Just started Jane Eyre. I'm going to see the film tonight. Safe to say it's impossible for me have finished reading it from now until the film starts in five hours. Ah well, it's not like I haven't seen Jane Eyre adaptations before. I'm enjoying it so far though.
I'm currently reading two books right now. The first is a Scottish novel called Brass written by Helen Walsh. Ultimately, Its an interesting story and the writer switches between two characters. I don't know what to call it but it will be told in two points of view throughout the novel. One is a boy and the other is a girl. The other is Mark Kermode's Its Only A Movie, a sort of biography about the infamous Cult BBC Film Critic. Its very good. I recommend it to film fans because its the story about a man very passionate about talking about cinema. He has recently released a second book, But i haven't gotten around to reading it yet. here are the links to both books http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brass-Helen-Walsh/dp/184195568X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315585792&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Only-Movie-Adventures-Obsessive/dp/184794602X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315585851&sr=1-2
One of my absolute favorite books. Haven't seen any of the movies, though. Reading Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.
I'm reading (for the second time round) Juicy writing by Brigid Lowry. It's just techniques and inspiration for young writers. It's very good and has helped me ALOT when I am writing or in the mood for writing. If your stuck its got quite good things to do. I'm also reading (I always read 2 books at a time...i dont know why..) Red Tears. I love reading about people who cut themselvesor have anorexia or drepression. It's interesting how they can cope. They have very strong emmotions that sometimes make sense (though i will NEVER go deppressed... i love life ). So yea.........
I'm enjoying it. And the film of it that's just come out is good. It doesn't make it melodramatic like some adaptations do. Well, I'm supposedly reading four books at the moment (unlike me to read more than one book at a time). One of which I just started yesterday, The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I'm enjoying it so far.
One Day by David Nicholls. It's lightweight but entertaining. I absolutely can't imagine why they chose Anne Hathaway for the part of Emma instead of getting an actor with a genuine Yorkshire accent. I've known about 50 Dexter-type men--although never an upper middle class Englishman of the correct age for the era named 'Dexter'.
I am reading the Borrowers series by Mary Norton. I have not read these for a quarter century or more and I find them as delightful now as I did when I was a child. Highly recommended. AMC
One Day was a good, easy read, that I enjoyed. I liked the idea of focusing on one day throughout. I don't know why they chose Anne Hathaway to play Emma either, considering she's American and Emma is English with a Yorkshire accent. To be fair, Anne did play Jane Austen in Becoming Jane and wasn't bad at it. But still, it bugs me that they have to get an American actor to play a British part, particularly when they can't do the accent. I love The Borrowers.
I'm reading Dracula In Love. Not my usual thing...was just intrigued by the proposal of a different take on Bram Stoker's classic - narrated by Mina Harker. Admittedly, some of it REALLY makes me cringe, but I like how the human men of the story are exposed as the real monsters of the tale.
William Shakespeare is my famous playright.He was a greatest writer in English language. He is also called England's national poet. I am reading the William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy King Lear.In this tragedy, The title character descends into madness after idiotically disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their sweet talk, bringing tragic consequences for all.
Finished The Fall of Hyperion. I'll be reviewing it on my external blog later today, so if you're interested check it out. Now moving on to Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon. I read The Last and First Men earlier in the year and didn't particularly enjoy it, so I'm hoping Star Maker is a step up.
I finished Lavie Tidhar's upcoming novel "Osama" a few days ago, and today posted the review on my external blog. A great book, check out the review if you're interested.
I'm reading Dissolution by C. J Sansom. I'm only a little way in to it (6% according to my Kindle!), but I'm enjoying it so far. I love all things Tudor and I love crime/mystery stories, so I expect I'm going to continue to enjoy it
The Norton Anthology for English Literature (vol. 1). Yay school! Actually, it's an awesome book full of literary gems (Shakespeare, Dickens, etc., and also my favourites Carroll and Lear ^^).
I'm currently immersed in the works of two authors: Washington Irving (the Salmagundi and The Sketch-book, the latter including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) and H. P. Lovecraft. I instantly fell in love with Lovecraft's literary style and with Irving's wit.
I am reading Joseph Campbell's 'The Hero With A Thousand Faces.' A classic study of the hero's journey and transformation through all the mythologies of the world, revealing the one archetypal hero in them all.
I'm such an old lady (mentally). I'm reading Sense and Sensibility! And no, it's not for school, just pleasure! Haha
Gah, now I want to start Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. But it will have to wait a bit longer. I was going to read Catching Fire, but two books in a row in the same series is a bit too much, so I changed it to Friday 13th: Hell Lake. Jason is awesome, even in book form.
The Age of Odin by James Lovegrove, best of the Pantheon Trilogy so far and I haven't finished reading it yet. Next up is, The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham The Concrete Grove, (I forget the name of the author) GIG by James Lovegrove and, A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin.
