October is just around the corner, and it is going to be The Gibson Girl Review's biggest month yet! So as our hosts read up for all the spooky, mysterious fun coming your way, they're taking a trip down memory lane today with a "re-read" of one of last season's most popular episodes!

Before September ends, be sure to visit GibsonGirlReview.com to vote in The First 5 Pages Challenge, and to enter the Dana's Birthday Giveaway! Both are FREE!

Applying a modern publishing industry standard to our ever-growing list of Gilded Age and Progressive Era books to review on the show, we present an all-new, interactive feature on The Gibson Girl Review... The First 5 Pages Challenge! Throughout this season, we will present the first five pages of various books we are considering for the podcast, and ask you to tell us which ones you want us to review. The winner of the challenge will be featured in a full review episode next season!

Today's final entry is Was She Engaged? by J. L. Collins (under the pseudonym "Jonquil"), first published in 1871. Listen to the episode, then click the link below to vote—it's that easy!

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But hurry! Voting will be open only until September 30th, when The First 5 Pages Challenge ends for this season!

... and podcast hosts have no business singing! But that doesn't stop the hosts of The Gibson Girl Review from wishing a very happy birthday to the creator of the iconic Gibson Girl, Charles Dana Gibson! Amy and Jacinta not only sing—and laugh—their hearts out in today's episode, but they positively rave over Anthony Hope's 1894 classic, THE PRISONER OF ZENDA, with its cheeky comedy, swashbuckling action, thought-provoking themes, and of course, lots of swoonworthy romance! And in honor of Dana's birthday on September 14th, they are giving YOU a chance to win a copy of this amazing story for your very own antique book collection!! This is one old book review you can't afford to miss!

CLICK HERE for complete show notes, including how to ENTER THE DRAWING for a copy of The Prisoner of Zenda!

Topics and shout-outs in this episode include: Charles Dana Gibson, the Gibson Girl, the Gibson Man, Richard Harding Davis, Dana's Club, the First 5 Pages Challenge, book hangovers, beach reads, The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo, The Princess Bride, the Gilded Age, Ronald Coleman, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Oxford University, Pride and Prejudice, Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Prince and the Pauper, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis, America's Daughter, Jan of the Windmill, Ruritanian romance, Amazon Prime, Wikipedia, Rupert of Hentzau, and Hallmark movies.

Applying a modern publishing industry standard to our ever-growing list of Gilded Age and Progressive Era books to review on the show, we present an all-new, interactive feature on The Gibson Girl Review... The First 5 Pages Challenge! Throughout this season, we will present the first five pages of various books we are considering for the podcast, and ask you to tell us which ones you want us to review. The winner of the challenge will be featured in a full review episode next season!

Today's entry is Drifted Asunder, or The Tide of Fate by Amanda Minnie Douglas, first published in 1876. Listen to the episode, then click the link below to vote—it's that easy!

⁠The decision is yours: should we review this book? VOTE NOW!⁠

Hurry! Voting will be open only until September 19th, when our next challenger will be revealed.

Saddle up, old book lovers! The Gibson Girl Review is galloping into Big Sky Country with today's all-new episode! Historical romance author Erin Anfinson-Pirani joins Amy as a guest reviewer to discuss HER PRAIRIE KNIGHT by B.M. Bower (1907), and boy, did they see things differently about this story! Full of campy fun and all the swoonworthy tropes you'd expect in a summertime Hallmark movie, this book is not only a great read for your upcoming holiday weekend, but it's also chock full of relevant themes, unusual history—and a surprising truth about this now-forgotten author. Yeehaw!

CLICK HERE for complete show notes, including a link to download today's book for FREE!

Topics and shout-outs in this episode include: Charles Dana Gibson, the Gibson Girl, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, Pride & Prejudice, English aristocracy, American heiresses, Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Louis L'Amour, Montana, cattle ranching, Travers, the Hallmark Channel, Love Inspired, Harlequin romance, Kodak cameras, Bret Harte, Zane Grey, wildfires, emancipation, The Woman Question, women's rights, and Life Magazine.

Applying a modern publishing industry standard to our ever-growing list of Gilded Age and Progressive Era books to review on the show, we present an all-new, interactive feature on The Gibson Girl Review... The First 5 Pages Challenge! Throughout this season, we will present the first five pages of various books we are considering for the podcast, and ask you to tell us which ones you want us to review. The winner of the challenge will be featured in a full review episode next season!

Today's entry is The Radiance of the Morning Club by Clara Viola Fleharty, first published in 1911. Listen to the episode, then click the link below to vote—it's that easy!

The decision is yours: should we review this book? VOTE NOW!

Hurry! Voting will be open only until September 5th, when our next challenger will be revealed.

O Canada! Summer is heating up, but Amy and Katja have just the book for your chilly armchair (or beach chair!) vacation... Bessie Marchant's 1911 adventure novel, A COUNTESS FROM CANADA. This action-packed tale of a school teacher and an Englishman in a backwoods Canadian village hits all the perfect summer-reading notes—suspense, laughter, a beautiful and unique setting, and loads of swoonworthy romance!

CLICK HERE for complete show notes, including a link to download today's book for FREE!

Topics and shout-outs in this episode include: the Gibson Girl, the Gilded Age, the Gibson Man, English aristocracy, teaching, poverty, family business, Hudson Bay, Canada, England, the Canadian wilderness, Richard Harding Davis, G.A. Henty, chores, canoeing, dogsleds, and indigenous peoples.

Applying a modern publishing industry standard to our ever-growing list of Gilded Age and Progressive Era books to review on the show, we present an all-new, interactive feature on The Gibson Girl Review... The First 5 Pages Challenge! Throughout this season, we will present the first five pages of various books we are considering for the podcast, and ask you to tell us which ones you want us to review. The winner of the challenge will be featured in a full review episode next season!

Today's entry is Ice-Cream Alley by Henry Albert Collins, first published in 1918. Listen to the episode, then click the link below to vote—it's that easy!

⁠The decision is yours: should we review this book? VOTE NOW!⁠

Hurry! Voting will be open only until August 22nd, when our next challenger will be revealed.

Travel back in time to the romantic landscapes of the 19th century English countryside in today's all-new old book review! Amy and Jacinta were swept away by Juliana Horatia Ewing's 1877 children's novel, JAN OF THE WINDMILL, and once you hear about this beautiful little story—to say nothing of the bittersweet way this book came into Amy's collection—we guarantee you'll be swept away, too! Filled with pathos, humor, and amazing visual imagery, this Dickensian-style coming-of-age tale is a perfect summertime escape read!

CLICK HERE for complete show notes, including links to THE SPOILER ROOM mini-episode exclusive, and to download today's book for FREE!

Topics and shout-outs in this episode include: the Gilded Age, JMW Turner, Rembrandt, David McCullough, Lisa T. Bergren, Holland, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, George Eliot, Hans Christian Andersen, Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, Melanie Cellier, Yorkshire Cathedral, Wiltshire, paint-by-numbers, entitlement, education, painting, foster families, audio books, read goals, eBay, family heirlooms, animal abuse, job fairs, and Friendly Persuasion.

Applying a modern publishing industry standard to our ever-growing list of Gilded Age and Progressive Era books to review on the show, we present an all-new, interactive feature on The Gibson Girl Review... The First 5 Pages Challenge! Throughout this season, we will present the first five pages of various books we are considering for the podcast, and ask you to tell us which ones you want us to review. The winner of the challenge will be featured in a full review episode next season!

Today's entry is Another Woman's Territory by Louisa Alice Baker (under the pseudonym "Alien"), first published in 1901. Listen to the episode, then click the link below to vote—it's that easy!

The decision is yours: should we review this book? VOTE NOW!

Hurry! Voting will be open only until August 8th, when our next challenger will be revealed.