That Jane Austen is amazing. By most people. Mainly women. Ok, maybe just by me in my circle of friends, but I love her! I love her stories, I love her characters, I love her plots, I love it all.
Pride and Prejudice is my favorite. I think it's the battle for love that does it for me! Elizabeth hates Darcy. Then she loves him. He can't stand her. Then he loves her. And AH!! all the other stuff that lies in their way!! It's such a struggle!! It kills me!! I own several copies of the book, and I have it on my Kindle as well. You know... just in case one gets misplaced. I also have Pride and Prejudice and Zombies which was a fun and interesting spin on Jane's work.
But for as much as I love Jane, I think she'd be disappointed in me recently. Back home, I was reading book after book. I had a wait list on standby at the library, ready for me to bring one back and take another out. So when preparing to leave for Korea, I made what I thought was an advantageous decision to get a Kindle. I loaded it up with some books and was ready to take flight.
I used it! On my first flight. For maybe the first two hours. Then I took a break, looked around, took a nap, and by that time we'd landed in LA and I had to pack up and deplane. On the second flight, I pulled it out again, turned it one, read a page, but it was an international flight - so movies were free, and it was night, and I didn't get the case with the built in light and…. somehow nearly 4months later and I haven't used it since.
I've gotten books since being here and done quite a bit of reading. Frommer's, Lonely Planet, Berlitz, Footprints - amazing authors! But I want to get back to literature.
So I'm making a change!!
Amazon was nice enough to email me letting me know about a summer deals event! What little gem did I find?! Pride and Prejudice The Wild and Wanton Edition. Jane, meet the (modern) romance genre!
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