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CBR Bingo (8 and 9) This Old Thing

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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If “This Old Thing” hadn’t been a square on Bingo this year I could have easily gone my whole life without reading any Jane Austen, and I still haven’t seen any of her film adaptions. I read a lot of classic American literature in high school and college, including Great Gatsby, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, several Steinbeck novels, The Scarlet Letter and even Moby Dick but I don’t think I was ever assigned anything from the other side of the pond while a student. I picked Pride and Prejudice because it seemed like the seminal Austen novel and I wanted to read something new for this square […]

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11/14/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:115 |

Emma Thompson is a goddess and should always be treated as such. Oh, and BINGO.

Emma by Jane Austen

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I’ve read Emma a few times before, and have read several re-imaginings and retellings as well. I’ve seen at least four adaptations (Mark Strong as Mr. Knightley…Jonny Lee Miller as Mr. Knightely…the web series made by the folks who did The Lizzie Bennett Diaries…and of course, the GOOP version), and always thought I preferred the movie to the book. I mean, come on. Jeremy Northam gave so much beautiful side-eye to Goop in that movie. And then, low and behold, Audible gifted me with the Emma Thompson (plus full cast) version of the audiobook. And it was so good. I loved […]

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10/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:40 |

What a way to experience a classic!

Emma by Jane Austen

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So, while I am a fan of Pride and Prejudice, I have never really read other Jane Austen books.  So when I heard that the production of Emma was free on Audible, I jumped on it.  And I’m super glad I did! This is an awesome production, and a production indeed it is.  I have no idea how big the cast is, but this is quality work. There are sound effects in the background, like horses and crowds and paper rustling and fire crackling!  Emma Thompson is amazing as the narrator, to the surprise of absolutely no one. And the […]

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10/11/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:29 |

Didn’t live up to this Janeite’s expectations.

Austenland (Austenland, #1) by Shannon Hale

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This was such a mixed bag of a reading experience. Honestly, though, I figured it might be. I’ve read a couple of Shannon Hale’s adult novels before this, and neither of them worked for me. And the Goodreads average rating for this book is not great. But I was still hoping! Especially considering the premise. It wasn’t one of those ‘meh’ reads, either. One second I would be actively hating what was going on, irritated with the main character, the next, something adorable would happen and I would be happy again. I have three main complaints: 1) The main character, 2) the […]

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10/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:123 |

“It’s a truth universally acknowledged that when rich people move into the hood, where it’s a little bit broken and a little bit forgotten, the first thing they want to do is clean it up.”

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

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I like that Ibi Zoboi didn’t call this a “retelling” of Pride and Prejudice. She’s going with the term “remix.” That seems to fit a little better, because while the main plot is pretty similar, there are lots of little things that don’t quite fit into a strict retelling. What Zoboi did instead was take a story that most of us already know, flip parts of it around, and make it her own. And it really worked for me. Zuri Benitez was born and raised in Bushwick, Brooklyn. She’s proud of her Haitian/Dominican heritage. She’s fiercely protective of her family […]

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10/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:38 |

Emma Drives a Mini Cooper

Emma: A Modern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith

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I think it was earlier this year I read a modern take on Pride & Prejudice and mentioned there were a slew of authors of different genres who’d taken on Austen’s work. Alexander McCall Smith, known to me as the writer behind The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, took a stab at Emma, my second favorite Austen book. I was a little worried about a man taking on Austen’s work; part of her appeal when I was younger was her subtle (and not so) jabs at the patriarchy. Nonetheless I dove in. If you’ve lived under a rock, never took […]

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8/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:27 |

Reading Too Many Novels Can Make a Young Lady’s Imagination Run Wild, You Know! Same Here, TBH

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

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Before now, the only novel by Jane Austen I had read was Pride and Prejudice back in high school, and to be honest I remember the film adaptations of it more than the actual reading of the novel. So in approaching Northanger Abbey, there was a bit of an adjustment for me in getting into the language and writing style of Austen, but after a bit of a curve and effort to get going at first, it became smoother sailing. I can understand why some people might find this novel perhaps a little slow in that a lot of the […]

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8/24/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:43 |

It’s only a novel…

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

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In Northanger Abbey we meet Catherine, an optimistic young girl who likes novels. She goes with her parent’s friends to Bath where she makes new acquaintances and meets Henry Tilney to whom she becomes attached. However Catherine is at once too naive in her friendships as well as a bit too imaginative. Stories are made up and they create stumble blocks for Catherine’s true happiness; marriage to Mr. Tilney. “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” This book is […]

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8/23/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:28 |


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