Argentina, Amy came to learn what Austen knew all along: that we're not always speaking the same language— even when we're speaking the same language.

But with true Austen instinct, she could recognize when, unexpectedly, she'd found her own Señor Darcy.

All Roads Lead to Austen celebrates the best of what we love about books and revels in the pleasure of sharing a good book— with good friends.

AROUND THE WORLD WITH JANE AUSTEN ends on Saturday, June 30.   So I ask you, readers, what is your favorite picture with the Sourcebooks' silhouette?  On Thursday, we'll do a similar vote with pictures of the doll.

Jane, David, and King Kamehameha.
Look for them on Hawaii Five O!

  

Jane with the USS Honolulu.

Jane calls a cab!

  

Jane gets a mammogram.

Jane with Uncle Sam.

Jane at Bellows Beach.

Jane wings it with the F4!

Jane roars in the engine of the F86!

  

Jane with her books at the Hickam Library.

Jane finds a coconut on Waikiki Beach.

Jane hops on a water bike!

Up close on the water bike!

Jane visits King Kamehameha
at Hickam Elementary School.

Up close with King Kamehameha.

  

Jane with the Japanese bullet hole
in the Big Barracks.

Jane and Sherlock at Turtle Bay.

Jane wants to paddle at Turtle Bay.

  

Jane views Hanauma Bay.

Jane with Buddha.

Jane at the Byodo-In Temple.

Jane at the Boutiki Gift Shop.
The shakers are scandalous!

  

Best advice for Louisa Musgrove
in PERSUASION.

Jane "embedded" at
Hickam Air Force Base.

Up close with Jane in the H.

One randomly selected commenter wins a book choice from my convention stash.  This giveaway is open to all readers.  Comments are open through Friday, June 29, 10 pm in Hawaii.  I'll enter the picture with the most votes in the Sourcebooks' contest.

Mahalo,

Kim in Hawaii

You still have time to enter the contest before the June 30 deadline.  Check out Sourcebooks' page on Facebook at this link.

  

Jane loves the ginger flower!

Aloha to Jane on the Honolulu Historical Trail

On Wednesday, I lead the Scouts along the Honolulu Historic Trail.  Above is a commuter who takes pride in Hawaii!

David introduced Jane to King Kamehameha I.
The first statue was lost at sea, but later recovered 
and placed on the the Big Island.
A third was cast for the National Statuary Hall.

  

Jane admired the replica Liberty Bell.
The original was cast in London!

  

Jane posed in front of the mini Shinto,
honoring the 100th anniversary of the
Japanese migration to Hawaii.

Inside Honolulu Hale (City Hall),
Jane admired another bell from
the USS Honolulu.

Jane found the sacred stones called
Paepae Kapu O Liloa.

  

Jane with Queen Lili'uokalani -
the last monarch of Hawaii.

The Aloha Tower gave us an excellent
view of Sand Island, home of the
US Coast Guard.

Jane found a series of
bronze statues ... 

... learning hula ... 

... and listening for chants!

Do you have a favorite statue in your local area?  One randomly selected commenter from this week's blogs wins a book choice from my convention stash.  This giveaway is open to all readers. Comments are open through Saturday, June 23, 10 pm in Hawaii. I'll post the winner on Sunday, June 24.


Mahalo,


Kim in Hawaii 

Jane called The Cab
for a ride home.

Jane Thinks Pink!

We have a winner from last week's posts - May!   And I am a winner for scheduling my annual mammogram!  

Jane was curious about the
mammo machine.

Watch out, Jane,
you may get squished!

Jane enjoyed the technician's
Hawaiian souvenirs ...

... including the pink animals!

Can you offer one healthy tip for the summer?   


I share one from a dermatologist at Tripler Army Medical Center - apply sunscreen 30 minutes before sun exposure.   Reapply every hour to keep your skin protected. 


One randomly selected commenter from this week's blogs wins a book choice from my convention stash.  This giveaway is open to all readers.  Comments are open through Saturday, June 16, 10 pm in Hawaii.  I'll post the winner on Sunday, June 17.


Mahalo,


Kim in Hawaii

Even the Navy clinic has an anchor!

Jane docks at the Navy Boathouse and Ford Island

This week I have been touring the island with college friends.  On Wednesday, they hopped aboard the "Remembrance Tour", sailing around Ford Island and stopping at the USS Arizona Memorial.  Jane and I stayed behind at the boathouse to take pictures.

Here is the commander's historic "barge" ... 

... that has carried all the Presidents
to the USS Arizona Memorial ...

... except for the Bushes when the
barge was being refurbished.

The boathouse offers a great
view of Ford Island ...

... maintenance home of the SBX ,
a mobile radar atop an oil platform.

  

Jane pays homage to
the old fashioned way ...

... of putting out a fire!

Anchors Aweigh, my boys.
Anchors Aweigh.

  

Farewell to college joys,
We sail at break of day, 'ay 'ay 'ay.

Thou our last night ashore,
Anchors Aweigh.

  

Until we meet once more, Here's
wishing you a happy voyage home!

We ventured over to Ford Island to
the USS Oklahoma Memorial.

Jane honors those who died
on December 7, 1941. 

  

The Mighty Mo now offers
a movie tour.
I loved that flick!

Here's the iconic couple ... 

... Jane cozying up to them!

Hello, Uncle Sam!

Ahoy thar, me hearties!

Do you have sea legs?  Or are you a land lubber?  One randomly selected commenter from this week's blogs wins a book choice from my convention stash.   Comments are open through Saturday, June 9, 10 pm in Hawaii.   I'll post the winner on Sunday, June 10.


Mahalo,


Kim in Hawaii

We drove over to Nob Hill for another
view of the USS Arizona Memorial.