A Month of Faves is hosted by Kim and Tanya at Girlxoxo.com! This post is really about ranking Jane Austen’s novels after my 2020 reread. Mansfield Park is still last. But considering where I put the two leads, this may not be a surprise. Second to last is Sense and Sensibility. Mostly the novel is […]
Now that I’ve read the classic I’d like to compare The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig to The Scarlet Pimpernel. Pink Carnation is not a retelling of The Scarlet Pimpernel but it takes place in a universe where he isn’t a fictional character. The Purple Gentian was in the Scarlet Pimpernel’s […]
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Barnes and Noble Classics, 2005 (originally 1905) Adult Classic 8 cups of tea out of 11 Summary: The Scarlet Pimpernel is saving aristocrats in France from the Guillotine. Chauvelin is determined to find out his identity and uses Marguerite’s brother’s safety as leverage to get her to help […]
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë Penguin Books, 1996 (originally 1848) Adult Victorian Classic 5 cups of tea out of 11 Summary: Helen, a single mother, moves into the neighborhood and Gilbert finds her fascinating. Likes: I do like the issues discussed, including: emotional abuse, how we raise boys versus girls, and women […]
I’m only a few chapters into this but I am loving a good portion of it. The characterization is so good. Marguerite’s wit really comes off the page. Blakeney’s act is so fascinating. Especially when a knowing character observes him dropping his mask. Baroness Orczy’s favoring of the nobility is obvious but I don’t think […]
I went to an opera over the weekend! My dad and I have been subscribed to them for a few years now and the quality of the productions has always been outstanding. (The picture above is from a ballet performance but the woman playing Juliette was so emotive in this picture that I had to […]
This is not my favorite Jane Austen book but it isn’t my least favorite. As of this post I’d rank it second to least. I really like Elinor and Marianne, the discussion of primogeniture, and I was happy when Elinor ended up with Edward. I didn’t like that Marianne’s marriage to Brandon was more about […]
I finished it!!! In a previous post I wrote that I would do this in chunks. I have since reconsidered and instead I shall write about 3 things the book did better than the seven hour adaptation my mom is fond of and 2 things I liked about the adaptation. There are tons of differences […]
Last but not least, my thoughts on Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven.” My introduction to this poem happened in my sixth grade English class. Our assignment was to choose a poem to memorize and if we couldn’t choose we got to do a section of “The Raven.” I, being the overachiever, decided on my own […]
I enjoyed “The Pit and the Pendulum” a little more when I read it the first time than I did this time. The spooky atmosphere was a little stronger the first time because I didn’t know what was going to happen. I didn’t know if the narrator was being watched or not. A little bit […]
The Green Tea Librarian 