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Finished this one for #Pemberlittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow It‘s the 2nd book in the For the Love of Austen series & was an enjoyable retelling of Pride and Prejudice—I think I might have liked it even better than their take on Emma. . I loved the beach town setting & what the authors‘ did with the characters—making Mary a passionate environmentalist was perfect. And we got to spend time with Emma & Knightly too. Fun!
pick#PemberLittens my April 'NOW' for #JaneAustenThenAndNow.
6 Movie Adaptations
6 #JaneAdjacent Reads.
Tagged Book is Book 3 of Murder on Location Series. I really enjoy this with it's overall love of Jane Austen. Like the coziness of the location. Mystery always keeps me guessing. Also they're not super long. You can finish in a couple of days. Plan to keep reading over the rest of year. 📖🎩🎞
Happy last day of April to all the #PemberLittens! As we move away from Pride and Prejudice and its adaptations, let us celebrate by remembering one of the all-time great P&P posts. This lives entirely rent-free in my head. I think of this post easily every day. Hopefully now it'll be stuck in your head, too- enjoy! 😭😂 #JaneAustenThenAndNow
so-soI didn't enjoy it as much as the Sense and Sensibility adaptation in the same series, but it was still a fun takeoff on the source material. Here we meet Lizzy trying to solve a murder, and the way the characters are developed in this new world is a lot of fun. Special shout-out to this particular version of Lady Catherine, who was hilariously perfect. The action ebbed and flowed for me somewhat, but I'm still eager to read the next one!
bailedUnfortunately bailing on this one for now. I might try the ebook once my hoopla borrows reset for May, but I've been slogging through this audiobook. I'm a third of the way and feel like barely anything has happened. Has anyone else read this one? Does the pace pick up at all?
I'm bummed because it was doing some cool things inverting the Darcy/Elizabeth characters that I was excited to see explored
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#Baturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon
For tonight‘s #HyggeHour I‘ll be reading Mouse House for #ChildrensClassicRead2025 & with the remaining time, more of the tagged book for #JaneAustenThenAndNow
I‘m drinking pineapple lemonade (it‘s humid tonight) & having some of this lemon cake bomb that I got at the bakery near the bookstore on Saturday. 😋🍋💛
Mood is tired & not ready for Monday at all. I‘ll be heading to Kona very early tomorrow. 😵💫
pickA queer retelling of Emma with a Bridgerton flair and solid historical references (Dido Belle, Anne Lister). Ellie is very close to her neighbor Georgiana (who prefers to dress in a masculine style and is known as George). We also look at her cousin Charlotte and how differently she is treated due to her mixed race heritage.
I enjoyed this, the fashions, the depictions of beautiful historical spaces (Vauxhall Gardens and Temple of the Muses).
pickFinished my official 'Now' read, although I read/watched a lot more. (Post to come.) Yes there was a lot of verbatim Pride and Prejudice but overall I found it fun. Particularly loved the additional art work.
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"Everyone knows that when you throw a dinner party for a bunch of lesbians, at least half of them will be vegan."
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It's interesting to see how each P&P retelling incorporates that famous first line. This one is so cheeky, with just a nod to the original. Love it
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