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I Accidentally Finished My Reading Challenge For The Year in Less Than Six Months
For the past 6 years I've done a reading challenge where I try to read the number that the year ends in in books (like 22 books because its 2022). In the previous years I would usually set up specific things about the books to try and diversify what I read and also so I'd just read more in general. Going into this year however I decided to just make the goal the number and leave what I read up to what I felt like reading (and sometimes what I had to read for classes). I don't consider myself to be a fast reader and I really didn't find myself spending more time reading than usual, but something about this year! I've read about as many books as I did throughout all of last year but in just 6 months! And because I didn't want my end of the year wrap up to be a million words long, I figured I'd do a mid-year reading wrap. So here are all of the books I've read in 2023... so far.
By The Austen Shelf3 years ago in Humans
Wuthering Heights Quotes
Although the Brontes stories are often tortured and upsetting, perhaps most of all Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, and no matter how much I personally dislike Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre, I will admit that the Brontes were good writers. Even in the most distressingly bad story they still managed to create some beautiful paragraphs and passages. Here is just a small collection of my favourite quotes from Wuthering Heights.
By The Austen Shelf3 years ago in Humans
Did Charlotte Bronte Hate Jane Austen?
In my senior year of highschool we had to read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte for an English project. I had recently finished reading Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, and quickly noticed similarities between the two novels. This led me to research Charlotte Bronte, to see if she was at all inspired by Austen, and that was why the books were similar. What I found was not at all what I was expecting!
By The Austen Shelf3 years ago in Geeks
I Watched Four Different Jane Eyre Adaptations So You Don't Have To
In my search for the best Jane Eyre adaptation I watched four different adaptations, spanning almost 7 decades of film. Today I'll be ranking them from what I think is the worst adaptation to the best. I have tried my hardest to not let my overall hatred of the story influence how I rank the movies (because they are all telling the same horrible story) and instead focus on how they tell them, what works and what doesn't. Of course some of my original feelings on the story bleed through, especially when I was thinking about the preformances from the actors. But I digress, here is the worst to best Jane Eyre adaptation.
By The Austen Shelf3 years ago in Humans
Jane Eyre: The Almost Feminist Icon
In highschool we had to read Jane Eyre, which I was originally extremely excited for because I love Jane Austen (obviously) and thought it would be similar. Oh, but how wrong I would be. The following is the resulting essay I wrote on the book:
By The Austen Shelf3 years ago in Humans
21st Century Pride & Prejudice
How should I start this one off? If you are ever looking for an 160 episode Youtube web series adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, that won Youtube it's first ever Primetime Emmy Award, and takes about 12 hours to watch if you watch it all in one day like I did... then look no further than The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2011-2013).
By The Austen Shelf3 years ago in Geeks
Can Netflix Do A Good Historical Fiction Adaptation?
At the beginning of this month Netflix released the sequel to one of my favourite movies of 2020, Enola Holmes, cleverly titled Enola Holmes 2. And there seems to be a thing about the second movie in any series that just makes it the best one (I'm not sure what it is but if someone knows please share the secrets).
By The Austen Shelf3 years ago in Humans
Gift Ideas for Readers & Book Lovers
The holiday season is almost upon us, or perhaps upon us already if you're one of those people who start playing holiday music November 1st at 12:00am (I am those people). So whether you're looking for some gift ideas for a friend, partner, family member, esteemed acquaintance, or maybe just for yourself, here are 6 Gift Ideas for Book Lovers!
By The Austen Shelf3 years ago in Humans
Best Quotes from Persuasion
After the catastrophe that was Netflix's new adaptation of Persuasion (read more here), I revisted the novel and found some dog-eared pages with quotes that I adored (I mean if I could I'd probably just dog-ear the whole book- or all of Jane Austen's books).
By The Austen Shelf3 years ago in Humans
