Sense & Sensibility | 
pickA low pick, I liked this retelling, but it often seemed to be set in Austen‘s time instead of contemporary times. It wasn‘t until a cell phone was mentioned in the first few chapters that I knew the time period. Edward‘s situation is a little far-fetched in the modern world. It closely follows Austen‘s plot, has some villains to root against, & I liked the family.
bailedBailing on this one. The characters whine all the time and I didn‘t like how the book went about to modernize S&S. The original is great (and still relevant- it doesn‘t really need modernizing! Ha!) My motto is: Life is too short to read books I don‘t like, so I had to bail on this one. Sorry #PemberLittens 🤷🏼♀️
panA sore disappointment. There is nothing modern in this book, unless you consider a text sprinkled with references to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter modern. Most of the characters are sleepwalking through the demands and opportunities of life in the 21st century. I'm also angry because the beloved cast of the original novel are made extremely unlikeable in this adaptation.
#PemberLittens
bailedSorry #PemberLittens but I‘m bailing on this one. I see how this one can be a hard one to modernize, but the way the author is going about it is hard to buy in the 21st century.
All of you lovely #PemberLittens commented interest in reading this book... tagging you in case some of you want to put together a buddy read before August!
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Editing to add @4thhouseontheleft 😃
so-soThis is a hard plot to update - what in the 21st century would make one honor-bound to marry someone he didn‘t love? So while Edward is more likable in some ways, his behavior is less forgivable. And Elinor seemed less a person of well-regulated temper and more a martyr. That said, Willoughby and Brandon are well done, the primogeniture plot neatly managed, and Mr. Palmer a more developed character. Quick & fun, but not Austen.
Trollope really makes Margaret, who barely has a personality in the original, into a brat, doesn‘t she? #pemberlittens
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Pretty disappointing week of reading....
Finished both, but both were decidedly #Mehnotyeah
- #unpopularopinion time... Although I liked the story itself, I found the writing of Erotic Stories to be pretty poor.
- After loving ‘Eligible‘, I had high hopes of this Austen Project novel...but this one just didn‘t work for me. The premise was not updated enough, so just didn‘t work in its modern day setting. 👎
I watched Sense, Sensibility and Snowmen, a new favorite to add to the list! Soooo good!!!!!
#WinterGames #MerryReaders
#weeklyforecast
2 new ones to start today, though I‘m working a 9 hour shift so not sure what start I‘ll make! 🤦♀️
The Trollope is for #pop19 a reimagined classic, and has been on my #tbr forever! Hope I like it as much as Eligible, the only other one I‘ve read from the Austen Project...
Erotic Stories is for a bookclub next week... and is narrated by Meera Syal who I love 😊👍🎧💕
#DecemberTBR
A bit ambitious for me for this month, but let‘s see how it goes....
4 books to finish #20booksby2020
2 to complete #Pop19
2 book club reads
1 novella (thank you @Cinfhen !😘) that I‘m super excited about
#challengeupdate
Just 4 more to go to finish up #pop19 .....
- Ghost story
- Reread a favorite
- A retelling of a Classic
- Book with ‘Pop‘ ‘Sugar‘ or ‘Challenge‘ in the title
How‘s everyone else doing?
panSo disappointed in this one. 2.5 out of 5 stars.
Jane Austen is rolling over in her grave right now. So much was copied from the original and the author attempted to make it more “modern” by dropping in Twitter, Facebook, and iPad. It didn‘t work with the story at all. Disappointing read.
One of my #NewYearResolutions is to visit the #library more and buy less! I thought that would be a problem till today...check out my library book haul! 🤓❤️📚
#bookhaul
so-soI don‘t think this one translates well to modern day story telling. It‘s okay but it still didn‘t have a modern feeling. Also again with young people using “modern” lingo that I‘ve never heard a young person use, unless it‘s ironically. Some of the characters a bit undeveloped, still I knew this was probably going to happen so I did try to enjoy the story as much as I could.
I love the idea of the retelling but so far eligible has been the best.
I finished one book on Friday, started another and finished it yesterday, then just started this one last night and am already halfway through. Can‘t believe how productive this weekend has been! Reading in the sun is just such great motivation 😎
Opened my #janeaustenswap package from @charl08 ! Thank you so much for all the goodies! Excited to read the book. And the tote bag!! ❤️
Wow! Thank you @CoffeeCatsBooks ... you knocked it out the park! Love the books and Austen treats! The coloring book and candle made me smile! Thanks especially for the illustrated P&P...it‘s my fave & I didn‘t have one until now! #janeaustenswap
Love the Austen classic and have enjoyed the Joanna Trollope I‘ve read, so I‘m looking forward to getting to this recent #bookoutlet find.
The only other “Austen project” book I have tried is ‘Eligible‘ which I thought was great fun... so 🤞
#litsyclassics #maylovesclassics #retelling
Continuing my Jane Austen run #janeaustenproject
I wasn‘t going to look, but I did.... and I succumbed... I just have no will power! 15 books later...... 🤦♀️
Day 17 #JubilantJuly #sideprofiles Some good side profile covers from my stacks--the top three are books I've read and the bottom three are in my #TBR pile. 📚📚📚😬📚📚
Now this is what I call a perfect Sunday afternoon.
Sad to be done with my staycation, traveling around the state with visitors, but all good things must come to an end. This is a #LittleFreeLibrary I found at a local breakfast place yesterday. Couldn't resist picking up this copy of Sense and Sensibility, part of the Jane Austen Revisited series. #snowcitycafe #riotgrams
pickI really enjoyed this book and read it in 2 days would highly recommend for a modern day retelling of Austen's #SenseandSensibility
I'm so excited to dive into the Austen Project books! I stumbled onto three out of four in my favorite store and special ordered the last one. I've heard mixed reviews, but I'm willing to give pretty much anything Austen related a chance. Fingers crossed!
#CurrentlyReading this about 130 pages in and enjoying it - part of the #AustenProject which updates the classics to a modern day setting starting with #SenseandSensibility - first time reading a Joanna Trollope book
Day19 #SeasonsReadings2016 #silhouettesoncovers Two covers I own with silhouettes--one I've read & one I keep saying I will read. For Trollope's Sense & Sensibility from The Austen Project, I think the cover survived the updating to contemporary times more than the story did. Night Circus has been on my TBR forever & I finally bought a copy a couple of months ago (baby steps). Maybe I'll get it worked into a challenge so I get it read in 2017. 📚
Super excited to start this!!!!
I have terrible anxiety in crowds, which is exacerbated at this time of year when doing shopping. So to calm myself before bracing the stores, I headed to the library! Both were intentional borrows for a change. 👍🏻 I heard about them on this week's Get Booked podcast and knew I needed to get them in my brain!
so-soIt was fun to image the Dashwood girls in a modern setting, but the book lacked something. When I wish that Elinor ended up with Captain Brandon than Edward, something is off.
The #bookrainbow was easier than I expected! Though I have to say, this is the first time I've ever scolded myself for not buying more green and orange books. Does anyone else own pretty much exclusively blue and red books?
#somethingforsept
so-soIt's basically like reading the original with mentions of tweeting grafted in. That's the main problem with it: The setting is modernized, but not the plot, even at a basic level--not even age bumps for Elinor and Marianne. I think these Austen Project books can either be proper modern updates or adhere closely to the originals, not both. S&S and NA tried for both and suffered for it, Eligible went for the actual update and mostly succeeded.
panI wanted to love this book but really all I wanted to do was smack all (and I mean ALL) the characters.Trollope completely misses the fact that women in the Regency era were helpless because marriage was their only option.Such apathy in 20 C women is not only unbelievable,but fist-gnawingly boring.
Uh oh. Was let loose in Victoria's magnificent bookstore Munro's again this evening. I decided they need shopping carts like Whole Foods.
Modern take including social media and modern phraseology, while staying seriously on track with Austen classic. Charming addition to summer reads list.
pickFinished 2nd of 3 retelling/reimagining novels of classics. Trollope's take felt smoother, more like the original, a better homage to Austin. However, this Ed Ferras is a dullard. That relationship was hard to buy.
pickOn a roll: re-imaginings of classics. Just finished Eligible next Emma by McCall Smith. So far this retelling is smoother, less jarring than Eligible. I may develop a thesis of the criteria for best retelling practices😜
Just about to start this one, my third out of four in The Austen Project....still on the waiting list for Eligible.
