Sunday, March 27, 2011
10:53 PM | Posted by
Auriella
On Goodreads.com I entered the Jane Eyre Challenge as you can see on the right side menu area of my blog. My husband came home today and offered to take me to see the movie at the theater, because I've been talking about seeing it for a few days now and he knew that I wouldn't want to see his movie (Sucker Punch).
They did a really good job with this movie, although because it was so short (at only a little over 2 hours) their love seemed a little odd since they'd only interacted a handful of times before he professed his love. Also, Rochester looked like Abe Lincoln. My husband even pulled out a penny in the middle of the movie in order to make a visual comparison. I still enjoyed watching the movie and I am glad that they re-did it again in a movie that I could probably watch again.
Of course now I feel like I might want to read it again. I downloaded it on my kindle so that I can read it again if I want to... but I have so many other books that I should be reading. I've started like 6 novels that I feel like I may never open up again. It wouldn't be bad to read Jane Eyre again but I really feel like it brings me in to this weird Jane Eyre depression feeling, which only makes me love Charlotte Bronte even more! Or maybe I should switch it up a little and read Villette instead?
I guess we'll see when I turn on my kindle as I jump into bed in a few minutes. Wish me luck on a good choice, because the wrong (or right) choice could mean less sleep for the next few days or weeks.
They did a really good job with this movie, although because it was so short (at only a little over 2 hours) their love seemed a little odd since they'd only interacted a handful of times before he professed his love. Also, Rochester looked like Abe Lincoln. My husband even pulled out a penny in the middle of the movie in order to make a visual comparison. I still enjoyed watching the movie and I am glad that they re-did it again in a movie that I could probably watch again.
Of course now I feel like I might want to read it again. I downloaded it on my kindle so that I can read it again if I want to... but I have so many other books that I should be reading. I've started like 6 novels that I feel like I may never open up again. It wouldn't be bad to read Jane Eyre again but I really feel like it brings me in to this weird Jane Eyre depression feeling, which only makes me love Charlotte Bronte even more! Or maybe I should switch it up a little and read Villette instead?
I guess we'll see when I turn on my kindle as I jump into bed in a few minutes. Wish me luck on a good choice, because the wrong (or right) choice could mean less sleep for the next few days or weeks.
Timeless by Emma Eliot
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Product Description
Emily St. Clair thinks she leads a normal life until chilling dreams begin to torment her with images of dangerous secrets and fatal encounters. Plagued by visions of a witch whose face afflicts her, waking or sleeping, Emily longs to know the handsome knight who defends her in her dreams. She awakens with his name on her lips: Sir Damien de Lioncoeur, the legendary Black Knight of Montavere. Shivering with anticipation, Emily uncovers her past life in the thirteenth century. Led to the mystical castle ruins near Stonehenge, Emily returns to the place of her dreams, but she finds more than her knight, for something evil stalks her through time...
Product Details
Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 346 KB
Print Length: 264 pages
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
Language: English
ASIN: B003TLMXA2
Lending: Enabled
Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #3,795 Paid in Kindle Store
#41 in Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Girls & Women
#32 in Kindle Store > Books > Children's eBooks > People & Places > Girls & Women
#23 in Kindle Store > Books > Fiction > Fantasy > Historical
My thoughts...
After reading the product description about this book, recommended to me by Amazon based on my previous downloads I actually decided to pay $0.99 for it (big spender, right?). As usual, Amazon nailed it right on the head about another book that i would enjoy.
Emily's journey through relationships and herself to find the love of her lives (since he was actually from a previous life) was a journey that Emma Eliot was able to yarn a great story around. There were tormenting times where I wanted to yell at Emily for making the wrong decisions but in the end she got what she wanted and what you expected from the very beginning. There were no real plot twists that I wasn't expecting, or anything that hasn't really been written before. It was a quick and enjoyable read and I would definitely be willing to try another book by Emma Eliot (or Amanda Paris as explained at the end of Timeless before a preview for Shattered supposedly coming soon).
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Product Description
Emily St. Clair thinks she leads a normal life until chilling dreams begin to torment her with images of dangerous secrets and fatal encounters. Plagued by visions of a witch whose face afflicts her, waking or sleeping, Emily longs to know the handsome knight who defends her in her dreams. She awakens with his name on her lips: Sir Damien de Lioncoeur, the legendary Black Knight of Montavere. Shivering with anticipation, Emily uncovers her past life in the thirteenth century. Led to the mystical castle ruins near Stonehenge, Emily returns to the place of her dreams, but she finds more than her knight, for something evil stalks her through time...
Product Details
Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 346 KB
Print Length: 264 pages
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
Language: English
ASIN: B003TLMXA2
Lending: Enabled
Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #3,795 Paid in Kindle Store
#41 in Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Girls & Women
#32 in Kindle Store > Books > Children's eBooks > People & Places > Girls & Women
#23 in Kindle Store > Books > Fiction > Fantasy > Historical
My thoughts...
After reading the product description about this book, recommended to me by Amazon based on my previous downloads I actually decided to pay $0.99 for it (big spender, right?). As usual, Amazon nailed it right on the head about another book that i would enjoy.
Emily's journey through relationships and herself to find the love of her lives (since he was actually from a previous life) was a journey that Emma Eliot was able to yarn a great story around. There were tormenting times where I wanted to yell at Emily for making the wrong decisions but in the end she got what she wanted and what you expected from the very beginning. There were no real plot twists that I wasn't expecting, or anything that hasn't really been written before. It was a quick and enjoyable read and I would definitely be willing to try another book by Emma Eliot (or Amanda Paris as explained at the end of Timeless before a preview for Shattered supposedly coming soon).
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
As I am sure you can see, I have finished Switched and have now started Torn. I was so tired when I was finally finished but I had to buy it right away and start immediately. It was a good ending... I already knew that there was a second (and a third) in the series so there was no surprise there but it was nice that the story she had begun was mostly finished at the end of Switched. I have already mentioned that I was skeptical about liking this series of Amanda Hocking's but I am super glad that I decided to go ahead and read it. It will be interesting to see how Torn turns out. Since it is the second in the series, I do not really know where the story is going to go, or if the story will finish as it did in the first. At least with the first one you are just getting into the storyline and learning who the characters are. My guess is this one will be about learning the *spoiler alert* world of her father and then perhaps the last one will be her choice between which world she wants to rule?
Regardless, I think that this story of Amanda's is much more original than her "My Blood Approves" series (which doesn't make me like it any less). We'll see how the third one goes, since I'll probably finish Torn tonight or tomorrow and start it tomorrow! Gotta love my Kindle.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
"When Wendy Everly was six years old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. It isn't until eleven years later that Wendy discovers her mother might have been right.
With the help of Finn Holmes, Wendy finds herself in a world she never knew existed - a world both beautiful and frightening, and Wendy's not sure she wants to be a part of it."
With the help of Finn Holmes, Wendy finds herself in a world she never knew existed - a world both beautiful and frightening, and Wendy's not sure she wants to be a part of it."
Well, regardless of whether it sounded like my cup of tea, there has been a lot of talk recently about Amanda's success as a self publisher on the Kindle. I would love to have success as a writer some day so I have a lot of respect for Amanda and I thought I would give it a try. I even paid the whoppin' $.99, which is strange considering my books as of late have all been of the free persuasion. Anyway, now that I am 68% of the way through the book, I am sure that I will be reading the next two in the series very shortly. It's a great fantasy concept and unlike "My Blood Approves", has nothing to do with Vampires and is a world completely created by Amanda. I definitely recommend it, at least so far!
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