Pre-bedtime reading
Jul. 8th, 2009 09:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flummoxicatedSince it would be masochistic to read school stuff before bedtime - I'm actually reading works of fiction. Who'd a-thunk it?
Finished: Mary Reilly, Cold Mountain. I've never read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I may do so and reread this. It was good. Understated in its creepiness, as the finest Victorian fiction tends to be. Cold Mountain was a Civil War Odyssey; I think I may have to read it again, There's a lot there, especially the contrast between how men reacted to the war vs. the women. Also it helped that it seems quite well researched and I'm a history nerd. It has yearning -![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
emogirl779 , at last I get what that means! I've seen neither movie adaptation, but Cold Mountain is in our Netflix queue.
Currently working on: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I love this so far, except for one tiny quibble: the costumes in the illustrations are more Victorian than Regency. Still a great read; what's not to love about Elizabeth Bennett being a Shaolin-trained zombie killer?
I'm going to chalk up my sucky book reviews to a lack of brain power after a day of actual school work, instead of procrastinating.
Finished: Mary Reilly, Cold Mountain. I've never read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I may do so and reread this. It was good. Understated in its creepiness, as the finest Victorian fiction tends to be. Cold Mountain was a Civil War Odyssey; I think I may have to read it again, There's a lot there, especially the contrast between how men reacted to the war vs. the women. Also it helped that it seems quite well researched and I'm a history nerd. It has yearning -
emogirl779 , at last I get what that means! I've seen neither movie adaptation, but Cold Mountain is in our Netflix queue. Currently working on: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I love this so far, except for one tiny quibble: the costumes in the illustrations are more Victorian than Regency. Still a great read; what's not to love about Elizabeth Bennett being a Shaolin-trained zombie killer?
I'm going to chalk up my sucky book reviews to a lack of brain power after a day of actual school work, instead of procrastinating.
