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fiveforsilver54. *Lost in Austen by Emma Campbell Webster (340)
This book is hilarious. Want to see what happens if Elizabeth Bennet had married Mr. Collins, or hadn't gone to Pemberly? It is a choose-your-own-adventure version of Pride and Prejudice. I thoroughly enjoyed it and, well, I probably didn't exactly read 340 pages (I haven't gone back to try every different choice) but I've read enough other stuff that I don't mind putting that number in.
My only problem with the book is that every ending I caught that wasn't the "right" ending was miserable. There weren't any that were just unhappy or dull. I wish there had been more of a range of possibilities.
55. Wise Child by Monica Furlong (228)
My parents gave me this book when I was 10 and I still enjoy rereading it from time to time. It is a historical fantasy about an orphaned girl known as Wise Child who is adopted by Juniper, essentially the village witch. She struggles between the joy in her new life and the disapproval and fear of the villagers - especially the priest - and later between her love for Juniper and the temptation of living like a lady with her real mother, Maeve.
One of my favorite lines in the book is something Juniper says to Wise Child, who grew up spoiled and stubborn:
56. Juniper by Monica Furlong (198)
This was written several years after Wise Child and is the story of Juniper's childhood, growing up as a princess in Cornwall and learning to be a doran (like a kind of witch). I like it nearly as much as I like Wise Child. It is a more dramatic book, with chases and fights and magic. It's interesting to see Juniper grow from a prideful, spoiled princess into a resourceful and powerful doran.
57. *Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (369)
I liked it. Of course I liked it. I love the BBC/A&E miniseries and that is a very close adaptation. One thing I found very interesting, though, is that in the book, Elizabeth seems slightly less clever and sophisticated, and Darcy seems less proud and nasty. Of course, having a window inside their heads and hearts is part of it, but also some of the lines of dialogue were cut in such a way as to make character traits more exaggerated.
Are there spoilers in a classic book like this? If so, then spoilers ahead. I think my favorite part was the very end, when we found out things were like after the weddings. Maybe that's just because I had nothing to compare it with - the miniseries ends with the wedding - but I also liked to read that Kitty and Mary weren't left to stagnate, that Jane and Elizabeth helped Lydia and Wickham as best they could, and so on.
57 / 110 books. 52% done!
23 / 75 *new books. 31% done!
3 / 10 ^non-fiction. 30% done!
17271 / 33000 words. 52% done!
This book is hilarious. Want to see what happens if Elizabeth Bennet had married Mr. Collins, or hadn't gone to Pemberly? It is a choose-your-own-adventure version of Pride and Prejudice. I thoroughly enjoyed it and, well, I probably didn't exactly read 340 pages (I haven't gone back to try every different choice) but I've read enough other stuff that I don't mind putting that number in.
My only problem with the book is that every ending I caught that wasn't the "right" ending was miserable. There weren't any that were just unhappy or dull. I wish there had been more of a range of possibilities.
55. Wise Child by Monica Furlong (228)
My parents gave me this book when I was 10 and I still enjoy rereading it from time to time. It is a historical fantasy about an orphaned girl known as Wise Child who is adopted by Juniper, essentially the village witch. She struggles between the joy in her new life and the disapproval and fear of the villagers - especially the priest - and later between her love for Juniper and the temptation of living like a lady with her real mother, Maeve.
One of my favorite lines in the book is something Juniper says to Wise Child, who grew up spoiled and stubborn:
"You always feel someone must be to blame when you are tired or miserable or frightened, Wise Child. It may not be so at all - it may just be the weather of life - but even if they are to blame...does it matter?"
56. Juniper by Monica Furlong (198)
This was written several years after Wise Child and is the story of Juniper's childhood, growing up as a princess in Cornwall and learning to be a doran (like a kind of witch). I like it nearly as much as I like Wise Child. It is a more dramatic book, with chases and fights and magic. It's interesting to see Juniper grow from a prideful, spoiled princess into a resourceful and powerful doran.
57. *Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (369)
I liked it. Of course I liked it. I love the BBC/A&E miniseries and that is a very close adaptation. One thing I found very interesting, though, is that in the book, Elizabeth seems slightly less clever and sophisticated, and Darcy seems less proud and nasty. Of course, having a window inside their heads and hearts is part of it, but also some of the lines of dialogue were cut in such a way as to make character traits more exaggerated.
Are there spoilers in a classic book like this? If so, then spoilers ahead. I think my favorite part was the very end, when we found out things were like after the weddings. Maybe that's just because I had nothing to compare it with - the miniseries ends with the wedding - but I also liked to read that Kitty and Mary weren't left to stagnate, that Jane and Elizabeth helped Lydia and Wickham as best they could, and so on.
