I've been really good at not really talking about Pride & Prejudice this year (even though my Goodreads reading challenge list would tell you differently) but I wanted a quick, sweet Christmas read for this season and this modern version was perfect.Unwrapping Christmas by Melanie Rachel is a modern day version of Pride and Prejudice … Continue reading Christmas Wishes
I’ll admit it, I’m prejudice. Just like Lizzie Bennet. When it comes to men writing Pride & Prejudice variations, I usually pick the women first. There are a few men that I do read but as a rule, I mostly read the women authors. Is it because of Jane Austen herself and I feel that … Continue reading Everything a Gentleman ought to be
You all know by now that I am here for a good Pride & Prejudice variation. If it mentions the novel, chances are I’m picking it up.After the queer YA version in Most Ardently, I found this one, Just as You Are. A lesbian-sapphic romance that touches on gender norms, expectations, transgender issues, homophobia and … Continue reading Mouse found another one!
And here we are, back on my Pride and Prejudice variation kick. By now I have read so much of these it a wonder my appetite for it hasn’t diminished. It’s fascinating to me how many ways authors can read the original text and imagine ways to change it just a little to create a … Continue reading Pride & Prejudice with a new twist.
Happy 2024 friends! I hope everyone had a safe and pleasant new year and is ready to start off the New Year right. Here at Mouse's Reading Nook, I've been reading a lot of books and and have upped my reading goal this year to 90 books. Fingers crossed I make and exceed it. So let's start … Continue reading A New Year and a new Pride & Prejudice retelling
It's ironic that Black History Month is also the shortest month in the year. As if people agreed that they would finally decided to give black people recognition but as little as necessary. My posts this month are nothing but I hope to shed light on books written by writers of color. There's been discussions … Continue reading Afro-Latino voices: a retelling of a classic
If you’ve been following me for even a month, you know that one of my favorite books is Pride and Prejudice and that in my spare time I devour P&P variations from Kindle Unlimited. Seriously, don’t look at my Goodreads, it’s ridiculous. Ten years ago, a few small named people: John Green and Bernie Su … Continue reading Look Back Diaries: Ten Years Later
Welcome back friends! No, I haven’t gone anywhere, I just…apparently took a week off to recuperate from my first out of state convention in 2 years. I’ll post about that next week but for today let’s discuss something light and fun to read, Engaging Mr. Darcy by Rachel John. This is going to be short … Continue reading Mr. Darcy’s deeds.
I know other blogs did this at the end of 2021 but I figured I'd start out the new year with a two-parter before I got back to the business of reading books. This week we'll be looking at some of my favorite reads from the last year (mostly because I want to squee over … Continue reading It’s a Review. Looking back on some of my favorite reads of 2021
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that if one has a story revolving around a miscommunication between a man and a woman and any key words from the original Jane Austen “Pride and Prejudice” is used, people will read it. Such is the case of The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi. In her authors notes she … Continue reading The Bennet Women
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