Believe me when I tell you that the "real" P&P is one of my top five favorite books of all time; I read it at least yearly and oh my god, Colin Firth in the BBC version. Enough said. This setup is necessary; you must believe me so that when I tell you how much I'm enjoying Pride and Prejudice and Zombies right now, you won't think I'm 1) kidding, 2) insane, 3) a total idiot, or 4) dead and a zombie is actually typing this.
But how could I not, with lines like this (you know it; it's right after Jane goes to Netherfield and becomes sick and Lizzy walks there to check on her and Bingly's sisters say (something like)):
"Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and pieces of undead flesh upon her sleeve, no doubt from her attackers."
Ha! It's really good; obviously it involves zombies so not 100% true to the spirit of Ms. Austen's original, but they really work the stories together well and somehow, make it ... not better, but good. Definitely good. (When she realizes Mr. Collins might ask her to marry him, Lizzy almost pukes and has to cover her mouth to catch the potential vomit. That would have been a good addition to the original!)
I'm reading this as a break from World Without End, which I'm also enjoying a lot but which is a different kind of read entirely and so a little fun diversion is welcome. What are you reading?
P.S. Lucy used the potty twice this weekend. Totally weren't expecting it, but exciting!
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I was debating about picking it up. Okay, I am sold.
I heard about that book and I thought immediately of you and I meant to ask you about it and then I forgot. (Because all things P&P remind me of how much you love it.)
I am reading the most recent Sookie Stackhouse book, re-reading Agnes and the Hitman, and a book called Soul Survivor which purports to be the non-fictional account of a child who appears to be the reincarnation of a guy who who died during WWII. Not far into it enough to know if it's any good.
Yay for the potty thing! And the book! I too have debated reading it. Would it be worth it? Would it just be a terrible hack job of one of my favorite classics? Now I suppose I must get it and add it to the ever growing pile of books that I really, really do intend to read one of these days.
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