Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Two sisters deal with
heartache in different ways.
Find love in the end.
Classic .... 353 pages .... 4/5 stars.
(My 2025 Jane Austen reread to celebrate her 250th birthday this year; it's not my favorite Austen novel, but I liked it more this time around than I did the first time I read it. Though I still love the Emma Thompson movie version best.)
Fly Girl by Ann Hood
The reality and
adventure of being a
flight attendant for TWA.
Biography .... 265 pages .... 3.5/5 stars.
(Remember when flying used to be a more glamorous way of traveling? Ann Hood does in this interesting memoir.)
Star-Crossed Crush by Sarah Deeham
Hot rock star. Cute dog.
Best friend's little sister.
Secret crush. True love.
Contemporary Romance .... 335 pages .... 4.5/5 stars.
(Slowburn romance with lots of heart, humor, and only a few steamy scenes...it also has a very cute Corgi name Archie.)
Happy Reading!
Sense and Sensibility is probably the Austen novel I liked least, but I do want to reread it one day. Great haikus as usual!
ReplyDelete:D Thanks. I was pleasantly surprised how much more I liked Sense and Sensibility this time around. So it was a good reread.
DeleteFLY GIRL definitely sounds interesting. I always like behind-the-scenes books like this. I'll have to check it out.
ReplyDeleteI love behind-the-scenes books, too. Especially with jobs I'd never do myself. ;D
DeleteEmma Thompson's "Sense and Sensibility" was a classic! I could watch it again and again.
ReplyDeleteMe, too! It's one I don't ever get tired of. :D
DeleteI always look forward to your haiku reviews, Lark! I still need to read Sense and Sensibility, but I love the Emma Thompson movie. :D
ReplyDeleteShe did a great job. It's my favorite version of the book.
DeleteThe movie version with Emma Thompson was pretty great, wasn't it?
ReplyDeleteIt really was! :D
DeleteI’ve never read the book or seen the movie Sense and Sensibility, but I want to! Love your haiku reviews! 😊
ReplyDeleteI read it after I watched the movie, and that helped the first time through for me.
DeleteThese are always fun to read.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mary! :D
DeleteOh, I love this! So creative.
ReplyDelete:D Thank you!
DeleteI wonder if I would enjoy Sense and Sensibility the second time around. I didn't like it very much the first time. Nice reviews :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't really enjoy it the first time around either. But I found more to like/appreciate in it this time...and felt it read faster.
DeleteI've never read Sense & Sensibility but I have heard the movie is better than the book. I LOVE the movie with Emma Thompson! I've watched it so many times! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the movie, too. It's one I've watched many times...and don't seem to get tired of.
DeleteI think actually that that's my problem with Sense and Sensibility, I like the film so much that every time I try to read the book it never lives up to my expectations! LOL
ReplyDeleteYes! And it didn't live up to the movie this time either for me, but I found more in it to like and it read faster this time around. And it was fun to see what the movie put in and left out.
DeleteI need to reread Sense & Sensibility! (And I do love the Emma Thompson movie version too). Star-Crossed Crush sounds cute... gotta love a romance that has a corgi in it!
ReplyDeleteCorgis always make me smile...irl and in books. :D
DeleteLoved the S&S haiku. It is one of my favorite Austen novels. For some reason, it seems that I seem to be reading it during traumatic times in my life--I remember reading it in the waiting room while my mom was having surgery 20+ years ago, and it happened to be what I was reading when my dad passed away in 2011. Not that this makes me nervous to reread it--having read it literally countless times, something traumatic doesn't always happen, but reading it has soothed and calmed me when i needed it to.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice when you find a book that can offer that kind of comfort and escape in times of tragedy and trauma. Austen's writing is very calm and quiet and I also find her books soothing.
DeleteMy aunt was a flight attendant in the 1960s and her photos from the time look like magazine covers. It's amazing the standards she had to keep up with though. I'll have to pick up the book. I have read Sense and Sensibility and agree that it's not my favorite but that is a great movie. Star-Crossed Crush looks adorable. I'll have to look for it.
ReplyDeleteI bet your aunt has some interesting stories from back in the day. The standards they held those first flight attendants to is pretty amazing.
DeleteYeah I need to read an Austen this year for the anniversary. And I'm curious about Fly Girl. She was an attendant before being a writer? These look good.
ReplyDeleteShe was a flight attendant before she published any of her books...though she was always scribbling in her notebooks.
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