Books That Were Turned Into Movies Or TV Shows

Hey guys!

 We have almost made it to Friday everyone! I decided to do another post with a list in it, and I am going to do a list of books that have either been turned into movies or TV shows. I decided to do this when I watched the new TV show A Discovery of Witches and I fell in love with it. When you hear that your favorite book has been picked up for a movie or television show, there is that trepidation that they are going to ruin your favorite book, but sometimes they bring the book to life.

Lets start the list:

• A Discovery of Witches

 

• Pride and Prejudice 

• A Walk to Remember

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

• The Princess Bride

• The 100

• Shadowhunters (based on the mortal instruments series)

• Sleepy Hollow

• Bitten

This is just a few books that have been turned into movies or television shows. I have seen the majority of these movies or shows and I have to say that they bring the books to life. Do you have a favorite book that turned into a television show or movie that you love watching? Please comment below and let me know what you love to watch.

Happy hunting my friends! 

A List of Pride and Prejudice Retelling's

Hello Fellow Readers!

 Today I wanted to introduce a different type of post than what I have done before. I have decided to do posts that will contain lists of books that are a retelling of a certain story. I absolutely love retellings of stories, because you get to relive the story over and over again. I decided to start with retellings of Pride and Prejudice being that it is one of my favorite stories. Some of these books on this list that I got from Goodreads I haven't read yet, but they are definitely going to be on my reading list!

Let the list begin!

• Pride and Prejudice and Passports: A Modern Retelling by Corrie Garret

• Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld 

• Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa De La Cruz

• On Equal Ground by Elizabeth Adams

• First and Then by Emma Mills

• Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg

• Mr. Darcy's Diary by Amanda Grange

• Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnik

• Pride and  Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith, and Jane Austen

• Definitely, Maybe in Love by Ophelia London

These are just some of the amazing retellings out there. If you know of a retelling of Pride and Prejudice that I didn't have on the list, please feel free to leave a comment below!

Happy retelling adventures my friends! 

Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star Review

Happy Wednesday!

 I have made it no secret of how much I love Mr. Darcy, and the book Pride and Prejudice. Today I wanted to share with you all a fun rocktastic retelling of my favorite Austen book ever! Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star by Heather Lynn Rigaud, is one of the best retellings of Pride and Prejudice that I have ever read!

The description was taken from the Goodreads website:

 ""Darcy's as hot as he is talented..."

Fast music, powerful beats, and wild reputations-on and off stage-have made virtuoso guitarist Fitzwilliam Darcy's band into rock's newest bad boys. But they've lost their latest opening act, and their red-hot summer tour is on the fast track to disaster. Now Darcy and bandmates Charles Bingley and Richard Fitzwilliam are about to meet their match...

"But she's about to rock his world..."

Enter Elizabeth Bennet, fiercely independent star of girl-band Long Borne Suffering. Elizabeth, her sister Jane, and friend Charlotte Lucas have talent to spare and jump at the opening band slot. Elizabeth is sure she's seen the worst the music industry has to offer. But as the days and nights heat up, it becomes clear that everyone is in for a summer to remember."

Imagine if Elizabeth and Darcy were thrown into the modern world and became rock stars. This is exactly what this book gives you while still staying true to the original story. All the characters that you know and love are back, and all the love/hate relationships are still there, they are just thrown in with a mix of rock and roll. I am trying not to give too much away, because I don't do spoilers, but I want to make sure that people understand how amazing this book is. I will admit I was skeptical when I first picked up this book, but when I started reading I was not disappointed, and I couldn't put it down. It will have you dreaming of Mr. Darcy in tight pants for years to come. This is one story you would want to read over and over again. This novel allows the wonderful story of Pride and Prejudice to be presented to a whole new audience. This is one novel Jane Austen would be proud of.

Rock out with Darcy my fellow readers!



Image taken from the Goodreads website.

10 Christmas Gifts For Book Lovers!

Happy Wednesday!

 With Christmas coming soon (too soon if you ask me), I decided to do a post for Christmas presents that any book lover would love, plus websites on where you can get these items. I will admit most of the one's that I am listing on here are ones that I would want to and some I have already asked Santa for.

Here are some ideas for the book lover in your life or just for your wish list 😍

1. Marrying Mr. Darcy Game: Which I asked for for Christmas :) This can be found on Amazon


2. A Book Necklace: That can be found on Literary Emporium


3. Anything from the Etsy shop of Heart Felt Design by telahmarie, which can be found at https://www.etsy.com/shop/telahmarie?ref=l2-shopheader-name. She makes the most amazing pillows that are so cute and comfy. I have a Mr. Darcy one (which is pictured below) and a Phantom one that I can snuggle up with :)


4. A Book store candle from the Etsy shop Frostbeard https://www.etsy.com/shop/Frostbeard?ref=l2-shopheader-name


5. For Book lover's who like board games we have Book Lover's Scrabble, found on Amazon


6. If you have ever wanted to keep a list of the books you have or if you lend books to anyone you may need this The Book Lover's Journal, found on Amazon


7. For that person that loves to drink coffee or tea or any hot beverage, and reads they may like the First Lines Literature mug found on Amazon


8. The Book Lover's Cup of Tea: Includes Tea Infuser, which can be found on the Barns and Noble website


9. A book charm bracelet that can be found on Etsy from HopeisHipJewlery


10. Do you or the reader in your life like reading in the bathtub like me, than they may need this bathtub caddy that can be found on Amazon


I hope this gave you some good ideas on what you could get for fellow book lovers. I will post another part to it before Christmas with some more ideas!

Happy Shopping!

Austenland Review

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!

  I hope everyone has a good, safe Thanksgiving tomorrow! As you know I am a huge fan of Jane Austen, and love every single one of her books. Today I am reviewing Austenland by author Shannon Hale. I couldn't put this book down when I read it, and when I saw they were making a movie, I knew I had to see it. I have actually read the book and watched the movie more times than I can count, and each time although I know what is going to happen, I am still drawn into the story.

The description was taken from the Goodreads website:

 "Jane Hayes is a seemingly normal young New Yorker, but she has a secret. Her obsession with Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, is ruining her love life: no real man can compare. But when a wealthy relative bequeaths her a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-crazed women, Jane's fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become realer than she ever could have imagined.

Decked out in empire-waist gowns, Jane struggles to master Regency etiquette and flirts with gardeners and gentlemen;or maybe even, she suspects, with the actors who are playing them. It's all a game, Jane knows. And yet the longer she stays, the more her insecurities seem to fall away, and the more she wonders: Is she about to kick the Austen obsession for good, or could all her dreams actually culminate in a Mr. Darcy of her own?"

Jane Hayes is like every woman who reads Pride and Prejudice, falls in love with Mr. Darcy, well at least she is like me. Jane is giving the once in a lifetime opportunity to go back into Jane Austen's world, wearing the gowns they were, meeting gentlemen, living in Jane's shoes, and basically living every person's fantasy of living in Jane Austen's world. Jane has always wanted to meet her very own Mr. Darcy, and she might just have the chance to fall in love with a fictional character that has come to life.

This book will have you laughing, crying, screaming, and wanting Austenland to be a real place that you can visit. Even if you have seen the movie, which is just as amazing as the book, you still need to read this book, because it gives you deeper look into the story than the movie does. If you love Jane Austen and want the experience of living in her shoes, you need to read this book, and let it transport you to a resort that someone needs to build, because I want to go and find my own Mr. Darcy.

Happy journey into Jane Austen's world my friends!



Image taken from Goodreads website.

Eligible: Review

Hello Readers!

 So my favorite book is and probably always will be Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. With that being said I like to read variations of the story and see it from other authors perspective, which is exactly what you get with Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld. Curtis takes the story and essence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and puts a modern spin on the story that will have you drawn in from the first sentence.

The description was taken from the Goodreads website:

 "This version of the Bennet family and Mr. Darcy is one that you have and haven't met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray.

Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master's degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious Tuesday-night outings she won't discuss. And Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane's fortieth birthday fast approaches.

Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip's friend, neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy, reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming. . . . And yet, first impressions can be deceiving."

Elizabeth or Liz as she is known in this book is in the career she loves, and in a city she loves. When her and Jane have to go back home to take care of their father, they come home to see their home is falling apart and their sisters aren't doing anything to help out. When Jane meets the handsome Chip Bingley, Liz is introduced to his best friend Fitzwilliam Darcy, which you can just imagine how that goes. Each character embodies the essence of the original characters, but they are brought into a more modern world. Normally with variations the author will try to make the characters their own, and the reader doesn't get the feeling like they are the same characters that they have come to love and know. However, Curtis takes Austen's characters into a modern world without them losing the characteristics that made readers everywhere fall in love with them.

If you are a fan of Pride and Prejudice you need to read this book, because I know you won't be disappointed.

Happy retelling adventures my friends!



Image taken from the Goodreads website.