I have mentioned more than once my immense fondness and love for the YouTube series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. I read the companion book about Lizzie, and the sequel of sorts, about Lydia. I was of the opinion that Pride and Prejudice had been modernised pretty successfully already. But as we have s...
It speaks volumes about me that when I'm not reading books I'm reading book reviews. Not only do I have over a dozen bookmarked for easy reference, but I subscribe to a couple of print ones that give me the opportunity to assess titles from a wide spectrum of genres. Not only does this help me to id...
Finally, a P&P retelling that doesn't suck. I am always leery of popular fiction because it tends to be overhyped or so cheesy I can't stomach it. But this really pleased me. I don't hand out 5 stars freely. The characters were so like their original selves, but modernized and even more believable...
This is kinda difficult for me to review. On one hand, Pride and Prejudice is one of my all-time favorites, so I really wanted to like this retelling. On the other hand, if Eligible hadn’t been a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, I really would not have liked it at all. I didn’t feel like the origin...
I am not the biggest fan of Jane Austen, but couldn’t resist this modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice from an acclaimed author. How do you take a plot from 1813 – driven by inheritance drama and women’s need to marry for financial security and social respectability – and use it to comment on the...
A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice By: Curtis Sittenfeld Narrator: Cassandra Campbell ASIN: B010ZXKCJU Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 4/19/2016 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars Curtis Sittenfeld’s 21st century modern-day version of Jane Austen’s classic “Pride and Prejudice”...
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld is part of the The Austen Project, a publishing project that seeks to match six bestselling contemporary authors with Jane Austen’s six complete works. Based on my experience with this book, I doubt I will read the others. However, I do wonder how differently the author...
#ELIGIBLE AVAILABLE 4/19/16 5 STARS!! @csittenfeld @randomhouse his was one crazy family. Five sisters. None married and the three youngest don't even work. The dad has let all his inheritance be squandered because he can't say no and the mom catalog incessantly because she's hooked on shopp...
A special thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Where do I start? Okay, so I'm a fan of Sittenfeld's other books, so it was a no-brainer to request Eligible. When I found out it was an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice that takes place mostly in Cincinnati, I have to adm...
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