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Books and Bikinis Reading Challenge - read 10 books about mermaids, the sea, the beach...by the end of the summer! hopefully soon!
(7 out of 10 read)

Please be patient with the fewer and far-between posts....we have a new 'half' born in April and things are slow as we adjust and try desperately for more sleep. (It's a girl!)

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Review and Giveaway: Darcy's Story, by Janet Aylmer


Darcy's Story, by Janet Aylmer
Adult, 2009

Pride and Prejudice told from Darcy's standpoint - some rewritten areas and some very similar to Jane Austen's words.
Ironically shorter than Pride and Prejudice (of course a man's viewpoint would be.... :) I wasn't particularly sold on Darcy being quite as sensitive as Aylmer wrote him. While an obviously decent guy, he's still a guy, and I expected some 'guy stuff' from him - albeit 'guy stuff' from the 1800s. Definitely a short fun read for any of you Jane Austen addicts out there, although I must confess to grading him a C+, largely due to my personality - not her writing.

For the giveaway, you enter here, and please remember to read the instructions. You have to give me your 'two cents', etc. about our blog. New rule to the giveaway: My favorite suggestions - as in the ones I actually use, will get one extra entry.
The giveaway ends around the end of January, but I reserve the right to wait a little longer if I'm getting a lot of comments. I DON'T use random.org - I actually stick all the names in a hat, so first or last to comment, it doesn't matter.
Open internationally.
Thanks, guys!

1 comments:

Muse in the Fog said...

I am actually reading this book right now! No need to enter me in the contest, but I will pass it on to someone who I know would love to win this book!

http://muse-in-the-fog.blogspot.com/