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Thank you, Annie. I will add it to my "To Read" list.
Annie wrote: "hello again May,Just got back from a couple of weeks away, and read Longbourn. It's very good - well written and researched, and skilfully done. Only problem for me is that I love 'Pride and Pre..."
Annie, I just can't do it.....as someone who has read and reread Pride and Prejudice so many times, I am just unable to read Longbourn or Death at Pemberley or any of the others....the original is just too sacred to me and I would be scarred for life if the author changed anything about the characters I love so much!
Hello Beth, I know exactly what you mean! I approached it with trepidation, and tried to distance myself from the original. And sometimes that is possible here; the new story of 'below stairs' is well conceived, and occasionally there are moments when a different and plausible reflection of a member of the Bennett family works for me. But overall, although I must emphasise that this is well done, I am going to reread Pride and Prejudice and hope that there are no echoes of this alternative world to disturb me!
I have refused to read it as well for fear it might change my whole outlook of pride and prejudice I read pp on a yearly basis and I just love it every time..
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4 StarsUrsula Todd is reborn time and time again. She gets to relive her life until she gets it right. A concept that most of us have only thought about...
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Rita wrote: "I have refused to read it as well for fear it might change my whole outlook of pride and prejudice I read pp on a yearly basis and I just love it every time.."funny, without really thinking about it I have probably read it yearly as well - it's like sometimes I just miss it so I need to read it again. My heart always pounds at the end.....never have loved any book like I love this one and could never let anything ruin that.
I loved the movie version with Colin Firth - the one with Keira Knightly was so-so. Have any of you seen one or both of them?
Go this in the mail the other day and am reading it now.
I am currently reading The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. I am thoroughly intrigued by this novel.
I'm reading The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, about a boy in Malawi who figured out how to make windmills. A good read.Just finished Heaven Is For Real. Loved it.
The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker
Finished
3 Stars!!Lovely little book, filled with heartbreak and humor. I listened to this one and loved the narrator's Irish accent and the antics of the characters!
Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Jody, I can't wait to hear what you think of CALEB'S CROSSING. I thought it was quite the novel. I loved that the author took a single historical fact and wove such a story. Enjoy!
Started Perfect by Rachel Joyce today. I can't seem to stick with anything lately. Technically, I'm still reading American Gods, Cold Comfort Farm, Still Life With Bread Crumbs, & Above; but no guarantees I'll get back to any of them. I hate being in a reading slump...
My guilty passion
:) read about mice, rats but never cats...I'm a poet and I don't even know it...cheesy lol
Reading The sweetness at the bottom of the pie
Sara wrote: "Reading The sweetness at the bottom of the pie"That's a fun book :)
So I finished What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day yesterday, started Perfect for You - just finished it and now about to start Safe Haven.(I have a Read-a-Thon going on this weekend in another group)
Finished My Notorious Life by Kate Manning 5★Reading The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro which is turning out to be less than I had expected.
What Looks Like Crazy was one of my absolute favorites at one time but it has been so long ago I forgot why.
I really enjoyed it - gave 4 stars :)Great and fast read!
I am reading Russian Winter, and 60% through but not as happy with the book. I was hoping for more history of Russia during Stalin regime but instead I got lots of lesson about Poetry, Music, and Ballet at that time :-(
Started two yesterday. (1) a GR giveaway win - "In Praise of Hatred" and (2) "The Tilted World". (1) is set in Syria & written by a Syrian. It's very different from the books I've read set in other Mid-Eastern countries. (2) is written by Tom Franklin of "Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter" fame with Beth Ann Fennelly.
Sara wrote: "I am reading Russian Winter, and 60% through but not as happy with the book. I was hoping for more history of Russia during Stalin regime but instead I got lots of lesson about Poetr..."Sara, it sounds like something I would like. Added to my tbr, thank you.
Lela wrote: "Started two yesterday. (1) a GR giveaway win - "In Praise of Hatred" and (2) "The Tilted World". (1) is set in Syria & written by a Syrian. It's very different from the books I've read set in other..."I'm currently reading Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin. I'm about 3/4 of the way through & I just love it - I hope you enjoy it as well!
Lela wrote: "Started two yesterday. (1) a GR giveaway win - "In Praise of Hatred" and (2) "The Tilted World". (1) is set in Syria & written by a Syrian. It's very different from the books I've read set in other..."My mistake - thought you were reading Crooked - but you've already read it! :) :)
Sara wrote: "I am reading Russian Winter, and 60% through but not as happy with the book. I was hoping for more history of Russia during Stalin regime but instead I got lots of lesson about Poetr..."Hope you enjoy it, the novel has a mystery in it that keeps you reading!
Anne, I loved Crooked which is why I grabbed Tilted!
Lela wrote: "Anne, I loved Crooked which is why I grabbed Tilted!"Can't wait for your comments when you finish it! If it's as good as Crooked then I'll have to read Tilted also :) :)
I just started A Constellation of Vital Phenomena yesterday and am about 10% of the way in - so far it is really good.
Loved that book , Beth . Really moving story .
Angela wrote: "Loved that book , Beth . Really moving story ."Seems like a great story, so far...wish I had more reading time though!
Anne, The Tilted World isn't as good as Crooked -in my opinion, anyway. But not bad and it does have that easy southern voice.Now I'm reading The World We Made. Liking it!
"I Like Giving - Practical ideas, inspiring stories" by Brad Formsma
Just started reading "Gospel of a Cab Driver" by Roger M. Ajluni a few weeks back and will dust it off the shelf
. 1984 I really am liking this book and the scary part is it reminds me of our society...and where we could be headed...
Lela wrote: "Anne, The Tilted World isn't as good as Crooked -in my opinion, anyway. But not bad and it does have that easy southern voice.Now I'm reading The World We Made. Liking it!"
Thanks Lela! Will try it anyway, just not right away in order to resist comparing the two books too closely :) :)
Not familiar with The World We Made, will have to check it out,
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Just got back from a couple of weeks away, and read Longbourn. It's very good - well written and researched, and skilfully done. Only problem for me is that I love 'Pride and Prejudice'! Without giving anything away, there is something about the way in which the original story is woven into the plot of Longbourn which rather changes the personality of one of the characters I love. But don't let that dissuade you from reading it - it's a great read!