Willow ,'Same Time, Same Place'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Sooo, P&P&Zombies. I'm about halfway through it, and have been giggling a lot. How faithful is it to the original novel? Um, I don't know. I've never read the original.
waits for a whole flock of you to revive from fainting
What? All I read as a child/young adult/teen was SF, fantasy, and horror. P&P was exactly the sort of book I avoided if at all possible. Yes, I promise to read the original P&P once I'm done with the zombie re-mix.
I was an English major and didn't read any Austen until I was in my mid-30s.
I was an English major and didn't read any Austen until I was in my mid-30s.
English was my undergraduate degree, too, and I have read exactly two Austen novels. By the second, I'd worked out that they were all the same, and I was done.
Thomas Hardy and the Brontes (mostly Emily) I could read forever.
I hadn't read any Austen till college, and even then I've only ever made it through Emma, which I do love, and most of of Pride and Prejudice. I love her stories and characters, but her style is just too dated for me.
Thomas Hardy and the Brontes (mostly Emily) I could read forever.
::sits next to Seska::
Thomas Hardy
t hisses, throws tomatoes
Joins Dana in the hissing and throwing, which I did do to Tess. God, that girl's whining got to be waaay too much for me--I just wanted to smack her and say, "Get over it!"
Of course, I feel the same way when I have to watch Gone with the Wind--Scarlett drives me bonkers.
Thomas Hardy deserves something stronger than tomatoes.
Thomas Hardy deserves something stronger than tomatoes.
Tinned tomatoes?
Tinned tomatoes?
Maybe the giant HRI (hotel, restaurant and institution) size.
Don't forget, I think tomatoes are pretty gross.
Twice, once in high school and once in grad school, I had to read Jude the Obscure. I didn't make it through either time. About 50 pages from the end, it's all too ridiculous.