The only Pride and Prejudice worth reading.
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I am a Jane Austin fan but I’m also a fan of zombies. I thought this book would be amusing but it is so poorly written. I realize that writing something as well as Austin could, is a high bar, but this doesn’t even come close. I’m notorious for finishing a book even if I’m not enjoying them. I couldn’t get past the 2nd chapter. I’m hugely disappointed because it could have been such a great series. If only the quality of writing...
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Janu Austen is excellent, but ZOMBIES make everything better. For those of us who love the book and can sit through the miniseries in one sitting, anything P & P is excellent. This is just another addition to the wonderful story that is P & P. It is nice to laugh at yourself every once in a while. Seeing the characters in this hilarious situation is refreshing. I just feel bad for all the high schoolers who will fail english...
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... but... 1) It is an excellent mashup 2) It has freaking Zombies... I mean 'unmentionables' 3) I started reading it in the local store this afternoon and have wasted most of the afternoon reading it. 4) Did I mention the Zombies? If you like 'Good Omens' you'll like this. If you like 'Shaun of the Dead' you'll like this. If you're literate you'll like this. If you're a zombie you probably won't
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The literary community should never be too proud to laugh at itself. I own three copies of the original "Pride & Prejudice" plus all the movies, so my husband and I bought this the moment we spotted it on the shelf (and laughed all the way to the register). Fans need to read this book tongue-in-cheek and prepare to laugh WITH it. If you don't like zombies or consider yourself a Jane Austen purist, if you admire only the...
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No matter how long our TBR list gets, we're always finding new titles we want to add! Here are 21 exciting October releases available for preorder, along with suggestions for similar reads you can enjoy right away.
Fear, where it is least expected, is all the more rich an experience. Such as when it is found among the pages of a story of romance, or a bucolic tale of life mundane. Here are my favorite tales with surprisingly dark moments.
We’ve been having fun exploring the “Multiverse” of selected classics, by curating a collection of inventive adaptations. So far, we’ve featured installments on Alice in Wonderland, the Brontës, and The Wizard of Oz. Here we offer a collection of ten fabulous takes on Pride and Prejudice.
Happy almost Halloween! It's also the anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen's classic Sense and Sensibility, so we thought we should find a way to celebrate both—a bit of a mash-up, if you will. In fact, mash-up is kind of the perfect word to describe the books we are highlighting this week.
Vampires, werewolves, monsters, zombies, wizards, witches, and all things that go bump in the night. These topics used to be relegated to fiction pulled out in the fall to get us geared up for Halloween, but now have their own presence in the literary world. So how did they make the leap from October reading material to year-round "go to" reads? I have three words for you: teen paranormal fiction, and I’m not just talking about books, or in our case, used books like Twilight and Harry Potter. Sure, Stephanie Meyer and J.K. Rowling made it “cool” again to write about fantastical elements. It helps that these are usually easy reads and always leave us wanting more; another series, another set of characters, and another chance to further our paranormal addiction.