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Q: 3 favorite heroines, books they’re in, and why you love them
A: In no particular order:
- Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice — I love her wit and spunk and is a great character to see grow with time.
- Hermione Granger, Harry Potter series — books and cleverness she is a bookworm’s dream character.
- Scarlet O’Hara, Gone with the Wind — there are few characters in literature who have as much gumption and tenacity as she does and with her “After all, tomorrow is another day” mentality it is hard not to respect Scarlet, despite her faults.
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Q: Do you read and review books mainly for publishers or authors?
A: I do review books for publishers but I mainly read for me, if I were to read solely arcs I’m afraid the fun would be taken out of reading and feel more like a chore.
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Chapter One:
Counseling
There’s one scene at the end of almost every made for tv movie. You know the one: the big dramatic emotional confrontation happens, fade out, and before the credits speed by with a promo for the next show, you’re forced to watch a minute of the super-traumatized young woman (and it’s always a woman) sitting in a cozy office with wood panneling and dead, dried flowers, being prompted by some cross-legged PhD to start telling her story and working through her issues so she can get on with her life. That one.
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Page 56:
“I’m sorry peanut. This isn’t a good time.” His shoulders slumped, as his eyes shot to my mother. “I wish your sister was still here, because there are some things we need to discuss about what’s going to happen now –“
My Thoughts:
It is a bit wordy and Lydia reminds me a bit of Elle Woods from Legally Blonde but it seems like a fun read and enjoyed the first novel in the series, The Secret Diaries of Lizzie Bennet and therefore look forward to continuing on.
The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet by Kate Rorick
Based on the Emmy Award-winning “genius” (The Guardian) web series, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, this is a new novel starring Lizzie’s spunky sister Lydia as she navigates the joys and pitfalls of becoming an adult in the digital age.
Before her older sister, Lizzie, started her wildly popular vlog, Lydia was just a normal twenty-year-old plotting the many ways she could get away with skipping her community college classes and finding the perfect fake ID. She may not have had much direction, but she loved her family and had plenty of fun. Then Lizzie’s vlog turned the Bennet sisters into Internet sensations, and Lydia basked in the attention as people watched, debated, tweeted, tumblr’d, and blogged about her life. But not all attention is good…
After her ex-boyfriend, George Wickham took advantage of Lydia’s newfound web-fame, betrayed her trust, and destroyed her online reputation, she’s no longer a naïve, carefree girl. Now, Lydia must work to win back her family’s trust and respect and find her place in a far more judgmental world.
Told in Lydia’s distinctive, eccentric, and endearing voice, The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet picks up right where The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet left off and “offers a fresh take on Pride and Prejudice without ruining it” (The Washington Post, on The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet). Featuring fresh twists, wonderful new characters, and scores of hilarious texts, doodles, and tweets, The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet takes you behind the webcam and into the lives of your favorite sisters in a way that’s sure to satisfy existing fans and delight new ones.
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Great choices for heroines. Hermione appeals to my inner book nerd and Scarlet is so prickly you cannot help loving her.
What book lover couldn’t love the books and cleverness of Hermione?
I picked Elizabeth Bennet too! Adore her! 😀 Scarlett O’Hara is an awesome choice too! New follower via Bloglovin’!
Elizabeth Bennet is awesome — I can completely see why Darcy fell for her.
This sounds interesting. I’ve been wanting to read The Lizzie Bennett Diaries but I didn’t realize it was a series. I think I’m even more intrigued by Lydia’s story as it hasn’t been told as many times.
Agreed, Lydia Bennet is very interesting and like that the author isn’t rehashing the “Wickham Affair”.
Sounds like you have to read the first book in order to understand what is happening in this one. I’ll be interested in your opinion. Today I am featuring Dragon Harper by Anne McCaffrey as I work to lower TBR mountain. Happy reading!
This could be read as a stand alone but I think you get more out of it if you read The Secret Diaries of Lizzie Bennet first.
Hope you have lots of time this weekend for reading.
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A fellow Hermione lover, a girl after my own heart lol. Thanks for stopping by my FF New follower
You’ve gotta love that Hermione! Thanks for the follow.
I do like the sound of this one! Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog. Enjoy your weekend.
It is a very cute read and a nice retelling so far, thanks for stopping by.
It does look cute and fun to read. Enjoy! I’m featuring Fortune’s Rocks this week.
Deg Hermione! & I love the addition of Scarlet! I cannot believe that one didn’t even cross my mind!
I like the premise of this book. Sounds like fun! Great choice of heroines too.
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Not one I’d probably grab but that’s why I try books like this. I don’t want to miss out on a new author and fun story:)
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I’ve never heard of this series but it sounds interesting – here’s my Friday meme
Thanks for sharing your answer to the Blog Hop Question. I usually manage to get everything done that I promised.
ENJOY your weekend.
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Hopping through. I forgot that there was a Lydia Bennet book. I love the web series. I should get the book.
I adore this web series. I haven’t picked up the books, but they sound really good. Pride and Prejudice is a book I never tire of seeing new adaptations for.
haven’t read these series … seen HP but just dont have interest in reading… happy friday!
A actually thought that the Lydia Bennet book was a classic … you got me! So many spin offs! Thanks for stopping by my blog today 🙂
I love all 3 of them! Scarlett and Hermione are on my list too. Here’s my hop: http://acliffhangercrisis.blogspot.in/2016/04/blog-hop-feature-and-follow-4.html
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I don’t know about Scarlet but the rest choices are great!
Sounds like a good read. I like the Legally Blonde reference to it though. Happy weekend!
Great choices for the #FF and I absolutely agree with you about reading for myself. I really love and enjoy reading books for myself like you said that’s how we started reading in the first place. Thank you for stopping by and following my blog.
I’ve heard of the web series – this book sounds like a good one! 🙂
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