So, even though it’s not remotely close to as good as The Queen of Attolia (but then, how many books not written by Jane Austen are?), Daughter of Smoke and Bone and its sequel, Days of Blood and Starlight, it does do well in comparison to another book series I read last year: the Fallen series by Lauren Kate. Both Daughter and Fallen play on the ( Read more... )

I find that I did not post a review of Princess Academy: Palace of Stone. I shall have to rectify that error (though possibly requiring a reread, which I may not get to, especially since I also find I have not posted a review of The Queen of Attolia, which I love just as much as the Princess Academy series ( Read more... )

“Defy the laws of gravity, my foot ( Read more... )

Some commentary in reaction to this linkThe original poster does a great job of breaking down the good and bad of these two shows. As a fan primarily of the original stories by Conan Doyle (and the Jeremy Brett television series from 1984-1994, and the Clive Merrison BBD radio series from the 90s), I engage a bit differently from what I have ( Read more... )

Tonight, a friend sent me a link to an article.  This article rather upset me, and thus I've written a post as a response.  Said response, though defiantly opposed to several points of the article, also contains much which opposes current political, cultural, moral, and social trends.

Original article link
My response, written as I read it:( Warning: non-internet-friendly opinions )

When pitching The Host to people, either trying to convince them to read the book or now, see the movie, I usually tell them it's Invasion of the Body Snatchers where the aliens win, but turn out to be nice. The world turns into billions of Jane Bennets (yay! Oh, wait, no, not yay), with only a handful of humans hiding out in fear of being erased ( Read more... )

Lost in Austen is made of so much fail I’m convinced everyone involved was part of the Mark Twain society. They certainly had his historical research skillz.
(Note: I only started this livefacebooking on the second episode. The first episode is much of a piece, only with more muchness.)
Aaaah, I remember exactly why I stopped watching this garbagy ( Read more... )

Well, I've kind of abandoned you, Livejournal, for tumblr, something I never thought I'd do.  But the lure of Lizzie Bennet Diaries fandom and easily searchable tags to find excellent essays has trumped my hatred of ridiculous reply formats and idiotic reblogging options.  I still love Livejournal...but it's kind of dead here ( Read more... )

I've followed the Lizzie Bennet Diaries since the first video - desperately searching out interviews, hints, scraps, to figure out what the scope, intent, and result of the first new Jane Austen adaptation proper in three years would be.

The answer has been: really quite good.  Like the BBC's Sherlock, the show has given new life, new perspectives, ( Read more... )

In response to an interesting article (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-celia-greenfield/jane-austen-weekly-jane-a_b_2059973.html) and subsequent conversation about Jane Austen and who she would support in today's election:

Well, having begun in a dreadful bitterness of spirit, for which I apologize and am grateful you have overlooked and ( Read more... )