Ultimate Book Bash Tag: Part 3

The last part to my tag from Austenitis's Ultimate Book Bash.


 Name three books that have good movies to go with them.

Pride and Prejudice (1995 miniseries) ~ It's simply the best! The costuming is wonderfully done, the scenery is breathtaking, and the script is very close to the book. Highly, highly recommended!


Sense and Sensibility ~ Both the 1995 movie and the 2008 miniseries are very good (though you may want to skip the first scene in the 2008 miniseries). The 1995 movie isn't as close to the book, but it gets the tone of the book right. The 2008 miniseries is a bit darker than the book is, but it stays pretty accurate to the story. Both have great actors and actresses


Little Dorrit ~ The 2008 miniseries is very good and interesting (though be careful in episode 2, there are some inappropriate scenes there; and if you don't like blood, I would avoid the last scene in episode 13 and the first minute or so of episode 14). The costuming is good (though I thought the Dorrits' poor clothes looked better than their rich clothes), and the scenery is a bit dark since it's a serious story. I don't recommend the 1988 version of Little Dorrit, though... Not that there was anything inappropriate in it, but they managed to take an interesting story and make it completely boring.

Any books coming out soon that you're looking forward to?
I really haven't read any books that were new (I always go for classics), so no.

Name two authors you'd like to talk to.
Definitely Jane Austen - she seemed like such an interesting person you could talk to about life.

Science fiction or a fairy tale?
I do like Science Fiction movies, so I'll go with Science Fiction.

A classic book you haven't read is...?
Definitely need to read a lot more of them, but one that I might want to read (that I haven't started yet) is Barchester Towers (it's one of the books that make up The Barchester Chronicles miniseries: highly recommended).

Shakespeare or George Bernard Shaw (who wrote Pygmalion)?
Shakespeare! Of his plays, I've read Romeo and Juliet (though I hated it), Macbeth (which was okay), Hamlet (okay, though it has some mature themes), The Tempest (which was okay), and King Lear (which was good). I would also like to either watch or read The Taming of the Shrew or As You Like It (I'm interested in the 2006 version of As You Like It since Romola Garai (Emma Woodhouse from Emma (2009)) is in it and I also like traditional Japanese fashion)

Name a movie (or two) where it's actually better than the book.
I can't really think of any right now. I find that the book has more information and details that the movies tend to leave out.

Where is your favorite place to read?

Somewhere very quiet.

30. What are your favorite quotes from books?How soon he had walked himself into the proper resolution, however, how soon an opportunity of exercising it occurred, in what manner he expressed himself, and how he was received, need not be particularly told. This only need be said;—that when they all sat down to table at four o'clock, about three hours after his arrival, he had secured his lady, engaged her mother's consent, and was not only in the rapturous profession of the lover, but, in the reality of reason and truth, one of the happiest of men.
 From Sense and Sensibility. I love this quote since in most other books at that point, most authors would have filled it up with endless mushy language, but Jane Austen took another route and got straight to the point. I love it!


You judge very properly," said Mr. Bennet, "and it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study?"
 From Pride and Prejudice. Oh snap! Mr. Collins got told!


31. What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Well, most of the books I read are classics and have mostly been made into movies. Though I've only started to read it and haven't seen any of the movies, I would like to see a "good" version of Mansfield Park (one that most can agree on as being accurate and wonderfully adapted). I would also like to see a better version of Northanger Abbey; I've heard the 1980's version wasn't too good, and though I kind of liked the 2007 version, there were still things that needed to be in there or there were things that shouldn't have been there.

32. What book character do you identify the most with? 

Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice (yes, predictable!). But our personalities are very similar and her character is the character that I've related to the most out of everything that I've read.

That's the end of my tag! Head over to Austenitis to take part in the Ultimate Book Bash!


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The Ultimate Book Bash Tag: Part 2

Part 2 of my Ultimate Book Bash Questions! Interested in participating? Visit Austenitis to find out more!

Louisa May Alcott or Lucy Maud Montgomery? Name your favorite book by the author you chose.
Never read any other their books, but I would be more interested in Little Women, so Louisa May Alcott.

Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte? Name your favorite book by the author you chose.
Definitely Jane Austen! Her characters are a lot more likable and relatable. The only Charlotte Bronte book I've read was Jane Eyre, which isn't a favorite of mine (I really dislike Mr. Rochester in there; he's no gentleman -- he was very rude and he lied right to Jane's face *ducks for cover*). In my opinion, I find that the Brontes rely too heavily on emotion, while Jane Austen had some emotion in her books, but they were governed more by common sense (at least by the characters that you admire). Anyways, favorite book by Jane Austen is, of course, Pride and Prejudice.

Would you rather read historical fiction about the sinking of the Titanic, or the Civil War?
I haven't read any historical fiction, but I would probably lean more towards the Civil War than the sinking of the Titanic.

What's your favorite classic? Why?
Gotta be Pride and Prejudice! It's my favorite book. I like it so much because I can very easily relate to Elizabeth Bennet.

Little Women or A Little Princess?
Not familiar with either, but I'm probably more interested in Little Women. I might watch A Little Princess one of these days, though.

What's your favorite time period to read about?
Regency Era! After that, probably the Victorian Era. I've just started to like the Edwardian Era, though.

G. A. Henty, J. R. R. Tolkien, or Charles Dickens? What's your favorite book or series by the author you chose?
Probably Dickens. I've only ready part of Little Dorrit, but I really enjoyed what I read of it (plus I enjoyed the 2008 miniseries of it)

Ivanhoe or Ben-Hur?
Not too familiar with either, but I might have to go with Ben-Hur.

Name three books everyone should read.
I can only think of two (I seem to only come up with one less than the number I'm supposed to mention >.<) Pride and Prejudice (predictable from me, I know) and Sense and Sensibility (probably also predictable).

Name two books we wouldn't have expected you to enjoy.
I can only think of one. I enjoyed Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (it was very good, but it does get violent). 

God Bless,
 

The Ultimate Book Bash Tag: Part 1

I'm going to be participating in Austenitis's The Ultimate Book Bash tag! Keep in mind as you read through my questions that I'm not a great reader (sound familiar?), so there isn't a great big list of books that I have read; sure, I've read some books for school (some of which were "modern", and thus I didn't care for them), but I have a very small list of books that I've read for pleasure. But I'm doing my best to answer the questions!




Name three books you love.
Pride and Prejudice - I love the story, I can relate so much to Elizabeth Bennet, and it's also funny!
Sense and Sensibility - I love that there's a good moral to the story and that it shows the downside of relying on your emotions to make decisions.
Northanger Abbey - I really enjoyed it. It was entertaining, the characters were likable (not all of them, though ;) ), and it held my interest.

Name two books you enjoy, but that most people probably haven't heard of.
I don't think too many people who aren't familiar with Jane Austen know of Northanger Abbey... and probably Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens (at least, I hadn't heard of it until a couple of years ago), though I've only read a little bit of it (really enjoyed it, though)

Name three series you love.
None at the moment.

Name three authors you love!
Jane Austen -- Probably the author that I know the most about. I've read almost all of her books (I'm currently reading Mansfield Park, once I finish that I would have read all her books).

The next two I'm basing off the period dramas that I have seen, but I may read the books eventually. So I guess this part will be the authors that I am most interested in reading.

Elizabeth Gaskell -- I really enjoyed watching Cranford and I liked Wives and Daughters.

Charles Dickens -- Really enjoyed Little Dorrit and have heard good things about A Tale of Two Cities.

How about three adventures or mysteries?
Hadn't really read any... Unless Jurassic Park (which for a while, I didn't know it was a book) counts as an adventure story?

Three non-fiction?
Hadn't read any that I can think of now...

Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys? Which book in your favorite set is your favorite?
Never seriously read either of them... There was one Nancy Drew that I read part of, but I wasn't too interested in it; I can't recall what it was. I think both series were written by the same person (different pen names, though); correct me if I'm wrong.

Narnia or Harry Potter? Name your favorite from the series you like best.
Narnia, but I've never read any of the books, but I've seen the first two movies. I liked the Christian themes in there. Never read/seen Harry Potter nor do I have an interest to.

A cookbook or a how-to-sew book?
Probably how-to-sew books, since I do more sewing than cooking (though I like both). My brother got me a sewing book for Christmas that has techniques and projects in there. It's a very good book!

Historical fiction or fantasy? Name three books you like from the genre you chose.Never read any.

Hardcover or softcover?
Hardcover... though it is more expensive, hardcover books I find look nicer and keep nicer longer. With softcover books, the spine of the book gets pretty worn out quickly after being opened so many times.

Future parts coming soon!




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