Friday, May 3, 2013

Pride and Prejudice Bicentenary Challenge

It astounds me that I did not know it was Pride and Prejudice's 200th birthday!

Well Jamie from The Hodge-Podge Gallery (an amazing blog about life, cooking, reading, movies, makeup, and advice) had a blog post about a P&P challenge through Austenprose, a Jane Austen blog. I'm a bit late in joining, but considering I've been reading JAFF like crazy to gear up for my Jane in June events at the library, it seemed like a good idea to join.

I'm joining as an Aficianada (thus reading, listening, watching 9-12 selections).

Since I have already been reading and watching Pride and Prejudice fan fiction, I have finished some in months gone by. Here's my listing of books and movies:

Previous JAFF I've read/watched in these months. Will try to write reviews...
January: Lost in Austen (movie)
February:The Three Colonels by Jack Caldwell
March: Pride and Prejudice (BBC mini series)
April: The Lizzy Bennet Diaries (online mini series)

Really starting the challenge here (Am I cheating?):
May: Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Rigler (Audio)
June: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
July: A Jane Austen Education: How six novels taught me about love, friendship, and the things that really matter by William Deresiewicz
August: The Trouble with Mr. Darcy by Sharon Lathan
September: Austensibly Ordinary by Alyssa Goodnight
October:The Unexpected Miss Bennet by Patrice Sarath
November: Without Reserve by Abigail Reynolds
December: You've Got Mail (movie)

So here we go! Strapping in for a year of Miss Austen with an emphasis on P&P!

4 comments:

  1. Yay! You're reading Sarath's book! I hope we can sit down and have a discussion around the holidays about these, though I look forward to all of your reviews.

    .....and I never thought of You've Got Mail because it's a remake of an adaptation of a Russian (or is it Ukranian?) play. But it's TOTALLY P&P!! Wow. Mind blown.

    And finally, I am especially interested in your opinion of The Trouble with Mr. Darcy. I'm not sure I want to say why because I'd hate create expectations. Love the list!

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    1. Yay! I'm excited too. Thanks for pointing this out to me. Can't wait to dig into some P&P remakes.

      I didn't know You've Got Mail is a remake of a Russian/Ukrainian play! We both learned things today:)

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    2. Yes! It's a remake of "The Shop Around the Corner" starring Jimmy Stewart which is thus the adaptation of the play. Both are excellent films!

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    3. And I'm looking up "The Shop Around the Corner" now!

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