Friday Memes #44

Posted April 28, 2016 by Whitney in Friday Memes / 29 Comments

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Q: 3 favorite heroines, books they’re in, and why you love them

A:  In no particular order:

  1. Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice — I love her wit and spunk and is a great character to see grow with time.
  2. Hermione Granger, Harry Potter series — books and cleverness she is a bookworm’s dream character.
  3. 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.

Friday 56

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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.
epic adventures of lydia bennet

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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29 responses to “Friday Memes #44

  1. Lauren

    Great choices for heroines. Hermione appeals to my inner book nerd and Scarlet is so prickly you cannot help loving her.

  2. 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.

    • 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.

  3. Laurel-Rain Snow

    I do like the sound of this one! Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog. Enjoy your weekend.

  4. AlisonCanRead

    Hopping through. I forgot that there was a Lydia Bennet book. I love the web series. I should get the book.

  5. 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.

  6. kaori king

    haven’t read these series … seen HP but just dont have interest in reading… happy friday!

  7. Katiria Rodriguez

    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.

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