A Cup of Tea & Biscuits

Day 11: A Book I Hate Given the number of books I read it should be that I come across at least one that I absolutely hated reading. If asked, I would immediately say that anything in the 'romance' genre I hate; to be more specific, anything other than historical romances in the romance genre, I hate. And yes, the Twilight series falls into that category. I read the books right after Breaking Dawn came out, and the only reason I even knew of it at the time was because my sister was quite into Edward Cullen at that point. This was before the mad following it eventually garnered. Anyway. So I read the books in less than a week and can honestly say I didn't like them at all. I grew to hate it after the movie came out. The Twilight series is meant to be a young adult series by Stephanie Meyer , who has a style of story telling that can never be called 'literature'. It's just story telling. I'm sorry to be harsh, but it is true. The story is that of a teenage g...

Pride & Prejudice has been, quite resolutely, my favorite book of all time. It has never wavered from its number one position in the past fifteen years - from the time I first read the abridged version of Jane Austen's masterpiece. I have great respect for the author and have loved each of the characters more every time I've read it (my watching Colin Firth play Mr. Darcy just sealed my romance of the character). Consequently, I ended up reading a bunch of sequels, and diaries, and most 'accompanying' novels. (I will speak of them in later posts). Most recently, however, I read Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange , and all I can say is - :0, seriously?! The story begins towards the end of Pride and Prejudice, just before the wedding ceremonies of Jane and Elizabeth Bennett to Mr. Charles Bingley and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. It is all good and nice, keeping with the customs of the early 19th century. Mr. and Mrs. Darcy then embark upon their wedding tour. Instead of g...