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As most of you know, I am not a fan of the way romance is treated in literature today. I like a story about a cute couple as much as anyone, but when things like rape and unhealthy obsession are portrayed as totally normal and romantic, and the book is full of so many graphic... Continue Reading →
There are terrible books, and then there are truly terrible books. Terrible books are the ones where you read them and though the characters may suck, the plot be nonsensical and contrived, the dialogue forced, and the reasons why it's a New York Times Best Seller beyond your comprehension, you still somehow persevere to the... Continue Reading →
Can we just take a moment to appreciate that pun, though? *Breathes deeply, sighs happily* Okay. That's enough of that. On to today's review. Titanic came out in 1997 staring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio and was the most expensive film ever made at the time, with - get ready for this - a whopping... Continue Reading →
As many of you know, I'm a Jane Austen nerd. I've written extensively about her books and characters and probably will continue to talk about her work at some point. That said, when I heard that Pride and Prejudice (2005) was being released in theaters again in celebration of its 20th anniversary and the Internet... Continue Reading →
Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë are two of the greatest female authors to have ever lived. Charlotte Brontë, having been born a year before Austen died, was familiar with her work and famously said of Pride and Prejudice in a letter to George Henry Lewes in January 1848: “Miss Austen being, as you say, without 'sentiment,'... Continue Reading →
If any of you guys have been with me since I first started my blog (thank you if you have been), you'll know that one of the first book reviews I ever wrote on here was a review of Charlotte Bronte's book, Jane Eyre, a book that I thoroughly disliked for what I saw to... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since I did one of these posts. The last OG story series was either The Tale of Myfanwy back in December or The Spotlight (which was hilarious). Thus, with this month's theme of exploring stories set around the Regency era, I figured that I should post a short story that I... Continue Reading →
Back in October, I did a review of the 90's movie Clueless staring Alicia Silverstone and as it turns out, that movie was based on Jane Austen's comedy Emma. At the time, I had never read Emma and had only seen the movie version with Gwyneth Paltrow, a movie which, while accurate to the book,... Continue Reading →
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