For Darkness Shows the Stars | 
panI selected this as my final read for #pemberlittens. I thought Jane Austen, Persuasion, dystopian, totally for me. But I found this book so blah!! Dystopian books for me are about world and character building. Both were missing. The letters between the two mcs were too childish and lackluster. I did not feel their connection. Nor did I understand where I should stand on technology. Such a disappointment.
pickI finished this Persuasion riff just before leaving on vacation. It wasn't my favorite book ever, but I did enjoy it. It's a bit darker than the original - Elliot/Anne's dad is actually quite cruel instead of merely self-absorbed, and Captain Wentforth/Wentworth is a lot more bitter and resentful. I also think I would have enjoyed this a lot more if the characters' ages had been more believable - but everyone was only 18 & they've been apart for⬇️
bailedThis is an intriguing set-up and I appreciate the interesting world-building retelling of Persuasion, but I'm thinking I just may not be in the mood for dystopian YA right now. I'm not really connecting with the story. I'm going to bail at least for now and wait for A Recipe for Persuasion.
#PemberLittens
Finally started this as my Persuasion reimagining! Not sure how I feel about all the religious overtones. #pemberlittens
#PemberLittens… the votes are overwhelming for moving Persuasion adaptations to September, so let‘s do it. 😉
I have access to these 6 (will tag in comments), and hope to read at least 3 of them. I saw a few people interested in For Darkness Shows the Stars… Please post your plans in comments, just in case I want to change mine!
I had such a long, crappy workday yesterday, this morning I treated myself to the new SBUX iced apple crisp macchiato & fried rice w/ over-easy egg for breakfast on my way in. I hoped to have a little time to vet Persuasion adaptations to read for #Pemberlittens (my library has this e-book & the one tagged below available) before others came in & the crazy started. I got almost 10 minutes before it got nuts & now it‘s 3 hrs later.🤷🏻♀️
pickThis book has been on my shelf for so long! I am happy to say I finished it! And with this finish I have my #BookSpinBingo Bingo AND a bingo for #JUMPSTART2021 !! The story is based on Persuasion by Jane Austen but set in a very different world where a genetic experiment went wrong and as a result any type of technology and experimenting are banned. There is still a love story, strong women and, of course, stars. #BFC21 #SHUTDOWNReadathonRound2
pickThis was a page-turner romance, loosely based on Persuasion by Jane Austen. A light read for the end of 2019.🎄💕
Picked this up at the library yesterday. Anyone read it?
pickI really liked this!! I mean, Jane Austen's Persuasion, retold as a dystopian YA novel? How could I resist?‽!
Still plugging away at this one, but now that summer school has started and I'm still doing summery thugs I don't have as much time. Hoping to finish this week!
Here's what I read in June. Overall it was a great month.
pickOverall I did enjoy this even if it lost me a little in the middle...The end made up a for it though! Definitely helps if you know/have read Jane Austen's Persuasion 📖 #JuneBooks #romance #
Starting this one today after I read a review of it on Twitter. I heard "a retelling of Persuasion by Jane Austen set in a post apocalyptic world" and was sold lol ?? #romance #dystopian #JuneBooks
so-soThis says in the copy it's Austen meets the apocalypse. Based on Persuasion which happens to be my fave Austen - took me so long to get into it and there's backstory missing there's plot holes until the end. It did catch me as I read further but only because I was picturing BBC Persuasion in my head.
Blar! 😡😤 When your digital library loan ends as you're reading and there's a queue! I'm busy! Reading time eludes me! That's it...quit everything, call in sick, I need to read. Okay, no, I have to adult - I have bills to pay. 🤓😜
pickMy #favejaneaustenadaptation is based on my favorite, Persuasion. It is set in a dystopian future but feels like Georgian times because an event has transformed society back to a more countrified, Luddite way of life. Thankfully that is an interesting background and not overwhelming. It's mainly about the love story and family complications very faithful to the original - the new setting just allows some awesome tweaks to the story.
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