2010 Wrap Up Pt. 2 - Books, Music & Movies

[wand3rlust]

This is going to be much shorter than the last post but I did want to finish up the rest of what I didn't cover in Pt. 1.

I was going to do this huge review of all seasons of BSG with this post, but many of you already know my thoughts. I'm sure some day I'll sit down and pick it apart... but not today. Just know that ever since I flew through all

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[wand3rlust]

I feel like I should re-read it now, though, I don’t know exactly why (maybe I feel my tastes have changed a bit) but I am not sure if I’d enjoy it as much as I did then --I watched the film adaptation this summer and I didn’t like it much.

I thought the same after watching the film. Thought perhaps I'd romanticized the book. I really didn't like the film adaptation at all even though I'm usually a big fan of both Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams. I started second guessing my love of the novel. After re-reading it though I honestly think the back/forth storyline, the narrative of both Clare and Henry, their complicated love story and struggles they go through internally just does not translate to film very well. That said, I lived in Chicago for a year so possibly part of the reason the book holds such a special a place in my heart is simply because it describes local areas I'm very familiar with. :)

Don’t feel embarrassed. I like Lady Gaga, too! :) Yay! Ok, I don't feel so embarrassed now.

And definitely check out Persuasion when you get a chance. It's a fairly short Austen novel, but it's great. If you don't have time to read it though, then at least watch the movie version and go back and fill in the gaps later by reading the book when you have time. This is what I did several years ago.