by Jane Austen.
I decided to re-read Emma after watching the new miniseries adaptation of it and loving it. I got it on the kindle (free) and started it right up.
Wow the miniseries follows the book almost exactly! It was a joy to read and I loved having the miniseries characters in my heat. Emma make me cringe a bit (I hate when people are acting stupidly) unlike Pride & Prejudice but in the end I really love the book and the growth of Emma through the book.
A highly enjoyable book and I'm sure I'll visit it again sometime!
Showing posts with label Jane Austen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jane Austen. Show all posts
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Lady Susan
by Jane Austen.
I got this one for free on my Kindle and read it in 2 evenings. It takes the format of letters written between different characters which in turn tell a story of Lady Susan which is compelling and very entertaining. Lady Susan is not a good person, she is very selfish and prides herself on flirtation and manipulation. I really enjoyed reading the story and flew right through it. I would highly recommend this to anyone that enjoys Austen or historical pieces in general.
I got this one for free on my Kindle and read it in 2 evenings. It takes the format of letters written between different characters which in turn tell a story of Lady Susan which is compelling and very entertaining. Lady Susan is not a good person, she is very selfish and prides herself on flirtation and manipulation. I really enjoyed reading the story and flew right through it. I would highly recommend this to anyone that enjoys Austen or historical pieces in general.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Pride and Prejudice (again!)
by Jane Austen.
This time I'm reading it on my new KINDLE! And what a great book to break my kindle in with!
This time I'm reading it on my new KINDLE! And what a great book to break my kindle in with!
Friday, September 14, 2007
Sense & Sensibility
Oh it was delightful! I finished it wednesday night. Not as good as P&P but delightful in deed! I also just purchased the A&E special on it to watch (hopefully it comes today or tomorrow?).
I really loved a lot of the book, the development of the characters was great, I think part of what set it below P&P is that the building of the male characters was very light, it was very hard to get excited about them when there was so much doubt. With P&P there was such a buildup with Mr. Darcy, knowing so well the struggles both he and Eliz. went through. That sets it apart.
But I thoroughly enjoyed S&S and I'm very glad to have finally gotten to read it. I can't wait to watch it too!
Back to "We need to talk about kevin" now!
I really loved a lot of the book, the development of the characters was great, I think part of what set it below P&P is that the building of the male characters was very light, it was very hard to get excited about them when there was so much doubt. With P&P there was such a buildup with Mr. Darcy, knowing so well the struggles both he and Eliz. went through. That sets it apart.
But I thoroughly enjoyed S&S and I'm very glad to have finally gotten to read it. I can't wait to watch it too!
Back to "We need to talk about kevin" now!
Sunday, September 9, 2007
One Month Later
Let's see where we're at one month later...
We Need to Talk about Kevin - about half way through, I switched books so my fiance could read it (he needed something to read labor day weekend) and he's finished it but now I'm engrossed in the new book and will get back to this for sure.
New Book - Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen, of course I love it, not as much as P&P but I really look forward to it each night and even stayed up late (till 2:30) last night to get a little in after watching P&P until 2am.
Audiobooks:
Finished Purity in Death right away. Also started and finished Portrait in Death which I really enjoyed.
Now I'm on Imitation in Death and it's really captured my attention with some of the references in there.
We Need to Talk about Kevin - about half way through, I switched books so my fiance could read it (he needed something to read labor day weekend) and he's finished it but now I'm engrossed in the new book and will get back to this for sure.
New Book - Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen, of course I love it, not as much as P&P but I really look forward to it each night and even stayed up late (till 2:30) last night to get a little in after watching P&P until 2am.
Audiobooks:
Finished Purity in Death right away. Also started and finished Portrait in Death which I really enjoyed.
Now I'm on Imitation in Death and it's really captured my attention with some of the references in there.
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