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After reading and enjoying Wendy Wax's latest novel When We Were Watching Downton Abbey (my review) , I jumped at the chance to interview her.  Who is your favorite Downton Abbey  character? It has changed over the seasons. Alas, some of my favorites are now no longer breathing, but I have a very soft spot for Mrs. Hughes, who has a great deal of warmth and common sense and survived her cancer scare. Now that Edith is becoming empowered, I am finding myself completely on her ‘team.’ Go, Lady Edith! I adore Edith too. Other than Downton Abbey , what else do you enjoy to watch on television? I’m an occasional Dancing With The Stars viewer, and I really enjoy Smash and Nashville . I also turn to old favorites like House Hunters , Property Brothers , and Income Property on HGTV as well as American Pickers and Pawn Stars on the History Channel – I can, and have, watched Mike and Frank in back to back episodes, but am very glad to see Danielle playing a bigger role! S...

The backstory: You may noticed I'm quite enamored with Downton Abbey  and have let my love of the show inform several of my reading choices this year. When I heard about Wendy Wax's new novel, about characters who are watching the show themselves, I immediately wanted to read it. The basics: Set in The Alexander, a chic condo building in Atlanta, While We Were Watching Downton Abbey  is the story of its inhabitants who forge unlikely friendships once building concierge Edward, whose ancestor was a British country house butler, begins screening Downton Abbey  on Sunday evenings. My thoughts: Going into While We Were Watching Downton Abbey , I wasn't quite sure what to expect. It was my first experience with Wendy Wax, but she's an author with whom I was already familiar. As both a big fan of Downton Abbey  and the city of Atlanta, where I spent almost half of my life (and met Mr. Nomadreader), I was curious to see how Wax used both the city and the show as backdro...